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UK To Deploy Warships To Indian Ocean For Joint Training With Indian Forces
Britain said on Wednesday it would send warships to the Indian Ocean later this year and an aircraft carrier to the region in 2025 for joint training and operations with Indian forces as the two countries strengthen their security ties.
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Apple Opposes UK Push to Bypass End-to-End Encryption, Says It Will Remove iMessage and FaceTime: Report
Apple has strongly opposed the British parliament against the Online Safety Bill that proposes changes to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 that would allow the government to force companies to install technology to scan the contents of encrypted messaging apps and services.
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British Sikh MP Gets Threatening Email Saying "Watch Your Back"
Britain's first female Sikh Member of Parliament, Preet Kaur Gill, said she was forced to bolster her security after receiving a "direct threat" by email asking her to "watch your back".
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UK Working To Stop China From Recruiting Its Ex-Air Force Pilots
While British military personnel frequently take part in training exercises with foreign armies, any collusion by ex-pilots with China -- which London has dubbed the "number one threat" to domestic and global security -- poses a serious concern.
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"Drop Fantasy Of Continuing Colonial Influence In Hong Kong": China To UK
China threatened a "forceful counter-attack" on Tuesday in response to Britain's announcement that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijing's introduction of a national security law for the former British colony.
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Hong Kong Details New Powers Under Controversial China's Security Law
Hong Kong released additional details of China's new national security law for the former British colony on Monday, saying security forces had overriding authority to enter and search properties for evidence and stop people from leaving the city.
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Thomas Cook Crashes, Leaving Thousands Of Tourists Stranded Across Europe
Thomas Cook Collapses: Thomas Cook Group Plc collapsed under a pile of debt after talks with creditors failed, forcing the British government to hire charter planes to bring thousands of the 178-year-old travel company's customers back home.
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British Man Among 2 Arrested At Delhi Airport Allegedly With Fake Tickets
Two persons, including a British national, were arrested in separate incidents by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the Delhi airport for allegedly using fake tickets to enter the terminal area, an official said on Sunday.
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Missile Strikes Against Syria Not For Regime Change: Theresa May
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday she had authorised British forces to conduct precision air-launched cruise missile strikes on Syria to degrade its chemical weapons capability, saying there was no alternative to military action.
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British Police Deploy Giant Futuristic Nets In Bid To Stop Vehicle Attacks By Terrorists
Scotland Yard is deploying the latest in anti-terrorism equipment designed to thwart vehicle attacks - a futuristic net bristling with tungsten steel spikes that security forces can quickly lay down like a carpet on a roadway.
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UK Worked All Night To Counter Cyber Attack On Health Services: Security Minister
British technology experts worked through the night to patch the computer systems of the health service after the ransomware worm forced dozens of hospitals to cancel some operations and appointments, Security Minister Ben Wallace said on Monday.
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Frenchman Charged in London Airport Firearm Scare
A Frenchman who triggered an evacuation of one of Britain's busiest airports on Saturday has been charged with possessing an air rifle and a knife, police said today.
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Bangladesh Arrests Briton as 'Main Planner' of Blogger Murders
Bangladesh's elite security force Tuesday arrested three suspected Islamist militants including a British citizen who police said was the "main planner" of the murders of two prominent atheist bloggers.
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Britain Pulls Spies as Moscow Cracks Edward Snowden Files: Reports
Britain has been forced to remove some of its spies after Russia and China accessed the top-secret raft of documents taken by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, British media reported.
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Two Killed in Taliban Raid in Kabul, Camp Bastion Under Fire
Afghan security forces overcame Taliban insurgents attacking a guest house for international aid workers in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday and were still fighting gunmen inside former US and British base Camp Bastion.
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UK To Deploy Warships To Indian Ocean For Joint Training With Indian Forces
Britain said on Wednesday it would send warships to the Indian Ocean later this year and an aircraft carrier to the region in 2025 for joint training and operations with Indian forces as the two countries strengthen their security ties.
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Apple Opposes UK Push to Bypass End-to-End Encryption, Says It Will Remove iMessage and FaceTime: Report
Apple has strongly opposed the British parliament against the Online Safety Bill that proposes changes to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 that would allow the government to force companies to install technology to scan the contents of encrypted messaging apps and services.
-
British Sikh MP Gets Threatening Email Saying "Watch Your Back"
Britain's first female Sikh Member of Parliament, Preet Kaur Gill, said she was forced to bolster her security after receiving a "direct threat" by email asking her to "watch your back".
-
UK Working To Stop China From Recruiting Its Ex-Air Force Pilots
While British military personnel frequently take part in training exercises with foreign armies, any collusion by ex-pilots with China -- which London has dubbed the "number one threat" to domestic and global security -- poses a serious concern.
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"Drop Fantasy Of Continuing Colonial Influence In Hong Kong": China To UK
China threatened a "forceful counter-attack" on Tuesday in response to Britain's announcement that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijing's introduction of a national security law for the former British colony.
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Hong Kong Details New Powers Under Controversial China's Security Law
Hong Kong released additional details of China's new national security law for the former British colony on Monday, saying security forces had overriding authority to enter and search properties for evidence and stop people from leaving the city.
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Thomas Cook Crashes, Leaving Thousands Of Tourists Stranded Across Europe
Thomas Cook Collapses: Thomas Cook Group Plc collapsed under a pile of debt after talks with creditors failed, forcing the British government to hire charter planes to bring thousands of the 178-year-old travel company's customers back home.
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British Man Among 2 Arrested At Delhi Airport Allegedly With Fake Tickets
Two persons, including a British national, were arrested in separate incidents by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the Delhi airport for allegedly using fake tickets to enter the terminal area, an official said on Sunday.
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Missile Strikes Against Syria Not For Regime Change: Theresa May
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday she had authorised British forces to conduct precision air-launched cruise missile strikes on Syria to degrade its chemical weapons capability, saying there was no alternative to military action.
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British Police Deploy Giant Futuristic Nets In Bid To Stop Vehicle Attacks By Terrorists
Scotland Yard is deploying the latest in anti-terrorism equipment designed to thwart vehicle attacks - a futuristic net bristling with tungsten steel spikes that security forces can quickly lay down like a carpet on a roadway.
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UK Worked All Night To Counter Cyber Attack On Health Services: Security Minister
British technology experts worked through the night to patch the computer systems of the health service after the ransomware worm forced dozens of hospitals to cancel some operations and appointments, Security Minister Ben Wallace said on Monday.
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Frenchman Charged in London Airport Firearm Scare
A Frenchman who triggered an evacuation of one of Britain's busiest airports on Saturday has been charged with possessing an air rifle and a knife, police said today.
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Bangladesh Arrests Briton as 'Main Planner' of Blogger Murders
Bangladesh's elite security force Tuesday arrested three suspected Islamist militants including a British citizen who police said was the "main planner" of the murders of two prominent atheist bloggers.
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Britain Pulls Spies as Moscow Cracks Edward Snowden Files: Reports
Britain has been forced to remove some of its spies after Russia and China accessed the top-secret raft of documents taken by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, British media reported.
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Two Killed in Taliban Raid in Kabul, Camp Bastion Under Fire
Afghan security forces overcame Taliban insurgents attacking a guest house for international aid workers in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday and were still fighting gunmen inside former US and British base Camp Bastion.
