LONDON: A new dark web portal to recruit spies for Britain’s foreign intelligence agency, MI6, from countries such as Russia will be launched in the UK on Friday. It is the first time MI6 has established its official presence on the dark web to reach new recruits and tackle hostile actors seeking to undermine UK…
The British government has distanced the incoming head of its foreign intelligence service from her grandfather following reports he was a Nazi spy known as “the butcher”. Blaise Metreweli will in the autumn become the first woman to lead MI6 in its 116-year-old history, the British government announced earlier this month. The Daily Mail newspaper…
In a historic move, the UK government has named Blaise Metreweli as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service—MI6—marking the first time a woman will lead the country’s foreign intelligence agency. Metreweli, currently Director General for Technology and Innovation at MI6, will succeed Sir Richard Moore this autumn to become the 18th Chief in…
Jun 16, 2025 08:40 AM IST 47-year-old Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to head MI6, joined the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom in 1999. MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in Britain’s foreign intelligence service’s 116-year history. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Blaise Metreweli as the first…