Dan Sabbagh
@dansabbagh.bsky.social
Journalist @guardian - defence and security editor. Based in London, travel to Ukraine and anywhere else when I can....
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UK 🇬🇧 Ministry of Defence (MOD) image of Russian spy ship Yantar, presumably in or near UK waters.
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
UK 🇬🇧 Ministry of Defence (MOD) image of Russian spy ship Yantar, presumably in or near UK waters.
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Watching a rare speech from def sec John Healey in 9 Downing St. A special outing from Labour's safest pair of hands in an attempt to short up messy budget pitch rolling, justifying boost to defence budgets. "We're getting on with the job we were elected to do," he says.
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Watching a rare speech from def sec John Healey in 9 Downing St. A special outing from Labour's safest pair of hands in an attempt to short up messy budget pitch rolling, justifying boost to defence budgets. "We're getting on with the job we were elected to do," he says.
A row out of nowhere, a politicised leak, a sudden double resignation. A coup from the inside too?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was ‘my own decision’ but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A row out of nowhere, a politicised leak, a sudden double resignation. A coup from the inside too?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
On another platform this user is apparently the leading poster on the Huntingdon train stabbings...
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
On another platform this user is apparently the leading poster on the Huntingdon train stabbings...
Tory spy case accusations backfiring...
Rishi Sunak was sent a copy of first witness statement in the spy case says Jonathan Powell + Matthew Collins. Powell says he 'played no role' in subsequent evidence when in govt
Rishi Sunak was sent a copy of first witness statement in the spy case says Jonathan Powell + Matthew Collins. Powell says he 'played no role' in subsequent evidence when in govt
October 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Tory spy case accusations backfiring...
Rishi Sunak was sent a copy of first witness statement in the spy case says Jonathan Powell + Matthew Collins. Powell says he 'played no role' in subsequent evidence when in govt
Rishi Sunak was sent a copy of first witness statement in the spy case says Jonathan Powell + Matthew Collins. Powell says he 'played no role' in subsequent evidence when in govt
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Jimmy Buffett's deathless 'It's 5 o'clock Somewhere" ?
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Jimmy Buffett's deathless 'It's 5 o'clock Somewhere" ?
Waiting for the Collins statements due at about 5pm from No10
We've gone from Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 through The Who's 5.15 to....
We've gone from Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 through The Who's 5.15 to....
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Waiting for the Collins statements due at about 5pm from No10
We've gone from Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 through The Who's 5.15 to....
We've gone from Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 through The Who's 5.15 to....
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For 28 years, NPR’s Tom Bowman has held a Pentagon press pass.
Today, he is handing it in.
Today, he is handing it in.
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For 28 years, NPR’s Tom Bowman has held a Pentagon press pass.
Today, he is handing it in.
Today, he is handing it in.
So Nо10 will publish the Collins witness statements in the China spy case. Clearly Downing St is confident of its position.
Looks like the defence will be that Collins could not go beyond first witness statement, given under the Tories
The "substantive evidence" was given in Nov 2023, Starmer says
Looks like the defence will be that Collins could not go beyond first witness statement, given under the Tories
The "substantive evidence" was given in Nov 2023, Starmer says
October 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So Nо10 will publish the Collins witness statements in the China spy case. Clearly Downing St is confident of its position.
Looks like the defence will be that Collins could not go beyond first witness statement, given under the Tories
The "substantive evidence" was given in Nov 2023, Starmer says
Looks like the defence will be that Collins could not go beyond first witness statement, given under the Tories
The "substantive evidence" was given in Nov 2023, Starmer says
An Iranian designed Shahed 136 drone is unveiled at the Speakers House in parliament. It has been decommissioned, guests are assured...
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
An Iranian designed Shahed 136 drone is unveiled at the Speakers House in parliament. It has been decommissioned, guests are assured...
*Three* witness statements were provided to the CPS for the China 'spy' trial by Matthew Collins, UK dep NSA, Ruth Anderson tells the Lords. None sufficient to allow the trial to go ahead though
Michael Gove asks if the Collins statements will be made public. Anderson ducks the question
Michael Gove asks if the Collins statements will be made public. Anderson ducks the question
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
*Three* witness statements were provided to the CPS for the China 'spy' trial by Matthew Collins, UK dep NSA, Ruth Anderson tells the Lords. None sufficient to allow the trial to go ahead though
Michael Gove asks if the Collins statements will be made public. Anderson ducks the question
Michael Gove asks if the Collins statements will be made public. Anderson ducks the question
Why did the CPS think it was reasonable to charge Cash and Berry with spying in April 2024 but said it had to drop them in Sep 2025 b/c of a ruling in another spy case
On any reasonable reading that judgment is lowering or widening the definition of enemy...
On any reasonable reading that judgment is lowering or widening the definition of enemy...
