Dan Sabbagh
@dansabbagh.bsky.social
Journalist @guardian - defence and security editor. Based in London, travel to Ukraine and anywhere else when I can.... signal: londoncalling.77
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foi on steroids
Letter to the prime minister from parliament's intelligence & security committee - when will you send us the withheld Mandelson documents so we can decide whether to release them?
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
foi on steroids
Letter to the prime minister from parliament's intelligence & security committee - when will you send us the withheld Mandelson documents so we can decide whether to release them?
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Letter to the prime minister from parliament's intelligence & security committee - when will you send us the withheld Mandelson documents so we can decide whether to release them?
So the Iranians know where the Lincoln aircraft carrier is. Curious choice to shoot this Shahed 139 down with an F-35C, was that the best option available to the US Navy??
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US shoots down Iranian drone flying towards aircraft carrier, navy says
Shahed-139 drone approached USS Abraham Lincoln ‘with unclear intent’ as US warships headed towards Iran
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
So the Iranians know where the Lincoln aircraft carrier is. Curious choice to shoot this Shahed 139 down with an F-35C, was that the best option available to the US Navy??
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
January 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
Spy stories - Letter to the Guardian today from a particularly important reader...
January 22, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Spy stories - Letter to the Guardian today from a particularly important reader...
Crowd-funder to challenge Labour Chinese embassy decision raises £145k required. Judicial review application incoming in the next six weeks
www.gofundme.com/f/stop-the-m...
www.gofundme.com/f/stop-the-m...
Donate to SAVE US FROM THE MEGA EMBASSY! SUPPORT OUR LEGAL CHALLENGE, organized by Mark Nygate
We are 100 families taking on the CCP - and we need your help.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Crowd-funder to challenge Labour Chinese embassy decision raises £145k required. Judicial review application incoming in the next six weeks
www.gofundme.com/f/stop-the-m...
www.gofundme.com/f/stop-the-m...
Has the Labour govt become an amoral sea of vagueness?
Exhibit A, last par
Exhibit A, last par
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Has the Labour govt become an amoral sea of vagueness?
Exhibit A, last par
Exhibit A, last par
Europe peace plan for Ukraine supported by leaders of
Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, UK plus EU
Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, UK plus EU
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Europe peace plan for Ukraine supported by leaders of
Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, UK plus EU
Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, UK plus EU
They ran out of petrol for the generator in the commentators box, so we are just watching Norris win on a F1 feed without added chat
Watching F1 finale in a bar in Kyiv. A snap power cut adds to the excitement, system now rebooting
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
They ran out of petrol for the generator in the commentators box, so we are just watching Norris win on a F1 feed without added chat
Watching F1 finale in a bar in Kyiv. A snap power cut adds to the excitement, system now rebooting
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Watching F1 finale in a bar in Kyiv. A snap power cut adds to the excitement, system now rebooting
Bohdan 41, and Ivan, 45, both Ukrainian machine gunners, spent 62 days at the front line, hiding from drones, mostly in a small basement after their first position was discovered. These are the people who really hold the line...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘What choice do we have?’: no end in sight for Ukraine’s war-weary frontline troops
As peace hopes falter, infantry soldiers face more long deployments risking their lives against Russian attacks
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Bohdan 41, and Ivan, 45, both Ukrainian machine gunners, spent 62 days at the front line, hiding from drones, mostly in a small basement after their first position was discovered. These are the people who really hold the line...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Remarkable video report from Pokrovsk featuring drones w heavy bombs, in one case assembled and launched by a Ukrainian 18yo
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-fr...
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-fr...
Ukrainian Troops Battle Russia's Push Toward Pokrovsk
As Russia intensifies its effort to encircle Pokrovsk, Ukrainian units on the strategic city’s edge are under nonstop attack. RFE/RL followed Ukrainian crews holding defensive lines as they assemble t...
www.rferl.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Remarkable video report from Pokrovsk featuring drones w heavy bombs, in one case assembled and launched by a Ukrainian 18yo
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-fr...
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-fr...
Not subtle + legally questionable...
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Not subtle + legally questionable...
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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...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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...