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The Fifty Beach Club in Kyiv.
The Fifty Beach Club in Kyiv. © Fifty Beach Club

Spotlight, Spy Way of Life | Ukraine
Champagne and Instagram models: at Kyiv's Fifty Beach Club, a hedonistic temple for Western spies

Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online visits the Fifty Beach Club in Kyiv. A club, whose shareholders include the French prince of porn, where intelligence officers, foreign fighters and Ukrainian beauties gather.
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French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu greets his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias at the NATO headquarters on June 05, 2025 in Brussels.
French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu greets his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias at the NATO headquarters on June 05, 2025 in Brussels. © Omar Havana / Getty Images via AFP

France, Greece
Athens puts pressure on Naval Group over order for fourth frigate

During visits to France and Brussels, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias skilfully manoeuvred to wring concessions from Paris for his country's future ship acquisitions. The choice of industrial partners in Greece is now at stake, one of which appears particularly close to Denias' political party.
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Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration William Ruger has collaborated with the Defense Priorities think tank.
Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration William Ruger has collaborated with the Defense Priorities think tank. © Sophie Park/Reuters

Spotlight | United States
Defense Priorities, the other think tank influencing US intelligence

Several senior officials in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Pentagon hail from the Defense Priorities think tank, which advocates anti-interventionist foreign policy, a line that is gaining ground within the Trump administration.
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The Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu in Athens on 14 April 2025.
The Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu in Athens on 14 April 2025. © Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters

Greece
Athens close to purchasing Naval Group frigate to mend ties with Paris

The Greek defence minister visited the French shipyard on Wednesday 4 June for a meeting which could prove crucial for mending Franco-Greek ties, which cooled after Paris approved the sale of MBDA missiles to Athens's arch-rival Turkey earlier this year.
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The Ministry of Defence plaque at its central London headquarters.
The Ministry of Defence plaque at its central London headquarters. © Andy Rain/EPA/MaxPPP

United Kingdom
UK defence ministry sues once-feted driverless car entrepreneur

The UK Secretary of State for Defence has filed a sealed claim against Academy of Robotics and its owner William Sachiti, who once supplied transport robots to the Royal Air Force. Intelligence Online understands the dispute relates to his use of a former RAF base which his firm shares with the defence ministry.
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The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) fighter concept model, presented on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow, 22 July 2024.
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) fighter concept model, presented on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow, 22 July 2024. © Justin Tallis/AFP

Japan, United Kingdom
London forms political research team in Tokyo to track GCAP fighter jet project

Global Combat Air Programme, part 4: UK diplomats, eager to help British aerospace firms forge local partnerships, have established a policy research group in Tokyo dedicated to GCAP, Intelligence Online has learned. The next generation fighter jet programme is bringing together manufacturers from the UK, Japan and Italy - and potentially Saudi Arabia.
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Karim Benzema of Al-Ittihad lifts the trophy after winning the Saudi Pro League on 26 May 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Karim Benzema of Al-Ittihad lifts the trophy after winning the Saudi Pro League on 26 May 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. © Stringer TPX Images of the day/Reuters

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
SPL football: European agents squeezing clubs over players' potential 'tax traps'

Becoming a football superpower, part 8: With tax-free salaries a big lure for elite sportsmen in the Kingdom, the issue of "home-country" liabilities is now becoming a wage bargaining tool during contract negotiations, Intelligence Online has learned. Agents of younger players, more likely to return to Europe sooner, are particularly hot on the issue.
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A tunnel entrance in the Gaza Strip on 13 September 2024. The surveillance balloons deployed by the Israeli military scan underground and are primarily intended to map Hamas's underground network.
A tunnel entrance in the Gaza Strip on 13 September 2024. The surveillance balloons deployed by the Israeli military scan underground and are primarily intended to map Hamas's underground network. © Amir Cohen/Reuters

Spotlight | Israel
IDF deploying top-secret spy balloon programme over Gaza

Intelligence Online can reveal the existence of a top-secret Israeli spy balloon programme over Gaza. Behind the scenes, an unknown start-up called Skypearl, founded by a former Google X employee, is designing the devices for Israeli military intelligence.
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Two Iranian tankers, MT Horse and MT Freya, intercepted by the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency, on January 2021. They were suspected of multiple violations, including blocking their identification systems.
Two Iranian tankers, MT Horse and MT Freya, intercepted by the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency, on January 2021. They were suspected of multiple violations, including blocking their identification systems. © Indonesian Coast Guard/Handout/Anadolu via AFP

United Kingdom, United States
Britain's Home Office tests SynMax's ghost ship hunter

After attracting the attention of the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the firm that tracks ships using geospatial intelligence is now being considered by the Home Office.
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