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Russia Expels UK Diplomat On Spying Allegations In Fresh Diplomatic Spat
The foreign ministry in Moscow summoned British ambassador Nigel Casey after the FSB security services said they had uncovered a British spy.
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China Accuses British Secret Service Of Recruiting Its Citizens To Spy
China on Monday accused Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) of recruiting a couple who worked for the central government to spy for the UK, adding to months of mutual espionage allegations between Beijing and Western powers.
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Ex UK Marine Accused Of Spying For Hong Kong Found Dead. Was Bailed Last Week
A former member of the UK's Royal Marines, bailed by a court last week over allegations of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services in a Chinese-linked espionage case, has been found dead, British police said Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka President Orders Fresh Probe Into 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's president announced an investigation Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country's worst attack against civilians.
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Iran Executes British-Iranian National Over Spying Allegations
Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported.
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UAE Charges British Student, 31, With Spying; Wife Wants UK To Clarify
The United Arab Emirates has charged a British PhD student with spying in the Gulf country, as his wife Tuesday called on Britain to defend his innocence.
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Britain Calls Them Nerve Agent Hit Men. Russians Ask Whether They Are Gay
When Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov went on Kremlin-backed channel RT this week to defend themselves from British allegations that they attacked a former Russian double agent and his daughter with a nerve agent on British soil, the interview wasn't only about whether they poisoned anyone.
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Russia Calls British Prime Minister's Allegations Over Poisoning 'Insane'
A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman on Thursday described allegations by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Russia was to blame for the nerve agent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal as insane.
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Scotland Yard Accused Of Using Indian Hackers For Spying: Report
Scotland Yard is facing allegations of using hackers in India to illegally spy on email accounts of British journalists, environmental campaigners and activists, an anonymous letter to the UK's policing watchdog has claimed.
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Former British Lawmaker, Website Heat Street At The Heart Of The Trump Wiretap Allegations
A former British legislator is at the heart of the Trump administration's explosive allegation that President Barack Obama was spying on him during the 2016 campaign.
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'New Jihadi John' Appears To Kill 5 In Islamic State Video
A new Islamic State video purports to show the death of five alleged British spies at the hands of a man speaking English with a British accent. And, though the video was not yet authenticated, news outlets were already comparing the grisly spectacle to the work of Jihadi John.
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Former UK Spy Chief Warned of Political Embarrassment Risk Over Child Abuse Claims
A British spy chief warned Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s that allegations of a lawmaker "having a penchant for small boys" risked causing political embarrassment, according to a review of government documents.
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Rwandan Protestors Demand British Free Arrested Spy Chief
Hundreds of Rwandan protestors marched on the British embassy in the capital Kigali today demanding London release their spy chief, arrested at the weekend for alleged crimes following the 1994 genocide.
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Alleged UK Hacking of Belgian Telecoms Firm Was Far-Reaching-Reports
Hacking of computers at Belgian telecoms firm Belgacom, alleged to have been carried out by a British spy agency, was more far-reaching than previously thought and went undetected for more than two years, according to reports published on Saturday.
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British spying allegations 'nightmare out of Hollywood': Germany
Germany's justice minister on Saturday said that allegations of British intelligence services tapping world phone calls and Internet traffic were a "nightmare out of Hollywood."
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Russia Expels UK Diplomat On Spying Allegations In Fresh Diplomatic Spat
The foreign ministry in Moscow summoned British ambassador Nigel Casey after the FSB security services said they had uncovered a British spy.
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China Accuses British Secret Service Of Recruiting Its Citizens To Spy
China on Monday accused Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) of recruiting a couple who worked for the central government to spy for the UK, adding to months of mutual espionage allegations between Beijing and Western powers.
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Ex UK Marine Accused Of Spying For Hong Kong Found Dead. Was Bailed Last Week
A former member of the UK's Royal Marines, bailed by a court last week over allegations of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services in a Chinese-linked espionage case, has been found dead, British police said Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka President Orders Fresh Probe Into 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's president announced an investigation Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country's worst attack against civilians.
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Iran Executes British-Iranian National Over Spying Allegations
Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported.
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UAE Charges British Student, 31, With Spying; Wife Wants UK To Clarify
The United Arab Emirates has charged a British PhD student with spying in the Gulf country, as his wife Tuesday called on Britain to defend his innocence.
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Britain Calls Them Nerve Agent Hit Men. Russians Ask Whether They Are Gay
When Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov went on Kremlin-backed channel RT this week to defend themselves from British allegations that they attacked a former Russian double agent and his daughter with a nerve agent on British soil, the interview wasn't only about whether they poisoned anyone.
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Russia Calls British Prime Minister's Allegations Over Poisoning 'Insane'
A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman on Thursday described allegations by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Russia was to blame for the nerve agent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal as insane.
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Scotland Yard Accused Of Using Indian Hackers For Spying: Report
Scotland Yard is facing allegations of using hackers in India to illegally spy on email accounts of British journalists, environmental campaigners and activists, an anonymous letter to the UK's policing watchdog has claimed.
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Former British Lawmaker, Website Heat Street At The Heart Of The Trump Wiretap Allegations
A former British legislator is at the heart of the Trump administration's explosive allegation that President Barack Obama was spying on him during the 2016 campaign.
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'New Jihadi John' Appears To Kill 5 In Islamic State Video
A new Islamic State video purports to show the death of five alleged British spies at the hands of a man speaking English with a British accent. And, though the video was not yet authenticated, news outlets were already comparing the grisly spectacle to the work of Jihadi John.
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Former UK Spy Chief Warned of Political Embarrassment Risk Over Child Abuse Claims
A British spy chief warned Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s that allegations of a lawmaker "having a penchant for small boys" risked causing political embarrassment, according to a review of government documents.
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Rwandan Protestors Demand British Free Arrested Spy Chief
Hundreds of Rwandan protestors marched on the British embassy in the capital Kigali today demanding London release their spy chief, arrested at the weekend for alleged crimes following the 1994 genocide.
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Alleged UK Hacking of Belgian Telecoms Firm Was Far-Reaching-Reports
Hacking of computers at Belgian telecoms firm Belgacom, alleged to have been carried out by a British spy agency, was more far-reaching than previously thought and went undetected for more than two years, according to reports published on Saturday.
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British spying allegations 'nightmare out of Hollywood': Germany
Germany's justice minister on Saturday said that allegations of British intelligence services tapping world phone calls and Internet traffic were a "nightmare out of Hollywood."
