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DGSE construction staff screened, New UK Special Boat Service Association boss, Death penalty for China propaganda official, Le Cercle meets in Bucharest

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FranceMass screening of construction staff working on DGSE new building

United KingdomFormer national security adviser Mark Sedwill buoys up Special Boat Service Association

ChinaDeath penalty for propaganda traitor

Europe/United StatesHighly secretive club Le Cercle convenes in Bucharest

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France, Russia
Russian interference in France: on the trail of a French Telegram disinformation ringmaster

View of the French city of Nantes through the Rings. Moscow's Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed in inset.
View of the French city of Nantes through the Rings. Moscow's Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed in inset. © N. Bourreau/Presse Océan//A. Marchi/L'Est Républicain/MaxPPP - Montage Bénédicte Gouttebroze/Indigo Publications

Intelligence Online tracked down the elusive Frenchman behind a Moscow-funded Telegram channel, Fifth Republic, who publishes Kremlin propaganda from the city of Nantes in western France. The French domestic intelligence agency, DGSI, is keeping an eye on him.

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South Korea
Seoul struggles to develop geospatial intelligence in face of Pyongyang's aggressive stance

South Korea's first medium-sized next-generation ground-observing satellite, on 22 January 2021.
South Korea's first medium-sized next-generation ground-observing satellite, on 22 January 2021. © KARI courtesy/Latin America News Agency via Reuters Connect

South Korea is seeking to boost its geospatial intelligence in a particularly difficult military and commercial context. The country is faced with aggressive posturing from North Korea, whose capabilities have advanced thanks to backing from Moscow.

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Saudi Arabia, United States
BlackRock losing patience with mirage of Saudi investment

BlackRock office in San Francisco, California, on 15 July 2024.
BlackRock office in San Francisco, California, on 15 July 2024. © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via AFP

US investment giant BlackRock is privately unhappy at not getting more investments from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, despite stepping up its presence in Riyadh. This has created an aura of end of reign around Yasir al-Rumayyan, the historic master financier of Mohammed bin Salman's mega-projects.

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