LONDON ¨C Britain and the European Union must build a close security partnership after Brexit to foil Islamic State militant attacks and counter Russia¡¯s malign attempts to subvert Western democracies, the head of Britain¡¯s domestic spy agency said.
Britain, as Europe¡¯s preeminent intelligence power, is seeking a new security pact with the bloc to ensure it gets continued access to secrets from major EU countries as it seeks to clinch a broader Brexit deal.
In the first public speech outside Britain by a serving head of MI5, Andrew Parker will tell an event in Berlin hosted by Germany¡¯s BfV domestic intelligence service that Islamic State militants are plotting ¡°devastating and more complex attacks.¡±
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