Strategic defence review live: Starmer reveals largest increase in spending since Cold War as UK faces ‘new era of threat’

Strategic defence review live: Starmer reveals largest increase in spending since Cold War as UK faces ‘new era of threat’

Government vows to spend what’s needed to deliver defence review The government “will spend what is needed to deliver this review”, defence secretary John Healey has said. Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith told the Commons: “When he said on Saturday there is ‘no doubt’ the UK defence spending will rise by 3…

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Christian Dior's latest creative director is from a rugby-loving family from Northern Ireland , failed his 11-plus and spent his childhood indulging in shopping at TK Maxx. Pictured in 2020

The normal bloke from Northern Ireland – who became the head of Christian Dior: Fashion house’s latest creative director Jonathan Anderson is the son of a rugby player and school teacher and grew up shopping at TK Maxx

Christian Dior’s latest creative director is from a rugby-loving family from Northern Ireland, failed his 11-plus and spent his childhood indulging in shopping at TK Maxx. But now Jonathan Anderson, who has rubbed shoulders with the fashion world’s most celebrated figures, will himself be at the helm of a luxury house’s visions. The designer, 40,…

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5% of Hong Kong critical infrastructure had ‘system vulnerabilities’ in 2024, police cybersecurity report finds

5% of HK critical infrastructure had system vulnerabilities in 2024: police

Five per cent of more than 90,000 critical infrastructure facilities in Hong Kong had “varying degrees of system vulnerabilities” last year, according to the cybercrime unit of the city’s police force. File photo: Sora Shimazaki, via Pexels. Credential leakage and compromise, hijackable subdomains, and exposed cloud storage were three critical and high-risk vulnerabilities identified in…

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