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Spotlight | United Kingdom
Early general election puts British intelligence under pressure

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street on 22 May 2024, after calling a general election for 4 July. © Lucy North/Press Association Images/MaxPPP

British prime minister Rishi Sunak's decision to call an election on 4 July based on political rather than national safety considerations, leaves little time for the intelligence services to prepare for this high risk ballot.

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Government Intelligence

Australia, Japan, United States
Japanese intelligence one step closer to AUKUS

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his British counterpart Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden at a meeting about AUKUS, 13 March 2023. © Stefan Rousseau/Avalon/MaxPPP

Tokyo is keener than ever to join the US-led alliance in the Indo-Pacific and has been placing intelligence envoys in Australia.

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International Dealmaking

Saudi Arabia, United States
US arms groups focus on Riyadh operations ahead of imminent US-Saudi security pact

With the Biden administration finalising a security and civil nuclear assistance pact with Riyadh, and a possible side-deal to lift its ban on offensive weapons, the US arms industry is readying itself for a new wave of weapons contracts, albeit not necessarily for US assembly lines

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Corporate Intelligence

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
British peers bolster ties with Central Asian financial hubs

Francis Maude during a special session at the Astana International Financial Centre in May 2018. © Kulpash Konyrova/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

UK governance consultancy FMAP, led by Lord Francis Maude and Baroness Simone Finn, has been building on its connections with financial centres in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

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Surveillance & Interception

China, Russia, Ukraine
Russians, Ukrainians go shopping at Shenzhen's World Drone Congress

The eighth World UAV Congress was held in Shenzhen (China) from 24 to 26 May, alongside the ninth Shenzhen International UAV Exhibition (photo). © Chen Wen/China News Service/VCG/Reuters

Drone experts, diplomats and resellers from Russia and Ukraine jostled for position at the hi-tech stands of the biggest Chinese drone show in Shenzhen.

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France
French army seeks to lure civilian OSINT experts

Various defence ministry departments are pulling out all the stops to recruit the brightest open-source intelligence specialists.

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