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MI5 chief Parker warns of threat to UK from Russia, IS

­­­­­­Bloomberg MI5 chief Andrew Parker warned of the continued threat of attacks on Britain from Russia and the IS militant group in a rare speech outside the country on Monday. Speaking publicly for the first time since the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March, Parker said in Berlin that the incident ...

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Trump on collision course with Kim over ‘sanctions’

Bloomberg President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appear to be on a collision course over what comes first: Disarmament or sanctions relief. On Sunday, two of Trump’s top national security officials — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton — both said the US needs proof that North Korea’s denuclearisation is complete, ...

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Jakarta under pressure to pass anti-terror law post attacks

Bloomberg A wave of deadly bombings in Indonesia has put the spotlight on lawmakers and anti-terrorism laws that give police enhanced powers to take preemptive action but which have languished in the parliament since 2016. President Joko Widodo said on Monday the government may issue a rule in lieu of law, known as perpu, if parliament fails to pass revision ...

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