British security services thwarted 15 Iranian plots to murder or kidnap people in the UK. But more funding is needed to ensure MI5’s continued success, the UK’s intelligence watchdog has warned....

Is the UK really any safer 20 years on from 7/7?28 minutes agoDominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent•@BBCDomCBBCThere are extraordinary secret surveillance images - now largely forgotten -...

The families of those killed in an RAF helicopter crash have told the Ministry of Defence (MOD) that they will see them in court. The 1994 RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre killed all 29...

Immediately following the US attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Defence Secretary John Healey were quick to issue their statements...

British spy chiefs will be expecting a higher level of threat from Iranian agents in the wake of US attacks on the country, a security expert has warned. Iran has vowed to retaliate after American...

Tangled history and trouble today - what is the UK's plan on Iran?34 minutes agoLaura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"If this is true, all our troubles are over." A...

Is the UK about to get dragged into Iran-Israel conflict?1 hour agoFrank GardnerBBC Security CorrespondentGetty ImagesIs this, some will be wondering, 2003 all over again? In 2003 Britain joined the...

OPINIONJust when the world requires strong leadership, Sir Keir Starmer is the option we're left with. (Image: Leon Neal/PA Wire)Right now, Israel is engaged in a war to decimate Iran’s nuclear...

Britain has appointed a woman as the new head of MI6 — in a moment that feels straight out of a James Bond movie.The chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, known simply as “C”, is now a...

Melita Norwood outside her home in Southeast London after being exposed as a KGB spy (Image: PA)In the autumn of 1992, a man called Vasili Mitrokhin fled Russia with a bag full of secrets. He had...