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UK to ban making ransomware payments for some organizations — targets 'public sector bodies and operators of critical national infrastructure'

The UK Home Office and National Cyber Security Centre announced that some organizations could be banned from making ransomware payments.

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Dover asylum protests pose danger to small boat arrivals, charities say

Home Office orders diversion from usual landing place to Ramsgate to avoid clashes with far right

The Guardian - UK

Asylum hotel data to be shared with food delivery firms in bid to stop illegal working

Information will be shared with food delivery firms to help them uncover abuse on their platforms

The Independent UK

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Location of asylum hotels to be shared with food delivery firms in Home Office clampdown on illegal working

The Home Office said the plan will help delivery apps uncover abuse on their platforms and quickly suspend accounts but immigration lawyers argue it will be ‘ineffective’ and easy to bypass

Evening Standard

'It's a powder keg': Government warned UK faces another summer of riots after Epping migrant hotel violence

Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread described the Essex town as a ‘powder keg’ after violent demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday

Evening Standard

Home Office to trial AI to check ages of asylum seekers

Artificial intelligence technology will be trialled to assess disputed ages of asylum seekers who say they are children, the Home Office has said

The National (Scotland)

Controversial AI technology will assess disputed ages of UK Asylum seekers

New system could be problematic, a watchdog says, especially where a child is denied rights and protections

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Artificial intelligence to be trialled for disputes over asylum seekers’ ages

Ministers hope to roll out facial age estimation for migrants arriving by small boats and lorries over 2026 after trialling of the technology.

Evening Standard

UK border officials to use AI to verify ages of child asylum seekers

Trial of technology comes as official report warns existing system has been failing for at least a decade

The Guardian - UK

Knights Of Old Cyberattack: Weak Password Caused Massive Data Breach And Put 700 People Out Of Work

Russian hackers caused 700 employees to lose their jobs after their computer systems were breached, wiping their access to all of the company's data.

International Business Times UK

Afghans ‘at risk of being radicalised in the UK’ as Home Office urged to investigate threat

Paul Rimmer urged the Home Office to investigate the risk of radicalisation further, warning that Afghanistan is ‘becoming a base for a wide range of terrorist groups’

The Independent UK

UK government to ban public bodies from paying ransoms to hackers

Measure intended to send message to international cybercriminals ‘that the UK is united in fight against ransomware’

The Guardian - UK

Businesses to notify government about ransom payments in cyber crime crackdown

The Home Office’s proposals come after Marks & Spencer refused to say if it had paid a ransom to hackers in a major attack earlier this year.

Evening Standard

Tuesday briefing: Uncovering the truth behind the bloodshed at Orgreave, four decades on

In today’s newsletter: The investigative reporter whose work helped lead to a new inquiry into one of the most brutal clashes in British industrial history on its connection with the Hillsborough disaster – and why justice is finally due

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Chippy owner given ‘devastating’ £40,000 fine by Home Office for allegedly illegal hire

Surrey chip shop staff left ‘terrified’ by immigration raid as ministers called on to lower penalties for small businesses

TechRadar

The UK could make a U-turn on Apple's encryption backdoor demand

US officials have criticized the order that led Apple to remove its iCloud end-to-end encryption feature in the UK in February. Now, the UK is reportedly looking for a way to back down.

The National (Scotland)

Banning Palestine Action an 'abuse of power', High Court told

BANNING Palestine Action as a terror organisation had the hallmarks of a “blatant abuse of power” and made the UK an “international…

The Independent UK

Miners arrested at Orgreave say their names can finally be cleared after inquiry

The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in South Yorkshire in 1984

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Evening Standard

Police 'getting it wrong' when enforcing Palestine Action terror ban, says High Court judge

Palestine Action was proscribed by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper earlier this month

The Guardian - UK

UK may back down on demand for backdoor access to Apple users’ encrypted data

Government sources say pressure from Washington, including JD Vance, could lead to Home Office climbdown, according to reports

Evening Standard

Palestine Action terror ban made UK ‘international outlier’, High Court told

The group’s co-founder wants to bring legal action over the decision to proscribe the organisation as a terror group.

The National (Scotland)

Palestine Action co-founder set to challenge UK Government terror ban

The co-founder of the proscribed group Palestine Action is set to ask the High Court for the green light to challenge the Home Secretary’s…

Evening Standard

High Court to hear bid to challenge Palestine Action ban

Huda Ammori is seeking to challenge Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror laws earlier this year.

Evening Standard

Inquiry into Orgreave violence during 1984 miners’ strike announced

The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in 1984.

The Guardian - UK

Border Force chief who ‘suggested game of Naked Attraction’ with colleagues was able to leave civil service with unblemished record

Exclusive: Review of Home Office procedures ordered after ‘shambolic’ disciplinary process relating to Steve Dann

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