It is an issue that has already divided security officials in the UK. Now Britain's decision to allow Huawei to help build its new 5G network threatens to create a split among its most trusted allies.

As heads of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing agencies met in the UK for the first time on Wednesday, the issue of the controversial Chinese telecoms giant was the elephant in the room at the Glasgow summit.

USSC research fellow Brendan Thomas-Noone is quoted in this article published by The Telegraph.