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Measures to combat disinformation in UK hinging on new PM

Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Emily Thornberry, have published a bipartisan report calling for the creation of a large, interdepartmental National Counter Disinformation Centre.
Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Emily Thornberry, have published a bipartisan report calling for the creation of a large, interdepartmental National Counter Disinformation Centre.© House of Commons/Handout via Reuters

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's term in office is set to end without a resolution to the matter of how the fight against disinformation should be organised at government level. Should it stay under the remit of the Foreign Office and its intelligence services, or be dealt with in a separate department altogether, as Westminster recommends?

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France, Vietnam
At Eurosatory defence fair, Vietnamese delegation snubs French firms but browses Israeli offers

A Vietnamese armed forces' delegation at the French defence ministry's stand at the Eurosatory defence and security trade fair in Villepinte, on 15 June 2026.
A Vietnamese armed forces' delegation at the French defence ministry's stand at the Eurosatory defence and security trade fair in Villepinte, on 15 June 2026.© Frédéric Pétry/Hans Lucas via AFP

The priorities of the nine Vietnamese military personnel officially invited to Paris for the Eurosatory defence and security trade fair were different to those hoped by their French partners.

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France
Missile maker MBDA fires couple over husband's overseas trips and resulting 'vulnerabilities'

MBDA stand at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport during the ILA Berlin air show, 11 June 2026.
MBDA stand at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport during the ILA Berlin air show, 11 June 2026.© Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/DPA via AFP

A couple employed by European missile manufacturer MBDA were dismissed because of the husband's past trips abroad. His travels were detailed in an unsigned memo from a French intelligence service, which focused on the man's work placements in Israel and Armenia when he was studying for his engineering degree.

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