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Key FactsSenior US Soldier Arrested in Britain
3 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.co.uk
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.co.uk
- The 41-year-old was detained near Gloucester on Tuesday.
- According to the Metropolitan Police, he is suspected of offences under the National Security Act, with allegations concerning Russia.
- Officers are searching two locations in Gloucestershire as the investigation continues.
- UK counter-terrorism police are cooperating closely with the US military and the FBI.
“The alleged conduct of a senior soldier, entrusted with sensitive information, is a sobering reminder that insider threats are real and persistent.”— Brig Gen Sean Stinchon, commanding general of US Army Counterintelligence Command, said this in connection with the arrest.
MI5 will not face contempt of court charges despite admitting its evidence was a lie
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MI5 will need proof to be believed in future, Leveson says following BBC investigation
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Polish authorities detain a Russian woman and five Poles on suspicion of illegally supplying weapons components to Russia
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Cheltenham's £1bn 'Golden Valley' is now under construction next to GCHQ: The first phase is set to be complete in early 2028
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British Intelligence Agency GCHQ has lost thousands of storage media: The British intelligence agency GCHQ is missing thousands of external storage devices ...
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British intelligence agency misplaced 'thousands' of storage devices, years later still can't say how many
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MI5 monitored politician behind NHS for two decades, newly-released files show: Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan first came to the attention of the security service in the ...
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Opinion“Slow Horses,” Apple TV’s Best Show, Retains Its Pungent Relevance: Inkoo Kang reviews the spy drama “Slow Horses,” on Apple TV.
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Former security chief warns UK public of deadly Russian threat amid strained US-Ukraine relationship
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/russia-threat-uk-mi5-ukraine-b3068478.html
Russia did try to interfere into Brexit referendum, MI5 boss confirms: Sir Ken McCallum said the UK should not ‘play into our adversaries’ hands’ by amplifying ...
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-brexit-referendum-interference-mi5-mccallum-burnham-b3066088.html
BBC Oct 13
MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief: Sir Ken McCallum says Russia, Iran and emerging threats from AI were increasing ...
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Russia did try to interfere in Brexit referendum, head of MI5 confirms: Ken McCallum says Kremlin attempted to influence vote through social media and TV reports ...
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MI5 chief warns against amplifying Russian propaganda over Brexit referendum row: Sir Ken McCallum said it was openly documented that Russia sought to interfere ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Far-right groups are becoming 'more and more confrontational and violent', a leading campaign group has said ... Show more
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UNITED24 Media Oct 13
Russia Turns to Criminals for Hire After Europe Expels Its Spies, MI5 Warns: MI5 highlights that GRU recruitment networks and criminal intermediaries are driving ...
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Understanding the Dogs of 'Slow Horses' and the Weight That Name Carries in Slough House
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MI5 warns UK security threats from Iran and Russia have surged, with caseloads quadrupling in a decade. Al Jazeera Sonia Gallego reports.
Anti-Muslim rhetoric in UK shifting toward ‘terrorist intent,’ MI5 chief warns
👉 Anti-Muslim rhetoric in UK shifting toward ‘terrorist intent,’ MI5 chief warns
Artificial intelligence (AI) is "supercharging" security threats to the UK, including the potential development by terrorists and states of new ... Show more
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Britain’s domestic intelligence agency is devoting more resources to foreign threats than during the Cold War. Its chief calls Russia ‘aggressor number one.’
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FACTBOX | MI5 chief lists Iran, Russia, AI and terrorists among threats to UK: Terrorism threat level remains ‘severe’ amid extremist plots and radicalisation
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In a speech at Thames House on Tuesday, Sir Ken McCallum said AI is 'supercharging' the terror threat.
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Iran shifts focus to "harder targets, like military sites" with mounting sabotage attacks, U.K. spy chief warns
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Key FactsMI5 Chief Says Iran Targeting UK Military Sites
Oct 13, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: abcnews.com
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- According to MI5 chief Ken McCallum, Iran is expanding attacks in Britain toward harder targets such as military sites.
