The Latest Breaking News from MI5

As the old saying goes, the truth is always stranger than fiction, and indeed there are some true stories so strange that they can't be fully expressed with familiar modes of storytelling. Such is the case of “Rogue Agent,” a film that unfolds as a spy thriller and romantic drama…

Her father, Brinley Newton-John, was born at one of Cardiff's most iconic drinking spots and became an officer for MI5 during the Second World War

Leadership contender says he will close 30 Mandarin teaching programmes to restrain Beijing’s soft power

WASHINGTON — When a U.K. citizen traveled to Colleyville, Texas, to take hostages at a synagogue in January, U.S. law enforcement had no information about his criminal record and terrorist sympathies in their databases. But the British did.

The Intelligence and Security Committee said current policies that do not limit which organisations personnel can join are ‘somewhat risky’.

Amid the restructuring of the global order that has been accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the evolving position of China had been lost in the fog of war. The heads of the UK’s security service (MI5) and US Federal Bureau of Investigation sought to disperse this fog with a…

Committee says lack of resources affecting other areas of agency’s work and calls situation ‘untenable’

Report says ‘economic decline’ is driving increased threat and that individual hardship can push people towards attacks

It follows Boris Johnson’s admission he met a former Russian spy without either officials or his security team present

In an unprecedented joint address, the directors of the FBI and MI5 warned on Wednesday of the multifaceted threat posed by Chinese espionage. They highlighted one potentially violent effort to prevent a Chinese dissident turned American citizen from running for a seat in Congress.

China foreign ministry says US is ‘biggest threat to world peace, stability and development’ after spying accusations.