'I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state', MI6 chief warns

Such activity and rhetoric is dangerous and beyond irresponsible."

The MI6 chief added

We cherish our heritage of covert action which we keep alive today in helping Ukraine resist the Russian invasion.”

Sir Richard, who is known as C as the boss of the Secret Intelligence Service, said

SIS and DGSE intelligence has been critical to calibrating risk and informing the decisions of our respective governments so they can navigate successfully Putin’s mix of bluster and aggression.”

He said

I worked successfully with the first Trump administration to advance our shared security and look forward to doing so again,

said Moore

The collective security of the whole of Europe is at stake,

Lerner said

For decades, the U.S.-U.K. intelligence alliance has made our societies safer,

he said, while emphasizing how MI6 worked effectively with Trump's first administration on counterterrorism and cybersecurity through collaboration with the CIA and NSA

In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I have never seen the world in a more dangerous state,

he commented

The possible nuclear proliferation in Iran" constitutes "one of the threats, if not the most critical threat in the coming months

said Lerner

The exchange of intelligence will be crucial to enable our authorities to make the right decisions and define the right strategies,

the French intelligence chief added

Putin ... is jeopardising Russia's future, pouring vast sums into his military machine and squandering tens of thousands of lives – Russian and now North Korean – in his catastrophic conflict,

Moore said

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We have no doubt that our Ukrainian friends have the will to win."

But, Moore continued

We have yet to have a full reckoning with the radicalising impact of the fighting, the terrible loss of innocent life in the Middle East and the horrors of October 7'

Regarding the conflict erupting in Gaza, Moore warned

We know that we all need to do more,

he said

If Putin is allowed to succeed in reducing Ukraine to a vassal state, he will not stop there. Our security – British, French, European and transatlantic – will be jeopardised,

Moore said during an address given in Paris alongside his French counterpart

The cost of supporting Ukraine is well known,

said Moore

If Putin succeeds, China would weigh the implications, North Korea would be emboldened and Iran would become yet more dangerous,

Moore warned

We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe, even as Putin and his acolytes resort to nuclear saber-rattling to sow fear about the consequences of aiding Ukraine,

he said in a speech in Paris