Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Approximately 2,500 refugees from Democratic Republic of the Congo have fled over the border to Uganda in the past four days due to intensifying violence between the M23 rebel group and the military in the east of the country.
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Niger: Al Qaeda-affiliated militant Islamist group Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) has released a video in which it claims to have taken two Russian citizens working for a Russian company hostage in the southwestern area of Mbanga, 40 miles west of capital Niamey
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Nigeria: President Bola Tinubu has called for an end to the nationwide protests against the cost of living which have been ongoing since Thursday last week. Amnesty International say at least 13 people died on the first day of the protests in northeastern Borno state following clashes with security forces.
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Somalia: At least 37 civilians have died and 212 injured as a result of Friday’s bomb attack on a beachfront restaurant in Mogadishu. The government has blamed the incident - the Horn of Africa’s most deadly since 2022 - the militant Islamist group al Shabaab.
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Venezuela: Thousands of people marched across the country on Saturday in opposition to President Nicolas Maduro, who they believe stole last Sunday’s presidential election. Meanwhile, Maduro announced that around 2,000 protesters had been detained by security forces so far.
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Asia/Oceania

Australia: The United States is considering putting a military installation on the Cocos Islands, a group of remote Australian islands lying close to a chokepoint in the Indian Ocean which is transited by vessels carrying Chinese oil shipments. The Philippines, Timor Leste, and Papua New Guinea are also being considered for military construction projects aimed at countering China under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
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Bangladesh: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled to India after more people were killed in protests that have led to some of the worst violence seen by the country since its inception almost 50 years ago. The head of the country’s army, Waker-Uz-Zaman, announced the resignation in a televised address in which he also confirmed an interim government would be formed.
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Myanmar: The military government says it has lost communication with senior officers at a major military base near the country’s Chinese border, indicating it has been overrun by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance rebel group in a rare admission of military defeat.
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North Korea: Leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen the delivery of 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to his frontline troops according to state media outlet KNCA. South Korea warned the launchers could be used to attack or threaten them in the future in a statement by its Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Vietnam: South China Sea research body the South China Sea Chronicle Initiative reported that an unmanned Chinese military aircraft flew close to the Vietnamese coast last week. The report marks the first time such activity by Beijing was detectable using publicly-available data
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Europe

Austria: The far-right Austrian Freedom Party, which is tipped to win Austria’s next general election, has forged an alliance with Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a move that could further threaten the EU’s already fragile consensus over the Ukraine war should they come to power.
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EU: Social media platform TikTok has removed its “TikTok Lite” rewards - which allow users to earn points for engaging with the platform - in order to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act. The legislation was brought in in part due to concerns over the mental health impact of such platforms on users.
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UK: Malaysia has become the first country to issue a travel warning for citizens considering travelling to the UK following a series of far-right riots across the country which have seen widespread violence across the country. Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer is to hold an emergency meeting with police chiefs today about the riots, which have seen at least 420 people arrested so far.
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Ukraine: Ukraine’s air force is finally deploying F-16 fighter jets against Russia according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. It is unclear how many F-16’s Ukraine has been given by its allies, but Zelensky said it has neither enough pilots to fly the ones it already has, nor enough of the jets themselves.
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Middle East

Iran: Iran’s foreign ministry says it does not want to escalate tensions in the region but must punish Israel for assassinating Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week to prevent further instability, adding that such action is “inevitable”. It also called on the United States to stop supporting Israel.
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Iran: Russian Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Tehran for talks with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian according to Russian state news. He will also meet with Iran’s national security chief and the head of its general staff.
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Lebanon: Lebanon has taken delivery of emergency medical supplies aimed at equipping its hospitals to deal with casualties of conflict while foreigners are leaving the country in droves over fears of a potential full-blown war after Israel assassinated a commander of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Beirut last week.
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Libya: The Libyan Investment Authority - which was set up by former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2006 to manage the country’s wealth - expects to receive permission from the United Nations to regain control of its $70bn worth of assets by the end of this year. The assets have been frozen since the 2011 revolution which saw Gaddafi removed from power.
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Nigeria: Nigerian police are considering whether to seek the help of the military after protests against the cost of living and governance issues turned violent in some cities.
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Sudan: A report by the Famine Review Committee states the civil war in Sudan and restrictions on deliveries of humanitarian aid have caused famine in at least one part of North Darfur, and have likely caused famine conditions in other parts of the conflict-afflicted region.
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Tunisia: Opposition figures, presidential candidates, and parties, as well as human rights groups have accused the government of employing “arbitrary restrictions” and intimidation to ensure President Kais Saied is re-elected in the country’s upcoming 6 October presidential elections.
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Canada/US: Canada and the United States have concluded negotiations over a deal which will see Canada allowed to use the United States’ space launch technology, expertise, and data to assist in its space launches.
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Canada: Canadian labour union Unifor has urged the government to impose tariffs on all Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), EV batteries, and other related components in line with similar measures already implemented by the United States and the European Union.
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Venezuela: The United States has officially recognised opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of Venezuela’s disputed 28 July presidential election, rejecting incumbent Nicolas Maduro’s claim to victory.
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Venezuela: Foreign Minister Yvan Gil says the United States is “at the forefront of a coup attempt” against his country after it officially recognised opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner in the disputed 28 July presidential election.
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Venezuela: Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico have urged Venezuelan authorities to release detailed voting tallies from the country’s 28 July presidential election. In a joint statement, they said the results should be verified impartially, and all political actors should avoid an escalation of violence.
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Asia/Oceania

China: China’s defence ministry says it has filed complaints with Canada through military and diplomatic channels after a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, and warned it to abide by the One-China Principle.
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Philippines/Japan: The Filipino and Japanese militaries began their first joint exercises in the South China Sea today according to the Philippine armed forces in a move evidential of deepening ties between the countries which are attempting to push back against Chinese aggression in the region.
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South Korea: Germany joined the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea today, and in doing so has joined a group of 18 nations who help it defend its northern border in addition to committing to defend it against North Korea should a war break out.
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Vietnam: The United States will continue to classify Vietnam as one of 12 non-market economies - alongside nations such as China, Russia, and North Korea - according to its Commerce Department. The decision is likely to hinder US efforts to build relations with Hanoi and discourage it from moving closer to China.
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Europe

Spain: Members of Catalonia’s separatist ERC party are voting today on a regional government deal with Spain’s ruling Socialist party which could mend Madrid’s strained relations with the region. If the deal is approved, it would see the region allowed to collect its own taxes.
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Russia: A deal negotiated by the United States’ White House in secret for over a year has led to a prisoner swap with Russia which has seen 16 Westerners being held in Russia - including US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan - released in exchange for eight Russians - including Vadim Krasikov, who murdered an exiled Russian dissident in Berlin - being held by the West.
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Turkey: Turkey has blocked access to social media platform Instagram, accusing it of failing to comply with the country’s “laws and rules”. The ban comes after a senior Turkish official claimed the platform was blocking posts mourning the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh following his assassination earlier this week.
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UK: The UK’s National Crime Agency has closed an online “crime-as-a-service” platform known as “Russian Coms” (which despite the name has no known link to Russia). It was responsible for scamming hundreds of thousands of people world wide, having been used to make 1.3 million fraudulent phone calls between 2021 and 2024.
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UK: Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has warned social media firms that they must uphold laws preventing the incitement of violence after online misinformation related to a mass stabbing in the town of Southport led to multiple incidents of violent civil disorder across the country.
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Middle East

