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China, Ukraine
The inside story on China and Ukraine's recent dialogue

Fearing information would be leaked to the US, Xi Jinping insisted his personal talks with Volodymyr Zelensky take place in the utmost secrecy. Their discussions, it turns out, began well before the widely reported official phone call on 26 April.

The Agencies' Gazette
Iraqi PM still heading INIS, France's Intelligence Review Commission beefs up controls, Germany's secret clearances scrutinised

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Baghdad to Paris and Berlin.

IraqMohammed Shia al-Sudani still helming INIS

FranceIntelligence control commission beefs up retrospective controls outside Paris

GermanySecrecy clearances under fire in parliament

Malaysia
Huawei gets back into 5G thanks to its local connections and indirect US help

The Malaysian government's decision to allow Huawei back into its 5G roll-out programme, which has angered American and European foreign policy-makers, was facilitated by intense lobbying by the Chinese group and favourable circumstances, largely created by Washington.

United States
Toyota, under investigation, hires compliance experts from Volkswagen's monitor StoneTurn

Toyota has been quietly beefing up its compliance teams with experts formerly of consulting and investigation firm StoneTurn. The Japanese carmaker is under investigation by the US Department of Justice over alleged corruption in its Thai subsidiary.

Russia, United States
Reaper crash impairs NATO Black Sea intelligence gathering

In a context where an offensive from the Ukrainian armed forces looks imminent, NATO's intelligence gathering missions in the Black Sea have declined since the Reaper drone crash in March. The incident could put sensitive information on the type of technologies used in those missions in Russia's hands.