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MPs and military figures urge Trump to intervene and block Starmer’s Chagos deal

Labour MPs vote to push through Chagos Islands deal but questions raised over legal case as defence secretary John Healey finally reveals details

The Independent UK

Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen

Aircraft with European Commission president onboard reportedly forced to circle Bulgarian airport for an hour

The Guardian - UK

UK Bank Holidays Derailed: CrossCountry Strike Leaves Travellers Stranded

Limited services on 24-25 Aug, with £500,000 economic hit. Pay dispute fuels debate as passengers face holiday travel chaos

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Watchdog slammed as former Tory defence secretary joins missile start up

FORMER Tory defence secretary Grant Shapps has been cleared by the parliamentary standards watchdog to join a defence start-up.

The National (Scotland)

Watchdog slammed for clearing ex-defence secretary’s startup move

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The Independent UK

Ex-defence secretary allowed to work for missiles start-up – as long as he avoids defence matters

The ex-defence secretary said he co-founded the company ‘to help protect our skies’ but if it saves lives in Ukraine ‘then that would obviously be very good news’

The Independent UK

Watchdog criticised for clearing ex-defence secretary Shapps to join missile maker

Former minister can take up role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace – as long as he avoids defence matters

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Ukraine war briefing: Mirage fighter jet crashes after pilot ejects due to technical fault

Protests take aim at Zelenskyy over targeting of anti-corruption agency; envoys read to meet Russian counterparts in Istanbul. What we know on day 1,246

The Guardian - AU

British man obsessed with James Bond convicted of trying to spy for Russia

Howard Phillips, 65, intended to help two apparent Russian agents who were in fact undercover British intelligence officers.

Euronews

Man found guilty over sharing Grant Shapps’s details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips, 65, gave Shapps’s home address and private plane location to undercover officers

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Shapps: ‘We saved lives with gagging order on Afghan data leak’

The details of more than 100 Britons, including those working as spies and in special forces, were included in the massive breach.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Ex-defence secretary says Afghan data leak superinjunction ‘saved lives’

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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

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps defends use of superinjunction to suppress Afghan data leak

Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save lives

The Independent UK

Exposed: Tory hypocrisy over Afghan data breach cover-up

Grant Shapps claims he was ‘surprised’ gagging order was in place for ‘so long’ – despite fighting to keep superinjunction in place

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The Guardian - UK

Spies and SAS personnel among 100-plus Britons included in Afghan data leak

Sources say leak included details of Britons who endorsed Afghan applications to be brought to UK after Taliban takeover

The Independent UK

Ex-minister claims he was misled over fate of Afghan elite soldiers abandoned by UK, as revealed by The Independent

Former armed forces minister James Heappey has broken cover over what happened regarding the massive data breach which put the lives of up to 100,000 Afghans at risk

Evening Standard

Tory ex-ministers defend record as pressure mounts after Afghan data leak

Members of the previous administration are distancing themselves from the handling of the breach.

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps pushed for MoD Afghan superinjunction to remain in place

Ex-Tory defence secretary wanted data breach affecting those at risk from Taliban to be secret for as long as possible, say MoD sources

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Afghans relocated to UK under secret scheme after data leak

Conservative government used superinjuction to hide error that put Afghans at risk and led to £2bn mitigation scheme

The Guardian - UK

Man accused of plot to share Shapps details says he wanted to ‘expose’ Russian spies

Howard Phillips tells court he hoped to ‘trap’ agents by offering information about the then defence secretary

The Guardian - UK

Man told fake Russian spies he had ‘useful’ information on Grant Shapps, jury hears

Howard Phillips claimed to undercover officers he had met then defence secretary on several occasions, court told

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