Britain on Wednesday named career diplomat and intelligence officer Richard Moore as the new chief of the MI6 spy service as the West seeks to bolster its defences against hostile espionage from China and Russia. Moore, 57, joined the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) in 1987, just four years before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. An accomplished intelligence officer, Moore served in various diplomatic and security roles before winning one of the most powerful jobs in the Western intelligence. Moore served as British ambassador to Turkey from January 2014 to December 2017 and has also served as deputy national security adviser. The attack prompted the biggest Western expulsion of Russian diplomats and spies since the Cold War.

Source: The Star July 29, 2020 16:41 UTC