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Fighting Back Against Rogue Drones

Rogue drones «deliberately» flown over one of the UK’s busiest airports caused travel chaos this week.

Incoming planes were forced to divert to airports up and down the country as the drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), repeatedly appeared over the airfield at London’s Gatwick Airport. The situation was so serious the Army was called in to support the local police in tackling the issue, with the runway finally re-opening on Friday morning.

For some time now, governments around the world have been looking at different ways of addressing the dangers of drone use in areas where they pose safety risks.

Rogue drones can be detected or located using cameras, radar and radio frequency sensors. Such technology can be integrated into existing airport systems and can have a reach of several miles. It can then be used to effectively «jam» the communication between a device and its operator, causing it to initiate a default mode that sends it back to where it came from. One company that has developed this method is Quantum Aviation, which provided the technology to counter possible threats from drones targeting the London 2012 Olympics.

China has also developed a signal-jamming gun that can reportedly down drones from half a mile away.

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Chinese Nationals Charged With Hacking US

The US justice department has indicted two Chinese men accused of hacking into the computer networks of companies and government agencies in Western countries.

The pair are allegedly part of a «hacking group» known as Advanced Persistent Threat 10, affiliated with China’s main intelligence service. They have not been arrested.

The US and UK have accused China of violating an agreement relating to commercial espionage.

Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong worked for a company called Huaying Haitai and in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security, the US court filing says.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that from at least 2006 until 2018, the two extensively hacked into computer systems with the aim of stealing intellectual property and confidential business and technological information from: at least 45 commercial and defence technology companies in at least 12 US states: managed service providers (MSPs) and their government and commercial clients in at least 12 countries, including the UK, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UAE, as well as the US

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US Troops To Be Withdrawn From Syria

The US is preparing to withdraw all its troops from Syria, US media are quoting defence officials as saying.

CBS said it was told the White House had ordered the Pentagon to «begin planning for an immediate withdrawal».

President Donald Trump tweeted that the Islamic State (IS) group — also known as ISIS — had been defeated in Syria, his «only reason for being there». Some 2,000 troops have helped rid much of north-eastern Syria of IS, but pockets of fighters remain.

It had been thought US defence officials wanted to stay to ensure the militant group could not rebuild.

Just a few days ago, Brett McGurk, Mr Trump’s special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat IS, said: «Nobody is saying that [IS fighters] are going to disappear. Nobody is that naive. So we want to stay on the ground and make sure that stability can be maintained in these areas».

However, it comes as Turkey says it is preparing to launch an operation against a US-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria, something that risks confrontation with the US.

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Three Injured After Stabbings At Two London Health Centres

Three people have been taken to hospital after stabbings at two health centres in east London.

Two victims were stabbed in Tredegar Practice on St Stephen’s Road in Tower Hamlets and another at nearby St Stephen’s Health Centre at about 11:00 GMT. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, but the victims have been taken to a major trauma centre.

Scotland Yard said one man had been arrested and taken to hospital.

A video posted to social media showed a man with long hair, dressed only in underwear, being led in handcuffs to the back of a police van. The London Ambulance Service said several crews had been sent to the scene.

A spokeswoman added: «We sent an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic, two ambulance crews and two single responders in cars to the scene. We also dispatched a response car from London’s Air Ambulance. «We treated four people at the scene. We took three of the four to a major trauma centre as a priority and one to hospital.»

The Met said the incident was not being treated as terror-related.

St Stephen’s practice manager Balvinder Kullar said all staff were safe and described the emergency service response as «brilliant».

Members Of Banned Terrorist Group Jailed

A neo-Nazi couple who named their baby after Adolf Hitler and were convicted of being members of a banned terrorist group have been jailed.

Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, from Banbury, were part of National Action and had «a long history of violent racist beliefs», a judge said.

Birmingham Crown Court heard the couple gave their child the middle name Adolf in «admiration» of Hitler. Thomas was jailed for six years and six months, and Patatas for five years.

In total six people were sentenced for being part of what Judge Melbourne Inman QC described as a group with «horrific aims».

Daniel Bogunovic, 27, from Leicester, was convicted of being a member of the banned group after standing trial alongside the couple.

Described by prosecutors as a «committed National Action leader, propagandist and strategist», he was jailed for six years and four months.

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