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China
Greater political and security centralisation on the way for New Silk Roads programme

To boost his mega One Belt One Road global infrastructure programme, Chinese President Xi Jinping is looking to tighten up control over the programme's investment spending.

The Agencies' Gazette
CIA acquisitions, Foreign Affairs Committee, Huawei in France, navy training centre, Moldova fights fake news, lustration in Ukraine

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Washington, Kyiv, London, Brest, Paris and Chisinau.

United StatesLeadership change afoot in CIA acquisitions office

United KingdomForeign Affairs Committee learns from US intelligence consultants

FranceWhen the intelligence services reportedly tried to ban Huawei

FranceBrest navy intelligence training centre welcomes first pupils

MoldovaSandu protégé to run anti-disinformation centre

UkraineKyiv goes back on its lustration laws

France, Iran, United States
Paris and Washington attempt to quash nascent narrative of Iranian involvement in Hamas offensive

Media reports suggesting that Iran was involved in Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October caused a stir among Western diplomatic services, who feared the conflict could turn into a regional war. Here is what happened in Paris and Washington.

France, Russia
France's Legrand makes tough choice between sanctions and local mafia in sale of Russian assets

Western companies leaving Russia find themselves between a rock and a hard place. To avoid breaching sanctions, the French electrical parts company Legrand recently sold its assets in Russia to a former mafia boss.

Netherlands, United States
Mintz offers its services in polarised ICC judicial elections

For the first time, the International Criminal Court's judicial elections have included background character checks of the candidates. The elections are proving to be particularly fraught, with cases already open against Russia and the potential for others related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Ukraine
Kyiv sets up excellence centre for autonomous intelligence systems

The Ukrainian ministries of defence and digital transformation intend to streamline and harmonise all equipment used for intelligence gathering by creating a centre of excellence that will group all Kyiv's players in the field.