Trump vows to hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks – Axios

  1. Trump vows to hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks  Axios
  2. July 22, 2026 — Trump attends dignified transfer of soldiers, US and Iran trade threats  CNN
  3. US to Use Iran’s Frozen Funds to Pay for Ship Damage, Trump Says  Bloomberg.com
  4. Trump Says U.S. Will Bomb Iran’s Power Plants, Bridges if Tehran Strikes Ships  WSJ
  5. Trump warns of strikes to infrastructure if Iran targets ships in Strait of Hormuz  The Hill
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How protests over a popular minister’s firing sparked Ukraine’s sudden military reset – AP News

  1. How protests over a popular minister’s firing sparked Ukraine’s sudden military reset  AP News
  2. A Mandate for Change and a Monumental Test for Ukraine’s New Military Chief  The New York Times
  3. Why is Zelensky firing top leaders as Ukraine’s outlook improves?  The Washington Post
  4. Ousted Ukrainian defence chief digs in against Zelenskiy  Reuters
  5. Zelenskyy Bows to Pressure for New Model Army to Confront Russia  Bloomberg.com
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Ukraine’s defense industry outgrew its wartime rules – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Ukraine's defense industry outgrew its wartime rules  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine has gone from accepting just about any old weapon to showing Western militaries how modern war is fought  Yahoo
  3. Ukraine's arms makers say they need to figure out how to constantly update their weapons — without slowing output  Business Insider
  4. The Promise of Ukraine’s Military-Industrial Complex  Geopolitical Futures
  5. Ukraine • European private capital eyes Ukrainian defence tech  Intelligence Online
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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.

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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

  1. 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
  2. Several killed as Ukraine, Russia trade attacks deep behind the front line  Al Jazeera
  3. Russia is losing its grip on Crimea  The Economist
  4. ‘No electricity, no water, no fuel’: Ukrainian drone strikes bring darkness to Crimea’s summer  The Guardian
  5. 3 Killed as Wave of Ukrainian Drones Strikes Southern Russia and Crimea  The Moscow Times
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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.

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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.

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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.

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If you listen closely to Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s scariest plans are being revealed – The Independent

  1. If you listen closely to Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s scariest plans are being revealed  The Independent
  2. Leavitt previews Trump’s primetime speech: Election ‘adjustments’ coming  The Hill
  3. ‘Let’s get back to work’: Karoline Leavitt returns to the briefing room podium for the first time since maternity leave  CNN
  4. Karoline Leavitt Returns from Maternity Leave for First White House Press Briefing Since Welcoming Daughter in May  People.com
  5. Leavitt Cornered on Trump’s Obsession With Being a Loser  Yahoo
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EU targets Russian banks in new sanctions package over Ukraine war – Reuters

  1. EU targets Russian banks in new sanctions package over Ukraine war  Reuters
  2. 21st package of sanctions: EU hits Russian energy, financial services and crypto hard  consilium.europa.eu
  3. Crypto exchange HTX included in EU's Russia sanctions  Reuters
  4. Russian gas cargoes to stay exempt as EU agrees new sanctions deal  Financial Times
  5. EU agrees to watered-down Russia sanctions amid Greek resistance  euractiv.com
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China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age – The New York Times

  1. China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age  The New York Times
  2. China’s Xi pursues AI diplomacy to woo global south  Financial Times
  3. Shanghai science forum photos show China’s AI and robotics advances in rivalry with US  AP News
  4. China's AI doctrine is a challenge for Europe  Le Monde.fr
  5. Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order, challenging US dominance  Reuters
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‘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.

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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.

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