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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Friday the 18th of July, these are our main

stories. What may have been Britain's biggest ever data breach was even worse than first

feared. It's now emerged the personal details of British spies and special forces were leaked.

Monsoon flooding in Pakistan kills at least 60 people in the last 24 hours.

Investors in Facebook's parent company Meta settle an $8 billion privacy lawsuit with its founder and other executives.

Also in this podcast, new plans to give 16-year-olds the vote in UK general elections and...

It's probably the most famous prop in the history of cinema.

The wooden sled from Orson World Citizen Kane becomes the second most valuable movie prop ever sold.

Earlier this week, we reported on a security breach here in Britain

that's been described as one of the worst in the country's history.

The names of thousands of Afghans who'd worked with the UK forces

and were trying to flee the Taliban

were accidentally leaked by a military official in 2022.

But a special court order kept the news hidden from the public until now.

And as the veil of secrecy lifts, it's emerged that the leak was far worse than originally reported and included the details of British spies and special forces personnel.

Our correspondent Joel Gunter reports.

This was already a huge scandal.

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