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Larisa Brown

@larisamlbrown

Defence Editor, The Times. Author of The Gardener of Lashkar Gah. Forever trying to learn Arabic.

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It gets worse. Starmer has gagged senior health officials, military leaders and even the head of the civil service from speaking openly in public, in a move that has been described as a “chilling” attack on free speech thetimes.com/article/ac4dde…

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Wes Streeting tells the Israeli embassy "get your own house in order" after three Palestinians were killed after dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. A 13-year-old boy was also reportedly killed in the same week BBC News (UK)

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Afghans find out today from a buried line in a Home Office document that they have until 3pm today to apply for sanctuary gov.uk/government/pub…

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BREAKING: White House confirms it has halted weapons that Ukraine was scheduled to receive, including PAC3 Patriots, 155mm artillery rounds, GMLRS, Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles. Anna Kelly tells me: “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a

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Ministers have been accused of “perverse” treatment of Afghans after the government shut down without warning two schemes that helped Afghans to claim sanctuary in Britain thetimes.com/article/6f8273…

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The UK government deliberately gave the Afghans no notice they would close the Arap scheme. An explanatory Home Office memorandum states: "The impact of the closure of the scheme with no notice period will prevent a spike in last minute applications and mitigate against an

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A government decision to close without warning two schemes for Afghans to apply for sanctuary could increase the number of illegal migrants heading to Britain on small boats, according to a Home Office policy paper thetimes.com/article/018f33…

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The IDF dropped a 500lb bomb into a cafe in Gaza on Monday. We saw & identified fragments. They had conducted "aerial surveillance" so knew it was crowded with civilians. They had other precise munitions available. Up to 40 died, more injured. My report: theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

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Unbelievable that anyone is willing to defend this… Two US contractors describe chaos and gunfire as Palestinians seek food in Gaza | AP News apnews.com/article/palest…

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A Palestinian mother risked her life entering deadly traps near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites to secure food for her children. She said she finally received food aid after nearly being killed when two Israeli tanks suddenly advanced and opened fire in their direction.

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“analysis by senior military officers found that the [now suspended Ukraine] aid package would not jeopardize the American military’s own ammunition supplies, according to three U.S. officials.” nbcnews.com/news/military/…

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FOUR YEARS after 277 Afghans had their "lives put needlessly at risk" by a data breach by the MoD they are receiving £4,000 in compensation each questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, now broadcast by Channel 4 after the BBC dropped it, is the stuff of nightmares. Everyone needs to watch it theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…