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REVEALED: How Argentina tried to convince the UK to give up the Falklands in secret talks
ARGENTINA attempted to prise control of the Falkland Islands from the UK by proposing the territory become independent in secret talks with senior British cabinet ministers, it has emerged. Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who served as foreign secretary in the 1990s, revealed how he held discussions with Argentine officials over the...
The secret pantomime of power. What Does This Image Tell Us About Britain?
As the new Prime Minister Theresa May is photographed kneeling before the Queen, Kelly Grovier looks at a 16th-Century artwork that reveals as much as it hides. After days of political tumult in Westminster, a single image of calm suddenly emerged on Wednesday evening from the inner sanctum of royal authority: The Queen...
THE EXECUTIONER OF EUROPE: Greece blasts German finance minister over secret Brexit plan
GERMAN finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has been mocked as the 'Mad Executioner of Europe' after Britain's vote to Leave the EU. His hardline approach to the Athens financial crisis a year ago turned him into a real figure of hate in Greece. And now Greek newspaper Demokratia has poured scorn on him once...
The secret life of a transgender airman
Transgender people are banned from serving in the US armed forces, yet an estimated 12,800 do, the vast majority in secret. Jane, a senior airman, has hidden her gender identity from the military for 25 years. She hopes a policy review announced last year will allow her finally to be herself. Jane likes to run early in the...
Secret German WW2 code machine found on eBay
A historic machine used to swap top secret messages between Hitler and his generals has been found languishing in a shed in Essex. Volunteers from The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park used eBay to track down the keyboard of the Lorenz machine. It was advertised as a telegram machine and was for sale for...
5 the most terrible secrets of the Soviet Union, which was concealed from us all
Communist Russia was an exemplar of openness and accountability in government. That’s not a sentence you’ll read these days—at least not outside of North Korea. (Although I suppose you’re reading it now, which makes my statement a little void. Unless you’re actually in North Korea, in which case...
Fury ERUPTS over German plot to HIDE secret EU army using UK troops till after referendum
FURY erupted last night after a secret German plot to establish an EU-controlled military defence force emerged in Berlin. Leaked draft proposals from Chancellor Angela Merkel's government set out details of a joint European command headquarters and widespread cross-border "sharing" of military units and...
German plot to keep EU army a SECRET till June 23 EXPOSED as plans drawn up in Berlin
BRITISH Brexit campaigners have been boosted with news from Berlin that Germany is once more pushing for an EU army encompassing all 28 member states with a joint HQ and shared military planning. Along with judicial, tax and immigration issues, a Euro army has for long been one of the main irritants of anti-EU campaigners....
Secret lake underneath Antarctica may be home to prehistoric and UNDISCOVERED life
A LAKE lurking beneath the surface of Antarctica has just been discovered and scientists are hopeful that it contains some prehistoric life. The massive underground body of water, which measures 100km by 10km, would be the second largest sub-glacial lake discovered in Antartica – behind only Lake Vostok. It was discovered...
Top Tory in new sex scandal after ‘showing porn star ex-lover top-secret Cabinet papers’
THE Culture Secretary had a two-year relationship with a former Page 3 girl and "porn star" at the same time he was seeing a dominatrix, it was sensationally claimed last night. Stephanie Hudson alleged that John Whittingdale, who is under intense pressure to quit, bragged about his work schedule and showed off...
EU wants control of YOUR pension: Brussels’ secret plan REVEALED
THE European Union is planning a power grab for the UK welfare state in a bid to take control of pensions, benefits and the minimum wage. Senior MEPs fear Brussels is planning a “social union” but legislation is being held back until after June’s referendum. Already plans for a common European unemonth by...
My secret life as a gay ultra-Orthodox Jew
Chaya, not her real name, is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who is gay. Here she describes her struggle to accept her sexuality, and why she has to keep it a secret from those who would make her choose between her identity and her family. I would lose everything if I came out. We are a tightly knit community and I think few...