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Waiting for the UK's Defence Investment Plan? We’ve already looked at many of the key topics it will need to address. Here’s a thread:

Our new research paper by @hjesanderson says China's unprecedented control over the supply chain for rare earths poses a significant and growing risk to UK national security, defence, clean energy and advanced manufacturing. The paper urges the creation of a UK strategic stockpile, state support for sovereign rare earth suppliers and the curbing of China’s ability to gather intelligence of UK defence dependencies through its export licensing regime. rusi.org/explore-our-researc…

'For Bosnia and Herzegovina, Orban’s defeat offers a rare opportunity to weaken one of the most important external pillars sustaining secessionist politics and institutional destabilisation in the Western Balkans', writes Ismet Fatih Čančar (@IFCBiH) in the latest #RUSICommentary. rusi.org/explore-our-researc…

John Healey has given this country serious service in a serious time. He took on the Ministry of Defence at a moment when the world was getting more dangerous, not less, and he carried that weight with the discipline and decency that the job demands. I worked alongside him closely. I saw the hours, the care, and the seriousness he brought to every brief, including the hardest ones. There are issues facing this Department that do not lend themselves to easy answers. The work on funding, on veterans, on Legacy, on the welfare of those who serve. The threats facing this country have not paused for a change of Secretary of State. Our Armed Forces remain on operations around the world, standing with our allies, protecting our interests, and keeping the British people safe. They deserve a Ministry of Defence that matches their seriousness with our own. That is the job. It continues today.

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13. 'Goodwill ambassador' to a charity fake news site traced to a firm that worked for Putin's presidential administration. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/02/t…

Defendant being sentenced today for Southampton disturbances has 19 convictions for 33 offences including robbery, burglary and domestic violence ( battery) and another defendant has 25 convictions for 45 offences. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnv9j7zd…

Inside the Broligarchy: Is Big Tech running politics? p.dw.com/p/5E5T9?at_medium=S…

Germany cracks down on neo-Nazi networks dw.com/en/germany-cracks-dow…

National Security (State Threats) Bill 2026 - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/collection…

Career opportunities at GCHQ

They are isolated … they are alone’: Zelenskyy on Russia, Putin’s lies – and fighting back theguardian.com/world/ng-int…

China’s internal surveillance apparatus creates opportunities for China’s rivals to peek efficiently inside its borders. One “Five Eyes” official says: “They’re the ones putting the cameras up—all we have to do is find a way in… there is always a way in.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology | WIRED. “The aggressive policies by the Trump administration, attacking international law, as well as the EU and democratic principles, has led to several wake-up calls,” wired.com/story/all-the-ways…

Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls 'unprecedented' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg74…