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The fall of Afghanistan: intelligence services were blinded by the Chilcot Inquiry

The British intelligence services were abandoned by their then boss, foreign secretary Dominic Raab, after their incorrect assessment of the Afghan situation, yet the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, continues to defend them. The latter regards that problem as being the result of the severe damage caused by the Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraqi intervention, which crippled London's spymasters.

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Egypt, France
HeidelbergCement follows Vicat's lead and challenges Cairo

HeidelbergCement Group has been present in the Egyptian market since 2016 when it became a shareholder in Suez Cement.
HeidelbergCement Group has been present in the Egyptian market since 2016 when it became a shareholder in Suez Cement. © heidelbergcement.com

The cement sector is a crucial part of President Abdel Fattah al Sisi's future administrative capital mega-project. Dominated by the Egyptian army, the sector has suffered a new setback following German company HeidelbergCement and its French and Italian subsidiaries' decision to register a request for arbitration proceedings with the World Bank's arbitration court, ICSID.

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