The man was Daniel Khalife, a former British Army soldier who was supposed to be in prison awaiting trial for spying for Iran ...

Surprisingly, as this chapter demonstrates, Lessing’s swerve into speculative fiction was conditioned by her status as a target of MI5 surveillance. Although Lessing knew she was being watched, she ...

MI5 has had to “pare back” its counterterrorism focus because of the growing threat from Russia and other hostile states, the security agency’s boss has said. Ken McCallum, the director ...

MI5 will be forced to turn focus away from terrorism and towards Russia and other hostile states as a result of the security agency’s “finite capacity”, its boss has said. The agency will ...

MI5 is being forced to 'pare back' its fight against counterterrorism due to growing threats of meddling from Russia and other aggressive countries. Security agency boss, Ken McCallum revealed ...

The agency will have to make “uncomfortable choices” in the face of “much more aggression from nation states”, said Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5. “In effect, we had the 20 ...

Ken McCallum has warned of the threat posed by hostile nation states (Yui Mok/PA) MI5 has had to “pare back” its counterterrorism focus because of the growing threat from Russia and other ...

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MI5 has been left “stretched” as the growing threat from Russia distracts from counter-terrorism efforts, according to its chief. The UK’s intelligence agency has been forced to move its focus from ...

Britain's intelligence services have been slammed for a 'racist' internship that doesn't let white students apply for roles at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. Pupils are being offered the opportunity of a ...