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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn

Lives at risk if UK fails to review intelligence sharing with US, say Lib Dems

A smartphone menu displaying a number of apps, including Signal
The Signal blunder has been seized on by those calling for a re-appraisal of US-European relations. Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP

British lives will be put at risk unless the UK “comprehensively reviews” intelligence sharing with the US, the Liberal Democrats have warned, amid fallout from the White House’s Signal security blunder.

The armed forces minister, Luke Pollard, insisted the UK still had “high confidence” its operational security measures “remain intact” as he appeared before MPs after the revelation that a journalist was inadvertently included in a messaging group to discuss US plans for a strike on Yemen.

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