Gaza: Australia’s government says Israeli air strikes which killed seven international aid workers - including Australian team leader Zomi Frankcom - in Gaza in April were the result of serious operation failures but not deliberate after conducting a review of the incident.
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Israel: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah resumed rocket and artillery attacks against Israel today, ending a minor cessation of activity following Israel’s assassination on Tuesday of one of its military commanders, Fuad Shukr, in Beirut.
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Qatar: The Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran, Iran, has been buried in Qatar today. His likely successor told mourners that his death would only make the militant group stronger in its fight against Israel, who he accused of carrying out the assassination.
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Africa

Ethiopia: The World Bank has approved $1.5bn in financing for Ethiopia in its first ever budget support for the country as the east African nation attempts to move forward with a long-running effort to restructure its debt.
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Ghana: A high court in Ghana has ruled that civil society groups are prohibited from holding protests over corruption and living conditions in the capital of Accra. The presiding judge sided with police, who said they did not have the resources to provide security at the protests, which were planned from 31 July to 6 August.
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Sudan: A UAV strike targeted Gibeit military base in the east of Sudan while the head of the country’s military, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, was visiting. Five people were killed in the attack, but al-Burhan was not injured.
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Sudan: Sudan’s government has conditionally accepted an invitation to attend US-sponsored peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, raising hopes of ending the country’s 15-month long civil war.
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Americas

Costa Rica: Foreign Minister Arnoldo Andre said his country was willing to give political asylum to Venezuelan opposition figures Marina Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, as well as “all other politically persecuted people in Venezuela”.
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Panama: Panama has suspended diplomatic relations with Venezuela and its civil aviation authority has been ordered to impose retaliatory measures against it following an incident in which a plane leaving Panama with regional former presidents on board en route to observe Sunday’s presidential election was blocked.
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US: President Joe Biden is to call for more severe penalties for narcotics smugglers and greater controls on pill presses and importers in an effort to stem the US’s ongoing opioid crisis.
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Venezuela: Protestors took to the streets across Venezuela yesterday to demand President Nicolas Maduro admit he lost Sunday’s presidential election to challenger Edmundo Gonzalez, while the US-based Carter Center, which observed the vote, said the election could not be considered democratic.
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Venezuela: The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrel, announced the bloc would not recognise the result of Venezuela’s recent presidential election until all the votes have been counted and records provided, amid widespread concerns over the legitimacy of the poll.
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Asia/Oceania

Bangladesh: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government is to ban the country’s main Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and its student wing, over accusations they were responsible for inciting the fatal violence seen during recent protests in capital Dhaka.
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China: President Xi Jinping has demanded stronger border, air, and sea defences to protect his country’s territorial sovereignty and maritime interests according to state news agency Xinhua.
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Myanmar: Myanmar’s military government has extended the country’s state of emergency for another six months according to state media. The junta is currently fighting on multiple fronts against rebel militia groups across the country and is presiding over an economy in crisis.
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Taiwan: British semiconductor-chip parts maker IQE is planning an initial public offering for its Taiwanese business on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The company specialises in “epi-wafters” which are used in facial recognition sensors in Apple’s iPhones.
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South China Sea: China’s foreign ministry said the US was not a party to issues in the South China Sea and warned the Philippines that encouraging other countries to provoke confrontation in the region would undermine its stability.
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Europe

Belarus: President Aleksander Lukashenko has pardoned Rico Krieger, a German citizen sentenced to death in Belarus on charges including terrorism.
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Netherlands: Shares in semiconductor-chip manufacturing equipment maker ASML rose after a report indicated it may be spared from the latest round of US restrictions on exports to China.
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Russia: A lawyer for Paul Whelan, the former US marine being held in custody in Russia on disputed espionage charges, says she is currently unable to confirm his whereabouts.
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Spain: Hundreds of firefighters are attempting to contain two wildfires which have burned thousands of hectares of land across eastern Spain since yesterday. Spain is currently experiencing the peak of a heatwave, leading the interior ministry to warn of very high and extreme risk of further wildfires across the country.
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Ukraine: Ukraine’s armed forces say they repelled one of the largest long-range UAV attacks launched by Russia since the start of the war last night, shooting down all 89 UAVs launched at capital Kyiv and other areas of the country.
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Middle East

Iraq: Iraqi military spokesman Yahya Rasool said the US committed a “heinous crime” and violeted the international coalition’s mission and mandate by targeting security sites in air strikes yesterday. The US said the strike was necessary and conducted in self-defence.
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Iran: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah was assassinated early this morning by a rocket strike in Iranian capital Tehran, hours after he attended the swearing-in ceremony for Iran’s new president. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said he will make Israel “regret” the incident.
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Lebanon: Israel says it has assassinated a high-level Hezbollah commander in retaliation for a rocket strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Hights on Saturday which killed 12 people. Fuad Shukr was killed in an “intelligence-based elimination” which culminated in an air strike according to the IDF.
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US: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was not involved in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah, and reiterated the importance of achieving a ceasefire in Gaza during an interview with Channel News Asia while on a visit to Singapore.
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Africa

Mali: An al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 50 Russian Wagner mercenaries and 10 Malian soldiers in an ambush in Mali's northern Kidal region near the border with Algeria on Saturday, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
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Morocco: France recognises a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty as the only way of resolving a long-running dispute over the territory according to a letter sent by President Emmanuel Macron today.
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South Africa: South Africa's trade minister said on Tuesday he is confident his country will maintain preferential trade status with the U.S. despite concerns in Washington over its foreign policy including a strong pro-Palestinian stance.
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Sudan: Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who sought refuge in the region from a 15-month-old war.
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Mexico: Mexican authorities have opened an investigation into events that led to last week's arrest of Sinaloa Cartel chief Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. His lawyer claims he was kidnapped and forcibly brought to the US against his will prior to his arrest.
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Peru: Peru's government has ordered Venezuelan diplomats in the Andean nation to leave within 72 hours, after Venezuela's electoral authority controversially declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday's election.
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Venezuela: Opponents and supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro plan to rally today as protests and clashes spread after a weekend election was awarded to the long-ruling socialist despite opposition claims of a landslide victory by challenger Edmundo Gonzalez.
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Venezuela: The Organization of American States' (OAS) election observation department said on Tuesday it cannot recognise the results proclaimed by Venezuela's national electoral council which declared President Nicolas Maduro as the winner of Sunday's poll.
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Asia/Oceania

North Korea/Russia: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that a security pact signed by Russia and North Korea was destabilising the region, adding that North Korea was giving weapons to Russia in "flagrant violation" of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
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Philippines: The United States has pledged $500 million in funding for the Philippines' military and coast guard in a significant demonstration of support for Manila as it faces Chinese aggression in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
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Taiwan: Taiwan reached an agreement with China on Tuesday over the deaths of two Chinese fishermen in a maritime incident following months of negotiations, a move that could tone down tensions in the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
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Taiwan: President Lai Ching-te warned China's threat to any individual country is a threat to the world, adding that the island would continue to work hard to promote defensive self-reliance and foreign arms purchases.
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Vietnam: The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son the EU wants to guarantee peace in the South China Sea and could help boost his country’s maritime security and cybersecurity capabilities.
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Europe

Belarus: President Alexander Lukashenko is considering whether to pardon Rico Krieger, a German citizen recently sentenced to death on terrorism and other charges, according to state media outlet BelTA.
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Germany: Germany's top court has rejected a change to the electoral system that would have disadvantaged smaller parties in parliamentary elections, although it upheld a reform that will reduce the size of the country’s parliament.
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UK: British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous terror plots around the world, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for directing the outlawed terrorist organisation al-Muhajiroun.
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Ukraine: Russia's defence ministry claimed its forces had taken control of the settlement of Pivdenne in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, as the Russian military’s slow but consistent advances through the industrial Donbas area continue.
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Ukraine: The Ukrainian government has invited Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit Ukraine and Beijing indicated it was "interested" in the proposal according a spokesman for Kyiv's foreign ministry.
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Ukraine: Ukraine guarantees oil transit for companies that are not subject to sanctions and is ready to resolve transit issues with Slovakia in line with a European Union association agreement according to Deputy Energy Minister Roman Andarak.
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Middle East

Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians returned to their homes in the ruins of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis today, after Israeli forces ended a week-long incursion there which they said aimed to prevent Islamist armed group Hamas from regrouping.
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Iraq: Turkish forces targeted Kurdish militants in northern Iraq with air strikes, killing 13 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), according to the country’s defence ministry.
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Lebanon: The United States is leading a diplomatic effort to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or any major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights by Lebanese militia group Hezbollah.
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United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates cancelled meetings planned for this month between U.S. Congressional staffers and technology group G42 after U.S. lawmakers raised concerns the Emirati firm could transfer powerful U.S. AI technology to China.
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Mali: Russia's Wagner mercenary group has reported its fighters and Malian soldiers took losses in heavy fighting against Tuareg rebels near Mali's border with Algeria.
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South Africa: Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been expelled from his long-time party, the African National Congress, according to the ANC's secretary general.
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South Africa: More equipment is being mobilised to contain an oil spill from the ship "Ultra Galaxy" which ran aground on South Africa's west coast and started to break up in stormy weather.
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Sudan: Rights group Human Rights Watch has reported the warring parties in Sudan’s civil war have committed widespread sexual violence against women and girls aged between nine and 60, and prevented survivors from accessing healthcare in the capital.
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Uganda: A Ugandan court has charged 36 opposition supporters with terrorism-related offences after they were deported from neighbouring Kenya where they had travelled to attend a training course.
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Caribbean: Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on Sunday took over as the new rotating chairman of CARICOM, the regional bloc of the Caribbean, pledging to work for climate justice, reduce gun violence and advance digital technology.
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Curacao: The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao has become the newest associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a bloc promoting economic integration and cooperation across a region of largely small island developing states.
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Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro and opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez have both claimed victory in yesterday’s presidential election, with Gonzalez claiming to have won 70% of the vote despite the official declaration stating Maduro received 51%.
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Venezuela: The United States has serious concerns that results announced by Venezuela's electoral authority declaring President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term, do not reflect the votes of the people according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Venezuela: Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Nicolas Maduro on winning the disputed Venezuelan election, and the Kremlin said it was deepening cooperation in all areas - including sensitive ones - with Caracas.
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Asia/Oceania

Bangladesh: Bangladesh authorities say they have restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called off protests against reforms to job quotas that killed nearly 150 people this month.
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China: China’s foreign ministry warned joint statements between the United States and Japan "falsely accuse" China on maritime issues and point fingers at its normal military development and defence policy.
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China: Shares of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle fell 7% in Monday morning trading after individual creditors of two of its units filed for bankruptcy.
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Japan: The United States has announced plans for a major revamp of its military command in Japan in order to deepen coordination with its ally's forces, as the two countries labelled China the "greatest strategic challenge" facing the region.
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North Korea: It is likely North Korea received assistance from Russia for its failed attempt to launch a reconnaissance satellite in May according to South Korean lawmakers, citing the country’s National Intelligence Service.
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Philippines: An oil spill from a marine tanker that capsized off the coast of Manila Bay in the Philippines has reached the shores of a nearby fishing village, threatening the health and livelihood of fishermen. Efforts to contain and mop up the spill are underway.
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South China Sea: Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States said on Monday they were seriously concerned about intimidating and dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea and pledged to bolster maritime security in the region.
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Europe

France: Vandals have targeted French telecoms networks overnight, increasing pressure on French security services trying to secure the Olympic Games after authorities accused left-wing groups of being responsible for the recent attacks on rail lines ahead of the opening ceremony in Paris.
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Germany: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that Russia would station long-range missiles within striking distance of the West if Washington goes ahead with plans to deploy its own long-range missiles in Germany.
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Greece: Greece has banned moving sheep and goats from their farms to try to contain a viral infection known as "goat plague" after new cases were detected over the weekend according to the country’s agriculture ministry.
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Italy: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that the euro zone's third-biggest economy plays an important role in China's relations with the EU as she seeks to improve her country's economic ties with Beijing.
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Turkey: Special representatives from Turkey and Armenia are holding a new round of talks aimed at normalising ties between the neighbours, according to a Turkish diplomatic source, resuming efforts to end years of animosity after a two-year pause in negotiations.
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Ukraine: Russian forces are focusing their heaviest assaults near Ukraine's strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk according to Kyiv, as Moscow aims to capture a key Ukrainian supply route more than 29 months since its full-scale invasion.
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Middle East

Cyprus: Cyprus is on standby to assist in the evacuation of civilians from the Middle East if a standoff between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon escalates, according to foreign minister Constantinos Kombos.
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Gaza: President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey might enter Israel to help Palestinians - as it has done in the past in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh - though he did not spell out what sort of intervention he was suggesting.
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Israel: Israel wants to retaliate against Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war according to Israeli officials, as Lebanon braces for retaliation after a rocket strike that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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Lebanon: Flights to and from Beirut airport have been cancelled or delayed due to rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah following a strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights which killed 12 children and teenagers.
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Africa: Research by development agency FSD Africa and advisory firm Shortlist predicts that a greener economy could bring 3.3 million jobs to the continent by 2030. Their joint report, Forecasting Green Jobs in Africa, predicts that 60% of the roles, mainly in the renewable energy sector, would be skilled or white collar positions.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: The EU has imposed sanctions on nine people and one entity over accusations of human rights abuses and sustaining conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two leaders of the M23 rebel group and two from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda are included on the list, while the entity sanctioned was the political movement Alliance Fleuve Congo.
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Sudan: UN data shows at least 755,000 Sudanese citizens are experiencing catastrophic hunger. The Sudanese military is reportedly blocking aid from entering territory held by its rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF), while any aid that does get through is often stolen by RSF soldiers.
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Sudan: A report by rights group Amnesty International states that the civil war in Sudan is being fuelled by a constant flow of foreign-made weapons into the country. The group found that recently manufactured or recently transferred weapons and ammunition from China, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, the UAE, and Yemen are being imported into the country in large quantities.
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Bolivia: The Bolivian region of Santa Cruz has declared a state of emergency until the end of the year due to extreme weather conditions that have led to wildfires in the east of the country. The wildfires are preventing fuel supplies reaching certain areas due to their impact on the rail service, exacerbating diesel shortages which began earlier this week making it harder for firefighters to reach certain areas.
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Brazil: Members of the G20 group of nations have agreed to cooperate to ensure billionaires are effectively taxed in a declaration published today, after Brazil President Luiz Lula da Silva proposed levying a 2% wealth tax on fortunes over $1bn. The tax would affect 3,000 people globally and could raise an estimated $250bn annually.
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Venezuela: Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has said he trusts the country’s military to respect the result of Sunday’s upcoming presidential election as he and incumbent Nicolas Maduro held their final campaign rallies.
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Venezuela: Venezuelan’s living in other countries in South America and Europe report struggling to register to vote in Sunday’s upcoming presidential election. While almost half the 8 million Venezuelans who have emigrated are eligible to vote, only 68,000 are currently registered to do so.
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Asia/Oceania

