Join our Community
Support ToI and remove all ads
Learn more
×

MI5

Illustrative: Police stand guard outside the Iranian embassy after a small group of protesters threw paint at the building in London, September 25, 2022. (AP/ Alastair Grant)
July 10, 2025, 3:28 pm
Iran poses significant threat to United Kingdom, British lawmakers say in new report
UK parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee says risk from Tehran includes physical attacks, assassinations of dissidents and Jewish targets, espionage and cyber warfare
By Reuters
File: Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, March 31, 2020. (AFP)
October 18, 2023, 1:55 pm
British spy chief says Gaza war raises risk of terror in UK, fears Iran on the move
MI5’s Ken McCallum highlights risk terror groups may use new methods, says Tehran intensifying efforts to generate threats on British soil, in rare remarks to press
By Agencies
Congregation Beth Israel hostage taker, identified as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram. (Courtesy)
January 18, 2022, 4:38 pm
Texas synagogue gunman was probed by UK’s MI5 in 2020 as possible terror threat
Domestic security agency said to have received information about Malik Faisal Akram that prompted an investigation, but it was soon shut down for lack of evidence
By AFP and AP
A Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, September 4, 2021. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)
September 10, 2021, 2:41 pm
UK spy chief warns terrorists emboldened by Afghanistan takeover
MI5 head Ken McCallum reveals that his agency foiled six attack plots during pandemic and many more over last several years, some from Islamists and some from right
By AFP
Fighters of the Shiite Hezbollah terror group attend the funeral in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Hatta of a comrade who died in combat in Syria, March 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/ Mahmoud Zayyat)
June 12, 2019, 2:22 pm
Report: Hezbollah planned huge, game-changing attacks on Israel targets globally
Israeli intel official says vast ammonium nitrate cache found in 2015 in London, as reported this week, was part of terror group’s planned ‘revenge’ against Israel in case of war
By ToI Staff
In this photo from September 17, 2012, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, center, escorted by his bodyguards, waves to a crowd of tens of thousands of supporters during a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
June 11, 2019, 10:30 am
Hezbollah said to bypass US sanctions by entering drug trade into Europe
Israeli researchers say Iran-backed Lebanese terror group laundering hundreds of millions using members of its political wing, call on EU to ‘wake up’
By Michael Bachner
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)
June 10, 2019, 10:19 pm
Mossad tipped off UK on Hezbollah bomb plot in London in 2015 – report
Kan reports terror group later attempted to move its explosives stockpiling efforts to other countries, which were also notified by the spy agency
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah supporters take part in a rally to mark al-Quds day in Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
June 10, 2019, 4:52 am
UK said to have foiled 2015 Hezbollah London bomb plot, then covered it up
Daily Telegraph says Iran-backed terror group stockpiled three tons of ammonium nitrate, but discovery was kept quiet, perhaps in effort not to derail just-signed Iran nuke deal
By ToI Staff
Sir Winston Churchill bites at one of his famous big cigars as he takes leave of prime minister Sir Anthony Eden after lunch at 10 Downing Street in London on Nov. 22, 1955 (AP Photo)
September 10, 2018, 5:20 pm
Mi5 used mice to test Churchill’s cigars for Nazi poison, new book says
During WWII Victor Rothschild, member of famous Jewish family, would also X-ray boxes gifted to British leader to check for explosives
By ToI Staff
Head of Britain's MI5 Andrew Parker speaks on security threats in October 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 14, 2018, 1:08 pm
MI5 head: Islamic State planning ‘devastating’ attacks in Europe
Andrew Parker to warn European security chiefs of ‘more complex attacks’ from terror group, threats from Russia
By ToI Staff and AFP
A concrete barrier between the road and the sidewalk is pictured after being installed on Westminster Bridge in London on June 5, 2017, in reaction to the recent terror attacks. (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis)
October 17, 2017, 9:34 pm
UK intelligence chief says terror threat is worst of career
Andrew Parker says while Britain has foiled a large number of plots, attacks ‘will occur sometimes’ in a ‘free society’
By Gregory Katz
A child places flowers at a memorial site for the victims of the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert, set up in a square in central Manchester, Britain, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
May 29, 2017, 12:38 pm
UK received early warnings about Manchester terrorist
FBI said to have given British MI5 specific intelligence about Salman Abedi, suicide bomber who killed 22 last week
By ToI Staff
A police officer lays flowers on Whitehall around a photograph of police officer Keith Palmer who was killed in the March 22 terror attack in Westminster, in Westminster near the Houses of the Parliament in central London on March 23, 2017. (AFP/ Justin TALLIS)
March 23, 2017, 4:47 pm
Pointing to similar attacks in Israel, Netanyahu urges solidarity with UK
Day after terrorist kills three in London, prime minister says Israelis among first to face car-rammings and stabbings
By ToI Staff
Paramedics load a victim into the back of an ambulance as members of the emergency services work on Westminster Bridge, alonside the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Niklas Halle'n)
March 23, 2017, 3:23 pm
Islamic State claims London attack that killed 3
Jihadists’ news agency says terror group ‘carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting citizens of the coalition’
By Agencies
Author P.G. Wodehouse in 1930. (Public domain/Wikimedia)
December 30, 2016, 6:59 am
Author P.G. Wodehouse’s apologia of Nazi-Germany broadcasts revealed
Branded a traitor in his native England, humorist began an unpublished memoir of his time being held in Berlin, but manuscript never saw the light of day
By Stuart Winer
Load More
Sign in or Join The Times of Israel Community
Paying ToI Community members are invited to comment on articles
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By joining you agree to the terms and conditions
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Join The Times of Israel Community
Only ToI Community members can comment below articles
Forgot your password? / Send me a login link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.
Join The Times of Israel Community
Commenting is available for paying members of The Times of Israel Community only. Please join our Community to comment and enjoy other Community benefits.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Confirm Mail
Thank you! Now check your email
You are now a member of The Times of Israel Community! We sent you an email with a login link to . Once you're set up, you can start enjoying Community benefits and commenting.
Back to top
Never miss breaking news on Israel
Get notifications to stay updated
You're subscribed
image
Register for free
and continue reading
Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Register
I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.