Iraqi PM still heading INIS, France's Intelligence Review Commission beefs up controls, Germany's secret clearances scrutinised

Allies increasingly concerned about intelligence cooperation with Germany's BND 

Foreign partner services fear exposure from recent Russian infiltration of the German external intelligence service.

• GEORGIA - state protection service moves up a rung.
  

• RUSSIA/UKRAINE - Promsvyazbank moves into the Donbass under the eye of Russian financial intelligence.
  

• IRAQ - Mohammed Shia Al Sudani's purge of the security services continues.
  

• FRANCE - Intelligence services' right to consult medical records from the public health system confirmed.
  

Militias aim for top intelligence seat after Sudani approved as PM 

Just weeks into the job, new Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is already having to deal with militia rivalries. To keep these in check, the Coordination Framework candidate has also named himself head of the national intelligence service.