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UK bans support for Iran’s IRGC and a linked group over antisemitic attacks in Britain

UK bans support for Iran’s IRGC and a linked group over antisemitic attacks in Britain

Britain banned support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a linked group on Monday following a series of antisemitic attacks, using new powers designed to stop the use of state-sponsored proxies. The government and intelligence agencies have become increasingly ‌concerned about foreign powers paying organised crime groups or low-level criminals for surveillance, sabotage or other activities on their behalf. The ban follows attacks on Jewish-linked sites in London, including...

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UK’s Burnham set to be PM after securing more Labour MPs’ support

UK’s Burnham set to be PM after securing more Labour MPs’ support

Andy Burnham took another significant step on Monday towards becoming Britain’s next prime minister, netting additional Labour MPs’ nominations to give him an unassailable lead in the ruling party’s leadership contest. The veteran politician, who has served as Greater Manchester mayor for nearly a decade, is the only Labour member of parliament to publicly declare themselves a candidate to replace outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer announced he was quitting last month, bowing to...

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Will Manila and Hanoi’s maritime deal challenge Beijing in the South China Sea?

Will Manila and Hanoi’s maritime deal challenge Beijing in the South China Sea?

A decade after Beijing rejected the ruling by The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration on its South China Sea claims, rival nations continue to manoeuvre for control. In the second of our series on the anniversary, Alyssa Chen explores how deepening maritime cooperation between the Philippines and Vietnam could affect China’s regional strategy. With Vietnamese President To Lam by his side in Manila late last month, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr sent a clear message of...

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Why China is seriously cultivating AI entertainment

Why China is seriously cultivating AI entertainment

China’s artificial intelligence ambitions tend to be depicted in the news as predominantly related to defence, large language models and semiconductors. But one emerging use case for AI revolves around a market projected to grow to US441 billion by 2035: China’s entertainment market. Just last week, Chinese regulators announced policies encouraging cinemas to reinvent themselves with AI-powered experiences. Simultaneously, Chinese content creators have embraced AI to hasten content ideation,...

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US National Science Foundation to ban projects with flagged Chinese institutions

US National Science Foundation to ban projects with flagged Chinese institutions

The United States’ National Science Foundation (NSF) is set to ban collaborations with Chinese research institutions designated as restricted entities, as well as their employees, under a new policy that moves away from seeking to balance security risks with the benefits of international collaboration. The policy reflects a broader congressional push by House Republicans to curb academic partnerships between China and the US, amid lawmakers’ concerns that such ties could contribute to Beijing’s...

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UK to change law in bid to deport grooming gang ringleader

UK to change law in bid to deport grooming gang ringleader

Interior minister Shabana Mahmood announced plans on Monday to change UK law to allow a convicted paedophile who led a so-called grooming gang to be deported following his release from prison. Shabir Ahmed was jailed in 2012 for 22 years for multiple child sexual offences including rape when he was the ringleader of a gang of similarly predatory men targeting girls in Rochdale, northern England. He left prison on licence earlier this month under the country’s early release programme. He was...

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US tariff probe unlikely to derail fall Xi-Trump meeting: analysts

US tariff probe unlikely to derail fall Xi-Trump meeting: analysts

The ongoing US tariff investigations against China and Washington’s other trading partners are unlikely to significantly impair bilateral ties or the planned meeting in September between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, analysts said on Monday. “China is just one of a group of countries. So it’s less insulting to China,” said Wei Liang, a professor at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey. The Trump administration has launched two major Section...

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Trump officials turn over withheld evidence in killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Trump officials turn over withheld evidence in killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

US President Donald Trump’s administration has turned over to Minneapolis prosecutors evidence it had withheld on immigration agents’ killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and wounding of a Venezuelan man during deportation sweeps in January, local officials said on Monday. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, the city’s lead prosecutor, said the federal government handed over the “voluminous” evidence in the three shootings after six months of discussions, jurisdictional disputes ‌and a...

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Trump officials turn over withheld evidence in Renee Good, Alex Pretti ICE killings

Trump officials turn over withheld evidence in Renee Good, Alex Pretti ICE killings

US President Donald Trump’s administration has turned over to Minneapolis prosecutors evidence it had withheld on immigration agents’ killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and wounding of a Venezuelan man during deportation sweeps in January, local officials said on Monday. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, the city’s lead prosecutor, said the federal government handed over the “voluminous” evidence in the three shootings after six months of discussions, jurisdictional disputes ‌and a...

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Lindsey Graham’s death removes one of Washington’s most influential China hawks

Lindsey Graham’s death removes one of Washington’s most influential China hawks

The death of US Senator Lindsey Graham has removed one of Washington’s most influential advocates of a hardline approach towards China at a moment when Republicans are debating how aggressively the United States should confront Beijing and project military power overseas. Attention is now turning to whom South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appoints to fill the vacant Senate seat – and whether Graham’s successor will inherit the late lawmaker’s unusually prominent role as both a congressional...

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