Ali Mitib

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Ali Mitib

The sister of a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist who has been illegally imprisoned in an Egyptian jail has called on Sir Keir Starmer to keep his promise and secure her brother’s release before her mother dies on a hunger strike. Laila Soueif, 69, the mother of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in central London for the second time on Thursday night after dangerously low blood sugar levels and blood pressure.

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Ali Mitib

An arsonist recruited by the Wagner Group who orchestrated the attack on a warehouse holding aid for Ukraine had also planned to blow up two Mayfair restaurants and kidnap their owner, the Old Bailey has heard. Dylan Earl, 20, and Jake Reeves, 23, organised the attack on a unit in the Cromwell Industrial Estate in Leyton, east London, in March last year.

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Ali Mitib

A British businessman accused of spying for China told an FBI informant not to leave a fortune cookie as a calling card at the scene of a planned assault on a Chinese-American dissident, according to court documents. John Miller, 63, was arrested in April while on a business trip in Belgrade, Serbia, on the orders of the FBI after a sting operation in which he was allegedly caught spying for China and trying to buy military hardware in the US for the People’s Liberation Army.

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Ali Mitib |Nicola Woolcock

More than 30 British universities are yet to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, The Times can disclose, as Jewish students warn of concerns that universities are fostering a culture where “the exploration of terror groups” is “amplified”.

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | James Beal |Ali Mitib

A British businessman has been accused of spying for China and plotting to smuggle sensitive military technology to Beijing. John Miller, 63, was arrested during a trip to Serbia on the orders of the FBI after a sting operation and is now awaiting extradition to the US. Court documents also allege that Miller, a recruitment specialist from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, referred to President Xi of China as “The Boss” in intercepted phone calls.