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    UAE
    Sheikh Khalifa's houses: Inside the decade-long fight over the Al Nahyan family's overseas wealth

    UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan prays alongside Vice President Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, 10 April 2024.
    UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan prays alongside Vice President Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, 10 April 2024. © Ryan Carter/UAE Presidential Court/Handout via Reuters

    A high-stakes legal tussle over the patrimony of late UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed came to a close in late October. Intelligence Online has learned key details of the three-way battle involving Khalifa's two sons and a senior member of the royal family.

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    China, France
    French court upholds expulsion order for Chinese national accused of spying on diaspora

    French former interior minister Bruno Retailleau signed the expulsion order for a Chinese national described as playing a key role in the surveillance of the Chinese diaspora.
    French former interior minister Bruno Retailleau signed the expulsion order for a Chinese national described as playing a key role in the surveillance of the Chinese diaspora. © Roméo Boetzlé/Photo PQR/Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace/MaxPPP

    A French court has dismissed a Chinese national's challenge to an expulsion order signed in September by then-interior minister Bruno Retailleau. French domestic intelligence accuses the man, who has lived in France since 1986, of playing a key role in the surveillance of the Chinese diaspora.

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    China, Italy
    Intelligence services keep watch as Rome and Madrid revive scientific ties with Beijing

    China's Harbin Institute of Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Politecnico di Torino in Italy.
    China's Harbin Institute of Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Politecnico di Torino in Italy. © Zhang Tao/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

    While the European Union is getting tougher on tackling security issues related to foreign interference in academia, Spain and Italy have chosen to boost their ties with China's universities, including its most sensitive institutions.

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