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When MI6’s new chief takes over on October 1st, she’ll face a world where technology has irrevocably changed the nature of modern espionage. Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, discuss what the future holds for Britain’s foreign intelligence agency.
00:00 – How would you characterise the challenges MI6 faces?
01:43 – Who is the incoming chief?
03:18 – How will she address the challenges that she’s facing?
05:06 – What are the tasks that MI6 faces?
07:17 – How does technology shape British intelligence?
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Is France ungovernable?
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For the fourth time in under two years, President Macron is looking for a new prime minister. Our Paris bureau chief, Sophie Pedder, explains the paralysis at the heart of France’s government.
Why are people dying for gold?
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Has the MAGA movement arrived in Japan?
2025-07-21
A Trump-inspired populist party has rocked elections in Japan. Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast and Moeka Iida, our Tokyo-based reporter, discuss how the fringe hard-right Sanseito party made significant gains and why Japanese politics is entering an era of instability
00:00 – Japanese politics is entering an unstable era
01:45 – What was the big debate in this election?
02:39 – How did the ruling party lose its grip?
03:49 – How has social media changed politics in Japan?
04:56 – What’s going to happen to the ruling party?
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