What Do We Know About The Afghan Data Breach?

我们了解关于阿富汗数据泄露的哪些情况?

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2025-07-17

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Today, Keir Starmer told the House of Commons the previous government had ‘serious questions’ to answer about a major data breach from the Ministry of Defence. 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. Meanwhile in the US, Donald Trump is being pushed by fellow Republicans to follow through on promises he made during the election to release records relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Caitriona Perry calls in from Washington to explain why Trump is facing a growing backlash from MAGA supporters, and examines how the president’s rhetoric has changed. Tickets for Newscast at the Edinburgh Fringe are available here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bbc-newscast-podcast You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a whatsapp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Shiler Mahmoudi and Anna Harris. The social producer was Jada Meosa John. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Hello Chris. Hi. So it's the last PMQs but is it actually the summer holidays in Parliament yet?

  • Not yet.

  • No, there is a best part of another week to go.

  • And then the House of Lords is a few days more after that.

  • And I always think sort of Parliament in politics sort of starts to peter out a little bit once you get to mid July,

  • but it kind of keeps on going until you get to August.

  • And then sometimes it doesn't stop at all, of course.

  • But there's a long tail before the summer that properly kicks in, I think.

  • Well, you know, when the summer has really kicked in.

  • when the Edinburgh Festival gets underway.

  • See where I'm going with this?

  • To Edinburgh?

  • Well, yes, literally.

  • Yes, because Newscast is going to be at the Edinburgh Fringe on the 4th to the 8th of August,

  • that's Monday to Friday, doing shows with a live audience at 4.15 for an hour every day.

  • An hour?

  • A whole hour, yeah.

  • And you're not even going to be there, so I don't know what I'm going to fill it with.

  • Just me talking.

  • The Fleming monologue is going to require something.