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British police officer, Detective Chief Superintendent at the Metropolitan Police Service

  • Jun 18

    Two men jailed in Britain for spying for China in operation targeting Hong Kong pro-democracy dissidents

    A London court sentenced two dual Chinese-British nationals to prison terms on Thursday after they were convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service by surveilling Hong Kong pro-democracy activists based in the UK.

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Ceuta drowns, yen gets help

Europe quarrels over Ceuta as Trump pauses Iran strikes and drought hits reactors

Borders, rivers and currencies did most of the moving overnight. Europe argued over Ceuta, Washington and Tehran traded incompatible claims, and drought pushed old energy assumptions into the open.

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