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‘Country of geniuses in a data center’: Anthropic CEO sees every AI cluster having the brainpower of 50 million Nobel Prize winners

Dario Amodei, long an AI safety advocate, is excited and terrified by what’s coming from AI: It’s the “single most serious national security threat” facing humanity in 100 years.

Fortune

The UK government didn’t want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I’m not surprised

It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Tory bid to ‘wreck’ Chagos deal is ‘a simple political stunt’, minister says

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said it is ‘absolute nonsense’ to present a 1966 UK-US agreement as a ‘gotcha’.

Evening Standard

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The government must act now on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse

Letters: There is no justification to delay political action on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, say Dr Mike Barrett and Dr Steven R Smith, while Olivia Blake MP says the breakdown of nature is not a side issue that can be buried

The Guardian - UK

Your Wi-Fi Router Was Probably Made in China. Does That Mean It's a National Security Threat?

The Trump administration is reportedly moving to ban TP-Link routers, but experts say they're no less secure than other devices.

Reason

Greenland 'very happy with the EU' for support in face of Trump takeover threats, politician says

In recent weeks, Trump said the US must take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, citing its strategic importance for national security.

Euronews

Pentagon contractor indicted over alleged leak tied to raided Washington Post reporter

Worker illegally provided classified information ‘related to national defense’ to journalist, justice department says

The Guardian - US

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UK national security threatened by biodiversity loss, intelligence chiefs warn

Without “major intervention” the UK risks increasing geopolitical instability, economic insecurity, conflict and migration.

Euronews

A government can choose to investigate the killing of a protester − or choose to blame the victim and pin it all on ‘domestic terrorism’

The question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and moral crusades, is whether a democracy can tolerate the possibility of persuasion.

The Conversation

Hong Kong begins national security trial of organisers of Tiananmen Square vigil group

The case comes weeks after the conviction of media tycoon Jimmy Lai

The Independent UK

Hong Kong national security trial of three pro-democracy activists begins

Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, are accused of inciting subversion

The Guardian - UK

National security trial for Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organizers to open

Two organizers of a vigil commemorating people killed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 will stand trial on Thursday

The Independent UK

AI boss says chip sales to China ‘like selling nuclear weapons to North Korea’

Anthropic CEO says Trump administration’s approval has ‘incredible national security implications’

The Independent UK

What to know about the trial in Hong Kong against Tiananmen vigil organizers

A national security trial for former organizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square vigil opens Thursday

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The Conversation

Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the tactics fit with the plan to limit China’s economic interests

In 2019, during his first term, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed a desire to buy Greenland, which has been a part of Denmark for some 300 years. Danes and Greenlanders quickly rebuffed the offer at the time.

The Independent UK

Torture, spies and fibre cables: The security concerns over China’s new embassy

MI5 has admitted it is ‘not realistic’ to eliminate each and every potential risk

Evening Standard

New Chinese embassy approved despite warning security risks cannot be eliminated

Security minister Dan Jarvis told MPs he was ‘assured that the UK national security is protected’.

The Independent UK

Spying, oppression and secret rooms: Security concerns over China’s new embassy

Opponents have argued Beijing’s mega-embassy could become an espionage hub.

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'Total Weakness': Donald Trump Attacks Keir Starmer in Brutal Row Over 'Stupid' UK National Security Plan

Donald Trump launches fierce attack on Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands agreement, warning that handing Diego Garcia to Mauritius is 'total weakness' that endangers UK and NATO security while emboldening China and Russia.

Euronews

UK approves massive Chinese embassy in central London despite security concerns

Opponents have warned of a potential threat to the UK's national security given the site's proximity to London’s two primary financial districts.

The Guardian - UK

‘There can be no exclusions’: how Hillsborough law hit a roadblock

What was meant to be a triumph for Keir Starmer has become mired in disagreement with victims’ families

The Independent UK

How a group of nimbys could bring down China’s mega embassy plans

IN DEPTH: A decision on China’s application for a new embassy in London is expected in days, but those living next to the proposed site will be challenging it all the way, as Dan Haygarth reports

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage cannot be trusted with national security, says defence secretary

John Healy hit out at Farage’s refusal to back sending UK troops into Ukraine in the event of a peace deal

Space

SpaceX launches its 1st national security mission of 2026, sending US spy satellites to orbit

SpaceX will launch its first national security mission of the year tonight (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live.

The Independent UK

Trump floats tariffs against countries that ‘don’t go along’ with his plans for Greenland

Trump has argued the U.S. must acquire Greenland for national security

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