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Japan, Vietnam
Satellites play central role in Hanoi-Tokyo courtship

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and To Lam, the Vietnamese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 2 May 2026.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and To Lam, the Vietnamese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 2 May 2026.© Luong Thai Linh/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

A confidential call for tenders issued by the Vietnamese Space Centre sets out the future of space cooperation between Japan and Vietnam, moving beyond the customary announcements made during the recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

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France, Turkey
French government turns intel focus on Turkey's Milli Gorus

Construction of the Eyyub Sultan Mosque in Strasbourg, France, on 10 October 2021.
Construction of the Eyyub Sultan Mosque in Strasbourg, France, on 10 October 2021.© Laurent Rea/PhotoPQR/DNA/MaxxPPP

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has noted that a bill aimed at combating separatism and infiltration targets not only the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist groups, but also Milli Gorus, a Turkish Islamist movement that has recently come under intelligence service scrutiny.

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France, Russia
Court partially restores security clearance to Naval Group engineer accused of Russian links

A weapons engineer at France's Naval Group has had his ‘secret’ security clearance reinstated following a recent ruling by the administrative court in Nantes.
A weapons engineer at France's Naval Group has had his ‘secret’ security clearance reinstated following a recent ruling by the administrative court in Nantes.© Simon Torlotin/Ouest-France/Pool/MaxPPP

An elite-trained weapons engineer at the French naval defence group had his access to "secret" and "highly secret" documents revoked in 2023, following an official accusation of "close links with the Russian-speaking world". An administrative court has restored one level of clearance.

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