Younger, who took the reins of MI6 when UK was dealing with Brexit, growing Russia & ISIL, has died at the age of 62. He was Britain's longest serving spy chief.

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Sir Alex Younger, the longest-serving Secret Intelligence Service chief in 50 years, publicly and repeatedly warned of threats from China, Russia and other hostile states