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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The former head of MI6 warns that Europe must meet the challenge of the new rules set by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger told The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Vladimir Putin lacks rationality unless in a “permanent state of antagonism,” offering Russia only “security.” This remark comes just months after the third anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

The actress, known for playing Polly in The King’s Man, will be leading the five-part series, Secret Service, as an MI6 officer.

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

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.

Code-named Hetman, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the Cold War’s most important spies

Code-named Hetman, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the most important spies of the Cold War.

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

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