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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      China
      We must confront China over security — but co-operate with it too

      Calls for our foreign secretary to refuse to talk to his Chinese counterparts are wrong

      A high-altitude white balloon soars in the blue sky
    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
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      The Age of the Strongman — Gideon Rachman on Putin, Trump and the rise of the autocrat

      An insightful who’s who of the ego-driven leaders reshaping the postwar order — and a call for vigilance

      Jaw jutting and brow furrowed, Viktor Orban strikes a stern ‘strongman’ pose
    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Technology sector
      Former spy chief urges UK to ‘strain every sinew’ to keep Arm in London

      Alex Younger intervenes in battle over SoftBank plan to float British chip designer in New York

      Sir Alex Younger, former head of British secret service MI6
    • Friday, 11 June, 2021
      Cyber Security
      Ransomware attacks must be stopped — here’s how

      From geopolitical action to preventing payment, states must come together to halt these criminal actors

      Like all cyber security issues, ransomware attacks are not so much a technology problem as a human problem
    • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
      Lunch with the FT
      Alex Younger: ‘The Russians did not create the things that divide us — we did that’

      The outgoing MI6 head tells Roula Khalaf about new global threats — and why we still need  ‘garage shed’ spycraft

    • Friday, 15 February, 2019
      British Secret Intelligence Service
      UK spy chief says Russia poses ‘standing threat’ to the west

      MI6 head Alex Younger warns Moscow should expect an ‘assertive response’

    • Wednesday, 13 February, 2019
      UK politics
      MI6 chief in talks to extend term over Brexit fears

      Officials concerned that change of spy boss could exacerbate turmoil as UK leaves EU

      Alex Younger, incoming head of Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency reacts during a speach about the way in which the intelligence service has, and is evolving, as an organisation in response to current threats and a changing geo-political environment, at the University of St Andrews in Str Andrews, east Scotland on December 3, 2018. - Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency on Friday announced Alex Younger had been appointed as the new 'C', the head of the spy service, and will take up his appointment next month. (Photo by Andrew Milligan / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDREW MILLIGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 3 December, 2018
      British Secret Intelligence Service
      Head of MI6 warns of Huawei security concerns

      Alex Younger says 5G will make it harder to monitor Chinese telecom group’s kit

      Alex Younger, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, during a question and answer session after a speech about the way in which the service has and is evolving as an organisation in response to current threats and a changing geo-political environment, at the University of St Andrews. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday December 3, 2018. See PA story DEFENCE MI6. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Cyber Security
      UK spy chief warns on ‘profound’ propaganda threat

      Head of MI6 issues veiled warning about the risk posed by Russian subversion

      Undated handout file photo issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of spy chief Alex Younger who has said Britain can never be safe from Syrian terror threats until the brutal civil war is brought to an end. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday December 8, 2016. The "murderously efficient" Islamic State (IS) is currently plotting violent attacks against the UK from Syria despite being under military pressure, the head of MI6 warned. See PA story POLITICS Spies. Photo credit should read: Foreign and Commonwealth Office/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Thursday, 29 September, 2016
      Cyber Security
      The spy who liked me: Britain’s changing secret service

      MI6 embarks on biggest recruitment drive as digital disruption offers both threat and opportunity

      The far-reaching powers the UK government is seeking will mean that builk-collected data can be combined with existing data sources to build a sophisticated picture of smartphone users
    • Monday, 21 September, 2015
      UK politics
      UK spy agencies face ever-shifting threats

      Isis differs as a terrorist organisation to any that have gone before it

      The headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service or MI6, is seen on the bank of the River Thames in London, Thursday, March, 31, 2011. Britain isn't offering apparently defecting Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa diplomatic immunity as it seeks to further undermine Moammar Gadhafi's regime. British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the resignation of Moussa Koussa, one of the most senior members of Gadhafi's government, shows the Libyan leader's regime is "fragmented, under pressure and crumbling." (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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