MI5 tackling more state threats than during the Cold War
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The Director General of MI5 has warned that we have entered a "new era of national security," adding that we're facing a "seismic shock" similar to 9/11 that could change the world. Sir Ken McCallum stressed in his annual speech that the domestic security service is now countering as many state threats as terrorist threats. He added that terrorists and authoritarian regimes are “trying to distort and divide our society," but Russia remains "aggressor number one". Former defence secretary Tobias Ellwood joins Shelagh Fogarty to react. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #shelaghfogarty #henryriley #defence #mi5 #russia #putin #war #iran #ukpolitics #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup
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