The media present Starmer as staying out of Trump’s war — but we’re already deeply involved in a conflict that sees the US and Israel kill civilians on a huge scale, argues IAN SINCLAIR
Recent disclosures regarding the extent of US and British surveillance and monitoring of the public's phone calls and emails have alarmed many and been branded a grotesque invasion of privacy.
The activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its British counterpart GCHQ have come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of leaks by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
World leaders have reacted with outrage to reports and allegations that their telecommunications have been monitored without their knowledge.
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
From nuclear bomb storage in the 1950s to surveillance flights over Gaza today, the Cyprus base has enabled seven decades of machinations so heinous that Starmer once blurted out ‘we can’t tell the world’ what goes on there, writes NUVPREET KALRA
While David Lammy makes hollow criticisms, RAF Akrotiri conducts five-hour surveillance flights sending targeting data to Israel, reports ALFIE HOWIS



