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MI5 had ‘legitimate reasons’ to warn about lawyer accused of working for China

Christine Lee has lost her legal challenge against the security service.

Evening Standard

Chinese alleged spy’s identity revealed as MPs raise fears over Beijing’s reach in Britain

Yang Tengbo is named in court as Iain Duncan Smith warns such ‘agents’ are the ‘tip of the iceberg’

The Independent UK

‘Chinese spy’ at heart of Prince Andrew scandal named

Yang Tengbo insisted he has done ‘nothing wrong’ and rejected allegations of being a spy as ‘entirely untrue’

The Independent UK

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Keir Starmer defends UK engagement with China amid Prince Andrew revelations

Prime minister ‘pleased with progress’ on ties with Beijing as Tory MPs warn of China’s attempts to infiltrate UK

The Guardian - UK

Concerns at Westminster that Chinese spy suspect able to ‘slip through the net’

Critics of the Beijing government warned that the activities of the suspect known as H6 were the ‘tip of the iceberg’.

The Independent UK

Alleged Chinese spy who befriended Prince Andrew is ‘tip of iceberg’, Tory MP says

UK ministers face pressure over Chinese spy scandal as MPs consider naming banned businessman

The Guardian - UK

China ‘spy’ live: Second suspected Chinese agent loses legal battle as Beijing accuses UK of ‘smears’

China warned the UK against ‘making trouble’ following banning of alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo

The Independent UK

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MPs raise concerns over Chinese interference in UK amid alleged spy row

Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith is applying for an urgent question in the Commons on the influence of the United Front Work Department.

Evening Standard

Who is Yang Tengbo? Everything we know about alleged Chinese spy who was close confidant of Prince Andrew

Yang Tengbo insisted he has done ‘nothing wrong’ and rejected allegations of being a spy as ‘entirely untrue’

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage threatens to name ‘Chinese spy’ linked to Prince Andrew who ‘met Cameron and May’

Prince Andrew reportedly invited the Chinese spy to Buckingham Palace

The Independent UK

Reform could name spy-accused ‘Andrew confidant’ who ‘met Cameron and May’

The party is threatening to use parliamentary privilege to disclose the businessman’s identity in the chamber.

Evening Standard

Reform prepared to name alleged Chinese spy in Commons, Farage says

The party is threatening to use parliamentary privilege to reveal who the businessman is in the Commons chamber.

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer ‘raised human rights’ with UAE amid efforts to free UK prisoner

Ryan Cornelius was originally detained in the UAE for 10 years as part of a bank fraud case, but his detention was extended by 20 years.

The Independent UK

Briton jailed in Dubai for past 16 years pleads with Starmer to end ‘nightmare’ on UAE visit

Exclusive: PM urged to fight for release of Ryan Cornelius, now 70, who has spent almost two decades imprisoned on a fraud charge the UN has said is unjust

The Independent UK

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Trump will not do trade deal with UK as NI is ‘back door’ to the EU, MPs told

TUV leader Jim Allister said the president-elect ‘has made it very, very plain that he’s in tariff mode’.

Evening Standard

MP hits outs at supermarkets selling products linked to slave labour

Sarah Champion argued that UK supply chains are ‘awash with Uighur forced labour products’.

The Independent UK

‘Black day’ for Royal Marines – MPs react to decommissioning of Navy ships

Defence Secretary John Healey said two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and two support tankers will be decommissioned.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer twice declines to directly condemn jailing of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures

UK prime minister was condemned by Iain Duncan Smith, who is on Beijing’s sanctions list

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Evening Standard

‘Mystifying’ why Falklands War files on ship’s bombing still not released – MP

Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin asked defence minister Al Carns why documents about the 1982 attack on the Sir Galahad were being withheld.

Evening Standard

Defence Secretary John Healey challenged to increase department spending to 2.5%

Sir Iain Duncan Smith said he expects the Strategic Defence Review to find that the UK is facing the biggest threat since the Cold War.

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘The new Thatcher or the new Truss?’ 10 of your burning Tory leadership questions answered

ASK ME ANYTHING: In this exclusive Q&A session, The Independent’s political commentator Andrew Grice addresses key dynamics in the Tory leadership race, and what we can expect when Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick takes the helm

Evening Standard

China recognises sanctions on MPs are a ‘huge concern’, says Lammy

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said it had been raised with the Chinese government as ‘a matter of huge concern’ while he was in Beijing.

The Independent UK

Top Ukraine cleric pleads with Starmer for help over Zelensky’s Orthodox church crackdown

Exclusive: Prime minister has been criticised for delaying his appointment of a new envoy for religious freedom

Evening Standard

James Cleverly allies may have tried to boot Kemi Badenoch out of Tory race, says MP

Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake stressed the Tory leadership voting patterns were ‘quite surprising’ after James Cleverly lost out

The Guardian - UK

Tories shocked at Cleverly exit while Labour MP says Badenoch-Jenrick contest is a ‘gift’ – as it happened

Audible gasps as apparent frontrunner is eliminated while political rivals are gleeful

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