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"It's deeply embarrassing for the British government.". Former UK national security adviser Mark Lyall Grant says "we need to move faster" to protect those at risk from the Taliban after Newsnight published an email revealing a second Afghan data breach. #Newsnight
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"Ukraine is under enormous pressure. they're heavily outnumbered on the frontline. but the innovativeness has been absolutely stunning.".Former CIA Director David Petraeus speaks to Newsnight as President Trump holds talks with President Putin. #Newsnight
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“There has to be an absolutely iron-clad security guarantee that there will be a response that is very substantial, militarily and economically”. Former CIA Director David Petraeus says Russia will only be deterred if Trump's security guarantees are robust enough. #Newsnight
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"At the end of this conflict, there is probably going to have to be some land for peace in a sense.". Ex-diplomat Mark Lyall Grant and former cabinet minister Kwasi Kwarteng discuss the possibility of land swaps as part of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. #Newsnight
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"The White House is spending 80% of its time thinking about Russia and only 20% thinking about Ukraine.". Gillian Tett from the Financial Times outlines the key reasons why Donald Trump wants to do a deal with Russia. #Newsnight
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The government confirmed the breach and gave #Newsnight this statement:
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Up to 3700 Afghans brought to the UK between Jan-March 2024 have potentially been affected. The breach of their personal information could impact the safety of their families in Afghanistan.
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The cyber security breach affected ‘Inflite - The Jet Centre’, a Ministry of Defence supplier that provides ground handling services for flights at London Stansted Airport.
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Names, passport details and ARAP (Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy) information was compromised as a result of the breach which happened after a third-party supplier used by the Ministry of Defence suffered a cyber security incident.
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EXCLUSIVE: Newsnight can reveal there has been another Afghan data breach. The Ministry of Defence sent emails to those affected on Friday afternoon 🧵
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"Putin can offer Trump to be the one who prolongs the treaty and saves the world from the next catastrophe.". Anton Barbashin, editorial director of Riddle Russia, on what President Putin hopes to achieve in his Alaska summit with President Trump. #Newsnight
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"They were our friends. we must ensure that they receive more than the minimum protection.". Labour MP Calvin Bailey, who worked alongside Afghan 'Triples' as an RAF commander, on Newsnight's interview with an Afghan whose family is at risk of Taliban retribution. #Newsnight
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"They are going to deport them tonight" . The son of an elite Afghan solider, who worked with the British and was in the recent data leak, says his family will be delivered imminently into the hands of the Taliban without urgent intervention from the UK government. #Newsnight
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"This was a manifest failure of government. ". Labour MP Calvin Bailey on his anger and frustration about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which convinced him to leave the military. #Newsnight
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"He's a former KGB case officer and a former judo champion. he understands how to size people up.". Angela Stent, Brookings Institution, on her experience of dealing with Vladimir Putin. #Newsnight
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'That's not the best sign'. An air raid siren interrupts a #Newsnight interview from Kyiv. The Times' World Affairs Editor Catherine Philp tells @adamfleming.she is not optimistic about the Trump-Putin summit as the bombardment of Ukraine continues overhead ahead of the summit.
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"Please help my family and avoid their murder by the Taliban.". The son of an Afghan who fought the Taliban alongside the British army calls for urgent help from the government. His father was seized by Pakistani authorities and expects to be deported to Afghanistan. #Newsnight
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“My father’s case is a litmus test of how China and Hong Kong thinks of us as a country”. Sebastian Lai, son of imprisoned Daily Apple editor Jimmy Lai, on whether the UK Government should block plans for a new London Chinese embassy while his father remains in jail. #Newsnight
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“Even if he gets five years, that's a death sentence.”. Sebastien Lai, the son of British Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, says he fears his father will die if he is not released soon. #Newsnight
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“Maybe Putin meets his match here.”. Professor Ben Ansell says ahead of the Trump-Putin summit on Friday that he does not believe the Russian President can be trusted – but nor can US President Trump. #Newsnight
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