The Newscast Security Briefing

Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 7:12 p.m.

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Three people have been arrested and are suspected of spying for Russia in the UK. It\\u2019s BBC correspondent Daniel De Simone\\u2019s exclusive, and he\\u2019s in the studio to give the background. \\n \\nAnd, information from 10,000 employees at the Police Service of Northern Ireland has been mistakenly released.\\n \\nAn ex PSNI officer is on to discuss why many are feeling unsafe as a result, as well as Jordan Dunbar, presenter of BBC podcast series Blood On The Dance Floor, which is about the killing of a Northern Irish police officer.\\n \\nBBC security correspondent Frank Gardner describes what the intelligence services are focussing on, and is on throughout. \\n \\nYou can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere\\n \\nToday's Newscast was presented by James Cook. It was made by Chris Flynn with Clare Williamson and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Damon Rose.

This podcast has been edited since it was first published to delete a section in which a contributor said police suspect the Real Ira of the shooting of an officer and the killing of journalist Lyra McKee. In fact police believe the New Ira are responsible.

01:04 - PSNI data leaks\\n14:32 - Three are suspected of spying for Russia\\n20:38 - The focus of British intelligence services

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