Larisa Brown
@larisamlbrown
Defence Editor, The Times. Author of The Gardener of Lashkar Gah. Forever trying to learn Arabic.
The Gardener of Lashkar Gah is today's @guardianculture Book of the day. Thank you @JohnSimpsonNews for this wonderful review. "Beautifully researched and deeply moving, her account brought me to tears more than once". theguardian.com/books/2023/aug…
The child Abdul Hamid Al-Ghalban, "14 years old", died of hunger in Khan Younis, malnutrition ended his life, as well as the lives of more than 20 others in just 48 hours in Gaza. Children die silently, not because hunger is stronger, but because the world is too weak to save…
Afghans thought the email from the government last week informing them of the data breach was going to tell them they were eligible for sanctuary. "We don’t deserve this", they tell @Holly_JoyB independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
The army has launched an investigation after the names of SAS personnel drawn from one of its most senior regiments were published despite repeated warnings, by @Gabriel_Pogrund and @HarryYorke1 thetimes.com/article/00b32b…
At least 32 people were killed and more than 100 injured on Saturday when Israeli troops opened fire on crowds of Palestinians seeking food from two aid distribution hubs in southern Gaza, according to witnesses and hospital officials.
Just before the superinjunction lifted, the MoD quickly announced it would pay out £4k to Afghans affected by 2021 data breach because the previous government had promised to - yet for this far more serious breach the Afghans left behind will get nothing thetimes.com/article/cd52d0…
More than 100 British special forces, MI6 spies and military officers were named in the data leak as well as the whereabouts of Afghans seeking sanctuary in the UK thetimes.com/article/f5e1b4…
Heappey, armed forces minister, at the time of the breach, says it was "gut-,wrenching" to find out that someone had worked so hard to help people then caused Op Rubific
And then on top of all of that came the data breach (RUBIFIC). It was gut-wrenching to find out that someone in MOD had screwed up so awfully although I also came to find out subsequently that they were incredibly dedicated to those we served with in Afghanistan. [16/25]
Transparency matters. Scrutiny matters. Accountability matters. That’s why we commissioned the Rimmer Review, and brought this issue into the open this week. dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…