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The military-industrial challenges behind France's sale of Rafales to Ukraine

A Rafale fighter jet on display at Villacoublay air base, near Paris, ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to France on 17 November 2025.
A Rafale fighter jet on display at Villacoublay air base, near Paris, ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to France on 17 November 2025. © Christophe Ena/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron took the first step towards the sale of around 100 Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine by signing a letter of intent in Paris today. However, many financial details still need to be negotiated between the two countries' military and industrial leaders.

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UAE
Sons of late UAE President Sheikh Khalifa embroiled in royal property feud

Undated photograph of former UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died on 13 May 2022.
Undated photograph of former UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died on 13 May 2022. © Wam Handout/EPA/MaxPPP

Two of Sheikh Khalifa's children, Sultan and Mohammed, have been at loggerheads over the partitioning of their father's European property. A series of transfers involving more senior Al Nahyans further complicated the dispute which is now said to be nearing an end.

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France, Russia
From Dagestan to Biarritz: what we now know about the men suspected of tracking a Russian dissident

Russian opposition leader Vladimir Osechkin in Biarritz, on 17 October 2025.
Russian opposition leader Vladimir Osechkin in Biarritz, on 17 October 2025. © Bertrand Lapègue/PhotoPQR/Sud Ouest/MaxPPP

Intelligence Online has pieced together the movements of the four men arrested by French intelligence agents last month for carrying out surveillance near the home of an exiled Russian dissident in France. The purpose of the operation remains unclear.

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