The Ministry of Defence offered to expedite the review of a rejected resettlement application of an Afghan national after he posted sensitive details from a data breach on Facebook, the BBC understands.

As the mood fouls over immigration policy, British officials bicker over the decision to allow thousands of Afghans who had not qualified for asylum

Manchester-based law firm Brings Legal stated it has already registered nearly 1,000 Afghan ARAP applicants for potential legal proceedings. These individuals were part of a UK government initiative to resettle Afghans who had worked alongside British forces and were at risk after the Taliban’s return to power.

On Tuesday, a major data breach which led to thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK became public knowledge for the first time. Chris joins Adam to discuss the former government’s account of events, as well as what could happen next. And, Adam speaks to Larisa Brown, Defence Editor at The Times, about how she broke the story.

In a federal lawsuit filed in December, Blake Lively claimed that a mysterious Texas-based social media guru ran an untraceable smear campaign against her at the behest of Justin Baldoni. On Wednesday, a judge granted Jed Wallace’s motion to dismiss himself as a defendant in the case. Judge Lewis Liman made his ruling without prejudice, …

A data breach at Episource has exposed the personal information of 5.4 million individuals after attackers accessed systems for 10 days

A council has apologised after a data breach saw a number of email addresses disclosed in error. Dumfries and Galloway Council is understood to have sent the addresses out with a customer survey from its planning department.

The medical billing company Episource has begun notifying millions of patients across the US about a data breach that took place earlier this year.

Despite the year-over-year increase in breaches, the number of victim notices in the first half of 2025 totaled 165.7 million, or just 12% of the victim notices issued by mid-year 2024. The decrease is due in part to fewer people being impacted by the small handful of mega breaches in 2025 compared to 2024, the ITRC says.