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Counter-terrorism policy

September 2023

  • The director general of MI5, Ken McCallum, during a visit to the new Counter-Terrorism Operations Centre (CTOC) in West Brompton, London.

    Surveillance centre hailed as critical in capture of escaped terror suspect

    Four-day search for Daniel Khalife was coordinated at new Counter Terrorism Operations Centre in London

August 2023

  • The MI6 headquarters in London

    UK spy agencies want to relax ‘burdensome’ laws on AI data use

    GCHQ, MI6 and MI5 propose weakening safeguards that limit training of AI models with bulk personal datasets

July 2023

  • Women and children walk past several rows of tents in Roj, Syria

    UK must repatriate more nationals in Syria, says terrorism policy adviser

    Britain has been urged by UN to help young children in Syrian detention camps
  • Ernest Moret speaking to a crowd in Paris, April 2023.

    Arrest of French publisher in London referred to police watchdog

    Report says detention of Ernest Moret was wrong after he was held for almost 24 hours by counter-terrorist police
  • Suella Braverman during her speech at Contest 2023 in Westminster, London

    Extremists could use AI to plan attacks, Home Office warns

    Suella Braverman says risk of serious terrorist incident in UK is increasing

April 2023

  • A protest on Tuesday outside the British embassy in Paris  against the arrest of Ernest Moret.

    ‘Chilling’ arrest of French publisher by UK counter-terrorism police condemned

    Éditions la Fabrique says foreign rights manager Ernest Moret was held for several hours and asked ‘disturbing questions’ about his political opinions
  • The London HQ of MI6, which is overseen by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office.

    Is the UK true to its word on the prevention of torture?

    Rules for Britain’s intelligence services seem strict – but experts say they give too much room for manoeuvre
  • An official policy paper outlining the National Cyber Force’s efforts against organised online threats said that the hacking unit was targeting terror groups, military opponents and distributors of child sexual abuse material

    UK’s offensive hacking unit takes on military opponents and terrorist groups

    National Cyber Force says it is engaged in ways to ‘undermine tradecraft’ of Russian, Chinese and other state-sponsored hackers

March 2023

  • Margaret Thatcher and her husband, Denis, leaving the Royal Sussex County Hospital after visiting victims of the IRA bomb

    Revealed: how a false name nearly exposed IRA plot to kill Margaret Thatcher

  • Zoe Williams

    Ham-fisted but humane: the BBC’s podcast about Shamima Begum raises vital questions

    Zoe Williams
  • William Shawcross

    Withdraw review of Prevent anti-radicalisation strategy, ministers urged

  • Martyn Hett

    ‘Martyn’s law’ anti-terrorism bill to be published this spring, says Braverman

  • Britain took its eye off Libya and the Manchester bomb victims paid the price

    Fiyaz Mughal
  • The Guardian view on MI5’s missed opportunities: failures of analysis

  • Manchester Arena attack: families accuse MI5 of ‘devastating’ failure

February 2023

  • Martin Hibbert

    Manchester Arena attack survivor demands ‘truth’ from MI5

    Martin Hibbert, who was paralysed in 2017 atrocity, speaks out before inquiry publishes final report
  • Shamima Begum

    Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to UK – terrorism adviser

    Government terrorism laws reviewer Jonathan Hall KC joins growing number of voices opposing exclusion
    • The real scandal of the Shamima Begum citizenship case

    • Surge in number of Britons fighting to hold on to their citizenship

    • Shamima Begum ruling deals bitter blow to chances of UK return

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