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    United States
    Marco Rubio seeks to decentralise US counter-propaganda strategy

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in Washington, DC, on 30 September 2026.
    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in Washington, DC, on 30 September 2026.© Yuri Gripas/Pool via CNP/Picture Alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom/MaxPPP

    Washington is still committed to combating disinformation by promoting "freedom of expression", but the job of analysing foreign propaganda has not been entirely abandoned. This can be seen in the strategy to combat foreign disinformation that the US secretary of state has submitted to Congress.

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    Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
    SBU identifies Belarus as hub for FSB's clandestine networks into Europe

    On the left, a leaked SBU document relating to the investigation into Ivan Ivanovich Zotchik, sourced from Palantir’s Foundry tool. In the centre, the insignia of the Belarusian KGB and the FSB.
    On the left, a leaked SBU document relating to the investigation into Ivan Ivanovich Zotchik, sourced from Palantir’s Foundry tool. In the centre, the insignia of the Belarusian KGB and the FSB.© Intelligence Online - Photo editing and assembly: Bénédicte Gouttebroze/Indigo Publications

    Kyiv's counter-intelligence services are tracing the networks used by the FSB's Fifth Directorate to organise acts of sabotage and assassinations in Ukraine and the European Union. Its investigators are, in particular, following a route through Belarus to Poland.

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    Lebanon, Monaco
    Antoun Sehnaoui's Banque Richelieu Monaco caught up in Salamé affair

    Antoun Sehnaoui, Chief Executive of Société Générale de Banque au Liban, in Beirut on 13 September 2011.
    Antoun Sehnaoui, Chief Executive of Société Générale de Banque au Liban, in Beirut on 13 September 2011.© Ed Ou/The New York Times-Redux-Rea

    Many of the funds embezzled by former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salamé were deposited at Banque Richelieu Monaco, owned by Lebanese national Antoun Sehnaoui. Even after his accounts at that bank were frozen, he continued to invest through it.

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    China, European Union
    Chinese diplomacy reaching out to MEPs across political board

    The European Parliament in Strasbourg, 23 September 2026.
    The European Parliament in Strasbourg, 23 September 2026.© Roméo Boetzlé/Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace/PhotoPQR/MaxPPP

    Signaling a diplomatic thaw between the European Parliament and China, Chinese diplomats have been seeking out its representatives in Strasbourg, going as far as offering some all-expenses-paid trips to Beijing. Meanwhile, France has stepped up its counter intelligence efforts in the city.

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    The Agencies' Gazette
    ODNI general counsel, Tracfin vs child sexual abuse, Australian-Indian dialogue, UNODC rivalry

    Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

    United StatesIntelligence community's general counsel resigns

    FranceTracfin publishes details of efforts to combat child sexual abuse

    Australia/IndiaAustralia India Institute in Melbourne spearheads strategic partnership

    Abu DhabiRival talks at UN Office on Drugs and Crime conf
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