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The new Syrian president is having to tread on difficult territory as many of the jihadists aren’t happy with his dealings – in general, there is a sense of some Islamic resurgence,” says Dr Antonio Giustozzi, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute...Giustozzi also argues that because of the tight weapons controls in Britain, the kind of Bataclan-style armed “spectaculars” that might attract Isis wannabees is difficult.

Dr Hüsch admitted that there are many Russian and Chinese actors targeting both public and private UK infrastructure. Pointing to the cyber attacks on M&S and Jaguar Land Rover this year, she said: "This illustrates how vulnerable the UK private sector still is, and the private sector runs a lot of the UK critical national infrastructure.’ She warned that the most vulnerable sectors are hospitals and clinics, schools and also supermarkets.