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MI5 chief Ken McCallum warns of danger of foreign coronavirus-inspired attack on UK

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Britain’s enemies could carry out a coronavirus-inspired bioterror attack, the new head of MI5 warned yesterday. Ken McCallum said the UK’s adversaries will have taken note how the global pandemic has ‘turned the world upside down’ – and could try to make weapons from deadly viruses in future. In his first speech since taking over as … Read more

Ken McCallum is appointed new director general of MI5

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Ken McCallum has been appointed as the new director general of MI5, succeeding Sir Andrew Parker, who retires in April. McCallum, whose appointment was announced by interior minister Priti Patel, has worked for MI5 for almost 25 years. McCallum, a career spy led the response to the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei … Read more