‘A Revolution in Drone Warfare’: As Russian Fiber-Optic Drones Flood the Battlefield, Ukraine Scrambles to Catch Up – The Moscow Times

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  1. ‘A Revolution in Drone Warfare’: As Russian Fiber-Optic Drones Flood the Battlefield, Ukraine Scrambles to Catch Up  The Moscow Times
  2. Ukrainian drones are killing ever more soldiers  The Economist
  3. Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance: What the United States Can Learn from Ukraine  CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
  4. A new type of rifle bullet in Ukraine could give infantry a better way to survive unjammable drone attacks  Business Insider
  5. How the Russian and Ukrainian front lines are shifting, in infographics  Le Monde.fr
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Spain’s People’s party hit by alleged multimillion cash-for-favours scandal

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Claims involve former finance minister Cristóbal Montoro and dealings with gas and other energy companies

Just when Spain’s opposition People’s party thought it had the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez on the ropes over a series of corruption scandals, it has been hit by a controversy of its own over alleged trafficking of influences by Cristóbal Montoro, the former finance minister.

It is alleged that Montoro established the “economic team”, a lawyer’s office linked to the finance ministry, which took kickbacks from gas and other energy companies in return for favourable government policy. It is claimed that between 2008 and 2015 Montoro and 27 other accused, among them senior treasury officials, were paid at least €11m (£9.5m) by big energy companies.

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Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time – PBS

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  1. Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time  PBS
  2. ‘Not Trump’s dumping ground’: Outrage over arrival of foreign US deportees in tiny African nation  CNN
  3. 5 immigrants deported by the US to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement  ABC News
  4. Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration  The New York Times
  5. Here are the 3rd-countries where the Trump admin is deporting migrants  Axios
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Air India cockpit recording suggests captain cut fuel to engines before crash, source says – Reuters

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  1. Air India cockpit recording suggests captain cut fuel to engines before crash, source says  Reuters
  2. Exclusive | New Details in Air India Crash Probe Shift Focus to Senior Pilot  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Air India Crash Reporting Is ‘Premature,’ NTSB’s Homendy Says  Bloomberg
  4. What happened to the fuel-control switches on doomed Air India flight 171?  Al Jazeera
  5. ‘Calm’ Air India captain ‘cut off’ fuel while co-pilot panicked  Yahoo
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Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle tag over fears he may abscond as coup trial nears end

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Guilty verdict widely expected for Brazil’s ex-president accused of plot to seize power after losing 2022 election

Federal police have raided Jair Bolsonaro’s Brasília mansion, banned him from communicating with foreign diplomats and ordered him to wear an electronic ankle tag amid fears Brazil’s ex-president may abscond to avoid punishment over an alleged coup attempt.

A supreme court trial examining claims that Bolsonaro masterminded a murderous plot to seize power after losing the 2022 election is expected to reach its conclusion in the coming weeks.

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Fault lines emerge as EU countries begin political battle over €2 trillion budget – Euronews.com

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  1. Fault lines emerge as EU countries begin political battle over €2 trillion budget  Euronews.com
  2. ‘Unacceptable’: Germany rejects von der Leyen’s €1.8 trillion EU budget plan  politico.eu
  3. Merz Balks at EU Plan to Splurge Half a Trillion of German Money  Bloomberg.com
  4. Reactions to the European Commission's new EU budget proposal  Reuters
  5. Will the new EU budget turn cohesion policy into regional ‘Hunger Games’?  Euronews.com
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Christian leaders make rare visit to shelled church in Gaza

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Israel grants access after ‘stray’ tank round kills three people and wounds Catholic priest

Israel has granted two senior Christian leaders rare access to Gaza after an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory’s only Roman Catholic church killed three people.

Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, led a delegation on Friday to the Holy Family Church, whose shelling the day before triggered international condemnation.

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‘We painted, sang songs’: the Russian woman found living in Indian cave with daughters – The Guardian

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  1. ‘We painted, sang songs’: the Russian woman found living in Indian cave with daughters  The Guardian
  2. Indian Police Discover a Russian Woman Living in a Cave With Two Daughters  The New York Times
  3. ‘They were very happy’: Russian mother defends decision to live with two daughters in remote Indian cave  CNN
  4. Russian mom and 2 young girls found living inside remote cave in snake-infested forest in India  CBS News
  5. Mystery surrounds Russian mum and children found in Indian cave  BBC
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Suweida: Druze residents describe ‘bloodbath’ in Syrian city – BBC

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  1. Suweida: Druze residents describe 'bloodbath' in Syrian city  BBC
  2. Regional powers clash after Israel targets Syrian territory in defense of vulnerable Druze civilians  Fox News
  3. Who Are the Druse: The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions  The New York Times
  4. Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces  AP News
  5. Israel says it’s allowing Syrian forces to enter Sweida for 48 hours amid renewed clashes  The Times of Israel
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