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British intelligence agency
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The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners. SIS is one of the British intelligence agencies and the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service ("C") is directly accountable to the Foreign Secretary.
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China says it has detained a person accused of collecting state secrets for MI6Chinese authorities say have detained a man accused of collecting state secrets for the UK's MI6 intelligence agency.Sky News - Published | |
China has 'a responsibility' for the 'tragic' situation in MyanmarChina has a responsibility for the "tragic" situation in Myanmar because it is the "foremost supporter" of the military regime, the head of the British foreign intelligence service MI6 has said.Sky News - Published | |
Russians appalled by Putin's war in Ukraine should spy for the UK, head of MI6 saysThe head of MI6 has urged Russians appalled by the horrors of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine to "join hands with us" and spy for the UK to help end the bloodshed.Sky News - Published | |
MI6 boss confident AI won't replace spiesHuman spies will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) even as machines make information "infinitely more accessible", the head of the UK's foreign intelligence service, MI6, will say.Sky News - Published | |
'No one said it was inappropriate': Gove defends PM meeting Russian oligarch MI6 was concerned about Michael Gove said he was never told that he or Boris Johnson should not meet Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev after reports that MI6 has had concerns about the Russian oligarch since 2013.Sky News - Published | |
China accuses head of MI6 of 'peddling fake news and false intelligence' China has accused the head of MI6 of "peddling fake news and false intelligence" after the spy chief accused Beijing of snaring other countries in "debt traps" and "data traps".Sky News - Published | |
China becomes single greatest focus for MI6 as country accused of large-scale espionage operations against UK China has for the first time become the single greatest focus for MI6, with its chief warning the risk "is real" of a miscalculation by Beijing through underestimating western resolve to push back.Sky News - Published | |
'We must become more open, to stay secret': MI6 chief says spies must work with tech firms to counter threats Britain's secret MI6 spy agency must become more open by partnering with technology firms to compete in a world where digital threats are "growing exponentially", its chief will say.Sky News - Published | |
Former MI6 boss warns UK's terror threat level 'greater today' following Afghanistan exit The UK's former spy chief has warned the terror threat is "greater today" than it was prior to the West's withdrawal from Afghanistan.Sky News - Published | |
Terror threat to Britain will grow if West neglects Afghanistan, ex-spymaster warns The threat to the UK from terrorist groups like al Qaeda will grow if allies turn their back on Afghanistan after troops withdraw, Sir Alex Younger, the ex-head of MI6, has warned.Sky News - Published | |
Putin warns head of MI6: 'Just live your life and don't try to spoil Russian-British relations further' Vladimir Putin has shrugged off criticism from the head of MI6, saying the UK spy boss will "probably revisit his assessments" of Russia.Sky News - Published | |
Any COVID origin lab leak evidence would have been destroyed by China, ex-MI6 chief says Evidence of any lab leak that could be the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic will have been destroyed by Chinese officials, a former MI6 chief has said.Sky News - Published |
