The new head of Britain's MI6 will be a woman for the first time in the more than 100-year history of the country's secret intelligence service, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced.

Blaise Metreweli will assume the top position later this year and takes over at a time of deepening international crises.

Blaise Metreweli will become 'C', the only publicly named member of the MI6 intelligence service, in the autumn - the first woman ever to hold the top-secret job