- On September 27, scores of residents near RAF Fairford were evacuated; investigators found gasoline, but no explosives, in three vans.
- British authorities linked the incident to Iran; Iran denied involvement, and the United States withdrew its bombers.
- McCallum highlighted emerging AI risks, and MI5 has established a new center to assess such threats.
One risk is that AI could enable dangerous knowledge to get into the hands of people we would all rather didn’t have that knowledge.— Ken McCallum, MI5 Director, during a speech outlining major threats to the U.K.
MI5 Chief Warns of Escalating Hybrid Threats From Iran and Russia on British Soil
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AI could give terrorists access to bioweapons if guardrails fail – MI5 chief warns
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Iran, Russia ramping up hybrid campaigns in Britain, MI5 Director-General Ken McCallum says
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Iran is targeting Jewish communities in UK with 'hybrid campaign' says MI5 boss: Sir Ken McCallum outlined the threats to the UK in his annual 'threat ...
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The undercover female agents working in the shadows of The Troubles: The objective of female covert surveillance officers was to disappear into the background ...
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Scottish universities warned of espionage risk by MI5: MI5 warns Scottish universities of espionage risks, saying China General Technology Research Institute ...
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Suspected Iranian drone plot pushed U.S. to evacuate bombers from British air base
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UK universities review China ties after MI5 espionage alert: LONDON -- British universities are telling academics to disclose links to a Chinese research ...
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MI5: Queen's University Belfast staff asked to review some partnerships with China
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From MI5 missions to poodles -DWP shares bizarre benefit fraud excuses: From out-of-body experiences to secret agent missions, the Department for Work and ...
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Irish security services engage with UK universities amid growing concern over Chinese espionage
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MI5 chief warns Britain faces greater danger now than on 9/11: In an exclusive op-ed for The Independent on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Sir Ken McCallum warns ...
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Man repeatedly stabbed while saving hundreds from being killed by terrorist wins Mirror Pride of Britain Award
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UK tells academics to cut ties with Chinese institute branded as spying front | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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The Japan Times Oct 01
U.K. accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research: MI5 said more than 100 U.K.-based academics had contributed to projects funded by a ...
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RAF Fairford incident carries 'all the hallmarks of Iranian involvement': Details of the 'bomb plot' foiled on the doorstep of RAF Fairford point to Iranian ...
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UK Gave Asylum to Hamas’s Top Guard Who Then Plotted a Terrorist Attack Against Jews — Shocking Repo ...
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OpinionI watched 9/11 upend UK security – but the next 10 years are going to be like nothing we’ve ever seen
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Daily Sabah Sep 19
UK's domestic spy agency admits giving courts evidence based on ‘lies’: Britain’s domestic security agency MI5 has acknowledged providing three courts with ...
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OpinionThe MI5 chief is right: we must all take threats to our security more seriously: Editorial: Sir Ken McCallum, in an exclusive article for The Independent to mark ...
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Paid articlePaywall MI5 helps replace anti-terror bollards with more artful designs: After a series of attacks in public spaces where vehicles were used as weapons ...
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Paid articlePaywall Hillsborough law will divert MI5 from terrorism, former head warns: Baroness Manningham-Buller backed principle of the duty of candour law, but without extra ...
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Bid to block 'MI5 material' on Manchester synagogue terror attack as new details emerge
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James Bond's Legacy Officially Continues in New Must-See Spy Thriller: Watch the Knightfall trailer featuring James Bond star Roger Moore’s son Geoffrey Moore as ...
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Paid articlePaywall Ex-Mossad chief: MI5 praised us for foiling terror plots in UK: Yossi Cohen says Israel has saved ‘many, many’ British lives and tells Andy Burnham that opposing ...
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MI5 opens up applications for summer internship role: MI5 has opened up applications for its summer internship, which will allow candidates to experience the ...
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UNITED24 Media Aug 31
Russia’s Spy Network Turns Toward UK Companies Building Weapons for Ukraine: UK defense firms supplying drones and weapons to Ukraine have received official ...
