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EXPLAINED: Uk taking election interference threats very seriously - The Real Truth

Britain's Defence Secretary Grant Shapps says the UK is taking threats of foreign interference in elections due later this year 'very seriously' (Credit: AFP)

The UK is taking threats of foreign interference elections expected later this year "very seriously", the defence minister said Sunday, after a warning from a counter-terrorism official.

"Obviously, that's something that we take very seriously," Shapps told the Sky News channel.

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