The Latest Breaking News from Alex Younger

Bashar al-Assad to see 'precipitous fall in living circumstances' after fleeing Syria into exile in Moscow

People have looted his palaces in Damascus after he was deposed

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024

Terror threat to UK if Syria camps holding Shamima Begum and other IS extremists collapse, warns ex-MI6 chief

Former top spy Sir Alex Younger stressed the risks of Donald Trump pulling US troops out of Syria

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024

Vladimir Putin trying to get in Donald Trump's head to 'manipulate' him with flattery, says former MI6 chief

The Russian president was accused of ‘classic spy bluster’ with his praise for the US president elect as a ‘real man’

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024

Gaza war stoking 'unparalleled' threat of UK extremism, ex-MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger warns

The Met has stepped up arrests of people waving extremist anti-Israel banners at recent pro-ceasefire rallies in London

Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2023

Sussexes condemn ‘all acts of terrorism and brutality’ amid Israel-Hamas war

International aid groups said deaths in Gaza could accelerate as Israel prevents the passage of supplies.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

Egypt warned Israel of Hamas attack days earlier, senior US politician says

Head of US foreign affairs committee says warning was given, but it is unclear ‘at what level’, supporting claims reported from Egyptian sources

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

UK resists calls to label China a threat following claims a Beijing spy worked in Parliament

The British government is resisting calls to label China a threat to the U.K.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Richard Osman ‘tapped on the shoulder’ at Cambridge by MI6 – but failed the test

Presenter and crime author says he interviewed for role of spy but ‘would have been terrible’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

Ukraine not Russia has the ‘strategic patience’ to win the war, says Britain after Wagner revolt against Putin

James Cleverly says Kyiv’s forces are ‘steadily clawing back their territory’ with the summer counter-offensive

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2023

Britain takes threat from China ‘deadly seriously’, says minister amid spy balloon row

Britain takes the threat from China “deadly seriously”, a Government minister said on Thursday as a review was being carried out into whether Beijing is targeting the country with spy balloons.

Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2023