Daniel Boffey

@danielboffey

The Guardian's Chief Reporter

London, England

Joined July 2011

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Feb 24, 2023

The life and death of Denys Tkach, the first Ukrainian soldier to die in Russia's invasion. theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…

danielboffey's tweet card. Story of 36-year-old staff sergeant, who died on day of invasion, highlights pain and misery that has been felt across Ukraine in the last 12 months

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 19

What are the legal issues around Britain helping Trump bomb Iran? theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

danielboffey's tweet card. Keir Starmer is weighing up whether to back the US and – as a lawyer – will be aware of the legal landscape

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danielboffey's tweet card. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon may appear to be a one-man band, but behind him is a colourful inner circle helping to pull the strings of the far right

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · 15 h

‘Dodgy guys who dress just like him’: meet the team behind far-right activist Tommy Robinson | Tommy Robinson | The Guardian theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jul 22

‘I have to forgive’: 20 years after Jean Charles de Menezes was shot by police in Stockwell his cousin looks back theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

danielboffey's tweet card. Patricia da Silva Armani shared a south London flat with the Brazilian electrician who was mistaken for a terrorist in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 25

Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

danielboffey's tweet card. Cheap, scalable and highly autonomous, these weapons are developing quickly – and experts say they should prompt a global rethink about security

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 22

Police arrested autistic activist in supported housing as part of Quaker raid operation theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

danielboffey's tweet card. Exclusive: Joe Booth, 23, says he has PTSD after arrest in which seven officers entered his flat when he was in bed

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 10

‘It’s just daily life’: Kyiv residents get used to overnight Russian drone attacks theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

danielboffey's tweet card. Bars and restaurants are full but every night brings fear for those who live near factories and industrial estates

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 8

Russian forces closing in on Sumy city three years after Ukraine forced them out of region theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

danielboffey's tweet card. Independent monitors confirm Kremlin claims of new and symbolically important advances in east of Ukraine

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 8

Tulip Siddiq requests meeting with Bangladeshi leader over corruption allegation theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

danielboffey's tweet card. Ex-minister wants to clear up ‘misunderstanding’ over accusation she benefitted from regime of her aunt, ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 6

The man behind the success of Operation Spiderweb theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · Jun 6

Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

danielboffey's tweet card. Three emergency workers killed and 20 people wounded as missiles and drones strike Ukrainian capital

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 27

Ex-aide to Georgia’s de facto leader at risk of torture, lawyers say theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

danielboffey's tweet card. Giorgi Bachiashvili, who fell out with billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, arrested and deported from UAE to Tbilisi

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 26

‘I knew I would die in jail’: how the right-hand man of Georgia’s de facto ruler ended up on the run theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

danielboffey's tweet card. Giorgi Bachiashvili worked for billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili for over a decade – but their spectacular falling out ended with a trial

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 24

Valuable tool or cause for alarm? Facial ID quietly becoming part of police’s arsenal theguardian.com/technology/202…

danielboffey's tweet card. Critics envision a dystopian future of live facial recognition cameras in England and Wales, but advocates point to the outcomes

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 24

Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars theguardian.com/technology/202…

danielboffey's tweet card. Exclusive: The Guardian and Liberty Investigates find police in England and Wales believe expansion is likely after 4.7m faces scanned in 2024

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 16

Prince Harry accused the Sun of printing story linking him to P Diddy out of revenge theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

danielboffey's tweet card. Exclusive: court documents reveal Harry claimed front page story and other articles had ‘hugely negative impact on his mental health and that of his wife and children’

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 15

Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

danielboffey's tweet card. Exclusive: London theatre urges Home Office to reconsider as Ibrahima Balde unable to watch adaptation of award-winning book

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 9

Plan to fast-track appeals of some UK asylum seekers could face legal backlash theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

danielboffey's tweet card. Move to speed up appeals of people in government-funded hotels could be challenged on discrimination grounds, officials warn

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 9

Bulgarian woman in Russian spy ring is no George Blake, Old Bailey told theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

danielboffey's tweet card. Katrin Ivanova’s barrister says her sentence should reflect her admin duties and not equate her with ‘classic spy cases’

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Daniel Boffey@danielboffey · May 7

Pro-Russian hackers claim to have targeted several UK websites theguardian.com/technology/202…

danielboffey's tweet card. Group that calls itself NoName057(16) appears to have had limited success disrupting council and other websites

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