PM made last-minute decision not to give home secretary wide-ranging brief including counter-terrorism and cybercrime Boris Johnson has made former cabinet minister Damian Hinds his new security minister, after deciding not to let Priti Patel take on the brief.Less than 24 hours after the home secretary was reported to be adding security to her responsibilities, No 10 made an official announcement that Hinds would take the job. Continue reading...Home secretary has been covering portfolio since resignation of James Brokenshire in July following return of cancerThe home secretary, Priti Patel, is to take on the security minister’s responsibilities permanently after James Brokenshire left the portfolio last month, according to reports.Brokenshire announced his resignation on 7 July, telling Boris Johnson that his recovery from lung cancer treatment was “taking longer than anticipated” after a resurgence of the illness heArrest of David Smith, 57, on suspicion of spying for Russia sparks calls for review of embassy contractorsScotland Yard officers have been involved in the case of a British embassy employee arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying for Russia for “a number of months”, the Metropolitan police commissioner has said.A 57-year-old British national, David Smith, was detained on Tuesday after a joint investigation by British and German authorities. Related: ‘Old-style espionage&rsqAnalysis: eastern bloc spy agencies historically would target western staff in junior rolesGerman police arrest Briton on suspicion of spying for RussiaThe arrest of a British citizen in Berlin for allegedly spying for the Russians has a distinctly cold war flavour.In recent years the Kremlin has been accused of carrying out a number of spectacular cyber-operations. They include the hacking and dumping in 2016 of thousands of Democratic party emails. Moscow’s audacious goal, according to WDefenceTalkThe US Air Force is set to reopen a bidding war between Boeing and arch-rival Airbus over th ..
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