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MI6

December 2024

  • Abu Mohammed al-Jolani talking on the phone flanked by other people

    Will emergence of HTS in Syria raise level of global terrorism threats?

    Intelligence chiefs have to decisively analyse the risk posed by group once affiliated to islamists al-Qaida

November 2024

  • Daniel Khalife on a canal towpath

    Daniel Khalife: the spy who blew his own cover – and exposed gaping holes in UK security

    When the ex-British army soldier was found guilty last week of passing secrets to Iran, it set off alarm bells over the military’s vulnerability to the threat of infiltration
  • A man in a dark suit, white shirt and green tie speaking near a microphone

    Abandoning Ukraine means ‘infinitely higher’ long-term security costs, MI6 chief says

    If Putin allowed to reduce Ukraine to vassal state ‘he will not stop there’, Richard Moore says in plea to Trump
    • Russia behind 'staggeringly reckless' sabotage in Europe, says head of MI6 – video

    • Trump’s return raises questions over future of CIA’s Russian recruitment drive

    • The Audio Long Read
      Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González – podcast

October 2024

  • A funeral prayer for the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, in Karachi, Pakistan

    Middle East killings may bring back terror attacks to UK, says ex-MI6 chief

  • A black and white image showing the rear view of a banker walking through the City of London in the early 1960s.

    Observer book of the week
    Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel by Nick Harkaway review – the Circus is back in town

  • A man walks past the building of the headquarters of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow

    West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts

  • Pablo González.

    The long read
    Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González

September 2024

  • A bespectacled and serious Kathleen Pettigrew tooks towards the camera

    ‘Moneypenny with more power’: book celebrates UK’s forgotten female spies

  • Two men sat on a sofa. The man on the right is gesturing while speaking, as the other listens

    CIA boss says west should not be intimidated by Russia’s nuclear threats

August 2024

  • Police hold back anti-migration protesters during confrontation on the seafront promenade in Weymouth, England

    Far-right disorder had ‘clear’ Russian involvement, says ex-MI6 spy

    Christopher Steele says officials will ‘look very carefully’ at online instigators such as Tommy Robinson

June 2024

  • The miniature flags of China and the UK

    Beijing accuses MI6 of recruiting Chinese couple as spies

    State security service says it has uncovered ‘major espionage case’ involving husband and wife

March 2024

  • Sir Richard Moore

    Garrick revelations strike nerve given MI6 chief’s diversity push

  • The Garrick Club in London. A team led by David Pannick KC said: ‘In our view, the language of the rules is clear. There is no prohibition on the admission of female members.’

    ‘Nothing in the language excludes admission of women’: KC issues opinion on Garrick Club rules

  • Richard Moore, left, and Simon Case

    Head of civil service and MI6 chief resign Garrick membership

  • Richard Moore (l), the head of MI6, and Simon Case,

    UK’s top civil servant and head of MI6 urged to quit Garrick Club

February 2024

  • CCTV image of Gareth Williams at Holland Park Tube station on 14 August 2010.

    Review of MI6 worker Gareth Williams’ death finds no new DNA evidence

    Code-breaker was found dead inside a padlocked holdall at his London flat in 2010

January 2024

  • MIKE SADLER (1920-2024) British Army officer and member of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group who was famed for his navigational skills.<br>2WAM4FG MIKE SADLER (1920-2024) British Army officer and member of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group who was famed for his navigational skills.

    Mike Sadler obituary

    Last original member of the SAS who used the stars to navigate across the north African desert during the second world war
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