In This Episode
China’s controversial ‘super embassy’ has been approved, after years of debate over the security risks. Campaigners had called on ministers not to give the site the green light, given its proximity to important internet cables that support the City of London. MI5 have admitted they can’t ‘wholly eliminate’ the national security risks around the site. Megan McElroy is joined by James Heale and Sophia Gaston, research fellow at King’s College London, to discuss.
There’s more international chaos for Keir Starmer too – overnight, Donald Trump described plans to hand over the sovereignty of the Chagos islands as ‘an act of great stupidity.’ Where on earth does this leave the special relationship?
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