How England’s class divide shaped Andy Burnham, the U.K.’s likely next prime minister – NPR

  1. How England's class divide shaped Andy Burnham, the U.K.'s likely next prime minister  NPR
  2. Andy Burnham planning for No 10 for at least a year, key ally says  BBC
  3. Nominations Open in the Contest to Be UK Leader, With Andy Burnham Likely the Only Candidate  U.S. News & World Report
  4. Labour MPs queue up to back Andy Burnham as next leader  Financial Times
  5. Burnham vows billions in defence spending to be targeted at UK firms - latest  The Independent
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EU Plans Fresh Sanctions Targeting Russia’s Drone Supply Chain – Kyiv Post

  1. EU Plans Fresh Sanctions Targeting Russia's Drone Supply Chain  Kyiv Post
  2. Russia hit ammunition warehouse in Ukraine's Kyiv region, Zelenskiy says  Reuters
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 6, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Attacks on Kyiv ahead of NATO summit: What is Putin's goal?  DW.com
  5. Russian Strikes Kill 12 Across Ukraine As Kyiv Escalates Attacks On Russia's Oil Industry  i24NEWS
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Hormuz Tanker Traffic Grinds to a Halt After U.S.-Iran Escalation – Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

  1. Hormuz Tanker Traffic Grinds to a Halt After U.S.-Iran Escalation  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
  2. Oil tanker traffic through Hormuz at near standstill as attacks strain Iran truce  Reuters
  3. Tanker traffic through Strait of Hormuz slows after Iranian attacks trigger renewed fighting with U.S.  CNBC
  4. The Strait of Hormuz is now at the centre of Iranian and US calculus  Al Jazeera
  5. Hormuz Traffic Grinds to a Near Halt as Ceasefire Under Threat  Bloomberg.com
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Trump ties US troop presence in Europe to Greenland deal and Iran – TVP World

  1. Trump ties US troop presence in Europe to Greenland deal and Iran  TVP World
  2. Trump eyes new leverage in the hopes of advancing his Greenland crusade  MS NOW
  3. Trump mused about cutting troops in Europe by a third to send a message to NATO  CNN
  4. Misguided and Misunderstood: Trump’s Approach to U.S. Troops in Europe  War on the Rocks
  5. Trump Says Troop Levels in Europe Will Depend on Greenland, Iran  Bloomberg
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South Korea’s Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Yoon in first martial law case – AP News

  1. South Korea’s Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Yoon in first martial law case  AP News
  2. South Korea's Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling in ex-president Yoon's obstruction case  Reuters
  3. South Korea top court upholds Yoon's 7-year sentence  DW.com
  4. Former President Yoon Suk Yeol Sentenced to Seven Years for Arrest Obstruction  조선일보
  5. South Koreas Top Court Finalizes 7-Year Sentence for Ex-President Yoon over Arrest Obstruction  اسلام تايمز
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Trump wraps NATO summit on a positive note, after meeting Zelenskyy – NPR

  1. Trump wraps NATO summit on a positive note, after meeting Zelenskyy  NPR
  2. Trump surprises Zelensky with public promise on Patriots – but the missiles may not come soon enough  CNN
  3. Zelenskyy urges urgent efforts in Ukraine to start Patriot production  Al Jazeera
  4. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 8, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  5. Zelenskiy says Patriot missile licences agreed with US at political level  Reuters
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Trump’s new Greenland threat triggers Europe’s unhealed trauma – Euronews.com

  1. Trump's new Greenland threat triggers Europe's unhealed trauma  Euronews.com
  2. Denmark Says It Will Defend ‘Every Inch’ of NATO as Trump Eyes Greenland Again  The New York Times
  3. Why Trump wants Greenland  PBS
  4. Greenlanders reject Trump's renewed push for control of island  France 24
  5. Get the Facts: What makes Greenland so valuable — and why President Trump is interested  WBAL-TV
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‘Like a father to us’: pride and protest as thousands flock to see Narendra Modi in Melbourne

Indian prime minister wows crowd of 25,000 at Marvel Stadium as he praises role of diaspora in the India-Australia success story

The throb of the drum beats intensified as the crowd of 25,000 Indian Australians prepared to welcome India’s prime minister back to Melbourne after more than a decade.

As Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese stepped on to the red carpet at Marvel Stadium on Thursday night, twinkling phone lights illuminated the feverish audience as they chanted “Modi, Modi, Modi.”

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Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls amid questions about claimed Telstra-outage death in SA

South Australian police say they’re unaware of death despite claim by Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle

Angus Taylor says his shadow communications minister Sarah Henderson was “doing her job” when she “tested” the triple-zero system by making unnecessary calls to it during Telstra’s nationwide outage.

The opposition leader has also dismissed concerns about Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle’s claim that an elderly person died as a result of the outage, after South Australian police said they were unaware of any such death.

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Trump Is Remaking Latin America – Foreign Affairs

  1. Trump Is Remaking Latin America  Foreign Affairs
  2. Pentagon seeks to rally Latin America behind new Monroe Doctrine  Reuters
  3. Pentagon Urges Latin American Countries to Raise Defense Budget  Bloomberg
  4. Remarks by Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby at the Conference of Defense M  U.S. Department of War (.gov)
  5. Trump’s Monroe Doctrine is Back. So is Resistance to It.  Inkstick Media
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