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    Spotlight | China, Russia
    Beijing-Moscow relations sour as Chinese recruits die in Ukraine

    (From left to right) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 5 February 2020.
    (From left to right) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 5 February 2020. © Alexer Nikolsky/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

    At least 10 Chinese fighters are known to have been killed in Ukraine, but Beijing believes its nationals have joined Russia's regular armed forces and militias by the hundreds. Intelligence Online takes an inside look at the networks straining China-Russia relations.

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    Russia, United States
    The cinematic art of the deal: who will film Trump and Putin's secret Ukraine talks?

    US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on 7 July 2017.
    US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on 7 July 2017. © Saul Loeb/AFP

    The new US administration wants to undertake the unprecedented project of filming the deal that Donald Trump wants to strike with Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. Several producers and directors are being considered.

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    Europe, Yemen
    Maritime security firms defend role in Red Sea as shipping lines contemplate return

    An employee of Greek maritime security company Diaplous using ship tracking software, in Athens, 1st April 2024.
    An employee of Greek maritime security company Diaplous using ship tracking software, in Athens, 1st April 2024. © Louiza Vradi/Reuters

    Amid an extended hiatus in attacks in the Bab al-Mandab strait, the European shipping community is cautiously hopeful of a return to the region. But there are concerns over what the industry should expect from its armed escort teams.

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    The Agencies' Gazette
    DGSE execs get Legion of Honour, Taiwan seeks out CCP, French MPs report on foreign interference, French interior ministry's 'Minority Report'

    Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

    FranceDGSE executives awarded highest honours

    Taiwan/ChinaTaipei wants to maintain contact with CCP to gauge Xi Jinping's intentions

    FranceMPs reports on foreign interference stacking up

    FranceFlash ‘Minority Report' in hands of new interior minister Bruno Retailleau
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    France, Mongolia
    Orano's success gives wings to Thales' space goals in Ulaanbaatar

    French President Emmanuel Macron welcoming his Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh at the Élysée Palace, Paris, 12 October 2023
    French President Emmanuel Macron welcoming his Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh at the Élysée Palace, Paris, 12 October 2023 © Raphaël Lafargue/Abacapress.com/Reuters

    Thales Alenia Space is hoping to rekindle a telecommunications satellite deal with Mongolia, where fellow French firm Orano has been making headway. For its part, landlocked between China and Russia, Mongolia is trying to create a third diplomatic and commercial channel for itself.

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