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    Spotlight | France
    Far-right National Rally draws contours of intelligence and defence roadmap

    French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for the far-right National Rally and the party's leader Jordan Bardella at the Paris Air Show near Paris, on 19 June 2025.
    French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for the far-right National Rally and the party's leader Jordan Bardella at the Paris Air Show near Paris, on 19 June 2025.© Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

    Marine Le Pen's inner circle and the far-right Horaces think-tank are keen to attract prominent intelligence and security figures to their side and bolster the candidate's image in the run up to the 2027 French presidential election.

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    Afghanistan, China
    Beijing discreetly downgrades Kabul to status of trading partner

    Yue Xiaoyong, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ special envoy for Afghan affairs, during a consultation on Afghanistan in Moscow, on 16 November 2022.
    Yue Xiaoyong, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ special envoy for Afghan affairs, during a consultation on Afghanistan in Moscow, on 16 November 2022.© Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/MaxPPP

    China has quietly scaled back its ties with the Taliban regime. Russia, the first country to recognise Afghanistan's current rulers, is now looking to suspend that recognition, at Beijing's request, in order to step up pressure on the Taliban leadership.

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    European Union, Syria
    EU faces security scare in Damascus

    Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shaibani, and the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, in Damascus, Syria, on 29 September 2026.
    Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shaibani, and the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, in Damascus, Syria, on 29 September 2026.© Mohammed al-Rifai/EPA/MaxPPP

    Armed guards from the European Union delegation in Damascus were briefly detained by the Syrian authorities earlier this week. Their arrest comes at a time when the government is attempting to impose its own service provider on the local market.

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