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Daily issue Friday 7 May 2021 SPOTLIGHT  VIETNAM   INTERNATIONAL DEALMAKING    Balkan arms suppliers look to benefit from their long-standing links with Hanoi   Since former spymaster Pham Minh Chinh was appointed prime minister in early April, the country's arms supply networks are being revitalized bit by bit. Former Yugoslav firms with long-standing links with Vietnam are hoping to benefit from the situation after having gained the upper hand over their Israeli rivals.  [...] GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE  ISRAEL    Tsahal fears weaknesses in its anti-missile defences   Despite its multi-layered design and its constantly increasing capacities, Israel's anti-missile defences failed to intercept a projectile from Syria. This has put the country's sensitive nuclear installations in Dimona in a delicate position.  [...] INTERNATIONAL DEALMAKING  AUSTRALIA   JAPAN   UNITED STATES    US shields telecommunications systems in Indo-Pacific from Chinese influence with Palau submarine cable   Several government- and privately-backed submarine cable projects in the Indo-Pacific are underway, as the US prepares to work with Japan on 5G with an eye on curbing Beijing's growing reach in the region.  [...] CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE  FRANCE   RUSSIA   SWITZERLAND    Louis-Dreyfus escapes the clutches of the Russian asset recovery agency   Louis-Dreyfus Company, which claimed that the International Bank of Saint Petersburg made abusive debt claims against it, has won its case before an English court. The verdict marks yet another setback for Russian state body Deposit Insurance Agency, which is trying to recover the bank's assets, and a victory for Louis-Dreyfus chairwoman Margarita Louis-Dreyfus.  [...]      EUROPE    EU bets on big data and drones to combat heritage trafficking   While Europol recently warned that heritage trafficking is on the increase, the Cyprus Institute is leading the EU-funded Significance and SHIELD projects in an attempt to combat it using intelligence technology.  [...] SURVEILLANCE & INTERCEPTION  FRANCE    French cyber soldiers are more interested in Apple's smartphone vulnerabilities than Huawei's   DGA-MI, which is responsible for cyber defence at the French armed forces ministry, has issued a new shopping list as it pursues its investigations into smartphones and tablet security weaknesses. Its list is not based on the phone manufacturers' market shares, however, and gives an idea of the lines of research the French military are pursuing.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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