UK parliament awaits new NSA Tim Barrow and reform of National Security Council

• UNITED KINGDOM - Ben Wallace and the Defence Committee cross swords over parliamentary control of UK Special Forces.

• FRANCE - DGSI to have permanent access to criminal records file.

• UNITED KINGDOM - The Joint Intelligence Organisation creates an OSINT "insights hub".
  

• HUNGARY - Budapest scans TurkStream for sabotage risks.

• FRANCE - Is DGSE now keeping an eye on ex-Air Force staff abroad following Intelligence Online's revelations?

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).

• UNITED STATES/AFGHANISTAN - Islamabad and Doha aid CIA-Taliban meeting.

• UNITED KINGDOM - Intelligence issues in British space strategy.

• RUSSIA - Intelligence services at heart of new Ukraine coordination council.

• SERBIA - Vucic blends geopolitics with internal security.

London searches for new security contractors to handle its operations in crisis zones 

Overseen by the National Security Council (NSC), Britain's CSSF, which provides funds for projects in crisis zones and influence operations, has started the long process of selecting its new contractors. With an annual allocation of £1.

Franco-British Council holds strong despite AUKUS curveball 

Funded by the arms industry, activist investors and the British and French governments, the Franco-British Council encourages defence cooperation from both sides of the Channel - and the contracts it generates - together with the British parliament's All-Party Parliamentary Group for France.

National Security Secretariat execs courted by private sector 

The NSS, created in 2010 to liaise with the prime minister on intelligence policy, is a hotbed for those who want to work for private groups.

Ukraine's intelligence chief spills beans on McIntosh's spy past 

Egor Bozhok, who was appointed Ukraine's deputy minister for foreign [...]