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British domestic intelligence agency
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The Security Service, also known as MI5, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI). MI5 is directed by the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), and the service is bound by the Security Service Act 1989. The service is directed to protect British parliamentary democracy and economic interests and to counter terrorism and espionage within the United Kingdom (UK).
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Injured survivors from Manchester bombing suing MI5The injured survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing are suing MI5, lawyers have said.Sky News - Published | |
MI5 'triaged' terrorist on four occasions before fatal stabbings, inquest hearsMI5 "triaged" a violent offender four times before he carried out a terrorist knife attack and killed three men in a park in Reading, an inquest has heard.Sky News - Published | |
Spy chief says MI5 'absolutely alert' to risk of UK terror attack amid Israel-Hamas warThe director general of MI5 has told Sky News his intelligence officers are "focused with particular intensity" on a growing risk of attacks within the UK following events in the Middle East.Sky News - Published | |
MI5 boss says 'tens of thousands' of UK companies at risk from Chinese AI threatThe head of MI5 has made an unprecedented public appearance alongside his counterparts from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, to warn that companies, large and small, are unprepared for the..Sky News - Published | |
Spooks come out of shadows to issue AI warningThe head of MI5, Britain’s security service, has made an unprecedented public appearance alongside his counterparts from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to warn about the emerging threats..Sky News - Published | |
Conservative candidates dropped after MI5 warned they could be Chinese spiesThe Conservatives reportedly dropped two potential candidates to become MPs after MI5 warned that they could be spies for China.Sky News - Published | |
A licence to drill: MI5 recruiting multiskilled carpenter to 'keep country safe' MI5 doesn't just need spies to battle the UK's terror threat - it is now recruiting a carpenter to work for the intelligence service and help "keep the country safe".Sky News - Published | |
MI5 raises terror threat in Northern Ireland to 'severe' - meaning attack highly likelyThe terror threat level in Northern Ireland has increased from "substantial" to "severe" meaning an attack is highly likely, the government has said.Sky News - Published | |
'I can't accept apologies': Youngest Manchester bombing victim's dad to sue MI5 The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing intends to sue MI5.Sky News - Published | |
'MI5 has blood on its hands': Manchester Arena bombing victim father hits out ahead of inquiry report The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing, Saffie Roussos, has told Sky News MI5 has "got blood on [its] hands" after it "failed" to stop Salman Abedi's terrorist attack in..Sky News - Published | |
UK-based Iranian TV station forced to relocate after police warning - as MI5 foil 15 plots against 'enemies' of regime A London-based Iranian news station says it has been forced to shut its UK headquarters over threats from Tehran and fears for the safety of its journalists.Sky News - Published | |
Iran has threatened to kill or kidnap 10 people in the UK so far this year - MI5 Iran has made at least 10 threats this year to kidnap or kill people in the UK deemed as "enemies of the regime", the head of MI5 has revealed.Sky News - Published | |
China is biggest 'game-changing challenge', MI5 and FBI heads warn The heads of MI5 and the FBI have used an unprecedented joint speech to warn that China is their biggest "game-changing challenge", with the UK doubling efforts to combat Chinese threats.Sky News - Published | MI5 tells inquiry chairman to 'not hold back' in Manchester Arena terror attack report The chairman of the inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack should "not hold back" in criticising MI5 when he issues his final report, the security service has said.Sky News - Published |
'Highly relevant' pieces of MI5 intelligence not shared with police before Manchester Arena attackTwo "highly relevant" pieces of intelligence received by MI5 in the months before the Manchester Arena attack were not shared with their partners in counter-terrorism police, the inquiry has heard.Sky News - Published | MI5 officer admits different decisions could have stopped Manchester Arena bombing A senior MI5 officer has admitted that making different decisions could have stopped the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry into the attack has heard.Sky News - Published |
Arena bomber had links to serious crime gang in Manchester, MI5 officer tells inquiry The Manchester Arena bomber had links to a serious crime gang in the city, a senior member of MI5 has said.Sky News - Published | Spy chief warns of Afghanistan 'morale boost' for extremists in wake of Taliban resurgence The head of MI5 has said terrorist attacks on UK soil will likely happen on his watch and that his officers and the police have foiled six "late-stage" plots during the pandemic.Sky News - Published |
Police feared attack by Streatham terrorist was matter of 'when, not if', inquest told An ISIS supporter who launched an attack 10 days after his release from prison was considered "one of the most dangerous individuals" that police and MI5 had investigated, an inquest into his death has..Sky News - Published | Children as young as 13 are being recruited by far-right extremists, says MI5 director-general Children as young as 13 are being recruited by far-right extremists, who continue to pose a long term and growing threat, according to the head of the UK’s domestic intelligence service MI5.Sky News - Published |
'Be switched on': 'Regular people' being targeted by foreign spies says MI5 boss The public should be as alert to the “less visible” threats posed by states like China, Russia and Iran as they are about terrorism, the head of MI5 will warn today.Sky News - Published | MI5 had intelligence Fishmongers' Hall killer was plotting attack, inquest hears MI5 received intelligence the Fishmongers' Hall killer was planning an attack on his release, an inquest has heard.Sky News - Published |
