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    Spotlight | Europe, Russia, United States
    Trump-Putin talks: Kyiv and allies betting on US envoy's adviser Ludovic Hood

    Ludovic Hood, the chief of staff and counselor to the US special envoy on Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg.
    Ludovic Hood, the chief of staff and counselor to the US special envoy on Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg. © Ludovic Hood/LinkedIn

    Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are planning a one-on-one meeting to settle the fate of Ukraine. Kyiv and its European allies want a seat at the table, and are pinning their hopes on the US special envoy to Russia and Ukraine's adviser Ludovic Hood.

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    France
    DGSI wins bout in long-running dispute with former public tender manager

    The French interior ministry has marked a win against a French DGSI domestic intelligence service contractor who filed a raft of complaints against the agency in 2021.
    The French interior ministry has marked a win against a French DGSI domestic intelligence service contractor who filed a raft of complaints against the agency in 2021. © Lafargue Raphael/Abaca via Reuters

    A French administrative court ruling on the interior ministry's handling of an officer from a DGSI officer, who claimed to have been harassed and had his security clearance stripped, sheds light on a simmering dispute over the way contracts for the French domestic intelligence agency's future headquarters are being awarded.

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    France
    Macron pushing French ambassador in Iran to head national security secretariat

    The current head of the French defence and national security secretariat (SGDSN) Stéphane Bouillon, who is due to retire on 3 March 2025.
    The current head of the French defence and national security secretariat (SGDSN) Stéphane Bouillon, who is due to retire on 3 March 2025. © Xose Bouzas/Hans Lucas/Hans Lucas via AFP

    As an unexpected window of opportunity for negotiations with Tehran has opened up, the French president is eager for France's ambassador in Iran, Nicolas Roche, who is an expert in the country's nuclear programme, to take the reins of France's Defence and National Security Secretariat (SGDSN).

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