MI5 forced to ‘pare back’ counter-terror focus due to hostile states, boss says

Ken McCallum has warned of the threat posed by hostile nation states (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

MI5 has had to “pare back” its counterterrorism focus because of the growing threat from Russia and other hostile states, the security agency’s boss has said.

Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, said in an interview recording obtained by The Times newspaper that the agency has to look at its “finite” resources and make “uncomfortable choices”.