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9/11 anniversary: How the lessons of the attacks are still being learnt (opens the original)
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The first duty of a government, countless leaders over the decades have said, is to safeguard its population. On 11 September 2001 the US manifestly failed to do that. The intelligence was there, yet tragically, nobody joined up the dots in time. 9/11, as the attacks on the US became known, came to define – along with the response – a generation of foreign, security and intelligence policy for the first two decades of this century. On 11 September 2001, as al-Qaeda's suicide pilots flew those hi
What we should make of CIA boss John Ratcliffe’s secret trip to Moscow (opens the original)
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President Donald Trump said John Ratcliffe's trip to Russia was a "semi-routine" visit but there is nothing routine about the CIA chief making a secret, 10,000-mile return dash to Moscow. Ratcliffe met Russian intelligence officials on Tuesday - notably his opposite number in Russia's overseas spy agency, Sergei Naryshkin - after arriving unannounced on a US military plane, the Kremlin confirmed. It's been nearly five years since his predecessor William Burns made this trip and that was at a sim
Saudi Arabia's dilemma as it tries to stay out of US-Iran war (opens the original)
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Saudi Arabia is facing a difficult dilemma. Ever since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February, the Saudis have largely tried to stay out of it. But now, after being attacked from three sides, the Saudis have had enough. This week, they carried out joint strikes with the US on Iranian proxy militias in Iraq who they believe have been launching drones at the Kingdom. For Saudi Arabia the dilemma now is whether to keep on hitting back as a deterrent, or whether to try to de-esc
Houthi attacks raise fears of wider Middle East conflict and more global economic damage (opens the original)
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Yemen's Houthi fighters claim to have attacked shipping in the Red Sea - a move that threatens to further escalate the already volatile situation in the Middle East. By forcing ships to turn back from the narrow Bab El Mandeb strait, they have threatened to choke off the main maritime route from Europe to Asia. It comes as US-Iran strikes continue and while a deal to develop Saudi Arabia's nuclear industry prompts fears of an arms race. So is the Middle East becoming more dangerous? So far, 2026
Nato chief tells BBC that Trump comments are like 'family argument' (opens the original)
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Nato, the cornerstone of Western nations' defence, is stronger than ever. That's according to its Secretary General Mark Rutte who was speaking to the BBC at the alliance's summit in Ankara. This despite some inflammatory words from Donald Trump who said how disappointed he was that Nato did not join in his war with Iran. (NATO was not consulted but in the end several countries, including the UK, let US forces use their bases to launch strikes on Iranian missile sites). I put it to Rutte that th
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