Ukrainian drone hits a plant deep inside Russia after record Russian drone attacks in June – AP News

  1. Ukrainian drone hits a plant deep inside Russia after record Russian drone attacks in June  AP News
  2. Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on central Russia  BBC
  3. Ukraine drone attack on central Russia kills three, wounds 35  Al Jazeera
  4. Ukraine shows footage of Bober drones hitting Russian air defenses, fighter jet in Crimea.  The Kyiv Independent
  5. Ukraine Says Its Drones Hit Russian Anti-Aircraft Missile Plant  Bloomberg
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Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens – AP News

  1. Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens  AP News
  2. A Russian media outlet is raided in Azerbaijan's capital as tensions rise between Moscow and Baku  AP News
  3. Azerbaijan demands punishment for death of brothers in Russian police custody  Reuters
  4. Baku-Moscow Relations Continue To Sour After Death Of 2 Azeris In Custody  i24NEWS
  5. Azerbaijan jails Sputnik execs amid escalating tensions with Russia  Euronews.com
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Germany launches additional measures against Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ – Reuters

  1. Germany launches additional measures against Russia's 'shadow fleet'  Reuters
  2. Germany launches insurance crackdown on Russian ‘shadow fleet’  Financial Times
  3. Shadow Fleet Exposed by Sanctions and Sensors  Hellenic Shipping News
  4. Massive dark fleet: Europe reveals hundreds of tankers smuggling oil past sanctions  RBC-Ukraine
  5. UK Issues Red Alert on Russian Shadow Fleet Sanctions Dodging  Bloomberg
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Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality – UN News

  1. Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality  UN News
  2. The eternal dilemma of how to tax the super-rich  Financial Times
  3. There is no climate finance gap – only a tax sovereignty gap  Climate Home News
  4. Scarcity is a political choice: It’s time to tax the super-rich  350.org
  5. Tax The Rich, Say The Rich  Electronics Weekly
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Ukraine’s new interceptor UAVs are starting to knock Russia’s long-range Shahed drones out of the sky – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Ukraine’s new interceptor UAVs are starting to knock Russia’s long-range Shahed drones out of the sky  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Under a Drone-Swarmed Sky: Surviving in Eastern Ukraine  The New York Times
  3. Russia Is Investing in Its Unmanned Capabilities and Plans to Increase the Number of Drones Used in Strikes Against Our State; We Are Preparing Our Countermeasures – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine  Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України
  4. Ukrainian UJ-26 Bober drones destroy Russian air defence systems and damage fighter jet, Ukraine's intelligence reports – video  Українська правда
  5. Ukrainian Interceptor Drone Reaches 11km Altitude to Target High-Flying Russian UAVs  Kyiv Post
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Australia’s life expectancy gap narrows but men in disadvantaged areas dying almost seven years earlier

Major causes of death contributing to inequality are lung cancer, respiratory illness and heart disease, ANU researchers say

Australia has made progress in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy but men living in disadvantaged areas are still dying almost seven years earlier, a new report from the Australian National University has found.

The study’s lead author and ANU demographer, Sergey Timonin, said the gaps in life expectancy between the most advantaged and disadvantaged areas stopped widening just before the Covid pandemic began and did not significantly worsen during the lockdown years.

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Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but US halt to data sharing will make it harder, scientists warn

News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves

Scientists analysing the cascading impacts of record low levels of Antarctic sea ice fear a loss of critical US government satellite data will make it harder to track the rapid changes taking place at both poles.

Researchers around the globe were told last week the US Department of Defence will stop processing and providing the data, used in studies on the state of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, at the end of this month.

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UK’s oldest cold case solved: 92-year-old jailed for 1967 rape and murder – Euronews.com

  1. UK's oldest cold case solved: 92-year-old jailed for 1967 rape and murder  Euronews.com
  2. 92-Year-Old U.K. Man Gets Life Sentence for 1967 Rape and Murder  The New York Times
  3. How Louisa Dunne's murderer was caught decades after her death  BBC
  4. Man, 92, convicted of murder in the UK’s longest-running cold case  AP News
  5. Cold case killer caught, convicted 58 years after brutal rape, murder  KTLA
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Headlines for July 01, 2025 – Democracy Now!

  1. Headlines for July 01, 2025  Democracy Now!
  2. Israel kills more than 300 Palestinians in 48 hours as ceasefire in balance  Al Jazeera
  3. 74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food  NPR
  4. 24 said killed in strike on Gaza City cafe; troops dismantle 3-km tunnel network  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel strikes pound Gaza, killing 60, ahead of US talks on ceasefire  Reuters
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Iran Suspected of Scouting Jewish Targets in Europe – WSJ

  1. Iran Suspected of Scouting Jewish Targets in Europe  WSJ
  2. Germany updates: Iran's envoy summoned over suspected spy  dw.com
  3. Germany summons Iranian ambassador over alleged spying on Jews  The Guardian
  4. Denmark arrests a man wanted in Germany for allegedly gathering information on Jews for Iran  AP News
  5. Man arrested for ‘spying’ for Iran before possible attacks in Germany  Al Jazeera
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Children crossing Channel from France exposed to teargas, report says

NGO says rise in interventions has only increased danger as new data shows at least 15 children died in transit last year

Children and babies coming to the UK on small boats from northern France have been teargassed and subjected to tactics such as the discharge of rubber bullets and the slashing of dinghies with knives, according to a report.

The publication on Tuesday of We Want to Be Safe, by the French non-governmental organisation Project Play, came as the latest figures on daily crossings released by the UK government reached an all-time high of 19,982 for the first six months of the year, a 40% increase compared with the same period last year.

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UK police arrest three hospital managers in Lucy Letby investigation – Reuters

  1. UK police arrest three hospital managers in Lucy Letby investigation  Reuters
  2. Three ex-bosses of Lucy Letby arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter  BBC
  3. 3 leaders at English hospital where a nurse was convicted of murdering babies are arrested  AP News
  4. Three bosses at Lucy Letby hospital arrested on suspicion of manslaughter  The Guardian
  5. 3 Managers Arrested Over Deaths at U.K. Hospital Where Lucy Letby Worked  The New York Times
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