Poland Will Eventually Seek Its Own Nuclear Weapons, Tusk Says – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Poland Will Eventually Seek Its Own Nuclear Weapons, Tusk Says  Bloomberg.com
  2. France to boost nuclear arsenal and extend deterrence to European allies  BBC
  3. Macron says France will allow temporary deployment of nuclear-armed jets to European allies  AP News
  4. What France’s new nuclear-arms doctrine means for Europe  The Economist
  5. Macron Expands French Nuclear Arsenal and Vows Protection for Neighbors - The New York Times  The New York Times
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South Sudan risks return to full-blown civil war as violence escalates

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At least 169 killed in raid near Sudan border as clashes between government and opposition forces intensify

South Sudan is reeling from an escalating conflict between the government-aligned army and opposition forces and allied groups that observers say risks returning the country to a full-blown civil war.

Violent confrontations in the world’s youngest country between the military, which is loyal to President Salva Kiir, and insurgents believed to be allied to the suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, have increased in recent weeks.

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What China’s response to the US attack on Iran says about its foreign policy – AP News

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  1. What China’s response to the US attack on Iran says about its foreign policy  AP News
  2. Attack on Iran could buoy Trump in talks with China's Xi  Reuters
  3. China’s ice-cold calculus over Iran  The Economist
  4. 5 charts show China’s oil dilemma after US strikes on Iran  Politico
  5. Trump’s show of force in the Middle East creates a weakness China can exploit  The Guardian
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Greece deploys warships, jets to Cyprus after drone strikes on UK air base Akrotiri – Defense News

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  1. Greece deploys warships, jets to Cyprus after drone strikes on UK air base Akrotiri  Defense News
  2. European allies rush to bolster Cyprus defences after drones target British base  BBC
  3. After a Drone Strikes RAF Base in Cyprus, UK Risks Being Dragged Further Into Iran Conflict - The New York Times  The New York Times
  4. Greece, France and Germany send forces to Cyprus after drone strikes  Euronews.com
  5. UK considering sending warship to Cyprus; government to charter flight from Oman ‘in the coming days’– as it happened  The Guardian
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Qatar carries out retaliation strikes in Iran, sources say – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Qatar carries out retaliation strikes in Iran, sources say  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Qatar downs two Iranian fighter jets as conflict widens  Al Jazeera
  3. Iranian missile hits US base at Al-Udeid, no casualties — Qatari Defense Ministry  The Times of Israel
  4. Iranian Missile Strikes Biggest U.S. Air Base in the Middle East, Qatar Says  WSJ
  5. Qatar Emiri Navy Intercepts Iranian Missiles and Drones  navalnews.com
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Iran’s Strategy: Expand the War, Increase the Cost, Outlast Trump – The New York Times – The New York Times

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  1. Iran’s Strategy: Expand the War, Increase the Cost, Outlast Trump - The New York Times  The New York Times
  2. Israel believes Iran war could last months, testing U.S. resolve  Los Angeles Times
  3. Iran’s ferocious retaliation for US-Israeli strikes has rattled its neighbors  CNN
  4. What is Iran’s military strategy? How has it changed since June 2025 war?  Al Jazeera
  5. Iran executes Khamenei’s plan to spread regional war  Financial Times
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Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs

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Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild

Scientists have rescued the lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater – one of Australia’s rarest birds.

Regent honeyeaters were once seen in vast flocks across south-eastern Australia, with a distribution that ranged from Queensland to Kangaroo Island in South Australia.

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Officer ‘didn’t have time’ to turn on body-worn camera before shooting Sydney man having psychotic episode, inquest hears

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Steve Pampalian fatally shot in 2023 after moving towards police while holding kitchen knives, coronial inquest told

A police officer has told a coronial inquest he didn’t have enough time to turn on his body-worn camera before he fatally shot a Sydney man who ran at him with two kitchen knives, amid conflicting statements on what unfolded in the critical moments before the man was killed.

Steve Pampalian, 41, was shot three times by a police officer in the driveway of his home on a quiet suburban street in Sydney’s North Willoughby on 25 May 2023 after he had a psychotic episode.

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Pakistan says its forces killed 67 Afghan troops in cross-border clashes. Kabul rejects the claim – AP News

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  1. Pakistan says its forces killed 67 Afghan troops in cross-border clashes. Kabul rejects the claim  AP News
  2. Pakistan Strikes Bagram Air Base, Satellite Images Show - The New York Times  The New York Times
  3. Pakistani and Afghan troops clash, UN says 42 Afghan civilians killed  Reuters
  4. Afghanistan fires at Pakistani jets over Kabul as conflict intensifies  NBC News
  5. Why Did Pakistan Announce “Open War” Against the Taliban?  CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Benedetto Santapaola, notorious Italian mafia boss, dies in prison aged 87

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Cosa Nostra leader, who controlled most of eastern Sicily, dies while serving multiple life sentences for murder

Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola, a Sicilian mafia boss and one of the most dangerous figures in Italian criminal history, has died aged 87.

Santapaola, who was widely believed to have been the architect of a campaign of bloodshed that scarred Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, died on Monday in a Milan prison where he was serving multiple life sentences. An autopsy has been ordered.

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