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UK Facing Growing Threat From Russia, Iran, China: Intel Agency Chief
Britain is facing an escalating threat from hostile states such as Russia, Iran, and China while the terrorism risk is "huge" with al Qaeda and Islamic State seeking to incite would-be attackers, the UK's domestic spy chief said on Thursday.
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Explained: Britain's Chinese Spying Case And Its Collapse
The British government has come under sustained criticism after a prosecution against two men accused of spying for China collapsed last month, with critics saying it was because of fears of upsetting Beijing.
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How A KGB Assassin's Divorce Request Triggered Britain's Largest Spy Purge
On a late summer evening in 1971, a KGB officer walked into a north London police station with a strange request. He wanted to be expelled from Britain to divorce his wife.
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How A Lemon Exposed A World War 1 German Spy In Britain
Karl Muller was a German who slipped into Britain in January 1915, posing as a Russian shipping broker.
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Stella Rimington, Britain's First Female Spy Chief, dies At 90
Stella Rimington, the first female director general of Britain's MI5 security and counter-intelligence service who ushered in an era of greater transparency at the agency, has died aged 90.
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How Beijing Is Using Its Students To Control Anti-China Narrative In UK
Beijing is reportedly using academics and students of Chinese studies in the United Kingdom to suppress the discussion on issues that are sensitive to the Chinese government.
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UK Government Says Chinese Spying On The Rise, Pledges $818 Million To Intelligence
Chinese spying and attempts by Beijing to undermine Britain's democracy and economy have risen in recent years, the UK government said Tuesday in a report on the Asian giant.
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The Name's Metreweli: All About UK MI6's First Woman Chief
Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to head Britain's MI6 spy service, is a self-confessed "geek" whose appointment comes as the intelligence world faces growing challenges from cyber plots and AI.
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Who Is Blaise Metreweli, First Woman To Head UK's Spy Agency MI6
MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service, is the UK's foreign intelligence agency, responsible for gathering overseas intelligence to protect national security and support foreign policy.
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Britain Appoints Blaise Metreweli As First Female Head Of MI6 Spy Agency
Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.
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Frederick Forsyth, UK Author Known For Spy Novels, Dies At 86
A pilot who turned to writing to clear his debts, British author Frederick Forsyth, who died Monday aged 86, penned some 20 spy novels, often drawing on real-life experiences and selling 70 million copies worldwide.
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Secret UK Files Detailing Confessions Of 3 Spies From Cambridge Released
Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt who spied for the Soviet Union were released for the first time on Tuesday.
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Russia Seeking To Cause "Mayhem" In UK Over Support For Ukraine: Spy Agency
Russia and Iran had turned to employing criminals and private intelligence officers to do their work on British soil, the chief of Britain's domestic intelligence service said.
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Former British Navy Officer Arrested In Dubai For Spying
Matt Croucher, a former British Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in Dubai for seven months on spying charges, the Times newspaper said on Tuesday.
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China Says Britain's Intelligence Service Hired Chinese Government Staff As Spies
China has accused the British foreign intelligence service MI6 of recruiting two staff members from unnamed Chinese central state bodies as spies for the British government, its State Security Ministry said on Monday.
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UK Facing Growing Threat From Russia, Iran, China: Intel Agency Chief
Britain is facing an escalating threat from hostile states such as Russia, Iran, and China while the terrorism risk is "huge" with al Qaeda and Islamic State seeking to incite would-be attackers, the UK's domestic spy chief said on Thursday.
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Explained: Britain's Chinese Spying Case And Its Collapse
The British government has come under sustained criticism after a prosecution against two men accused of spying for China collapsed last month, with critics saying it was because of fears of upsetting Beijing.
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How A KGB Assassin's Divorce Request Triggered Britain's Largest Spy Purge
On a late summer evening in 1971, a KGB officer walked into a north London police station with a strange request. He wanted to be expelled from Britain to divorce his wife.
-
How A Lemon Exposed A World War 1 German Spy In Britain
Karl Muller was a German who slipped into Britain in January 1915, posing as a Russian shipping broker.
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Stella Rimington, Britain's First Female Spy Chief, dies At 90
Stella Rimington, the first female director general of Britain's MI5 security and counter-intelligence service who ushered in an era of greater transparency at the agency, has died aged 90.
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How Beijing Is Using Its Students To Control Anti-China Narrative In UK
Beijing is reportedly using academics and students of Chinese studies in the United Kingdom to suppress the discussion on issues that are sensitive to the Chinese government.
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UK Government Says Chinese Spying On The Rise, Pledges $818 Million To Intelligence
Chinese spying and attempts by Beijing to undermine Britain's democracy and economy have risen in recent years, the UK government said Tuesday in a report on the Asian giant.
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The Name's Metreweli: All About UK MI6's First Woman Chief
Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to head Britain's MI6 spy service, is a self-confessed "geek" whose appointment comes as the intelligence world faces growing challenges from cyber plots and AI.
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Who Is Blaise Metreweli, First Woman To Head UK's Spy Agency MI6
MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service, is the UK's foreign intelligence agency, responsible for gathering overseas intelligence to protect national security and support foreign policy.
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Britain Appoints Blaise Metreweli As First Female Head Of MI6 Spy Agency
Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.
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Frederick Forsyth, UK Author Known For Spy Novels, Dies At 86
A pilot who turned to writing to clear his debts, British author Frederick Forsyth, who died Monday aged 86, penned some 20 spy novels, often drawing on real-life experiences and selling 70 million copies worldwide.
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Secret UK Files Detailing Confessions Of 3 Spies From Cambridge Released
Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt who spied for the Soviet Union were released for the first time on Tuesday.
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Russia Seeking To Cause "Mayhem" In UK Over Support For Ukraine: Spy Agency
Russia and Iran had turned to employing criminals and private intelligence officers to do their work on British soil, the chief of Britain's domestic intelligence service said.
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Former British Navy Officer Arrested In Dubai For Spying
Matt Croucher, a former British Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in Dubai for seven months on spying charges, the Times newspaper said on Tuesday.
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China Says Britain's Intelligence Service Hired Chinese Government Staff As Spies
China has accused the British foreign intelligence service MI6 of recruiting two staff members from unnamed Chinese central state bodies as spies for the British government, its State Security Ministry said on Monday.
