AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoSecurity: MI5 chief Ken McCallum warned that Iran is expanding its hostile activity in Britain, including towards military sites, while Russia remains the leading state threat. The government has blamed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard for the RAF Fairford plot and announced sanctions. Europe and Brexit: Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged MPs to seek a closer EU relationship, calling the status quo inadequate ahead of a November summit. He also said Russia interfered in the 2016 referendum; McCallum agreed Moscow tried, but said there was no evidence it changed the result. Parliament: MPs heard warnings that AI companies are taking “catastrophically high” risks in the race to build powerful systems, with a former OpenAI researcher questioning whether safeguards can keep pace. Representation: Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia, was sworn in as Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras after winning the by-election. Scottish oversight: Ministers said they had held no talks with Police Scotland about the discovery of a nitazene lab, calling the investigation an operational matter as drug deaths rise across Ayrshire.
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