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title: "UK spy chief warns of increased hybrid campaigns by Iran and Russia"
description: "Most outlets led with the UK spy chief’s warning that Iran and Russia are intensifying hybrid campaigns, particularly targeting Britain and Ukraine’s allies. Dawn added context about Iran focusing on military sites and Russia targeting allies, while Arab News Pakistan presented the claim more briefly without specifying targets."
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# UK spy chief warns of increased hybrid campaigns by Iran and Russia

world · updated 14 Oct 2026, 10:54 AM PKT · 13–14 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the UK spy chief’s warning that Iran and Russia are intensifying hybrid campaigns, particularly targeting Britain and Ukraine’s allies. Dawn added context about Iran focusing on military sites and Russia targeting allies, while Arab News Pakistan presented the claim more briefly without specifying targets.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Minute Mirror** — [Iran, Russia intensify hybrid threats against Brit...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/iran-russia-intensify-hybrid-threats-against-britain-mi5-chief-warns-644184/) · 14 Oct 2026, 10:54 AM PKT
  > MI5 chief Ken McCallum warns that Iran is seeking harder targets in Britain while Russia intensifies hybrid warfare, raising concerns over...
- **Dawn** — [Britain’s spy chief accuses Iran, Russia of hybrid campaigns](https://www.dawn.com/news/2037048/britains-spy-chief-accuses-iran-russia-of-hybrid-campaigns) · 14 Oct 2026, 9:37 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > LONDON: Iran is stepping up attempts to hit harder targets such as military sites in Britain and Russia is increasing its hybrid warfare against Ukraine’s allies, the UK’s domestic spy chief said on Tuesday. In his annual speech on wide-ranging threats to Britain, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum also said the greatest concern about the misuse of AI was terrorists being able to develop bioweap...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Iran and Russia are stepping up hybrid campaigns in Britain, UK spy chief says](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/iran-and-russia-are-stepping-up-hybrid-campaigns-in-britain-uk-spy-chief-says-3004012) · 13 Oct 2026, 6:23 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing

3 articles from 3 outlets, 13–14 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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