15 h. ago MI6 or 007? Britain's new spy chief proves she knows her bugs as she wears 'Miss Moneypenny's brooch' for maiden speech

Blaise Metreweli, 48, the Secret Intelligence Service's first-ever female chief, sent tongues wagging this week after delivering a rare televised address adorned with a jewel-encrusted brooch.

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32 h. ago MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos

The new head of MI6 is set to warn about Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to export chaos globally

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39 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Britain’s spy chief to warn of Russia’s ‘expansionist threat’ as Berlin talks enter second day

MI6 chief to deliver remarks on Monday warning ‘chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach’; European leaders to join day two of talks in Berlin. What we know on day 1,391The head of Britain’s foreign spy service, known as MI6, will warn that Russia poses an “aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist” threat, in her first speech since taking office. Blaise Metreweli took over from Richard Moore in October, becoming the first female chief of MI6. “[Vladimir] Putin should be in no doubt, our support is enduring. The pressure we apply on Ukraine’s behalf will be sustained,” Metreweli will say on Monday, according to advance extracts of her remarks. “The export of chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach to international engagement, and we should be ready for this to continue until Putin is forced to change his calculus,” she said, according to the extract.Separately, Richard Knighton, head of Britain’s armed forces, will also call in a separate speech on Monday fo...

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39 h. ago 'The front line is everywhere': Russia is waging a new type of warfare exporting chaos, warns new MI6 boss in first speech

Britain faces an 'age of uncertainty' as an 'expansionist' Russia wages a new type of warfare exporting 'chaos', the new head of the MI6 warns today.

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40 h. ago Britain’s new spy chief warns of acute threat to Europe from Vladimir Putin's 'aggressive' regime

Blaise Metreweli also says the ‘defining challenge’ of the 21st Century is not which nation has the most powerful technologies but who uses them with the ‘greatest wisdom’

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40 h. ago Russia is ‘exporting chaos’, new head of Britain’s spy agency MI6 warns

In her first public remarks since taking office, Blaise Metreweli will also say that UK support for Ukraine is ‘enduring’

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5 d. ago Google DeepMind to build its first robotic science laboratory in the UK – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsIn the energy sector, Russia’s revenues from exports of crude oil and refined products has fallen to its lowest level since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.The International Energy Agency has reported this morning that Moscow’s sales of fossil fuels fell again in November due to lower export volumes and weaker prices.These brighter prospects extend to our 2026 forecast, which we have upgraded by 90 kb/d, to 860 kb/d y-o-y.“We need to ask who is setting the agenda for the UK’s future with AI.”“In the absence of independent regulation or scrutiny, we’re at the mercy of technology companies’ commercial interests aligning with what the public want.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Britain and Norway to launch joint fleet of warships to hunt down Russian spy vessels amid growing concern over threat from Putin

The new defence pact between the two Nato member states is aimed at protecting critical undersea cables which are under increasing threat from Vladimir Putin 's forces.

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2 w. ago Killer with "psychopath" and "chaos" tattooed on his head has release blocked at eleventh hour

Reginald Wilson was due to be released from prison this week after spending 34 years behind bars for the brutal murder of Dr David Birkett

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3 w. ago Chinese exporters charge Russia more for war supplies as sanctions bite

Price increases show that western restrictions are limiting Moscow’s capabilities, Bank of Finland research finds

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3 w. ago Moment diver finds ‘Russian spy buoy’ off UK coast on route used by Britain’s nuclear submarines

A SUSPECTED Russian spying device has been found on a route used by our nuclear subs.  The cylindrical “sonobuoy” was hauled up by volunteer divers who were clearing the sea of litter.  It had lurked undetected beneath the Irish Sea near Skomer Island, off the southwestern tip of Wales. A Navy source said it may have been...

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3 w. ago Starmer expected to approve China’s ‘mega’ embassy in London

PM likely to green light project despite concerns about Beijing’s efforts to spy on Britain

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3 w. ago UK looking at ‘military options’ if Russian spy ship comes closer to Britain

Defence Secretary John Healey said the Yantar’s crew had shone lasers at RAF pilots.

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3 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is Russia a bigger threat to the UK than China?

Britain was today monitoring the Russian spy ship Yantar on the edge of UK waters, in the same week as MI5 issued warning over spying threats from China.

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