Putin Humiliated as Top Crony Admits Grim Truth – The Daily Beast

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  1. Putin Humiliated as Top Crony Admits Grim Truth  The Daily Beast
  2. Russia can restart 80% of Black Sea grain export terminals if attacks stop  Reuters
  3. War Throttles Black Sea Grain Exports, Threatening Food Supplies  WSJ
  4. Wheat Falling Lower on Friday with Black Sea Pressure  barchart.com
  5. Hunger on the Horizon: The New Black Sea Grain Crisis  Council on Foreign Relations
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IDF kills Hamas commander who had held seven Israeli hostages in Gaza tunnel – New York Post

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  1. IDF kills Hamas commander who had held seven Israeli hostages in Gaza tunnel  New York Post
  2. Four killed in Gaza in strikes, Israel says it killed a Hamas finance chief  Reuters
  3. Israel kills Hamas finance chief in airstrike on Gaza's Khan Yunis, Katz says  The Jerusalem Post
  4. IDF confirms: Hamas finance chief funneled over NIS 1 billion to terror  Israel National News
  5. IDF says it killed Hamas finance chief who moved over 1 billion shekels during war  Ynetnews
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Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says

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Warning comes hours after Poland says fire at Starlink satellite station was ‘act of sabotage’

Russia could launch a limited military attack against a Nato country in the coming months, Danish intelligence said, in one of the starkest warnings yet by western security services.

In a report published on Thursday, the Danish defence intelligence service warned of a “low but growing risk” that Russia could launch long-range strikes on Nato infrastructure supporting Ukraine, or carry out a limited incursion into a neighbouring country with a small number of troops, potentially operating without insignia.

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Russia raises taxes to fund its war in Ukraine – Financial Times

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  1. Russia raises taxes to fund its war in Ukraine  Financial Times
  2. Russia plans array of tax hikes in 2027-29 to fund military spending  Reuters
  3. Finance Ministry Unveils 2027 Budget Draft With Fresh Tax Hikes to Fund War Deficit  The Moscow Times
  4. Russian central bank ready to loosen regulation on corporate loans to build anti-drone defences  TradingView
  5. Russia has announced an increase in fees on imported goods  ИА Ореанда-Новости
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At Trump meeting, Xi Jinping lays out terms to avoid US-China military conflict

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Chinese president’s proposals for lessening tensions come amid period of intense competition between the two countries over AI and trade

Xi Jinping has called for extensive cooperation with Washington to avoid the “Thucydides trap” that could put the US and China on a military collision course amid rising tensions over artificial intelligence, trade and Taiwan.

At the start of his summit meeting with Donald Trump in the White House, the Chinese president laid out terms for a mutual understanding that he said could steer the two competing superpowers away from future military conflict and on to a road of mutual gain.

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What counts as ‘Made in Europe’? France, Germany and Spain are divided – Euronews.com

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  1. What counts as ‘Made in Europe’? France, Germany and Spain are divided  Euronews.com
  2. France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK  The Guardian
  3. Spain Aims to Bridge Franco-German Divide Over ‘Made In Europe’  bloomberg.com
  4. France and Germany spar over ‘Made in Europe’ as EU moves to protect its own  Financial Times
  5. European center right splits over ‘Made in Europe’  politico.eu
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Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam

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Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’

Rick Wakeman has played to all kinds of people around the globe, but he has now performed to an audience he had never encountered before – an enclosure of 150 bears.

The former Yes musician, who has gone on to have a prolific solo career, played the piano at a Vietnamese bear sanctuary.

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UN chief says world’s biggest problem is the changing way power is used – Donald Trump’s speech confirms his diagnosis – theconversation.com

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  1. UN chief says world’s biggest problem is the changing way power is used – Donald Trump’s speech confirms his diagnosis  theconversation.com
  2. U.N. Leader Uses Final Speech to Issue Stark Warning  The New York Times
  3. UN leaders' meeting convenes with secretary-general calling for 'world built on interdependence'  AP News
  4. Superpowers cannot solve world’s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address  The Guardian
  5. State of world getting worse as UN Security Council paralysed: Guterres  Al Jazeera
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Germany sets out plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045 – DW.com

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  1. Germany sets out plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045  DW.com
  2. Germany maps out fossil fuel exit, backing EVs, heat pumps  reuters.com
  3. Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045  The Guardian
  4. UN Climate Summit: Germany responds to Guterres’ call to present a plan for phasing out fossil fuels  Table.Briefings
  5. 'Only the starting line': Germany plans to quit fossil fuels by 2045  Euronews.com
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