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Why is it so hard for the authorities to win public trust? Maybe because they keep lying to us

If it’s not superinjunctions, it’s Epstein files or deepfakes. It’s hard not to be a conspiracy theorist when sometimes they really are out to get you, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025

Afghan Data Breach Unmasked UK Spies, Special Forces: Reports

The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data breach involving thousands of Afghans, UK media reported on Thursday.

International Business Times · Jul 17, 2025

Ukraine to boost domestic arms production to counter Russian forces, says Zelenskyy

Ukraine is keen to increase its domestic production as uncertainty grows about how many more weapons shipments Western countries can provide, and how quickly.

Euronews · Jul 17, 2025

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More than 100 UK citizens' details leaked in MoD Afghan data breach

MORE than 100 UK citizens' details — including spies and special forces personnel — were included in a massive data leak that led to…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 17, 2025

More than 100 Britons’ details in leaked Afghan dataset, including spies and SAS

Defence sources have said that details of MI6 spies, SAS and special forces personnel were included in the spreadsheet.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Healey revealed Afghan data breach details to MPs - but media gagged

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The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Defence secretary revealed sensitive Afghan data breach details – but media still banned from reporting it

John Healey revealed details to MPs that have previously been kept secret – the media is fighting to be allowed to tell you what it is

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

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How were identities of thousands of Afghans leaked by UK military?

A superinjunction kept the data breach secret amid fears it could lead to a Taliban ‘hit list’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 17, 2025

Political superinjunctions put governments beyond the law – these powers must never be used again

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Afghan leak scandal reveals how easy it is for governments to conceal terrible blunders for so long. The law must be changed so gagging orders cannot be secretly abused

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

The spreadsheet, the superinjunction and the relocation scheme: Afghan data leak

One email in February 2022 set off a chain of events that affected the lives of thousands of Afghans, but few knew about it until this week

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

Commons at pompous worst as Afghan data breach proves too much bother for Badenoch

No one had anything to say about a cover-up kept secret from parliament, the public and the people whose data was leaked

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

Healey admits most people caught up in MoD data leak not eligible for UK asylum

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The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

'Serious Questions' Over UK Secret Afghan Relocations: PM

Ministers in the UK's last Conservative government have "serious questions to answer" over a secret resettlement plan for thousands of Afghans after a data breach endangered their lives, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday.

International Business Times · Jul 16, 2025

How an email error sparked a secret scramble to bring Afghans to Britain

The current and previous British governments are facing criticism over a secret program that resettled thousands of Afghans in the U.K. after the Taliban's return to power in 2021

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

Healey: ‘No justification for most names in Afghan data leak to claim asylum in Britain’

John Healey has said there is “no justification” for most of the names in Afghan data leak to claim asylum, stating that the majority of individuals had no connection to Britain’s armed forces.

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

Air Marshall Harv Smyth named as new head of the Royal Air Force

Air Marshal Smyth’s appointment follows a series of promotions to command positions since becoming an Air Commodore in 2015.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

No automatic right to resettlement for Afghans in data leak, says Healey

Defence secretary says it was ‘never the plan to bring everyone’ on dataset to UK, while Ben Wallace denies Tories sought superinjunction

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

Healey: Accountability starts now over Afghan data leak and injunction

Thousands of people have been relocated to the UK as part of a secret scheme set up after data on Afghans who supported British forces was leaked.

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Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

Keir Starmer says Tory ministers have 'questions' to answer on data leak and secret route to UK for Afghans

At Prime Minister’s Questions, he sought to blame the previous Government for the data blunder which was kept quiet with a super injunction

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

UK politics live: Suella Braverman apologises for Tory government ‘failures’ over Afghan data breach

Email blunder triggered the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who were brought to the UK under a secret resettlement scheme

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

OPINION - Afghan data breach is a shameful blight on our country - and a symptom of broader systemic failures

The government data breach of about 18,900 Afghans who had worked for Britain and British interests, and the attempts to conceal much of the detail under a legal superinjunction, are bewildering, convoluted and shameful. In all, the lives of some 80,000 Afghans and their families may have been put at…

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

Ben Wallace takes ‘complete responsibility’ for Afghan leak — but refuses to apologise for superinjunction

Sir Ben was defence secretary when a spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 Afghans was released ‘in error’ in February 2022

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

'No apology': Ben Wallace denies cover-up over Afghans data leak that 'put thousands in peril'

Ex-Tory defence secretary says the decision to apply for the gagging order was ‘not, as some are childishly trying to claim, a cover-up’

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

Former defence secretary makes ‘no apology’ for Afghan injunction

Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up in the wake of the breach.

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

MoD official responsible for catastrophic Afghan data breach that cost billions still works for government

Email blunder potentially put up to 100,000 people at risk and triggered the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who were brought to the UK under a secret resettlement scheme

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