Just say no to Trump — the drug, that is – Salon.com

  1. Just say no to Trump — the drug, that is  Salon.com
  2. A Dutch institute issues a ‘Red Alert’ over potentially lethal Trump-shaped ecstasy pills  AP News
  3. Drug institute warns that Trump-shaped ecstasy pills contain potentially fatal ingredient  Fox News
  4. Dutch health institute issues 'red alert' over Trump-shaped ecstasy pills  BBC
  5. Trump-shaped ecstasy pills can be fatal, Dutch drug institute warns  politico.eu
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Fedorov offers drone technology to US in exchange for Patriots, seeks funding for defense tech fund – kyivindependent.com

  1. Fedorov offers drone technology to US in exchange for Patriots, seeks funding for defense tech fund  kyivindependent.com
  2. Ukrainian Drone Mastermind, Fired by Kyiv, Will Advise Italy’s Defense Chief  The New York Times
  3. Ukraine’s ex-defence minister touts ‘new history’ in war against Russia with planned tech fund  Financial Times
  4. Ukraine's former defence chief seeks US investment for defence tech fund, FT reports  Reuters
  5. Ousted Ukrainian defense chief Fedorov takes advisory role with Italy  politico.eu
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Trump ‘border czar’ denies Milo Yiannopoulos was deported quickly to spare him from ICE detention

Tom Homan denies British far-right commentator, who was deported one day after arrest, got preferential treatment

The White House “border czar,” Tom Homan, denied on Sunday that deporting British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos just a day after being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amounted to preferential treatment.

Homan said it was his understanding that Yiannopoulos, 41, had overstayed what he believed to be a visitor visa, had not appeared at an immigration hearing and was issued a final order of removal on 22 July.

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Putin could be in danger of losing his grip on Russia, spymaster says — as Moscow tests NATO countries – New York Post

  1. Putin could be in danger of losing his grip on Russia, spymaster says — as Moscow tests NATO countries  New York Post
  2. Estonia’s spy chief: ‘Russia is in a very bad place – revolution could come overnight’  The Telegraph
  3. Putin’s ‘walls are closing in’ as inner cicle turns on Russia leader over Ukraine war  Daily Express
  4. Vladimir Putin on the brink as Russian revolution could happen ‘overnight’  Daily Express
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Turkish, Somali forces free pirate-seized vessel in Somalia – DW.com

  1. Turkish, Somali forces free pirate-seized vessel in Somalia  DW.com
  2. Somali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwards  BBC
  3. Turkiye, Somalia forces free cargo vessel hijacked by pirates  Al Jazeera
  4. Puntland Says It Will Probe a Rise in Somali Piracy Activity  Bloomberg.com
  5. Pirates off Somalia attack at least 13 vessels since start of year  UA.NEWS
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Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates

Meanwhile, Trump posts video of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with Lake America sign

Donald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the US government’s administrative renaming of Lake Ontario, with the Ontario premier erecting a giant sign saying “Lake Ontario. Now and Always” – and the American president posting a video of him tearing down an avatar of that sign, erecting a replacement saying Lake America, and dancing to YMCA.

Rhetoric over the naming of Lake Ontario is the public face of an escalating trade dispute between the US and its northern neighbor involving a 50% US tariff on Canadian steel and retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa.

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Nepal-Tibet deaths from flash flooding rise amid race to free workers in tunnel

Total of 804 confirmed dead and more than 3,000 missing amid threat of fresh inundation

Rescuers in Nepal and Tibet have battled through leg-sucking mud amid the threat of fresh flooding to search for thousands of people still missing after a deadly wall of water swept through the Himalayan border zone, engulfing entire villages.

The latest updates on Sunday put the number of missing at 3,048, including hundreds of foreigners. There was a total of 804 confirmed deaths across Nepal and Tibet, and reports of some bodies swept downstream possibly as far as India.

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Ukraine’s ex-defence minister touts ‘new history’ in war against Russia with planned tech fund – Financial Times

  1. Ukraine’s ex-defence minister touts ‘new history’ in war against Russia with planned tech fund  Financial Times
  2. Ukraine's former defence chief seeks US investment for defence tech fund, FT reports  Reuters
  3. Ousted Ukrainian defense chief Fedorov takes advisory role with Italy  politico.eu
  4. Fedorov offers drone technology to US in exchange for Patriots, seeks funding for defense tech fund  The Kyiv Independent
  5. Ex-defence minister Fedorov’s team reveals more about his role as adviser to Italian minister: he will stay i  Українська правда
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IDF soldiers who refused to board APC with female medic face court-martial – The Jerusalem Post

  1. IDF soldiers who refused to board APC with female medic face court-martial  The Jerusalem Post
  2. 16 Givati soldiers sent to prison for refusing to enter APC with female paramedic  The Times of Israel
  3. Tensions rise in Givati unit after religious soldiers refuse mission involving female medic  Yahoo
  4. Givati soldiers who refused mission over female paramedic sent to military prison  Ynetnews
  5. 'It wasn’t an operational mission; it was just for the sake of confrontation'  Israel National News
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‘GB News wouldn’t touch him’: Milo Yiannopoulos will struggle to fit in with UK right wing

‘Alt-right’ agitator and former Trump backer deported from US is said also to be too extreme for Reform

As he arrives back in the UK after being deported from the US by the Trump administration, the far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos may be wondering what lies ahead for him in his native country.

The “alt-right” agitator, 41, made his name in the US by promoting Donald Trump and associating with his allies before the 2016 election.

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