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  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel De Simone |Kathryn Armstrong

    Three alleged Iranian spies have appeared in court charged with targeting UK-based journalists so that "serious violence" could be inflicted on them. Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, all from London, appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court. They are accused of targeting individual journalists working for Iran International, an independent media organisation based in London.

  • 3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel De Simone |Ruth Comerford

    Six Bulgarian have been jailed for spying on the enemies of Russia's Vladimir Putin in the UK and beyond. During a lengthy trial, the Old Bailey heard the ring was paid handsomely for their services, including spying on two journalists who had exposed nerve agent attacks on the Russian dissidents Alexei Navalny and Sergei Skripal.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Tom Beal |Chris Bell |Daniel De Simone

    Convicted Russian spies seen in Parliament in 2016Tom Beal, Chris Bell and Daniel De SimoneMetropolitan PoliceThree Bulgarians convicted in March of spying for Russia previously attended an event in the Palace of Westminster, a BBC News investigation has found. Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova were present at an event to debate Brexit in a committee room in May 2016.

  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Chris Bell |Daniel De Simone

    3 hours agoFrench President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will hold a Paris conference Monday to attract US researchers dissatisfied with Trump’s policies. EU ministers, scientists, and commissioners will discuss financial incentives to encourage American experts to relocate to …

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Daniel De Simone

    Daniel De SimoneInvestigations correspondentThe families of five people murdered by Hashem Abedi in the Manchester Arena bombing have told the justice secretary of their "absolute disbelief" that he was allowed to attack prison officers in HMP Frankland. Despite being held in a high-security unit, Abedi, 28, attacked three prison officers on Saturday with improvised blades and hot cooking oil.

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