Bangladesh: Bangladesh authorities say they forgot to remove UN livery from armoured vehicles before their army used them to contain violent protests which spread across the country last week, killing 150 people. The UN says it has sought a response from authorities after vehicles with UN branding were videoed operating in the capital Dhaka last week.
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China: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed concern over his country’s relations with Japan, saying they are at a “critical stage of retreat if they do not advance”. One significant point of contention is Japan’s alignment with the US on semiconductor export restrictions, which has angered Beijing.
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North Korea: South Korea’s central bank estimates the North’s economy grew by 3.1% in real terms in 2023 after shrinking for three years in a row. The rise has been put down to a relaxation of border controls with China following the subsidence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Philippines: The US Defense Department has admitted it spread propaganda in the Philippines aimed at denigrating China’s Sinovac vaccine during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Pentagon said the propaganda questioned the safety of the vaccine, and conceded it had made some “missteps” in its messaging.
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Europe

Belarus: President Aleksandr Lukashenko has promised to expand his country’s cooperation with Pyongyang in a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. His statement came in response to a North Korean message of congratulations on the National Day of Belarus.
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France: The French rail service has suffered a series of coordinated sabotage attacks across its high-speed network, hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which have left thousands of passengers delayed.
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Hungary: Hungary has accused Ukraine of blackmail after it placed Russian group Lukoil on a sanctions list, preventing it from delivering oil to both Hungary and neighbour Slovenia. Hungary has asked the European Commission to order Ukraine to allow deliveries to resume.
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Poland: The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, Michael O’Flahrety, has voiced his concern over Poland’s response to the migration crisis on its border with Belarus. O’Flahrety warned that Poland’s policy of sending migrants back across the border to Belarus may violate international law.
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UK: Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged China to prohibit its businesses from supporting Russia’s armed forces in their illegal invasion of Ukraine during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. The two were speaking on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers event in Laos.
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Gaza: Israel is demanding changes to a plan which would see a truce declared and hostages released, complicating negotiations over a deal which aims to end nine months of combat in the strip.
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Iran: Tanker tracking firms report embargoed Iranian crude has found a new market in the northeast Chinese port and refining city of Dalian, which has been importing the oil since late last year. Dalian’s purchases have helped sustain China’s purchases of Iranian oil at near record levels.
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Israel: The UK has dropped its opposition to the issuing of an international arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move increases the likelihood the International Criminal Court will approve chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s request for one to be issued against him.
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Syria: Italy has appointed an ambassador to Syria in an attempt to “turn a spotlight” on the rights abuses in the country according to Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. Stefano Ravagnan is due to take up his new post shortly.
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Africa: Africa is set to overtake Asia as the continent with the highest number of people experiencing hunger by 2030 according to the United Nations. The continent already has the highest proportion of people without access to sufficient nutritious food (20.3%), but Asia (384.5 million) currently has more people facing hunger than Africa (298.4 million).
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Ethiopia: The death toll from landslides that struck south-western Ethiopia across Sunday and Monday has reached 257 and has the potential to rise to 500 according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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Kenya: President William Ruto has nominated Douglas Kanja for the position of inspector general of police. Kanja has been acting in the position since midway through July, when the previous holder, Japhet Koome, resigned over his officers’ performance after 39 people died in protests the previous month.
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Sudan: The recovery of Emirati passports from battlefields in Sudan’s civil war indicate the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is covertly supplying troops to support one of the belligerents in the conflict, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The UAE has previously denied all accusations of providing support to the RSF.
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Barbados: A new “debt-for-climate” swap, which will see Barbados issue the equivalent of $295m in sustainability-linked debt, appears to be close to finalisation. Debt-for-climate swaps allow countries at increased risk of climate change-related issues generate savings via cheaper debt for specific climate-related purposes such as water treatment and pollution reduction.
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Canada: Firefighters are attempting to save the Trans Mountain Pipeline from a wildfire which has reached the town of Jasper, Alberta. The pipeline carries around 890,000 barrels of oil per day from Edmonton to Vancouver and runs through a national park in the Canadian Rockies.
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Cuba: More ships from Russia’s navy are set to dock in Havana from Saturday, including the training ship Smolny, frigate Neustrashimy, and oil tanker Yelna. The impending visit will take place weeks after a previous Russian flotilla raised concerns over the Kremlin’s intentions in the Western Hemisphere by docking there.
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US: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators burned US flags and raised Palestinian flags outside Union Station in Washington DC in opposition to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress yesterday.
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US: US and Canadian fighter jets intercepted four Russian and Chinese bombers flying in international airspace off the coast of Alaska yesterday, marking the first time Chinese aircraft had been detected in the area. The flight was evidence of growing military ties between Russia and China.
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Venezuela: Brazil’s electoral court and former Argentina President Alberto Ferndandez have both withdrawn from acting as observers in Venezuela’s 28 June presidential election - which will see incumbent Nicolas Maduro challenged by opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez - raising concerns over the fairness of the upcoming vote.
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Asia/Oceania

Asia-Pacific: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for an urgent response to what it describes as an “alarming” rise in avian influenza (bird flu) cases in humans and animals across the Asia-Pacific region. The H5N1 virus is infecting new species and spreading wider than ever before, reaching as far as South America and Antarctica.
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China: China has unexpectedly cut a key policy rate by the largest amount since the Covid-19 pandemic and doubled subsidies for electric vehicles bought to replace older cars in a move seen as an attempt to boost its slowing economy.
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Indonesia: Indonesia has launched a “Golden Visa” scheme which will allow investors and professionals with desirable skills to stay in the country for five or 10 years. Individuals can receive a five-year golden visa by investing $2.5m in the country or a ten-year one by investing $5m, while travellers can buy a five or ten-year visa by making a $350,000 or $700,000 deposit in a state-owned bank respectively.
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Myanmar: Rebel group the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and other resistance groups claim to have taken control of the junta’s North Eastern Command headquarters in the northern Shan State capital of Lashio. If confirmed, it would mark the first regional command HQ to be seized by rebel forces since the regime came to power in 2021.
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Pakistan: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has arrived in Beijing, China, to seek an 8-year extension on the repayment period for borrowing related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and his country’s energy sector. The total amount of money owed is approximately $17bn.
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Philippines: Authorities in the Philippines are racing to contain an oil spill after a tanker carrying approximately 400,000 gallons of industrial fuel sank off the coast of the country. The spill is already stretching over several square kilometres and is at risk of reaching the shore of capital Manila.
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South Korea: A trash balloon sent from North Korea landed inside the South Korean Presidential Office yesterday, marking the tenth such launch by their northern neighbour. An investigation by a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response team confirmed the contents of the balloon posed no danger or risk of contamination.
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Europe

EU: The EU has concluded a digital trade agreement with Singapore which aims to build consumer trust, ensure predictability and legal certainty for businesses, and remove and prevent unjustified barriers to digital trade. It also contains an agreement to protect privacy and personal data.
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Europe: Climate activists have grounded flights across Europe by conducting protests at airports including Barcelona, Frankfurt, Oslo, and Vienna. The group were acting under the banner “oil kills”. Further actions are thought to be planned for airports in at least seven countries on Saturday.
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France: A Russian chef has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting to conduct “pro-Russian” acts of “destabilisation” with a foreign power during the Olympic Games. A document linked to Russia’s FSB security service was found during a raid of his apartment in Paris.
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Russia: President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Kremlin, telling him he was concerned over rising tensions in the Middle East. No details on other topics of discussion between the two leaders, who have been working together to fight opposition groups in Syria since 2015, have been released.
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Middle East

