British officials have called a meeting of the government's emergency committee, called COBRA, for today to discuss security risks arising from the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Following the murderous attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, which sparked retaliation in the Gaza Strip, UK cases of...
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More than 20.000 people in Britain have been approached online by Chinese spies, says the head of MI5. It comes amid a fresh warning to tens of thousands of British businesses about the risk of their innovation being stolen. MI5 chief Ken McCallum spoke to the BBC at a meeting of alliance security chiefs Pet...
Britain's MI5 intelligence service has warned the government that Chinese spies are entering Britain by obtaining citizenship from a third country, which allows them visa-free access. The concerns have prompted the Home Office to draw up new visa restrictions for a number of countries used by Chinese, but the Foreign Office has blocked the decision, senior government sources told the...
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Britain's counterintelligence agency has raised the terror threat level in Northern Ireland from "significant" to "high", meaning an attack is highly likely these days. The British Secretary for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, wrote to MPs in London about the alarm, and told citizens "not to be alarmed, but to remain cautious". The anxiety of...
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The spy from the British embassy in Berlin, who sold secrets to Russia and was caught in a secret MI5 sting, has been sentenced to 13 years and two months in prison, the BBC reports. David Smith (58) tried to damage the interests of Great Britain by handing over details of the embassy and its staff for cash payments, it was determined...
