US urges Britain to take another 'hard look' at letting Huawei into 5G

Washington calls for rethink and claims Chinese firm has 'back doors' to mobile networks

Britain needs to take a "hard look" and reconsider its decision to allow the Chinese firm Huawei into the UK 5G network, US officials have said..

The remarks, made on the margins of the Munich security conference on Friday, represent the most direct public warning from Washington to the UK that it should rethink and needs to recognise the high risk of exposure of the UK network to the Chinese state.