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Slow Horses season 2 review – Gary Oldman’s spy thriller is a cut above

Every scene in this series has a finesse of quality or invention. Full of lovely comedy and espionage antics, it gives stars like Kristin Scott Thomas plenty to relish

The Guardian - UK

A Spy Among Friends review – don’t take your eyes off this star-packed espionage thriller

Guy Pearce is a charismatic traitor, Damian Lewis is an enigma and Anna Maxwell Martin carries along a fabulous drama that’s full of excitement – if a tad stuffy

The Guardian - UK

MI5 error reveals Churchill was in on 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler

Top secret wartime files mistakenly placed on the internet during the pandemic covered the attempt by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to blow up Nazi dictator

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MI5 on lookout for recruit able to see into the future

The Security Service is seeking a James Bond character. . . preferably one with access to a crystal ball

Wales Online

MI5 file 'bungle' during Covid revealed Churchill in on 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler

Spooks dumped piles of top secret wartime files on the internet during pandemic lockdowns covering the attempt by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to blow up the dictator

Daily Mirror

‘Slow Horses’ review: In Season 2 of this darkly funny British espionage drama, it’s a hunt for Russian sleeper agents

Banished by their MI5 betters to the mildewing outpost of Slough House in London, the disgraced British intelligence agents of “Slow Horses” — a nickname that reflects their “put out to pasture” limbo — are back for a second season on Apple TV+.

Chicago Tribune

Deadly 3D printed weapons being traded between gangs are the streets' latest threat

Hybrid guns, like the semi-automatic FGC9, can be made in days by combining 3D-printed components with metal parts that can be smuggled into the UK or sourced from hardware shops

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'Slow Horses' stars Gary Oldman and Saskia Reeves attempt to peel away the rough, sloppy layers of Jackson Lamb

In an upcoming episode of "Slow Horses," an MI5 agent working under Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden's River Cartwright, brings information to his boss, who's eating lunch by himself at an Asian restaurant.

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Jagtar's family concerned over new bill to give effective criminal immunity for ‘enabling torture overseas'

Jagtar has been imprisoned in India for over five years after being accused of helping to fund a Sikh-on-Hindu assassination plot, which his family strongly denies.

Daily Record

Slow Horses season 2, Apple TV+ review: Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb is as gravy-stained as ever and we love it

The dog-eared spies of Mick Herron’s series are back with another case making a mess of their desks

Evening Standard

Government spends £376,775 to keep identity of MI5 spy who abused partner secret

Exclusive: Labour claims ministers lost ‘any chance’ of getting money back ‘moment somebody’ made case public

The Independent UK

Britain Reinforces Security Measures Following ‘Iranian Threats’

The British police deployed armed reinforcements outside the Iran International television studios in London after two of its journalists were threatened by Tehran. Police on Sunday confirmed that its officers “are working in response to potential threats projected from Iran against a number of UK-based individuals. Iran's intelligence services made…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Anna Maxwell Martin: ‘I never get offered drugs. People think I’m a child’

As she prepares to play an MI5 interrogator in a thrilling new cold war drama, the Bafta winner talks about coping with death, lacking confidence – and how she’s always wanted to be Kate Winslet

The Guardian - UK

MI5 Chief: Iran Tried 10 Times to Kidnap or Kill Dissidents

Iran's intelligence services made at least ten attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the UK regarded by Tehran as a threat, the head of Britain's domestic spy agency (MI5) has said. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said Wednesday that while Tehran was using violence…

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Daily Mirror

Iran plans to kill 'enemy' Brits with 10 assassination bids this year, MI5 warns

The UK does not only face dangers from Russia and China, but also from Iran, the boss of MI5 Ken McCallum warned today - saying that the Middle Eastern country projects a threat to the country "directly"

Reuters

UK MI5 chief says expulsion of Russian spies has delivered significant blow

The expulsion of more than 400 suspected Russian spies from across Europe this year has struck the "most significant strategic blow" against Moscow in recent history and taken Vladimir Putin by surprise, Britain's domestic spy chief said.

Reuters

British spy chief: Iran tried 10 times to kidnap or kill UK-linked individuals

Iran's intelligence services have made at least 10 attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the United Kingdom regarded by Tehran as a threat, the head of Britain's domestic spy agency said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Far-Right extremists plot UK attacks, says MI5 chief

A rising number of far-Right extremists radicalised online in their bedrooms are trying to acquire weapons to carry out lethal attacks, the head of MI5 said on Wednesday as he warned of a continuing serious terror threat to this country.

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The Independent UK

UK in ‘contest with adversaries who have massive scale’, MI5 boss warns

Ken McCallum set out in stark language the dangers faced from Russia, China and Iran.

The Guardian - UK

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson ‘using former IRA mole to spy on opponents’

New book by Nick Lowles of Hope not Hate claims ex-MI5 informer who bombed for the Republicans is extremist’s ‘surveillance officer’

Manchester Evening News

MI5 headquarters locked down as 'suspicious package' found

Officers were called to the scene this morning

Daily Mirror

MI5 lockdown: 'Suspicious package' found at security service headquarters

The country's security services headquarters was temporarily locked down after a member of staff raised the alarm over a suspicious package, prompting a swift emergency response

The Guardian - UK

After a meeting that went on for hours, I was finally told what it was all about. I was being interviewed for a job at MI5

At 24, I was almost recruited by the security services. I had a mediocre degree, was overweight and wore a tracksuit stretched over a plaster cast on my leg. Clearly, just what they were looking for, writes Adrian Chiles

The Independent UK

Ratcliffe criticises Government for taking ‘long time’ over jailed Sikh blogger

Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was bundled into an unmarked car.

Evening Standard

Bystander stops Just Stop Oil activist from vandalising the MI5 building

A Just Stop Oil protester was left covered in orange paint after a furious passer-by intervened to stop them vandalising an MI5 building. Environment activists used fire extinguishers to spray paint at the Secret Intelligence Service’s headquarters in London on Monday, as well as at the Home Office, the Bank…

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