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MI5 has been forced to “pare back” its focus on counterterrorism to deal with the growing threat posed by Russia and other hostile states. Ken McCallum, the director-general of MI5, said that Britain was facing a generational challenge as it attempted to deal with “grander and more sophisticated attacks” from aggressive states. He said that the attacks included sabotage, arson and assassinations on British soil. McCallum said that the UK only had “finite” resources to deal with those threats and that he had been forced to make “uncomfortable choices” on where to focus the service’s efforts. He said: “We now face much, much more aggression from nation states. In effect, we had the 20 to 30-year holiday from that kind of big player, sophisticated states in serious conflict with each other. It’s back, I’m afraid.mnl7777 。

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