Israel: Australia has imposed sanctions on seven Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank over accusations of violent crimes against Palestinians. It has also sanctioned a hardline settler group known as Hilltop Youth for inciting and perpetrating violence against Palestinians.
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Gaza: Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of five Israeli hostages from a tunnel in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The hostages were kidnapped during Hamas’ 7 October incursion into Israel. Meanwhile, the families of other hostages have reacted angrily to news an Israeli negotiation team has delayed an expected visit to Qatar for negotiations with Hamas aimed at securing their release.
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Yemen: A boat carrying at least 45 migrants and refugees has capsized off the coast of Yemen due to strong winds and overloading according to the UN Refugee Agency. Only four survivors have been found so far.
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Technology: A widespread IT outage caused by a defect in a software update by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike has impacted Microsoft Windows operating systems. It has caused 1,400 flights to be cancelled as well as having a major impact on the banking, healthcare, and retail sectors.
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Africa

Kenya: A Kenyan court has suspended an attempt by the police to ban protests in the capital of Nairobi and surrounding areas until further notice. The police said the ban was necessary as the protests had been “infiltrated by criminals”, but the court has suspended the ban pending the hearing of an opposition suit filed by a civil rights organisation.
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Sudan: Food supplies into Darfur have been constricted due to one of the key supply routes into the region being cut off due to heavy rainfall according to a World Food Programme official. The region is deemed at risk of famine, and a UN official said some refugees there had been driven to eating grass.
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Argentina: President Javier Milei has promised to get justice for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires which killed 85 people. The attack was blamed on Hezbollah militants acting on behalf of Iran by Argentina’s top court in April.
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Canada: General Jennie Carignan has taken over command of the Canadian Armed Forces at a ceremony at the Canadian War Museum in Ottowa, and in doing so has become the first woman to command the country’s military.
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Chile: An earthquake in the Atacama desert of northern Chile - which holds 90% of the country’s lithium reserves - has caused the price of the metal in China to increase by 2.9% after previously hitting a seven-month low. Chile has the world’s largest reserves of lithium.
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Peru: Peruvian authorities have extended the pre-trial detention of former President Pedro Castillo an additional four months while an investigation into charges of his alleged rebellion remains underway. His detention had already been extended by 14 months last month.
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US: Leading Democrats are thought to be privately discussing the need to prevent incumbent Joe Biden from standing for a second term as president after polling data shows he is behind former President Donald Trump in key battleground states.
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US: Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg will not endorse either incumbent Joe Biden or challenger Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential elections. His statement comes after several influential Silicon Valley figures, including Elon Musk, said they were backing Trump’s campaign.
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Asia/Oceania

Bangladesh: Police have banned all protests in the capital city of Dhaka after a series of increasingly deadly days of demonstrations stemming from student opposition to quotas for government jobs. At least 39 people have died in the protests so far this week, with 32 of those yesterday alone.
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China: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reiterated its wide-ranging economic policy goals, including modernising industry, expanding domestic demand, and reducing property sector risks, at a key meeting of its central committee - known as a plenum.
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China: China has named Danish, Dutch, and Spanish pork firms as targets in its anti-dumping probe into EU pork imports in a move widely seen as retaliation for the bloc’s tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles.
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North Korea: Leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Aleksei Krivoruchko to discuss the importance of closer cooperation between the two countries’ militaries according to North Korean state media. No other details of the purpose of Krivoruchko’s visit were disclosed.
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Pakistan: Counter-terror authorities have arrested Amin ul Haq, an al-Qaeda leader who features on a UN sanctions list and is thought to have been a close associate of the late Osama Bin Laden, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks on the US.
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Taiwan: Taiwan’s Premier Cho Jung-tai said his country was willing to shoulder more responsibility for its self-defence in response to concerns that the potential election of Donald Trump as US president may see a reduction in support from their major ally.
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Vanuatu: The US has opened an embassy on the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in a move which will be seen as a great success for the West in its long-running competition with China for influence in the region.
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Vietnam: The leader of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, has died after a period of illness and days after handing over duties to President To Lam. He had been the general secretary of the party since 2011, and was seen as one of the country’s most powerful leaders in decades.
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Europe

Russia: A Russian court has jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after finding him guilty of espionage in a trial described as a “sham” by his family and the Biden administration. It is possible Gershkovich will be used as a bargaining chip in a prisoner swap to secure the release of a Russian being detained by the US.
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France: French security services are undertaking a drive to address an intelligence blind spot ahead of the upcoming Olympics by building relations with Tajiks and other Central Asians in the country in the wake of two major attacks carried out this year by Tajiks on behalf of ISIS-K.
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France: Lawmakers have re-elected a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc as president of parliament’s lower house in what could be a possible breakthrough in attempts to form a majority amid an ongoing deadlock.
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Poland: Prosecutors in Poland are investigating a crime which targeted Belarusian opposition figure Pavel Latushka under legislation covering homicide and the activities of foreign intelligence networks. No specific details of the investigation have been released.
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UK: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended a UK cabinet meeting and addressed UK government ministers today in a move UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer hopes will underline London’s support for Kyiv.
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Middle East

Gaza: The UK is to resume its funding of the UN’s Palestine relief agency UNRWA in a reversal of the previous Conservative government’s suspension. The move leaves the US as the only country not to have resumed its funding of the agency.
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Israel: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a UAV attack near the US embassy in Tel Aviv which left one person dead. The Israel Defence Forces said they believe the UAV was Iranian-made and launched from Yemen.
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Semiconductors: A report indicating the Biden administration could be about to further increase restrictions on exports of semiconductor equipment to China has caused technology stocks around the world to fall.
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Africa

Kenya: Police have banned protests in the heart of Nairobi, claiming they have been infiltrated by gangs. At the same time, the government has appealed for the protests, which have been taking place for weeks, to stop, saying they have cost the country $46m so far.
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Zimbabwe: Rights groups have criticised a decision by Zimbabwe’s High Court to uphold the denial of bail to the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party leader Jameson Timba and 78 activists who were arrested last month.
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Haiti: An additional 200 Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti to bolster the UN-backed security mission aimed at quelling gang violence there which has led to multiple humanitarian crises. The arrivals bring the total number of Kenyan officers on the Caribbean nation to 400.
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US: The US is launching a programme which will see semiconductor manufacturing in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama expanded. The friend-shoring plans, which are aimed at protecting US access to semiconductors in case other major manufacturing hubs are disrupted, may also be expanded to include other countries in the Americas.
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US: Google and Microsoft are offering Chinese companies access to Nvidia’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips by providing data centre services outside of China in what appears to be a loophole aimed at getting around a ban on supplying Chinese firms with US technology that can be used to advance their AI capabilities.
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Asia/Oceania

China: President Xi Jinping has appeared on television at the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP) following reports he fell down some stairs after suffering a stroke. The reports of Xi’s alleged stroke have yet to be officially confirmed or denied.
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China/Philippines: China and the Philippines have set up a direct line of communication between their presidential offices to help prevent any future confrontations in the disputed South China Sea getting out of hand.
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Europe

Belarus: Belarusian authorities have expanded visa-free travel for residents of 35 European countries, including members of the EU and the UK, in an effort to improve its relations with the West. The country’s foreign ministry described the move as a reflection of the country’s “openness and peacefulness”.
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Cyprus: Defence minister Vasilis Palmas said his country is planning to build a major naval base on the southern coast capable of hosting large ships from the EU and other nations in a move he said would “contribute decisively” to policy implementation in the region.
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Czech Republic: South Korea’s KHNP has won a public tender to build at least two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic as the country attempts to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and become more self-reliant. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said KHNP’s bid was better “in practically all criteria” than the competing bid by France’s EDF.
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EU: Incumbent Ursula von der Layen has been elected for a second five-year term as European Commission president after pledging to create a continental “defence union” and continue pushing forward with Europe’s transition to green energy.
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UK: Prime Minister Kier Starmer has called for closer cooperation in Europe to improve support for Ukraine and tackle what he described as the continent’s most pressing problems: illegal migration, climate change, and energy security.
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Middle East

