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MI5 Chief Warns of Threat to U.K. From Russia, Islamic State

  • Says nerve agent attack in England was ‘deliberate, targeted’
  • Islamic State still aspires to devastating attacks in the West
Andrew Parker
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MI5 chief Andrew Parker warned of the continued threat of attacks on Britain from Russia and the Islamic State militant group in a rare speech outside the country on Monday.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March, Parker said in Berlin that the incident was a “deliberate and targeted malign activity” that risks Russia becoming a “more isolated pariah” in the international community.