S8 Ep52: UK & French Elections, UK defence report and Russian information campaign exposed in US

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On today's episode, we will examine who’s who in the new Labour-led UK government, a report on the UK’s armed services, the French elections, and a recently discovered Russian covert information campaign.
On Extra Shot, our Patreon only show we will look at NATO’s 75th anniversary, terrorists returning to Afghanistan, a Chinese spy base in Cuba and GPS under attack.
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Links to articles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0veg88g7jyo
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-intelligence-warning-starmer-major-security-threats-election-3152924
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-defence-secretary-john-healey-addresses-mod-staff/
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/hollow-force-choices-uk-armed-forces
https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-france-elections-2024-national-rally-paris-jordan-bardella-emmanuel-macron-europe/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/business/russian-bots-artificial-intelligence-propaganda.html
On Extra Shot
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2024/07/nato-summit-ukraine-russia-war
https://8am.media/eng/the-taliban-host-terrorist-groups-four-new-settlements-built-for-al-qaeda-and-ttp/
https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach/china-cuba-spy-sigint/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/02/world/gps-threats.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20240708&instance_id=128218&nl=from-the-times®i_id=172310860&segment_id=171610&te=1&user_id=0e295462ed2f443b418b1b6c162349bd
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