Iraq/Syria: US Central Command reported that the number of attacks claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is on track to more than double last year’s total, indicating the group is regrouping following several years of decreased capability.
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Suez Canal: The Suez Canal’s annual revenue has dropped by almost 25% to $7.2bn due to shipping companies choosing to use alternative routes in light of attacks on merchant vessels by Yemen’s Houthis.
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s central bank signed an agreement with its counterpart in the United Arab Emirates to establish a bilateral currency swap agreement with a value of up to $816.79m.
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Kenya: At least one person has been killed in anti-government protests today after police clashed with protesters demanding President William Ruto step down. The demonstration was the latest in a series of youth-led protests that broke out a month ago over proposed tax increases.
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Rwanda: Incumbent President Paul Kagame - who has been in power since 2003 - won yesterday’s presidential election with 99.15% of the vote, allowing him to extend his rule by a further five years
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Sudan: Over ten million people - or 20% of the population - have now been displaced by the country’s civil war according to the International Organisation for Migration. The war has also left half the country’s 50 million population facing a hunger crisis, the most of any country.
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Bolivia: The Bolivian government announced the discovery of a natural gas “megafield”, with a capacity of 1.7tn cubic feet of natural gas, in what it says is the biggest discovery since 2005. The discovery is likely to ease an energy crunch caused by years of declining oil and gas production which has impated the country’s currency reserves.
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Colombia: The government has called off a ceasefire with some factions of the EMC rebel group, which is led by former FARC member Ivan Mordisco, after the group rejected peace talks. A previous suspension of the ceasefire caused internal division within the group.
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Asia/Oceania

China: China has begun joint naval drills with Russia in the South China Sea. The exercise, Joint Sea 2024, is an annual event which has been taking place since 2012, and will sea Russia’s Pacific Fleet and the PLA Navy conduct joint air defence exercises, anti-submarine exercises, and practice conducting resupplies while ships are moving.
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China: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said China’s involvement in the construction of a bridge over the Tuman River by Russia and North Korea has not been discussed, but it will not harm his country’s relations with the PRC.
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French Polynesia: A Google ship arrived in French Polynesia last week to survey the ocean floor and plot the best possible route for a planned subsea cable project aimed at connecting various Pacific Islands with Chile and Australia.
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Japan: Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels were spotted entering Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, carrying what appeared to be guns, according to Japanese authorities.
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Europe

Armenia: Armenia has launched joint military drills with the US in a move that is likely to see its relations with Russia deteriorate even further. The “Eagle Partner” war games are aimed at increasing cooperation between units participating in international peacekeeping missions.
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EU: The EU is holding a provisional vote on whether to impose tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) built in China to prevent the market being flooded with heavily-government-subsidised Chinese EVs. The vote is not binding, and will be followed by a fianl vote after which the European Commission’s tariff proposal will be adopted unless a majority votes against it.
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France: President Emmanuel Macron is expected to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and the rest of his government by the end of today in response to an inconclusive snap election, but they are expected to stay on in a caretaker role until a new cabinet is appointed.
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Spain: Authorities have arrested a leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who is wanted in Germany - where the PKK is considered a terrorist organisation - on suspicion of collecting money used to fund terrorist attacks as well as coordinating the PKK’s operations.
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UK: Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has downplayed remarks by US vice presidential candidate JD Vance that the UK was an Islamist nuclear-armed country, saying he had a history of making “fruity” remarks.
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Ukraine: Ukrain’s state company Ukroboronservice and Czech ammunition maker Sellier & Bellot plan to build an ammunition factory in Ukraine after joint government meetings in Prague. The Czech Republic has been a major backer of Kyiv in its efforts to hold of Russia’s invasion.
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Middle East

Gaza: Palestinian health officials say at least 57 people have been killed in the latest Israeli bombardments of the southern and central parts of Gaza. Hamas claims Israel is stepping up attacks to derail ceasefire talks, but Israel says it is conducting them to root out Hamas fighters.
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Iran: Tehran is open to restarting negotiations with the US over bringing the nuclear deal back online according to acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani. The US withdrew from the deal - which restricted Iran’s nuclear programmes - in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump.
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Israel: The EU has sanctioned five Israelis and three entities after it described them as responsible for “serious and systemic human rights abuses”. The list includes Tzav 9, which is accused of blocking humanitarian aid trucks delivering vital supplies to the Gaza Strip.
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Saudi Arabia: The International Monetary Fund has revised Saudi Arabia’s economic growth downwards by 0.9% due to oil production cuts. The revision means the Middle East and North Africa region’s projected growth rate has been cut by 0.5% as a whole.
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Diplomacy: Nato is to initiate “flagship projects” with Australia, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand, aimed at expanding collaboration between the bloc and the Indo-Pacific nations on matters such as technology, countering Chinese aggression in the region, and supporting Ukraine.
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Africa

Rwanda: Incumbent President Paul Kagame is expected to win a fourth term in office on Monday’s upcoming elections. Kagame won 99% of the vote in the 2017 election, which came after a constitutional change that removed term limits which would have barred him from standing again.
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Sudan: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with the head of Sudan’s army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, becoming the first foreign leader to meet him since the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war. Ahmed was there to seek a “peaceful resolution” to the conflict, which has now been ongoing for 15 months.
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Asia/Oceania

Bangladesh: Bangladesh and China have agreed to increase cooperation on development, planning, and economic development policies as well as “further deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation” after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent official visit to Beijing.
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Cambodia: An online deposit and escrow platform known as Huione Guarantee, which is linked to the Cambodian ruling family, has facilitated the laundering of over $11bn in illicit funds generated from online crime in the last three years.
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China: The Chinese government is to investigate whether EU investigations into Chinese companies constitute “trade barriers”. Concerns are rising in the West that jobs and strategically important industries are under threat from cheap, government-subsidised Chinese imports, which has seen the EU launch a variety of probes into their activities.
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Pakistan: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency has been authorised to tap phone calls and messages, giving the army more control over the South Asian nation. Citizens and human rights organisations have criticised the move, saying it could be used to stifle political opponents, but the government says it is necessary to fight criminal and terrorist activity.
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South Korea: South Korea’s military is to begin mass production of an anti-aircraft laser weapon and deploy it later this year, making it the first country known to have such a weapon at their disposal. The Block-I will be exponentially more cost-efficient per strike than missiles and bullets which are currently the main method of countering UAV attacks.
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Europe

Germany: The German government has reached an agreement in principle with mobile phone carriers to phase components made by Chinese technology companies out of the nation’s 5G network over the next five years.
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Germany: Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said he wants to prevent China from gaining control of data from his country’s wind turbines. The comments come a week after Germany announced it was examining an offshore wind developer’s choice of a Chinese manufacturer for its turbines over critical infrastructure concerns.
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Germany: The US and Germany have announced the former is to deploy long-range missiles - including SM-6 and Tomahawk cruise missiles and developmental hypersonic weapons that have a longer range than current capabilities in Europe - to Germany from 2026.
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UK: Submariners from Australia’s navy will serve on the UK Royal Navy’s Astute-class attack submarines for the first time as part of the AUKUS security pact between the two nations and the US.
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Middle East

Iran: State media reported that Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian had “reaffirmed” relations with Syria. For his part, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called for a “strengthening of their bilateral cooperation”, which he said was the foundation of “stability” in the region.
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Russia/Ukraine

Russia: The Russian Central Bank announced that transactions in Chinese yuan made up 99% of foreign-exchange trading volumes in June, up from 53.6% the month before. The increase has been driven by Western sanctions forcing the country’s main exchange to cut ties with the US dollar and the euro.
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US/Canada

