United Kingdom
British intelligence revamps in face of extreme right-wing terrorism

United Kingdom
UK's Foreign Office, Russia Unit and MI6 lead fight against Wagner

The British Foreign Office and the intelligence services attached to it are at the centre of an inter-ministerial mechanism coordinating the fight against the Russian private military company Wagner, mainly through counter-disinformation.

United Kingdom
UK parliament calls on MI6, MI5 and GCHQ to play role in preventing atrocities

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and with one eye on developments in the US, Britain's parliamentary International Development Select Committee is calling for the intelligence community to support the Foreign Office's new Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM).

The Intelligence Gazette
Charles III's spies, Iraqi Mukhabarat mobilised, Confucius Institutes under US pressure, research at GCHQ, German counter-espionage and France's CNRLT

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets from the global intelligence community and this week we're heading to Kerbala, Washington, London, Berlin and Paris.

United Kingdom Charles III, King of Spies

Iraq Intelligence services suit up ahead of Arba'een pilgrimage

United States/China Pressure mounts on Confucius institutes

United Kingdom GCHQ creates a behavioural science research centre to screen hires

Germany Doubts over counter-terrorism, now counter-espionage

France New candidate for the CNRLT

United Kingdom
UK Home Office reorganises intelligence to better monitor post-Brexit borders

The Border Force and immigration intelligence services are to be merged into a single Home Office directorate, which will second some of its analysts to GCHQ.

United Kingdom
Future lead on counter-disinformation CDU bolsters technical capabilities

The UK's Counter Disinformation Unit, part of the DCMS, will soon be equipped with a digital platform using artificial intelligence. With the support of the private sector, it is set to become the leader in countering information offensives from foreign states.

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Intelligence and Security Committee still fighting for oversight of Investment Security Unit

The British parliamentary intelligence committee is still pushing for greater scrutiny of the new foreign investment unit against an unbending British government. It is also asking to overhaul its own powers.