MI5
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Why a Chinese ‘mega embassy’ is not such a worry for British spies
Politicians are raising the alarm, while MI5 quietly welcomes the prospect of Beijing’s new London facilityWhi…
- China, Foreign policy, London, MI5, Politics, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
MI5 ‘very relaxed’ about proposed Chinese super-embassy in London, sources say
Senior Security Service officers told Commons speaker in private meeting they can tackle espionage risks MI5 o…
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China in ‘covert and calculated’ effort to recruit MPs and peers, minister says
Dan Jarvis gives Commons statement after MI5 alert about LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu and Shirly ShenMPs an…
- China, Chris Philp, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, Jonathan Powell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Law, MI5, Politics, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse
Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropp…
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MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ at failure to put men accused of spying for China on trial
Ken McCallum, the domestic spy chief, says he will ‘never back off’ from confronting threats from BeijingThe M…
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Brother of Briton jailed in India asks why UK border police are stopping him
Gurpreet Singh Johal wants to know if stops are linked to his efforts to find out whether UK intelligence play…
- Boris Johnson, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, India, MI5, MI6, Politics, Scotland, Sikhism, South and Central Asia, UK news
Boris Johnson accused of intelligence tipoff that led to British Sikh’s alleged torture in India
Labour raises questions in the Commons over Johnson’s alleged actions as foreign secretary in the case of acti…
- Global development, Human rights, India, Law, MI5, MI6, Religion, Scotland, Sikhism, South and Central Asia, Torture, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
British Sikh activist ‘tortured in India after tip-off from UK intelligence’
Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017A Briti…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Cybercrime, Cyberwar, Espionage, FBI, Hacking, MI5, Technology, UK news, US economy, US news, World news
FBI and MI5 leaders give unprecedented joint warning on Chinese spying
Christopher Wray joins Ken McCallum in London, calling Beijing the ‘biggest long-term threat to economic secur…
- Asia Pacific, China, Education, Espionage, FBI, Higher education, Intellectual property, MI5, UK news, US news, World news
50 Chinese students leave UK in three years after spy chiefs’ warning
MI5 chief says Chinese communist party targeting intellectual property across westFifty Chinese students have …
- CIA, Espionage, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Guantánamo Bay, Home Office, Law, MI5, MI6, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, Torture, UK news, US news, World news
UK spies who allegedly passed questions to CIA torturers subject to English law, court rules
Abu Zubaydah, tortured at CIA ‘black sites’ in six different countries, has right to sue UK governmentUK intel…
- Afghanistan, Foreign policy, Islamic State, MI5, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
MI5 chief: Taliban Afghan victory has boosted extremists
Ken McCallum says his agency has helped stop six ‘late-stage’ terrorist attacks during pandemicMI5’s chief sai…
- China, Coronavirus outbreak, Cybercrime, Cyberwar, Espionage, Hacking, Higher education, Infectious diseases, Internet, Iran, MI5, Police, Russia, Science, Technology, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, University of Oxford, World news
Hostile states trying to steal coronavirus research, says UK agency
Experts say Russia, Iran and China likely to be behind cyber-attacks on universitiesCoronavirus – latest updat…
- China, Coronavirus outbreak, Huawei, MI5, MI6, Michael Gove, Politics, Technology, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
UK spy agencies urge China rethink once Covid-19 crisis is over
MI6 and MI5 expect Beijing to be more assertive and want government to consider tighter control of strategic i…