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UK and Australia to sign 50-year nuclear submarine treaty as US reviews AUKUS treaty

The three-way alliance was announced in 2021 to contend with growing Chinese military might in the Asia-Pacific region.

Euronews

Britain and Australia to sign 50-year nuclear submarine treaty

Britain and Australia have announced they will sign a cooperation treaty to build Australian nuclear-powered submarines

The Independent UK

Lammy and Healey to sign bilateral Aukus deal during trip to Australia

The ministers have both hailed the importance of the defence partnership.

Evening Standard

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Labor MP says Australia should move to recognise Palestinian statehood – as it happened

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Healey signs agreement paving way for export of Typhoon jets to Turkey

The Defence Secretary said the agreement demonstrated the Government’s determination to secure new defence deals.

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s allies stand at ‘moment of maximum opportunity’ – Healey

The Defence Secretary said the UK and its allies must use Donald Trump’s 50-day ultimatum to Vladimir Putin to start a ’50-day drive’ to arm Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: How the two-year effort to keep the Afghanistan data breach secret fell apart

In today’s newsletter: Questions have been raised over whether a superinjunction was used for national security or to avert an immigration scandal

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High-level talks held on support for Ukraine a week after Trump said Europe will pay for weapons

The U.K. and Germany are leading a NATO meeting Monday to discuss sending weapons to Ukraine

The Independent UK

Defence secretary to call for ‘50-day drive’ to arm Kyiv and force Putin’s hand

It comes after US president Donald Trump gave Putin a 50 day deadline to agree to a ceasefire

The Independent UK

Healey to call for ’50-day drive’ to arm Ukraine and force Putin to negotiate

Donald Trump has already threatened to impose ‘very severe’ tariffs on Russia.

Evening Standard

Hundreds of MoD data breaches revealed as security questions raised in wake of Afghan data breach

In one incident last year, the names and bank details of 272,000 staff were breached when one of its systems was hacked

The Independent UK

Afghan data leak: how selective state secrecy and cover-ups can harm civilians

In 2022, somebody in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) mistakenly shared a spreadsheet containing the personal information associated with 18,714 Afghans and their family members. This data breach, and the efforts to cover it up, raises serious questions about state secrecy, blame-shifting and accountability.

The Conversation

No 10 defends Healey amid accusations he misled Commons over Afghan data leak

Downing Street said the Defence Secretary’s statement to MPs was ‘accurate’.

Evening Standard

'We saved lives,' says Grant Shapps in defence of super injunction on leaked list of SAS, MI6 and Afghan names

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

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The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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.

Euronews

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.

The National (Scotland)

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…

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

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’.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

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

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

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