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Paris Olympic Games organisers plan anti-drone drill to dispel growing uncertainties

Prefect Ziad Khoury, head of the National Coordination for the Security of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024 (CNSJ).
Prefect Ziad Khoury, head of the National Coordination for the Security of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024 (CNSJ). © Grégory Yetchmeniza/Photo PQR/Le Dauphiné/MaxPPP

With less than two years to go before the 2024 Paris Olympics, French authorities still have doubts about how to properly safeguard the event against drones. The event's security coordinator, Prefect Ziad Khoury, plans to demonstrate his commitment to the task with a special drill in late January.

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Saudi Arabia
Yasir Al-Rumayyan uses Banque Saudi Fransi to extend his control over MbS's major development projects

Yasir al-Rumayyan, director of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Yasir al-Rumayyan, director of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) © Neil Hall/EPA/MaxPPP

One of the key figures behind the future king of Saudi Arabia, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of the sovereign Public Investment Fund, is steadily taking charge of Mohammed bin Salman's major project development programme. To this end, he has recently poached several executives from his former employer, Banque Saudi Fransi.

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