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Extent of illegal surveillance by PSNI, MI5 shocked me: Protecting sources is the bedrock of journalism. Those prepared to provide information ...
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James Bond's Legacy Officially Continues in Brutal New Bloody Spy Thriller: Watch the ‘Knightfall’ trailer featuring James Bond star Roger Moore’s son Geoffrey ...
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While Australia avoids the ‘C’ word, NZ is unafraid to speak up: China has been publicly outed by NZ as a security threat. Here, ASIO and our politicians are ...
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From San Francisco to Singapore: The overseas revolution that took on the British Raj
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The forgotten terror plot that changed flying forever: Foiled plans to detonate liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks transformed airport security ...
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The Spectator Aug 08
The Meaning of Michael Oatley: Michael Oatley, who has died aged 90, was one of the best-known MI6 field operators of the post-war era operating during the ...
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New Chinese super embassy in London will go ahead despite security concerns: The Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association said the presence of the embassy ...
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MI5 advises vulnerable MPs to build a safe room at home: The National Protective Security Authority handed updated guidance to individuals at high risk which ...
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Secrets behind MI5 and police's biggest-ever counter-terror operation revealed: Breath-taking and chilling details revealed in ITV probe into MI5's fight to ...
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Terror in the Skies: The plot that could have brought down the government: Exclusive interviews with MI5 spies and British police reveal how close Britain came ...
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MI5 reprimanded for lying about ties with neo-Nazi informant who attacked girlfriend with machete
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MI5 ‘could have prevented’ collapse of China spy case
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Essex neo-Nazi Alfie Coleman jailed for 13 years for planning mass gun attack: Alfie Coleman was caught by MI5 in an undercover sting
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MI5 slammed after ‘serious failings’ led to courts receiving false evidence: Shabana Mahmood has vowed to take ‘urgent action’ following a report published on ...
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Paid articlePaywall Shabana Mahmood to tackle MI5 after scathing report into officers’ conduct: Home secretary promises to hold security service to account following case in which ...
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£10m British govt payout over IRA double agents: The British government has provisionally agreed to pay £10 million to the families of those abducted ...
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Hillsborough Law could return to Parliament in 'coming days' as scrutiny of MI5 continues to rise
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Special forces unit bans Chinese electric cars over spying fears: Elite unit bars vehicles from base because of concerns Beijing could use their sensors to ...
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/03/special-forces-bans-chinese-cars-spying-fears-volvo/
Birmingham chart-toppers UB40 'monitored by MI5', star claims: Frontman claims they 'ruffled feathers with the government' over their left-wing politics
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Birmingham chart-toppers UB40 'monitored by MI5', star claims: Frontman claims they 'ruffled feathers with the government' over their left-wing politics
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UK ordered to find 'Tripoli cache' of documents in Libya torture lawsuit: Two Libyans allege MI5 and MI6 shared intelligence that led to their torture
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MI5 director general Sir Ken McCallum reveals he is fan of spy drama Slow Horses: The Apple TV show depicts the everyday lives of a dysfunctional team of M15 ...
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Key FactsMI5 chief McCallum says he is a Slow Horses fan
Jun 18, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: shropshirestar.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: shropshirestar.com
- In an MI5 Instagram video posted Wednesday, McCallum described himself as a fan of the series.
- McCallum rejected suggestions of rivalry, saying MI5, MI6, GCHQ and police must and want to cooperate for national security.
- The series follows a dysfunctional team of rejected MI5 agents at Slough House, led by Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb.
- The sixth season is scheduled to air in September 2026, while a seventh has already been approved.
MI5, MI6, (Government Communications Headquarters), the police and others have to work together and want to work together in a really big team, each doing our particular thing, the thing that we are specialists at – to keep the country safe together.— Sir Ken McCallum, MI5 Director General, answering questions at the National Archives
The Spectator Jun 17
Islamism, the Muslim Brotherhood and the limits of Labour’s resolve: Britain’s security establishment has effectively decided that non-violent Islamism is not ...
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