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Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia

FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime United States rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational crime including fentanyl, cyber fraud and child sexual exploitation. The partnerships have involved personnel exchanges in which Chinese law enforcement officials have visited the US and FBI agents have traveled to China to work on cases together and share intelligence. Separately, FBI and Chinese officers have carried out joint raids and arrests under the arrangement. Patel returned from a trip to Beijing in late July, and a similar trip to Russia has been tentatively planned for October, according to FBI officials. In exclusive interviews with Reuters, Patel described the FBI's initiatives with what he called "non-traditional partners...
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North Korea's Kim Yo Jong warns of new military options over Japan's strike capabilities

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, warned on Wednesday that Pyongyang would adopt "additional military options" in response to what she called Japan's transformation into a military power, after Tokyo test-fired a United States-made Tomahawk cruise missile. In a statement carried by state media KCNA, Kim accused Japan of moving beyond a defensive posture and turning its armed forces into a force capable of pre-emptive attacks and overseas military operations. She cited Japan's recent Tomahawk test from the Aegis destroyer Chokai in the Pacific Ocean, as well as test-firings of other missiles and its participation in a US-led joint military drill in the Philippines in May. Kim said that North Korea would respond in ways that made Japan feel that its security has been exposed to greater danger. "We should make it regret," she said, in some of her strongest rhetoric toward Tokyo in recent months. Read: North Korea blames US-led alliance for 'new security crisis' in Asia-Pacific Kim also accused the US of enabling Japan's military buildup by supplying Tomahawk missiles, modifying vessels for their operation and supporting the missile tests. "The US is behind such dangerous military moves of Japan," she said. Kim, who heads the record-keeping department in North Korea's ruling party, said Japan's acquisition of long-range strike capabilities effectively placed North Korea and other neighbouring countries within range. To counter Tokyo's military activities that may pose a potential threat to the security of North Korea, Kim said Pyongyang "will set up additional military options," without elaborating. The statement is the latest in a series of North Korean commentaries criticising security cooperation among the US, South Korea and Japan. Since July, KCNA has published at least six editorials and commentaries denouncing these joint military activities as threatening regional security and raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Read More: North Korea accuses NATO of expanding war preparations through fuel network plan Analysts said Pyongyang is seeking to portray Japan's military modernisation as a direct security threat to justify its own weapons development. Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said Kim's comments attempt to frame Tokyo's steps as part of a broader US effort to strengthen its proxy military capabilities to counter North Korea. The messaging could lay the groundwork for possible future military demonstrations, including missile tests or displays of undersea strike capabilities, said Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University's Institute for Far Eastern Studies.

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