Canada: Canada is taking steps to acquire 12 submarines to bolster its defence of the Arctic. It updated its defence policy earlier this year with a focus on protecting the region and dealing with challenges from Russia and China.
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US: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed the US believes Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election by using social media and other means to “promote divisive narratives and denigrate specific politicians” in order to influence specific groups of US voters in key swing states, and that there is evidence it has already started doing the same for the upcoming 2024 election.
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US: Some of incumbent President Joe Biden’s most prominent supporters, including George Clooney, Nancy Pelosi, and Democratic Senators, have raised doubts about his fitness to run for re-election later this year after a series of incidents in which he appeared infirm.
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International

Diplomacy: NATO has appointed outgoing Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general. Rutte will take over from Jens Stoltenberg, who assumed office in 2014 and had his mandate extended four times, on 1 October.
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Health: The UN has warned that a global shortage of heroin, driven by a Taliban ban on opium farming in Afghanistan which has led to a 95% in production, could lead to an increase in overdose deaths as users switch to more readily-available synthetic opioids.
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Africa

Kenya: Police have clashed with demonstrators in Nairobi ahead of planned protests against a controversial finance bill, despite President William Ruto deciding not to go ahead with it after opposition to the legislation led to civil unrest which saw the parliament building stormed and partially burned.
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Morocco: Authorities allowed an Israeli warship to dock in the port of Tangier for a resupply en route from the US after Spain’s government refused the vessel permission to use its ports.
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Sudan: Civilians have fled the city of Sennar, a trading hub in the southeast of the country, as paramilitaries from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) advance towards it. The RSF has been accused of committing crimes against humanity in population centres it has already gained control of.
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Tanzania: Tanzania has signed an agreement of cooperation with South Korea which will see the Asian nation build a fishing port and fishery infrastructure in Zanzibar.
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Asia/Oceania

Afghanistan: A UN-led meeting with Afghanistan’s Taliban in Qatar this weekend will not be a discussion about international recognition of the group, according to UN political affairs head Rosemary DiCarlo. The meeting will be attended by envoys from 25 countries and is the first one to be attended by the Taliban.
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North Korea: South Korean intelligence reported North Korea may have test-launched a hypersonic missile yesterday, but added that the launch failed when it exploded in midair over the North Korean coast after reaching an altitude of approximately 62km.
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Philippines: The Philippines has not asked the US for support in resupplying its troops stationed on the Second Thomas Shoal despite China’s coast guard using “aggressive and illegal force” to disrupt a resupply mission last week, according to Manila’s Washington ambassador, who added that the US was only providing “visuals” to aid his country.
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Europe

Denmark: Denmark will begin taxing farmers for greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock from 2030 in the first levy of its kind. The move aims to reduce Danish greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990 levels by 2030.
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France: Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered the dissolution of extreme right-wing and radical Islamist groups four days ahead of the first round of the country’s snap elections - which could see the far-right National Rally party come to power - on 30 June.
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France: A Paris appeals court ruled that an international arrest warrant which was issued against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes in Syria’s civil war is valid and in place, despite French prosecutors asserting he had absolute immunity as a serving head of state.
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Germany: Germany has signed a declaration of intent with China on how to discuss cross-border data transfer, in a further step towards Chinese carmakers being able to transfer data to Germany. Currently, the EU and US have concerns over the possible security risks of allowing Chinese technology entering their markets and collecting data locally.
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Belgium: A meeting between the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia aimed at renewing peace talks and normalising relations which was due to take place in Brussels failed to materialise amid continued signs of animosity between both sides. EU foreign police head Josep Borrell said he would attempt to broker a meeting again next week.
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Poland: Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his government would proceed with plans set out by the previous leadership to build a huge air hub - which will be called The Central Communication Port - in the centre of the country. The port will serve around 40 million civilian passengers per year and could also be used for military purposes.
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UK: Police have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a honey-trap plot which targeted politicians and journalists with flirtatious text messages in an effort to obtain kompromat and sensitive data. The man is reported to be a male in his mid-20s and a member of the opposition Labour Party.
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Latin America/Caribbean

Bolivia: Police have arrested the leader of yesterday’s coup attempt, hours after an armoured vehicle broke down the main gate of the presidential palace in La Paz, allowing soldiers to storm it. General Juan Jose Zuniga had said he wanted to “restructure democracy” and a change of government, but was arrested shortly after speaking to reporters.
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Brazil: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he has still not met his Argentinian counterpart Javier Milei - who is an ally of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro - as he wants an apology from Milei for insulting him numerous times last year first.
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Haiti: Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti as part of a US-backed security intervention aimed at rescuing the Caribbean country from gang violence that has caused a country-wide humanitarian and security crisis and seen over half a million people displaced.
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Middle East

Iran: The US has imposed sanctions on nearly 50 entities and individuals deemed to be part of an Iranian operation to direct billions of laundered dollars emanating from oil proceeds and other illicit sources towards terrorist organisations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
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Israel: Yemen’s Houthis said they targeted a ship in Israel’s Haifa port - the Portuguese-flagged MSC Manzanillo - with a number of UAVs in a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. Israel’s military said it was not aware of any such incident.
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Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expects the issuance of arrest warrants against him and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant by 24 July, after the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan requested them on 20 May for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.
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Jordan: Jordanian security forces have detonated a cache of explosives concealed in a commercial warehouse southeast of Amman, thwarting what authorities say was part of an Iran-backed plot to destabilise the kingdom.
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Jordan: Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said his country would not send troops to the Gaza Strip to replace Israeli forces, telling a press conference that Jordan would not “clean up after [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu”, and that it was seeking a comprehensive plan to achieve peace through a two-state solution.
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Russia/Ukraine

Baltics: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland have called on the EU to build a defence line along the bloc’s border with Russia and Belarus to protect itself from military threats and other harmful activities by Moscow.
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Belarus: The EU has adopted a sanctions package against Belarus aimed at closing a loophole which currently allows Russia to circumvent EU sanctions against it. The sanctions include measures on dual-use components such as chips which can be used in both civilian appliances and military equipment.
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Russia: The EU adopted its 14th package of sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, which include clauses that increase responsibility on EU companies exporting via non-EU countries.
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Russia: A report by the Royal United Services Institute has found that Russia is still able to access critical weapons components from abroad and has expanded its capacity for producing core weapons since the start of its invasion of Ukraine despite the imposition of Western sanctions.
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Ukraine: NATO will offer Ukraine a new headquarters to manage its military assistance at the upcoming 75th anniversary summit in Washington, US, in an assurance of the bloc’s long-term commitment to the country’s security that is being viewed as a “bridge” to its eventual membership.
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US: US Ambassador to Beijing, Nicholas Burns, has described China’s support for Russia - in contradiction of its claims of neutrality - in its invasion of Ukraine as a “major mistake”, adding that the invasion had become an “existential crisis” in Europe.
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US/Canada

US: Volvo is to delay deliveries of its EX30 electric vehicle as it focuses on expanding production of the compact SUV outside of China in the wake of tariff increases on exports from the Asian nation. It was due to begin selling the model in the US later this year, but will now not start doing so until next year.
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US: Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said a key objective for China in the event of a conflict with the US would be to disrupt day-to-day civilian life from an information standpoint, and that the Defense Department was shoring up its infrastructure to withstand such attacks.
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US: Commerce ministers from the US, Japan, and South Korea promised to cooperate on strategic issues including artificial intelligence (AI) safety, export controls, clean energy and semiconductor supply chains at the inaugural Trilateral Commerce and Industry Ministerial Meeting in Washington DC.

