US government makes last-ditch pitch to persuade UK to ban Huawei from its 5G networks

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No way the UK can mitigate the risks arising from a network that includes Huawei equipment, US security officials warn

Officials from the US National Security Agency have warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson that it would be "madness" to allow the use of Huawei networking equipment in the UK's 5G networks. In a n...

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