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Gerry Adams fights for peacemaker reputation in trial over BBC murdered spy claim

Former Sinn Féin leader denies claim made in 2016 documentary he sanctioned 2006 killing of MI5 informant Denis Donaldson

The Guardian - UK

Other sources corroborated Adams claim, BBC lawyer says

Five other sources corroborated allegations about Gerry Adams which were made by an anonymous contributor to a BBC documentary, lawyers have claimed.

Evening Standard

BBC did not mention Adams allegation, Donaldson family’s former solicitor says

Denis Donaldson was shot dead in 2006, months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent for 20 years.

Evening Standard

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Iranians arrested in counter-terrorism raids allegedly targeted Israeli embassy

Home secretary says raids across UK last weekend reflected some of biggest terrorism threats in recent years

The Guardian - UK

Four Iranian men questioned over alleged major terror plot against British target

Investigators still not clear if there is a continuing danger to the public after arrests across England

The Guardian - UK

Eight men including seven Iranians arrested in two England anti-terrorism operations

Counter-terrorism police disrupt suspected plot amid concern over rise in Tehran-backed hostile activity

The Guardian - UK

UK police arrest seven Iranians over alleged threats to national security

Country on high alert since MI5 warning last year about ‘potentially lethal’ Iran-backed activities.

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Several Iranian men arrested in England over alleged attack plot

Several men have been arrested over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London, according to UK police.

Euronews

Gerry Adams says BBC response to complaint over informer story ‘insulting’

The former MP and Sinn Fein leader is continuing to give evidence in his libel case against the broadcaster at the High Court in Dublin.

The Independent UK

Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests

New work says novelist, who was a censor during second world war, may been employed to look for coded messages

The Guardian - UK

Martin Freeman calls out ‘annoying’ fans for following him for long periods

He said he tries ‘to reason with people’ and explain he is ‘not a prop’.

Evening Standard

Our child died in Manchester Arena terror attack. How was bomber’s brother able to assault prison guards?

The parents of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack have spoken of their disbelief after the bomber’s brother Hashem Abedi attacked prison guards

The Independent UK

Revealed: London universities' ties to Chinese military research despite security concerns

Defence experts have expressed concerns that UK institutions continue to expand their collaboration with Chinese engineering universities,

Evening Standard

MI5 files not deliberately withheld from Stakeknife probe, review concludes

The review was carried out after the material was discovered last year.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records

Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears

The Guardian - UK

UK could target parts of Chinese state under new foreign influence rules

Exclusive: Government is weighing up security concerns against economic benefits of closer ties with Beijing

The Guardian - UK

Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration

From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them

The Independent UK

Classified files and MI5 spy artefacts to be exhibited for the first time

The exhibition will offer the public a first-ever glimpse into MI5's private collection

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The Independent UK

MI5 reveals never-before-seen spy secrets in National Archives Exhibition

Exhibits include Guy Burgess’s briefcase, which was left behind as he fled to Moscow, and a 110-year-old lemon used by German spy Karl Muller.

The Guardian - UK

‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

A new exhibition at the National Archives in London will reveal the extent of MI5 operation to expose the British double agent who was also Observer reporter

Evening Standard

Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war

The ex-KGB officer’s intelligence was crucial to Margaret Thatcher’s contacts with Mikhail Gorbachev, whose rise to power helped end the Cold War.

The Guardian - UK

Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies in Surrey aged 86

Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5

The Guardian - UK

Oleg Gordievsky obituary

Russian spy who was the highest ranking KGB officer to defect to Britain

Evening Standard

Schoolgirl accused of terror found intervention session ‘triggering’ – inquest

Rhianan Rudd, 16, had terror charges against her dropped five months before she died in May 2022.

The Guardian - UK

MI5 officers lamented lack of guidance in child terrorism cases, emails reveal

Officer investigating Rhianan Rudd, 16, who killed herself, tells inquest of rise in vulnerable teens with far-right views and no national strategy

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