US attorney general confirms arrest of air national guardsman suspected of being behind intelligence leaks – as it happened

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Overnight the Times of London has reported that MPs have warned that British lives have been put at risk by the leak of classified US intelligence documents. It writes:

Tobias Ellwood, [the Conservative MP] who chairs the defence select committee, said the US leaks could endanger lives".

Given our long-established lead in scale and capability when it comes to elite forces it will come as no surprise that our special forces are doing much of the heavy lifting," he said.