Poland eases engagement rules for pilots guarding against Russia – Politico

  1. Poland eases engagement rules for pilots guarding against Russia  Politico
  2. Poland changes rules of engagement for firing on foreign aircraft amid growing Russia threat  Notes From Poland
  3. Poland to ease rules for shooting down drones, missiles entering from Russia  The Kyiv Independent
  4. Poland eases rules for fighter pilots to shoot down foreign aircraft  Times of Malta
  5. Visual Identification: Why Fighter Pilots Needed Eyes on the Target  MiGFlug
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Absence of violence in Drumcree does not make standoff any less significant

Row comes amid rising division and a tendency towards cynical political posturing in Northern Ireland

Three decades ago, it took the deaths of three Roman Catholic children – the Quinn brothers, Jason, nine, Mark, 10, and 11-year-old Richard – in a petrol bomb attack to bring an end to the Drumcree dispute. “No road is worth a life, let alone the lives of three little boys,” the Orange Order’s County Armagh chaplain said at the time.

It is perhaps extraordinary to think that this could ever have needed saying – but that was then. Northern Ireland is very different place today.

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Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor – BBC

  1. Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor  BBC
  2. John Healey says best thing we can offer young people is a first job  BBC
  3. The Guardian view on Britain’s new chancellor: his purpose must be to protect living standards | Editorial  The Guardian
  4. Explainer: Can the UK forge a new era of reindustralisation?  Reuters
  5. Britain’s chancellor claims that the economy has turned a corner  The Economist
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Pope Leo urges concessions for peace as Ukraine war drags on – Reuters

  1. Pope Leo urges concessions for peace as Ukraine war drags on  Reuters
  2. Leo’s visit across France offers a more personal glimpse of the pope  CNN
  3. Pope Leo draws massive crowds in France. Is Catholicism making a comeback?  CBS News
  4. Wrapping up France visit, Pope Leo calls on Europe to choose reconciliation over division  OSV News
  5. From Lourdes, Pope Leo issues stark rejection of France's assisted dying law  National Catholic Reporter
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Ukraine’s defense industry gets a second chance – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Ukraine's defense industry gets a second chance  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine’s defense tech boom needs more than battlefield innovation, deputy minister says  The Kyiv Independent
  3. Two and a Half Months In, Ukraine Has Yet to Issue a Single Arms Export Permit.  ubn.news
  4. Ukraine’s tech industry still stands strong  Computer Weekly
  5. An expert on dual-use technologies explained who is interested in Ukrainian NRCs abroad and why  LIGA.net
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Ukraine regains territory and captures POWs in frontline push – politico.eu

  1. Ukraine regains territory and captures POWs in frontline push  politico.eu
  2. Ukrainian forces advance in key eastern battlefield, senior commander says  Reuters
  3. An Overture to Victory: Operation Vivaldi and Ukraine’s Path to Battlefield Decision  Modern War Institute -
  4. Ukrainian forces show liberation of Karpivka on Lyman axis  Ukrinform
  5. Ukraine Retakes 51 Sq. Km, Captures 250 Russians as 3rd Army Corps Completes Third Vivaldi ‘Season’  Kyiv Post
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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter launches awareness campaign for potential victims of drugging and sexual assault

Campaign broadcast across France encourages people to come forward even if they have little to no memory of attack

Gisèle Pelicot is the figurehead of a new campaign run by her daughter to encourage people who suspect they have been drugged and sexually assaulted to come forward, even if they have little to no memory of the attack.

Caroline Darian, 47, who believes she was also drugged and assaulted by her father, Dominique Pelicot – her mother’s ex-husband – launched a primetime public information push on Monday across France’s television network, on social media, in the press and on posters.

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