Report: Trump’s Rush for New Air Force One Drove Up Risks – Newser

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  1. Report: Trump's Rush for New Air Force One Drove Up Risks  Newser
  2. Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One  The New York Times
  3. Opinion | Surprise, surprise. Trump’s Qatar Force One already has issues.  The Washington Post
  4. Trump flew from Turkey on older Air Force One after credible threat from Iran and its proxies  CBS News
  5. Report: Trump switched planes in Turkey over ‘credible threat’ by Iranian proxies  The Times of Israel
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America has few good options for a “massive attack” on Iran – The Economist

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  1. America has few good options for a “massive attack” on Iran  The Economist
  2. Policy expert on Trump reversing course on plans for large-scale attack against Iran  NPR
  3. As signals of a ‘massive’ US attack mount, experts skeptical it will break Iran  The Hill
  4. Why Trump’s Iran Threats Don’t Work  The Free Press
  5. Trump Meets With Top Advisers as He Weighs a Major Escalation in Iran  The New York Times
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Romania blames Russia as military shoots down third drone – politico.eu

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  1. Romania blames Russia as military shoots down third drone  politico.eu
  2. Romania shoots down third Russian drone, as president calls breaches 'intolerable'  Reuters
  3. Romania summons Russia’s ambassador after downing third drone since Friday  The Guardian
  4. Romanian jet shoots down drone entering country's airspace for third day in a row  France 24
  5. Romanian forces shoot down third drone in three days  Euronews.com
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The Accidental Hero Who Faced Down India’s Government – The New York Times

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  1. The Accidental Hero Who Faced Down India’s Government  The New York Times
  2. How Abhijeet Dipke became the face of India's first Gen Z protest movement, and won  Reuters
  3. Anna to Delhi via Boston: The ‘cockroach’ who sparked a metamorphosis  The Times of India
  4. "Just The Beginning, Long Way To Go": Abhijeet Dipke's Morning Video Post  NDTV
  5. A recent BU grad caused a political earthquake in India with his Cockroach party  NBC Boston
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UNESCO adds France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List – AP News

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  1. UNESCO adds France's D-Day landing beaches, Greece's Mount Olympus to World Heritage List  AP News
  2. Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites  The Guardian
  3. Normandy's D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site  Reuters
  4. UNESCO adds Normandy's D-Day landing beaches to World Heritage List  France 24
  5. D-Day beaches now part of UNESCO World Heritage List  Le Monde.fr
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Unreleased Documentary Footage Captures Graham’s Obsessive Push for Iran War – WSJ

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  1. Unreleased Documentary Footage Captures Graham’s Obsessive Push for Iran War  WSJ
  2. Graham called yearslong push for war with Iran ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’ in new footage  CNN
  3. Report: Netanyahu talked Graham out of lobbying Trump to join war on Hezbollah; late senator doubted Kushner, Witkoff  The Times of Israel
  4. Lindsey Graham’s Scathing Verdict on Trump’s Goons Revealed  The Daily Beast
  5. Newly-uncovered footage offers behind-the-scenes look at Lindsey Graham's career  The Jerusalem Post
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Family of former Vodafone manager found drowned call for ‘Adrian’s law’ to protect franchisees

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Adrian Howe’s family believe that fears his deal would be financially ruinous led him to kill himself

The family of a former mobile phone store manager who was found drowned days before his new Vodafone franchise was to open its doors is pressing the government to introduce a new franchising law in his name.

The call comes a week after Vodafone settled a long-running legal claim filed by 62 of its former franchisees who alleged that the company “unjustly enriched” itself at their expense by up to £85m.

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Police hunt for suspect after one killed and 16 injured in attack at Berlin Pride

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Authorities issue wanted notice for Abdul Ballout, 21, after deadly van ramming described as Islamist terrorism

German authorities have issued a wanted notice for a suspect in a deadly van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that has been described as an Islamist attack.

The interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, named the chief suspect as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout. German media reported he was a supporter of Islamic State with a criminal conviction in May.

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How Trump could undermine the midterms

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The president really has no power over elections – but that hasn’t stopped Trump from laying the groundwork to challenge results in November

When Donald Trump commandeered primetime US television last Friday, he delivered a familiar, but still extraordinary, message. The president argued once again that the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, were illegitimate.

US elections are “vulnerable to being rigged and stolen”, Trump alleged, claiming that “the trust of the American people was lost” when he was defeated.

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