Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2025 – Institute for the Study of War

  1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  2. While World Watches Iran, Putin Makes Headway in Ukraine  Newsweek
  3. Russia unleashes its summer offensive with an army mired in problems  The Washington Post
  4. Russia’s summer offensive stalls  The Telegraph
  5. Russians occupied over 500 sq km of Ukrainian territory in June – DeepState  Українська правда
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Jurors in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s sex-trafficking trial begin deliberations

Twelve-member jury in New York starts to deliberate following closing arguments from both sides

After seven weeks of testimony from more than 30 witnesses, jurors in the high-profile federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs have begun deliberations, but ended their day with no verdict.

The 12-member jury – made up of eight men and four women – began deliberating on Monday, following closing arguments from both sides that concluded on Friday and lengthy instructions from the judge.

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Idaho shooting suspect identified as ‘horrified’ community reels from attack

Suspect set a wildfire then killed two firefighters and seriously wounded another in hours-long incident

As a wildfire began to sow panic in a small northern Idaho mountain community, a group of firefighters who rushed to put out the blaze instead found themselves in an unexpected shootout.

A man shot the firefighters who were battling a blaze in northern Idaho after they asked him to move his vehicle, killing two of them and wounding a third, a sheriff said on Monday.

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Trump signs executive order to lift some financial sanctions on Syria

White House says move will help stabilise country after ousting of Assad and could lead to broader sanctions relief

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to lift some financial sanctions on Syria in a move that the White House says will help stabilise the country after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad.

The order was designed to “terminate the United States’ sanctions programme on Syria”, a White House spokesperson said, cancelling a 2004 declaration that froze Syrian government property and limited exports to Syria over Damascus’s chemical weapons programme.

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Kellogg: Russia Can’t Keep Stalling and Bombing – Kyiv Post

  1. Kellogg: Russia Can’t Keep Stalling and Bombing  Kyiv Post
  2. Pace of Ukraine talks hinges on efforts of Kyiv, Washington, Kremlin says  Reuters
  3. Kremlin Dismisses Trump Envoy’s Claim That It Is Stalling Peace Talks  The Moscow Times
  4. Vladimir Putin says Moscow is ready for new round of peace talks with Ukraine  Euronews.com
  5. After months of stalling, Russia blames Ukraine, US for slow pace of peace talks  The Kyiv Independent
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Russia’s Largest Bombardment of Ukraine – NPR

  1. Russia's Largest Bombardment of Ukraine  NPR
  2. Russia launches the biggest aerial attack since the start of the war, Ukraine says  AP News
  3. Ukraine loses F-16 fighter amid massed Russian drone, missile attack  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. Ukraine loses an F-16 pilot and his jet while fighting one of Russia’s biggest ever aerial attacks  CNN
  5. Russia Pounds Ukraine With Drones and Missiles in One of War’s Largest Attacks  The New York Times
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UK F-35 parts exports to Israel is lawful, High Court rules – BBC

  1. UK F-35 parts exports to Israel is lawful, High Court rules  BBC
  2. Nonprofits Lose Legal Bid to Halt U.K. Exports of Fighter Jet Parts to Israel  The New York Times
  3. Judges rule against Palestinian human rights group's claim that the UK is illegally arming Israel  AP News
  4. High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel  Al Jazeera
  5. UK’s sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is lawful, high court rules  The Guardian
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Violence Erupts Between Israeli Settlers and Military in West Bank – The New York Times

  1. Violence Erupts Between Israeli Settlers and Military in West Bank  The New York Times
  2. 5 illegal West Bank outposts razed by security services after attacks on IDF troops  The Times of Israel
  3. Why 'Emboldened' Jewish Settlers Are Now Attacking Israeli Soldiers in the West Bank - Podcasts  Haaretz
  4. Gov't must deal with Jewish settler violence in West Bank  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Israeli military detains 6 settlers after attack on forces in occupied West Bank  CNN
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Iran intensifies mass deportations of Afghan refugees, some accused of being ‘Israeli spies’ – Ynetnews

  1. Iran intensifies mass deportations of Afghan refugees, some accused of being 'Israeli spies'  Ynetnews
  2. At least 1.2 million Afghans forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, says UN  AP News
  3. Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say  NPR
  4. Nowhere to run: The Afghan refugees caught in Israel’s war on Iran  Al Jazeera
  5. More than 250,000 Afghans left Iran in June alone, UN says  BBC
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