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The Guardian view on Peter Mandelson: the government must come clean on vetting | Editorial
Title: The Guardian view on Peter Mandelson: the government must come clean on vetting | Editorial The first mistake was appointing the peer despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The next would be claiming his security risks were properly managedIt is telling that the person who first floated the idea of Peter Mandelson as the next UK ambassador to America was probably himself. He seems to have looked at his global contacts and thought: this is why I’m useful. Whitehall’s security vetters, UKSV, looked at the same contacts and thought: this is why he’s not. The latest revelations illustrate something rotten about modern politics. What the wealthy and connected think makes them an asset is exactly what makes them a risk.In late 2024, Lord Mandelson was announced as the UK’s ambassador to Washington by Sir Keir Starmer. That posting ended in disgrace last year after US files exposed the depth of his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But UKSV advised against giving security clearance to Lord Mandelson, flagging concerns over links to China’s finance minister, a sanctioned Russian oligarch, a former Israeli military intelligence chief and a British individual described as potentially compromising, as well as a £1m loan connected to an Israeli startup investment
The Guardian view on Peter Mandelson: the government must come clean on vetting | Editorial
Title: The Guardian view on Peter Mandelson: the government must come clean on vetting | Editorial The first mistake was appointing the peer despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The next would be claiming his security risks were properly managedIt is telling that the person who first floated the idea of Peter Mandelson as the next UK ambassador to America was probably himself. He seems to have looked at his global contacts and thought: this is why I’m useful. Whitehall’s security vetters, UKSV, looked at the same contacts and thought: this is why he’s not. The latest revelations illustrate something rotten about modern politics. What the wealthy and connected think makes them an asset is exactly what makes them a risk.In late 2024, Lord Mandelson was announced as the UK’s ambassador to Washington by Sir Keir Starmer. That posting ended in disgrace last year after US files exposed the depth of his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But UKSV advised against giving security clearance to Lord Mandelson, flagging concerns over links to China’s finance minister, a sanctioned Russian oligarch, a former Israeli military intelligence chief and a British individual described as potentially compromising, as well as a £1m loan connected to an Israeli startup investment
UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases
Executive summary This report reveals how retired senior British military figures are frequently presented in the UK media as purely independent experts on defence and security matters without mention of their personal commercial and employment interests in the defence, technology, intelligence, and security sectors in those reports. By analysing media reports between 2015 and May 2026, AOAV identified a repeated pattern where almost 60% of former key military personnel with links to the...
Five Eyes issues 'unprecedented' warning over China's aggresive spying campaign
Chinese intelligence operatives are posing as job recruiters on professional networking and employment platforms to trick government employees, military personnel and other individuals with access to sensitive information into disclosing confidential details, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance has warned. In a joint security bulletin issued by intelligence agencies from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, the alliance said China's military intelligence...
Exclusive-UK adopts SpaceX's Starshield for military operations, sources say
Exclusive-UK adopts SpaceX's Starshield for military operations, sources say LONDON, June 2 : Britain has begun using SpaceX's militarised satellite network Starshield, according to two people familiar with the matter, making it among the first countries outside the United States to adopt Elon Musk's government-focused variant of Starlink. Starshield, developed for the U.S. government, is designed for military and intelligence missions with enhanced security features, while SpaceX's standard...
Chinese spies using job websites to target UK government staff, MI5 warns
Chinese spies using job websites to target UK government staff, MI5 warns The spies advertise for bogus jobs such as foreign policy or defence analysts, before pressuring candidates to provide “non-public” information intelligence agencies warned - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments MI5 has issued a stark warning that Chinese spies are actively targeting UK government and military personnel through popular job websites, seeking to extract classified or sensitive information. A bulletin...
Hundreds of soldiers put on weight loss jabs as jaw-dropping number are obese
Hundreds of soldiers put on weight loss jabs as jaw-dropping number are obese Official figures show the Body Mass Index - of military personnel records more than 11,000 soldiers, 4,300 sailors and 3,900 aircrew as being obese Weight loss jabs are being prescribed to soldiers who have gone over the top with their diets. They were among 240 military personnel last year who were placed on the Mounjaro and Wegovy jabs to help them shift their excess fat. The numbers on the specialist injections...
Could ex-ISIL fighters be used against Iran, as a Russian official claimed?
Could ex-ISIL fighters be used against Iran, as a Russian official claimed? Russia’s Federal Security Service chief said Western powers could weaponise former fighters, but analysts doubt the claim. Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, claimed late in May that the West is trying to use ex-fighters of the ISIL (ISIS) armed group against Iran.
Five Eyes spy agencies issue warning over LinkedIn recruitment by Chinese intelligence
LONDON — The spy agencies of the Five Eyes international intelligence partnership warned on Wednesday that Chinese spies are attempting to recruit and compromise government and military personnel to gain a tactical advantage over the U.S. and its allies. In a rare joint bulletin, the intelligence agencies of Britain, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand warned that China is increasingly using professional networking sites and job platforms — including LinkedIn and Indeed — to gain...
Moscow’s latest car bombing shows Putin’s generals who the real target is
The luxury BMW 3 series burst into flames as it pulled out of its parking spot at 5.30am on a Russian dawn. Locals rushed to drag the dying driver from behind the wheel. But General Damir Davydov soon perished.