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Mahmood’s new bill on national security an “alarming expansion of state power”

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Mahmood’s new bill on national security an “alarming expansion of state power”

Jeremy Corbyn has slammed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new National Security (State Threats) Bill, branding it an “alarming expansion of state power” that poses a “grave risk” to civil liberties. The Bill is being fast-tracked through all three readings in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The Bill would amend the National Security Act 2023 to introduce a power for the Home Secretary to designate bodies involved in “foreign power threat activity” by regulation, if they believe it is necessary for the safety or interests of the UK. The National Security (State Threats) Bill is an alarming expansion of state power,…

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Trump and Netanyahu carving up Gaza with expansion of ‘yellow line’

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Trump and Netanyahu carving up Gaza with expansion of ‘yellow line’

Under Phase One of Trump’s 20 Point ‘Peace Plan’ for Gaza, Israeli occupation forces withdrew to a pre-designated line, the ‘yellow line’. Gaza ‘yellow line’ The yellow line separates Gaza into two zones, and has crammed more than two million Palestinians into a narrow coastal strip of land. The land to the West of the yellow line is controlled by Hamas. The land to the East is under the direct control of the Israel occupation’s military and, in October 2025, this area made up approximately 53 percent of the Gaza Strip. The area occupied by the military is a no go…

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