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UK-based lawyers have spoken out about being targeted by the Chinese state and its supporters in a campaign of intimidation including surveillance, hacking of bank accounts and rape threats.

The barristers, from Doughty Street Chambers in London, say there has been a coordinated and concerted campaign against them since they …

Nigel Farage’s Reform party is being driven by a close-knit group of rightwing, male advisers, with the party chair, Zia Yusuf, at the helm and the treasurer, Nick Candy, raising money. Here are the key players at the top.

First circle

Zia Yusuf

Nigel Farage seems to be everywhere again: striding into rallies to the beat of Eminem, popping up at

Maga parties in Washington

Since July, Reform UK has …

The sentence of the Southport killer will not be referred to the court of appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, the attorney general has said.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was handed a 52-year minimum sentence for murdering three girls at a dance class, the second-longest sentence imposed by the courts …

In JD Vance’s confrontational and pugnacious speech at the Munich Security Conference, the vice-president ran through a series of examples to highlight his claims that Europe has gone off the rails. Here, we look at what he said – and whether it stacks up.

United Kingdom

Speaking about “our …