‘Shameless’: Greece and LNG remain roadblock in new Russia sanctions – Euronews.com

  1. 'Shameless': Greece and LNG remain roadblock in new Russia sanctions  Euronews.com
  2. Greece says EU sanctions against Russia risk ceding LNG market share to rivals  Reuters
  3. Russian military-industrial complex: EU agrees six listings related to deadly strikes on Kyiv  consilium.europa.eu
  4. EU Freezes Russian Oil Price Cap For a Week as Sanctions Stall  Bloomberg.com
  5. EU's 'Swiss Cheese' Russian Sanctions Package Exposes Persistent Divisions  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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Andy Burnham Becomes Labour Leader and Is Set to Be UK Prime Minister: Live Updates – The New York Times

  1. Andy Burnham Becomes Labour Leader and Is Set to Be UK Prime Minister: Live Updates  The New York Times
  2. From mayor to U.K. PM: Inside Andy Burnham's swift ascent  Axios
  3. Andy Burnham to become U.K.'s prime minister Monday after being declared Labour Party leader  CBS News
  4. Andy Burnham to become Labour leader and will promise to 'fix things politics has neglected'  BBC
  5. Opinion | The King of the North, Andy Burnham, Won’t Save Britain  The New York Times
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Andy Burnham to become U.K.’s prime minister Monday after being declared Labour Party leader – CBS News

  1. Andy Burnham to become U.K.'s prime minister Monday after being declared Labour Party leader  CBS News
  2. The King of the North Won’t Save Britain  The New York Times
  3. Burnham says he is 'finalising' cabinet ahead of becoming PM on Monday  BBC
  4. Andy Burnham becomes British Labour leader; next stop — prime minister  Reuters
  5. The Guardian view on Andy Burnham: political poetry must become governing prose | Editorial  The Guardian
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Zelensky’s government reshuffle was even more chaotic than you think – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Zelensky's government reshuffle was even more chaotic than you think  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine’s new prime minister takes office with a hard winter looming and protests on the streets  AP News
  3. Why is Zelenskyy reshuffling Ukraine's government?  DW.com
  4. Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy replaces PM and flags law enforcement overhaul  The Guardian
  5. Meet Sergii Koretskyi, Ukraine’s New Prime Minister After Major Government Reshuffle  Time Magazine
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Iran war live: Tanker seized off Yemen in ‘pirate hijacking’ – The Independent

  1. Iran war live: Tanker seized off Yemen in ‘pirate hijacking’  The Independent
  2. Tanker boarded by armed group off Yemen, says British military  AP News
  3. Vessel boarded by unauthorized personnel in Gulf of Aden, UK says  The Times of Israel
  4. Pirates allegedly hijack chemical tanker Asana in Gulf of Aden off Yemen  The Times of India
  5. Vessels attacked in Persian Gulf, hijacked near Yemen  Quantum Commodity Intelligence
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Iran War Updates: Strait of Hormuz “back to the worst case scenario” amid escalating attacks, analyst says – CBS News

  1. Iran War Updates: Strait of Hormuz "back to the worst case scenario" amid escalating attacks, analyst says  CBS News
  2. Iran threatens to lash out at Arab neighbors as US ramps up strikes  Fox News
  3. Why is the US attacking southern Iran’s civilian infrastructure?  Al Jazeera
  4. U.S. Targets Iranian Bridges in Bid to Choke Off Regime’s Supply Routes  WSJ
  5. US launches new strikes as Iran says civilian infrastructure hit  BBC
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I have visited Russia every year since the Ukraine war began. The mood has changed – The Independent

  1. I have visited Russia every year since the Ukraine war began. The mood has changed  The Independent
  2. Opinion | The Ukraine-Russia War Reaches a New Phase  The New York Times
  3. As Russia’s assault continues, Ukraine’s politics shift and an old alliance begins to fray  The Guardian
  4. As Putin loses confidence in his military, Ukraine presses harder  The Hill
  5. What is Ukraine’s 40-day campaign against Russia and has it worked?  The Guardian
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Putin’s Approval Drops 5% in One Week, Marking Steepest Decline Since 2022 Mobilization Crisis – Kyiv Post

