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PG Wodehouse suffered ‘mental pain’ after Nazi broadcasts
Newly-declassified MI5 files reveal how PG Wodehouse, creator of Jeeves and Wooster, worried about being paid to do broadcasts for Nazi radio during World War II.
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Campaigners plan torture inquiry boycott
Human rights campaigners are threatening to boycott an inquiry into allegations British terrorism suspects were illegally tortured on foreign soil. They say the inquiry is flawed.
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RAF pilots cleared of negligence over Mull of Kintyre crash
Defence Secretary Liam Fox apologises to the families of the pilots in the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash after a new report clears them of an earlier finding of negligence.
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MI5 archive shows 4,000 Britons fought Franco
Documents released by the National Archives show 4,000 Britons travelled to Spain in the 1930s to fight General Franco – and that their activities were of great interest to the UK security services.
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New rules on torture deemed ‘unlawful’
Guidelines issued to Britain’s intelligence services on how to avoid complicity in torture are to be challenged in the High Court tomorrow, Simon Israel reports.
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Theresa May: ‘we will not make the same mistakes’ on terror
Home Secretary Theresa May has launched the revised anti-terror Prevent strategy, promising tighter controls on anti-terror funds, targeting of “non-violent extremism”, and promoting integration.
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Police face trial for ‘beating up’ terror suspect
Four police officers go on trial accused of beating a terror suspect – with evidence provided by an MI5 bug which was planted in the suspect’s prayer room.
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Child soldiers ‘jailed’ for going AWOL despite MoD policy
Despite the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) policy of not keeping under 18-year-old recruits against their will, Britain’s child soldiers are being held in a military detention centre for going AWOL.
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London bombings: MI5 officer tells of ‘profound regret’
A senior MI5 officer tells the July 7 inquest of the Service’s “profound regret” for failing to prevent the London bombings, which killed 52 innocent people, as Andy Davies reports.
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Tony Blair questioned for second time at Iraq inquiry
As Tony Blair appears again at the Iraq Inquiry, Channel 4 News examines the questions likely to be on the agenda as Tony Benn insists the former PM’s secret letters to President Bush must figure.
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Stockholm suicide bomber lived near terrorists
As MI5 continues to investigate whether Taimur Adbdulwahab al-Abdaly had links to other terrorists, Channel 4 News discovers that he lived close to numerous Luton-based extremists.
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How Russian agents could be used in Britain today
Following the arrest of Mike Hancock MP’s assistant researcher Katia Zatuliveter, a former intelligence officer tells Channel 4 News about the ways the Russians use intelligence agents in the UK.
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‘I will clear my name’ says Russian aide accused of spying
The Russian at the centre of the Westminster spy row vows she will clear her name as Lord West, the former security minster, tells Channel 4 News Russian spying has “absolutely” not gone away.
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Lib Dem MP denies his assistant is a Russian spy
MP Mike Hancock denies his Russian assistant is a secret agent after reports she is facing deportation, as a former KGB colonel tells Channel 4 News “Britain is under attack from Russian spies”.
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July 7 inquest: MI5 loses bid to give evidence in private
The Home Secretary and MI5 have lost their bid for intelligence officials to give evidence to the July 7 inquests behind closed doors.