- How protests over a popular minister’s firing sparked Ukraine’s sudden military reset AP News
- A Mandate for Change and a Monumental Test for Ukraine’s New Military Chief The New York Times
- Why is Zelensky firing top leaders as Ukraine’s outlook improves? The Washington Post
- Ousted Ukrainian defence chief digs in against Zelenskiy Reuters
- Zelenskyy Bows to Pressure for New Model Army to Confront Russia Bloomberg.com
Ukraine’s defense industry outgrew its wartime rules – The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine's defense industry outgrew its wartime rules The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine has gone from accepting just about any old weapon to showing Western militaries how modern war is fought Yahoo
- Ukraine's arms makers say they need to figure out how to constantly update their weapons — without slowing output Business Insider
- The Promise of Ukraine’s Military-Industrial Complex Geopolitical Futures
- Ukraine • European private capital eyes Ukrainian defence tech Intelligence Online
Kemi Badenoch ‘has to adapt’ her rhetoric to take on Andy Burnham
Conservative leader is becoming more confident and forging a message for her party, but faces a new opponent
“So, Andy Burnham seems like a nice guy.” Those were the slightly unexpected opening words of Kemi Badenoch’s first speech since the change in prime minister. But make no mistake: she was there to bury her opponent.
Even Badenoch-sceptics inside the Conservative party and farther afield agree the Tory leader is becoming more confident, and has been able to forge an increasingly coherent message for her party, one based on a promise of economic competence.
Continue reading...Saudis must recognise Israel for nuclear deal, says Trump
The US president says the landmark agreement to help Saudis develop nuclear energy is dependent on it joining the Abraham Accords.
Satellite images reveal Crimea’s deepening energy crisis and risk of full-scale humanitarian disaster as Ukrainian strikes hit the peninsula’s power grid – Meduza
- Satellite images reveal Crimea’s deepening energy crisis and risk of full-scale humanitarian disaster as Ukrainian strikes hit the peninsula’s power grid Meduza
- Several killed as Ukraine, Russia trade attacks deep behind the front line Al Jazeera
- Russia is losing its grip on Crimea The Economist
- ‘No electricity, no water, no fuel’: Ukrainian drone strikes bring darkness to Crimea’s summer The Guardian
- 3 Killed as Wave of Ukrainian Drones Strikes Southern Russia and Crimea The Moscow Times
Secret Service agent on Vance’s detail under investigation
Agent came under suspicion after allegedly providing info in MS Now report about vice-president’s helicopter trip
A Secret Service agent assigned to JD Vance’s protective detail is “the subject of an administrative investigation, and potential criminal inquiry, involving allegations of compromising operational and information security”, according to the Secret Service chief of communications.
The agent came under suspicion after allegedly providing information that appeared in an MS Now report about the vice-president’s planned Marine Corps helicopter trip with his son to a golf lesson, a source told CNN.
Continue reading...Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital
Exclusive: Clinical assessments concluded Rudakubana could not be safely managed in prison, sources say
The Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been moved from prison to a psychiatric hospital after clinical assessment, the Guardian can disclose.
He was transferred to Broadmoor high-security hospital from the category A prison Belmarsh this week after it was concluded that he could not be managed safely in a prison environment, sources confirmed.
Continue reading...Ukraine’s ousted defence minister insists on being reinstated
Mykhailo Fedorov refuses President Zelensky's offer to accept an alternative post, as the battle of wills continues.
Minnesota man sentenced to life for killing Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Vance Boelter receives two life terms after admitting politically motivated killings and shootings
The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday, a little over a year after the political attacks.
Vance Boelter, 59, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in June to the six counts related to the killings of the former house speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shootings of state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
Continue reading...If you listen closely to Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s scariest plans are being revealed – The Independent
- If you listen closely to Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s scariest plans are being revealed The Independent
- Leavitt previews Trump’s primetime speech: Election ‘adjustments’ coming The Hill
- ‘Let’s get back to work’: Karoline Leavitt returns to the briefing room podium for the first time since maternity leave CNN
- Karoline Leavitt Returns from Maternity Leave for First White House Press Briefing Since Welcoming Daughter in May People.com
- Leavitt Cornered on Trump’s Obsession With Being a Loser Yahoo
EU targets Russian banks in new sanctions package over Ukraine war – Reuters
- EU targets Russian banks in new sanctions package over Ukraine war Reuters
- 21st package of sanctions: EU hits Russian energy, financial services and crypto hard consilium.europa.eu
- Crypto exchange HTX included in EU's Russia sanctions Reuters
- Russian gas cargoes to stay exempt as EU agrees new sanctions deal Financial Times
- EU agrees to watered-down Russia sanctions amid Greek resistance euractiv.com
China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age – The New York Times
- China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age The New York Times
- China’s Xi pursues AI diplomacy to woo global south Financial Times
- Shanghai science forum photos show China’s AI and robotics advances in rivalry with US AP News
- China's AI doctrine is a challenge for Europe Le Monde.fr
- Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order, challenging US dominance Reuters
‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger margins
The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it prepares to cut 1,300 jobs from its call centres.
Centrica, the supplier’s FTSE 100 owner, plans to cut 800 jobs as the company carries out a “targeted deployment of AI tools”, on top of the 500 cuts it confirmed last month.
Continue reading...Mayor shot dead in Mexico months after surviving assassination attempt
Valentín Lavín Romero is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in 2024
A mayor was shot dead on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Morelos after having survived a previous assassination attempt earlier this year. He is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in October 2024.
Valentín Lavín Romero, who was from the Green party, an ally of the ruling leftwing Morena party, was wounded at the end of January when hitmen shot him at a petrol station on a motorway.
Continue reading...Teen jailed for exam cheating in Guinea dies after sickle cell complications, father says
Mamadou Djouma Bah, 17, was arrested and sentenced to prison for exam fraud earlier this month.
Ex-governor convicted of murdering a pregnant student in Kenya
Okoth Obado was found guilty of killing Sharon Otieno with whom he had had an affair.
Nicaragua’s legislature debates barring opposition from elections
The move comes days after President Daniel Ortega demanded 'a wall, a blockade' against opposition parties.
Kozo Okamoto, Japanese terrorist behind 1972 Ben Gurion Airport massacre, dies in Beirut – Ynetnews
- Kozo Okamoto, Japanese terrorist behind 1972 Ben Gurion Airport massacre, dies in Beirut Ynetnews
- Kozo Okamoto, Japanese militant who took part in a 1972 Tel Aviv airport attack, dies in Beirut AP News
- Japanese Red Army terrorist behind deadly 1972 attack on Israeli airport dies at 78 The Times of Israel
- ‘I was covered in blood, and my mother died’: Survivors recall Kozo Okamoto’s massacre Ynetnews
- Kozo Okamoto, last surviving participant of 1972 Lod Airport massacre, dies The Japan Times
Oil prices hit $100 for the first time since May
The price of Brent crude rose more than 6% on Thursday as the war in the Middle East continues to escalate.
Owner of Viking ship used in The Odyssey says studio has not paid bill for damage
Swedish nonprofit alleges cost to repair replica was $6,000 but Universal – which made $264m on film’s opening weekend – has not stumped up
The Swedish owners of a Viking longship replica that features in the Hollywood blockbuster The Odyssey say they feel “forgotten” after film-makers allegedly returned the vessel damaged and failed to foot the bill for repairs.
In nearly three decades at sea, the warship Glad av Gillberga – based on a wreck from around 1040 found in Denmark’s Roskilde fjord – has successfully sailed the North Sea, the Baltic and even voyaged to Canada.
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