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Iran has made ‘major shift’ to target UK military sites, says MI5 chief

Financial Times13 October 2026, 12:00 UTCIran

Ken McCallum warns that both Tehran and Moscow are seeking to escalate hybrid warfare, with state threats quadrupling in a decade

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