Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 25, 2025 – Institute for the Study of War

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  1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 25, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  2. Russia Exaggerates Ukraine War Gains by Over 1,200 km² to Fuel False Victory Narrative, ISW Reports  UNITED24 Media
  3. The Russia-Ukraine War Report Card, Sept. 24, 2025  Russia Matters
  4. Russia cites 2025 gains as Zelensky hints at post-ceasefire exit  News Arena India
  5. Russia fighting over maps from USSR. Russian Defense Ministry shows document with "Yama" and "Kommunarsk"  ukranews.com
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China probes US, Mexican pecan imports, Mexico’s restriction measures – Reuters

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  1. China probes US, Mexican pecan imports, Mexico's restriction measures  Reuters
  2. China launches an investigation into Mexico’s tariffs on imports from Asia  AP News
  3. Pecans Are Latest Trade Focus as China Probes US, Mexico Exports  Bloomberg.com
  4. China launches sweeping probe into Mexican tariffs as trade war widens  Financial Times
  5. Mexican steel: Tariff shifts could have "mixed effects" on industry  Fastmarkets
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Trump says US will impose new tariffs on heavy trucks, drugs and kitchen cabinets

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President announces 100% tariffs on imported branded drugs, 25% on heavy-duty trucks and 50% on cabinets

Donald Trump on Thursday announced a new round of punishing tariffs, saying the United States will impose a 100% tariffs on imported branded drugs, 25% tariff on imports of all heavy-duty trucks and 50% tariffs on kitchen cabinets.

The US president also said he would start charging a 50% tariff on bathroom vanities and a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture next week, with all the new duties to take effect from 1 October.

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Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show – AP News

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  1. Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show  AP News
  2. After U.S. strikes, Iran increases work at mysterious underground site  The Washington Post
  3. Fearing another war with Israel, Iran begins rebuilding missile sites, but key component is missing  AP News
  4. Satellite images show construction under way at Iran nuclear sites hit in strikes  BBC
  5. Iran Update, September 24, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
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Iran snapback sanctions loom as UN security council set to vote on nuclear programme

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Russian efforts to delay the return of sanctions is expected to fail during vote on Friday

A final Russian attempt to defer the snapback of large-scale UN sanctions on Iran is expected to fail at the UN security council on Friday after European countries rejected last-minute Iranian offers to give UN weapons inspectors limited access to its bombed nuclear sites.

Russia will call for the reimposition of the sanctions to be deferred for six months to give more time for diplomacy, but European diplomats are confident that Russia will not get the nine votes it needs on the security council for the snapback to be deferred. The last time Russia put the same issue to a vote it received only four votes.

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Former French president handed 5-year prison term over Gaddafi money – The Washington Post

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  1. Former French president handed 5-year prison term over Gaddafi money  The Washington Post
  2. Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in Libya campaign financing case  BBC
  3. Sarkozy Guilty of Conspiracy to Use Libyan Money for 2007 Campaign  The New York Times
  4. Former French President Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term in stunning downfall  CNBC
  5. Sarkozy’s spectacular downfall marks turning point in France’s struggle against graft  The Guardian
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News live: Marles ‘confident’ about future of US relationship; Australian doctor joins Gaza flotilla

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Parents need boost to lift flagging vaccination rate

Parents need practical strategies such as easier access to appointments and bulk-billing to help reverse a concerning decline in childhood vaccination rates, research has found.

The top barriers were mostly around ability to get appointments easily, being able to prioritise their child’s vaccination over all of the other things that they have to get done, the cost of getting their child vaccinated.

We now know that that will be on the 20th of October. The point here is that they had spoken a number of times by phone. The relationship is conducted at many, many levels. It is going well.

We’ve got the lowest tariff rate. Aukus is happening at a pace. And so we’re really confident … about the progress of our relationship with the US.

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White low-income pupils ‘report lowest enthusiasm for school’ in England

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Boys and girls in demographic start secondary school with weakest levels of engagement, research finds

White pupils from low-income families in England start secondary school with far lower levels of enthusiasm or effort than other ethnic groups, according to new research that may partly explain differences in academic results and behaviour.

Both girls and boys from lower-income white families reported weak levels of engagement from year 7 onwards. Girls were less likely to enjoy being at school while the boys made less effort with their school work.

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UK government backs return of international rail travel to Kent stations

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Ashford and Ebbsfleet have been shut to cross-Channel services since 2020, with Eurostar calling them unviable

Hopes that international rail services could return to UK stations abandoned by Eurostar have grown, with the government backing new competitors who plan to serve stops in Kent.

Ministers have been leaning on the rail regulator to give crucial space on the railway to prospective entrants who pledge to bring cross-Channel services back to Ashford and Ebbsfleet stations – and possibly London’s Stratford International.

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Fighter jets purchase would put UK in breach of nuclear treaty, says CND

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Legal opinion for campaign group says deal amounts to reversal of UK’s commitment to nuclear disarmament

Britain will violate its nuclear disarmament obligations if Labour presses ahead with the £1bn purchase of 12 F-35A fighter jets, according to a specialist legal opinion prepared on behalf of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).

Two international lawyers argue that the government’s plan to reintroduce air-launched nuclear weapons for the RAF will break a key provision of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) signed by the UK and 190 other countries.

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Former FBI director James Comey indicted for making false statement to Congress and obstruction of justice

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Indictment comes after Trump instructed US attorney general to prosecute Comey and others he considers political foes

James Comey, the former FBI director and one of Donald Trump’s most frequent targets, was indicted on Thursday on one count of making a false statement to Congress and one count of obstruction of justice, according to a person familiar with the matter, in the latest move in the president’s expansive retribution campaign against his political adversaries.

“No one is above the law. Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. We will follow the facts in this case,” Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, tweeted on Thursday.

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