US President Donald Trump wants acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to fire employees, deepening controversy over Pulte's appointment
Former UK spy chief David Omand believes AI can create moral frameworks for autonomous drones, allowing them to distinguish combatants from civilians and comply with international law. He argues this is an operational inevitability due to modern warfare's speed, advocating for human "on the loop" oversight rather than "in the loop" control.
North Korea's National Intelligence Agency chief Ri Chang-dae attended a security forum in Russia, advocated for multi-polar world security cooperation, and met with Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu to strengthen bilateral security ties.
Australia's spy chief Mike Burgess will be the first witness as the royal commission on antisemitism resumes, scrutinizing the Bondi terror attack. The inquiry will examine the terrorist threat, intelligence handling, and security for the event.
Journalists were uninvited from a planned launch at the Natural History Museum last October of a major UK government report on climate and biodiversity threats to national security. The report was to be jointly produced by the environment department and the joint intelligence committee, involving MI5 and MI6. Guardian environment editor Fiona Harvey reports the event was cancelled and the report never published, prompting concerns about what it contained.
