Public radio’s longest-running daily global news program.AboutContactDonateMeet the TeamPrivacyTerms of use©2026 The World from PRXPRX is a 501(c)(3) organization recognized by the IRS: #263347402.Increasing frustration over UK deal with spy tech companyDW’s Lars Bevanger reports on a new a controversial contract between Britain’s National Health Service and the US data and spy tech company Palantir. DWApril 28, 2026Updated: April 28, 20266:03In this file photo, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, second left, tours Palantir Technologies headquarters with company employees and British military personnel in Washington, Feb. 27, 2025.Last week, the US data and spy tech company Palantir posted a 22-point manifesto on the social media platform X.Based on a book by the firm’s CEO, Alex Karp, the manifesto — variously described as the “ramblings of a super-villain” and “a parody of a RoboCop film” — has renewed concern about the aspirations and motivations of a company that is increasingly embedded in state infrastructure on both sides of the Atlantic.It’s the contract with Britain’s National Health Service that has proven the most controversial, as Lars Bevanger, from our partners at Deutsche Welle, DW, reports from Manchester.Click on the player to hear the full story.