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    Spotlight | Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
    The Saudi prince at the heart of Riyadh and Islamabad's technical intelligence cooperation

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Riyadh on 17 September 2025.
    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Riyadh on 17 September 2025. © Reuters

    Former Saudi regional governor Mansour bin Mohammed bin Saad Al Saud is establishing himself as the kingdom's political and commercial interface with Pakistan. His knowledge of the Pakistani business ecosystem, particularly in cyber and intelligence technologies, and his ties to the discreet subcontractors of Pakistan's most powerful intelligence service, make him particularly well-suited.

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    China, United Kingdom
    Liu Jianchao 'scandal' lurks behind Chinese UK ambassador's absence

    China's UK ambassador Zheng Zeguang.
    China's UK ambassador Zheng Zeguang. © Jordan Pettitt/Press Association Images/MaxPPP

    The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom (1/2) – Chinese ambassador to London, Zheng Zeguang, has disappeared from public life since August. Sources have linked his prolonged absence to the sudden fall from grace of the former head of the Chinese Communist Party's powerful International Department, Liu Jianchao .

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    Myanmar
    Myanmar opposition brings civil and military intelligence services closer

    Demonstration in support of the recognition of the elected Burmese government, the NUG (National Unity Government), on 8 August 2021 in Paris.
    Demonstration in support of the recognition of the elected Burmese government, the NUG (National Unity Government), on 8 August 2021 in Paris. © Maxime Gruss/Hans Lucas via AFP

    To improve its operational efficiency, the opposition National Unity Government is moving to bring closer together the intelligence services of its home affairs and immigration ministry and of its defence ministry.

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    France
    French military intelligence's Piranha programme in limbo

    The headquarters building of Creil Air Base 110, where part of the Military Intelligence Directorate (DRM) is located.
    The headquarters building of Creil Air Base 110, where part of the Military Intelligence Directorate (DRM) is located. © Laurent Grandguillot/REA

    The fate of the consultation launched by France's DRM to strengthen its geopolitical analysis in a turbulent world remains uncertain. Despite submitting bids in early July, potential contractors for the Piranha programme are still at a loss, with some questioning whether it has a future.

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