UK legislation

The Counter Terrorism and Border Security Bill was granted Royal Assent on 13 February. Under Chapter 1, section 3 of this Act, it is now an offence to view terrorist material on the internet (without reasonable excuse – basically, ignorance, journalism or academic research) even if it is only once. …

Skripal attack

8 February: The Daily Telegraph, which is one of the main contact points for the UK intelligence services, has “sources” that say that a third assassin is believed to have been part of the team that planted the Novichok nerve agent used to poison former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal. The …