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NPCC Innovation and Digital summit 2025 UK

Police ordered to hide Palantir surveillance

Six police forces spent £7.8m on Palantir while a secret unit told them to deny it, an investigation has found.

18 August 2026
Crowd of protesters marching through downtown Minneapolis holding signs opposing ICE. United States

US government spied on anti-ICE protesters, unions, records show

DHS records unsealed in a Minneapolis court show agents infiltrated union meetings and Signal chats of people never…

15 August 2026
Nigel Farage speaks in the House of Commons, a scandal shadowed by Arron Banks journalist surveillance claims, July 2024. UK

Banks tracked journalist who exposed Farage

Arron Banks did not deny setting investigators on the Sunday Times reporter who exposed Farage's hidden funding.

11 August 2026
Crowd at a protest holds placards reading 'Stop the Palestinian Genocide' and 'Free Palestine' with Palestinian flags, illustrating the Labour staffers Israeli firm story. Middle East

Israeli-trained Kaplan poaches Labour’s staff

Ex-Labour staffers keep joining a firm run by a former Israeli military intelligence officer as the party chooses its…

13 July 2026
Tattooist gets 30 years for anarchist zines United States

Zine makers sentenced to decades under Trump antifa order

A leaked Florida police bulletin brands zines and a legal charity terrorism, months after a nurse and a jailed…

8 July 2026
Congress unmasks whistleblowers under child-safety rules World

Congress unmasks whistleblowers under child-safety rules

A reporter was subpoenaed over her sources as Congress passed an age-verification law that could unmask whistleblowers…

5 July 2026
Jailed, banned, silenced: Starmer's final power grab UK

Jailed, banned, silenced: Starmer’s final power grab

Four activists are serving years as convicted terrorists while a caretaker government forces through a law that could…

4 July 2026
Trump pick stalls warrantless spy bill United States

Trump pick stalls warrantless spy bill

Trump's pick of political loyalist Bill Pulte to lead intelligence agencies threatens FISA Section 702 renewal…

8 June 2026
Palantir CEO Alex Karp UK

FCA to share UK bank accounts, transactions with Trump-linked Palantir

Millions of UK bank accounts and financial records will be processed by Palantir, the AI firm used by ICE and the…

2 June 2026
The Met wanted Palantir. City Hall said no. UK

The Met wanted Palantir. City Hall said no.

City Hall blocked the Met Police's £50m Palantir AI contract over procurement concerns. The decision raises wider…

25 May 2026