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Russia on ‘mission to cause mayhem’ on British streets, warns MI5 head (www.bbc.com)

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Russia's intelligence agency has been on a mission to generate "sustained mayhem on British and European streets", the head of MI5 has said.

Giving his annual update on security threats faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said GRU agents had carried out "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness" in Britain after the UK backed Ukraine in its war with Russia.

MI5 had also responded to 20 plots backed by Iran since 2022, he said, although he added the majority of its work still mostly involved Islamist extremism followed by extreme right-wing terrorism.

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[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago

Russia, China, and Iran. Just doing their normal shitty stuff.

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

It's almost as if we should deny all entry of peoples holding passports from these asshole countries.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

Looking at another article on this community, it sounds like China's way ahead of you on that.

https://lemmy.today/post/17388857

Chinese authorities demand schoolteachers and other public sector employees hand in their passports as President Xi Jinping tightens his grip on society

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Well now I don't wanna it! 😠

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Maybe someone will tell Netanyahu that Hamas and Hezbollah are shacking up at Putin’s crib?

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 week ago

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