  1. Putin's Approval Drops 5% in One Week, Marking Steepest Decline Since 2022 Mobilization Crisis  Kyiv Post
  2. Putin Suffers Humiliating Popularity Plunge as Crisis Spirals  The Daily Beast
  3. Putin’s approval rating just posted its steepest drop since Russia invaded Ukraine  Meduza
  4. Ratings of Vladimir Putin and the Russian government continue to decline — FOM poll  EADaily
  5. Russian fuel shortages drive four-week slump in Putin approval  Radio Moldova
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UK outlaws support for IRGC under new national security powers – ایران اینترنشنال

  1. UK outlaws support for IRGC under new national security powers  ایران اینترنشنال
  2. Journalist targeted by Iran reacts to U.K.'s crackdown on IRGC: "The happiest day of my life since I was stabbed"  CBS News
  3. U.K. to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group  The Washington Post
  4. U.K. says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community, bans Revolutionary Guard  NBC News
  5. Iran summons British envoy over IRGC designation  Reuters
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Macron Vows No Leniency for Arsonists Amid Probe Into Teen – Newser

  1. Macron Vows No Leniency for Arsonists Amid Probe Into Teen  Newser
  2. As Blazes Spread Near Paris, Extreme Heat Is Changing How France Fights Fires  The New York Times
  3. Planes scoop up water from River Seine to battle wildfire near Paris  CNN
  4. Who are the people setting France's forests ablaze?  Le Monde.fr
  5. Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire  BBC
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Journalist covering security issues shot dead near his home in Mexico – CBS News

  1. Journalist covering security issues shot dead near his home in Mexico  CBS News
  2. Mexico: Sixth journalist killed in 2026, government must urgently address violence against the press  RSF
  3. Mexican journalist Josué Martínez shot dead in Puebla, fourth killed in over a month  Committee to Protect Journalists
  4. Press freedom groups rip Sheinbaum after latest journalist murder  Courthouse News
  5. Mexican journalist murdered after reporting on security issues  tag24.com
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Democrats criticize Trump’s claims of election interference – US politics live

Virginia’s Mark Warner says speech was ‘just lies and long-debunked conspiracies’

Several major networks declined to air Donald Trump’s primetime televised address on Thursday, citing concerns that the content could be politically partisan or inflammatory.

CNN, ABC and NBC chose not to air the speech live, but CBS, Fox News and MS Now (formerly MSNBC) aired at least large portions of the speech live. Some ABC station station affiliates – including the Washington DC station owned by right-leaning broadcaster Sinclair – also chose to air the speech.

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Burnham to say his government will be ‘unashamedly Labour’ in first speech as party leader – UK politics live

‘Special conference’ to take place at noon where Burnham will be formally announced as Labour leader

It looks as if Keir Starmer has started moving out. A removals van has been seen at the back of Downing Street.

The Telegraph live blog is normally a pretty good read (although not as good as ours, obviously). But today Andy Burnham may want to give it a miss. At the Telegraph they don’t seem very enthusiastic about a Burnham premiership, and here is a selection of the blog headlines: ‘Burnham is coming for your home’; Burnham could crash the economy, claims Truss; Burnham accused of ‘waving away’ scrutiny on path to power; ‘Burnham is already a global laughing stock’.

The new Labour leader will say that ‘Britain took a series of wrong turns in the 1980s’ when ‘political power was centralised and economic power privatised’. To build an economy and a country that works for all people and places, Andy will say that it requires ‘a new path to the one we’ve been on for the last 40 years’.

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Knesset dissolves: How will Israel vote in October’s general election? – Al Jazeera

  1. Knesset dissolves: How will Israel vote in October’s general election?  Al Jazeera
  2. Israeli Government Pushes Through Divisive Laws Before Election  The New York Times
  3. Israel’s parliament dissolves ahead of Oct. 27 elections  AP News
  4. Coalition’s ‘legislative blitz’ is designed to shore-up, unshackle right-wing power  The Times of Israel
  5. Netanyahu's coalition falls to 48 seats, opposition gets 62 seats after legislative blitz - poll  The Jerusalem Post
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