Tactics 'just below war threshold'

BRITAIN is living “between peace and war” as Vladimir Putin ramps up attempts to “bully, fearmonger and manipulate”, the head of MI6 has warned.

- BY MICHAEL KNOWLES

Head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli

Blaise Metreweli said the Kremlin continues “dragging out” peace negotiations in Ukraine and is “testing us in the grey zone with tactics that are just below the threshold of war”.

Ms Metreweli, 48, in her first public engagement as “C”, warned of the growing power of social media firms, saying some internet algorithms could “become as powerful as states”. The Cambridge graduate and first female MI6 chief said: “Our world is more dangerous and contested now than for decades.