British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China at the end of January, Sky News reported on Thursday, in what would be the first visit to the country by a British leader in seven years. Starmer’s Labour government has made improved relations with Beijing a priority as it seeks foreign investment to make good on…
LONDON — Britain’s domestic intelligence agency warned U.K. lawmakers Tuesday that Chinese spies were actively reaching out to “recruit and cultivate” them via headhunters or cover companies. Writing to lawmakers, House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said a new MI5 “espionage alert” warned that Chinese nationals were ”using LinkedIn profiles to conduct outreach at scale” on behalf…
Prince Andrew met with a man allegedly at the centre of a spying operation on British MPs. Photographs show the Duke of York posing for pictures and shaking hands with the Chinese official who is accused of masterminding a plot to obtain intelligence from Westminster. Andrew, a former UK trade envoy, held meetings in 2018…
MI5 efficiently disrupted a Chinese espionage scheme targeted at the United Kingdom the previous week, disclosed its Director General, Sir Ken McCallum, as he expressed frustration in the collapse of a high-profile spy trial. Sir Ken highlighted that he would ‘never back off from confronting threats to the UK’ following a significant espionage case unraveled…
Britain’s domestic security service, MI5, publicly warned members of parliament on Monday that they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia, and Iran in a concerted attempt to undermine the UK’s democratic institutions. The rare public advisory highlights strategies used by foreign intelligence operatives to gather sensitive information, exert influence, and disrupt governance. MI5…