October 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Why did the CPS think it was reasonable to charge Cash and Berry with spying in April 2024 but said it had to drop them in Sep 2025 b/c of a ruling in another spy case
On any reasonable reading that judgment is lowering or widening the definition of enemy...
On any reasonable reading that judgment is lowering or widening the definition of enemy...
Manchester synagogue terrorist was bail for alleged rape at time of the attack
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Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape
Exclusive: Jihad al-Shamie had been under investigation over alleged sexual attack earlier this year, sources say
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Manchester synagogue terrorist was bail for alleged rape at time of the attack
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UK has deployed counter drone systems to Denmark ahead of this week's EU and EPC summits in Copenhagen, defence sec John Healey says at a Labour conference fringe
September 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
UK has deployed counter drone systems to Denmark ahead of this week's EU and EPC summits in Copenhagen, defence sec John Healey says at a Labour conference fringe
Do you have information of interest to MI6? Now they are advertising that you can contact them securely online (what used to happen before?)
Instructions at the end + let's hope they have a good spam filter...
youtu.be/xkOUH8d8UQY?...
Instructions at the end + let's hope they have a good spam filter...
youtu.be/xkOUH8d8UQY?...
MI6 - SecurelyContactingMI6 - Introducing SILENT COURIER
YouTube video by MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service
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September 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Do you have information of interest to MI6? Now they are advertising that you can contact them securely online (what used to happen before?)
Instructions at the end + let's hope they have a good spam filter...
youtu.be/xkOUH8d8UQY?...
Instructions at the end + let's hope they have a good spam filter...
youtu.be/xkOUH8d8UQY?...
Met police operating live facial recognition outside Brixton tube. Three people picked up since 11.30 a sergeant tells me
September 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Met police operating live facial recognition outside Brixton tube. Three people picked up since 11.30 a sergeant tells me
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September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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You'd have thought this would have happened earlier...
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
You'd have thought this would have happened earlier...
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If nato’s interception ratio is 4 out of 19, can you imagine how they would handle an average night in Ukraine with 700 air targets in the span of 5 hours
September 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If nato’s interception ratio is 4 out of 19, can you imagine how they would handle an average night in Ukraine with 700 air targets in the span of 5 hours
Nineteen Russian drones cross the border into Poland says PM Donald Tusk as Warsaw asks for consultation with Nato allies. Meanwhile a Russian diplomat tells the RIA accusations of an incursion "groundless". No doubt Donald Trump will know who to believe...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Tusk warns prospect of military conflict ‘closer than at any time since second world war’ amid Russian drone incursion – follow live
Tusk says the first signals from Nato members show the understanding of how serious the situation is
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September 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Nineteen Russian drones cross the border into Poland says PM Donald Tusk as Warsaw asks for consultation with Nato allies. Meanwhile a Russian diplomat tells the RIA accusations of an incursion "groundless". No doubt Donald Trump will know who to believe...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
War is not abstract. There are killers and victims. They all have names. They all have lives. This story cites two IDF snipers and the four Palestinians shot dead on one day, some trying to retrieve the bodies of other victims. Not easy reading --->
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The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
War is not abstract. There are killers and victims. They all have names. They all have lives. This story cites two IDF snipers and the four Palestinians shot dead on one day, some trying to retrieve the bodies of other victims. Not easy reading --->
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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This is correct. UK, Qatar and US Marine core + most of EU use probe. USAF (mostly) and IDF use flying broom.
It’s physically impossible for the UK to refuel an Israeli Aircraft
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_...
It’s physically impossible for the UK to refuel an Israeli Aircraft
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_...
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is correct. UK, Qatar and US Marine core + most of EU use probe. USAF (mostly) and IDF use flying broom.
It’s physically impossible for the UK to refuel an Israeli Aircraft
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_...
It’s physically impossible for the UK to refuel an Israeli Aircraft
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_...
No RAF involvement in refuelling Israeli jets that bombed Qatar. The RAF Voyager nearby was engaged in exercises with the Qataris. Brit sources say that UK refueling method (probe and drogue) is incompatible with Israeli fighters
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
No RAF involvement in refuelling Israeli jets that bombed Qatar. The RAF Voyager nearby was engaged in exercises with the Qataris. Brit sources say that UK refueling method (probe and drogue) is incompatible with Israeli fighters
Boris Johnson earned £5.1 in speech fees after leaving govt yet claimed £182k of taxpayer cash for staff, leaked files suggest. Nice work if you can get it. Extraordinary from Guardian Investigations --->
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests
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September 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Boris Johnson earned £5.1 in speech fees after leaving govt yet claimed £182k of taxpayer cash for staff, leaked files suggest. Nice work if you can get it. Extraordinary from Guardian Investigations --->
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why is Instagram constantly showing me this....?
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Why is Instagram constantly showing me this....?