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Africa

Niger: Nigerien military authorities have withdrawn French company Orano’s permit to operate a large uranium mine in evidence of further deterioration in relations between Niger and its former colonial ruler.
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Sudan: The UK Foreign Office has been accused of putting pressure on African diplomats to avoid criticising the United Arab Emirates over its alleged military support for Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces in the country’s civil war.
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Sudan: The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has called on the leaders of the warring parties in the country’s civil war to meet for an extraordinary summit aimed at bringing an end to the conflict which has displaced over 8.6 million people.
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Asia/Oceania

China: Foreign direct investment in China fell in May for the 12th consecutive month according to data from its Ministry of Commerce. The level of decline has slightly increased, with a 28.2% year-on-year decline recorded in January to May compared to the 27.9% year-on-year decline recorded for January to April.
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New Caledonia: Renewed rioting and looting has broken out in the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia over an electoral reform plan which the island’s Indigenous Kanak people fear will leave them in a permanent minority and end any hopes of independence from France.
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Philippines: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. his country would not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines would never instigate a war.
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Taiwan: A suspected state-sponsored hacking group from China known as RedJuliett has increased attacks on Taiwanese organisations, particularly those in sectors such as government, education, technology and diplomacy, according to cybersecurity intelligence company Recorded Future.
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Taiwan: President William Lai said China has no right to punish the people of Taiwan after Beijing published new judicial guidelines last week which included the death penalty for "particularly serious" cases involving "diehard" supporters of Taiwanese independence.
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Vietnam: Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to help Vietnam develop nuclear power plants during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on his recent visit to Hanoi.
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Europe

EU: The European Union is seeking partnerships with Japan and South Korea related to the joint development of military equipment. Such a partnership would mark the EU's first such security and defence-related collaboration with Asian nations.
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EU: Officials from the EU and China have held a call over tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), the first time the two sides have agreed to negotiate since the former threatened to impose levies of up to 38%. The EU says China’s government is unfairly subsidising production of EVs, while China has accused the EU of protectionism.
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France: France’s far-right National Rally party will come out on top in the first round of the country’s upcoming 30 June parliamentary elections with 35.5% of the vote according to a poll by Ipsos. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance is predicted to come third with 19.5%.
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Germany: German newspaper Bild reported that Russia is suspected of being behind an arson attack on arms manufacturer Diehl in a suburb of Berlin in May, which would make it the latest in a string of sabotage attacks on European soil blamed on Russia.
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Russia: Russia is employing hundreds of merchant ships to carry out intelligence operations in the North Sea according to a joint report by Belgian newspaper De Tijd and investigative journalism agency Follow the Money.
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Middle East

Gaza: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that he is open to a “partial” deal that would facilitate the return of some captives still held in Gaza, even if not all, but will not agree to any deal that stipulated a permanent end to military operations in the strip.
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Gaza: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israel Defence Forces are close to shifting to a less-intense phase of fighting in Gaza, and that he opposes the idea of re-establishing Israeli civilian settlements in the strip. He added that he hopes the US will expedite arms shipments to Israel.
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Israel: US Air Force General CQ Brown has warned that an Israeli military offensive into Lebanon would likely provoke a response by Iran in defence of the Hezbollah militant group, causing a broader war that would jeopardise the safety of US troops in the region.
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Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Press Agency reported at least 1,301 pilgrims had died during hajj, which took place during intense heat, adding 658 of the deceased had come from Egypt.
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Russia/Ukraine

Belarus: Exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has urged the Poland’s government not to shut down border crossing points between the two countries, adding that doing so would leave Belarusians “behind a new iron curtain”, after Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski said he was considering doing so in an effort to stem illegal migration.
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Russia: Russia’s defence ministry has accused the US of being responsible for a strike on Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea which left four people dead after Ukraine used five US-supplied ATACMS missiles guided with information provided by US satellites to hit the coastal city.
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Russia: President Vladimir Putin's mutual defence agreement with North Korea has the potential to create friction with China, which has long been the reclusive state's main ally, according to US Air Force General CQ Brown.
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Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Western powers to further relax their restrictions on striking targets inside Russian territory, adding that the recent authorisation to strike targets close to the Ukrainian border had already produced results.
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Ukraine: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, has called on Russia to halt attacks on Enerhodar, a town near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is currently occupied by Russia, after drones hit two electricity substations serving the area last week.
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International

Humanitarian: The UN’s refugee agency, the UNHCR, reported that a record 120 million people have been displaced worldwide due to war, violence, and persecution in places such as Gaza, Sudan, and Myanmar, a number it describes as a “terrible indictment on the state of the world”.
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NATO: Secretary-General Jens Stoltenburg said the bloc is adapting its nuclear arsenal and other capabilities in response to Russia’s latest nuclear rhetoric and drills ahead of a two-day NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, which will include a gathering of its nuclear planning group.
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Africa

Canary Islands: An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of 2024 trying to reach the Canary Islands, according to a report released by migration rights group Walking Borders yesterday.
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Italy: Africa is set to be high on Italy’s agenda at this year’s G7 Group of Nations leaders meeting, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni aiming to position her country as a key energy hub between the continent and Europe.
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Niger: The withdrawal of US assets and forces from Niger has progressed from initial preparations to redeployment with the departure of a US C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Air Base 1010 in Niamey last week.
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South Africa: Politicians are expected to elect South Africa’s president tomorrow after being sworn in at the first sitting of parliament which will also reveal what kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to put together after it lost its majority for the first time since 1994 in recent national elections.
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Sudan: Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of violating a UN arms embargo by supplying drones to the warring sides in Sudan’s 14-month civil war, with Iran alleged to be supplying the Sudanese Armed Forces and the UAE thought to be supplying the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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Asia/Oceania

Myanmar: Myanmar’s military government is increasing its use of Chinese UAVs in its fight against rebel militia groups, having procured thousands of commercial UAVs at the start of the year which it is now arming with locally-manufactured munitions.
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North Korea: China and Russia failed in an attempt to block a UN Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea yesterday. They argued that due to its topic the meeting - which heard that life for North Koreans is a “daily struggle devoid of hope” - should have been held by the UN Human Rights Council.
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Europe

Armenia: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia is to leave the Collective Security Treaty Organisation - a Russia-dominated security alliance of several ex-Soviet nations - in further evidence of a widening diplomatic rift with Russia.
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Armenia: Protesters have again gathered outside the Armenian parliament as pressure grows on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign over a controversial peace deal with neighbouring Azerbaijan.
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Europe: Airbus has highlighted the impact of growing trade tensions after the EU followed the US in raising tariffs on Chinese electronic vehicles. While not commenting on the move directly, it said trade tariffs were challenging for global businesses and increased complexity and costs for their supply-chain.
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Europe: China has described the recently imposed EU tariffs on its electric vehicles as protectionist behaviour and stated it hopes the bloc will correct its “wrong practices” and handle trade frictions through dialogue.
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Germany: Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced plans to introduce new legislation that would fast-track the entry of young men into joining its depleted military which would allow the government to send letters to all young men who turn 18 - around 400,000 per year - asking about their willingness to serve.
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Hungary: The European Court of Justice has fined Hungary 200 million euros and a further one million euros per day for failing to comply with the bloc’s asylum rules, saying it had not taken measures necessary to comply with a previous judgment it made in 2020.
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Israel/Gaza

Gaza: The World Health Organisation warned a significant proportion of Gaza’s population are now suffering from “catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions”. Over 8,000 children under five have been diagnosed for acute malnutrition, 1,600 of which are categorised as “severe”.
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Lebanon: Hezbollah said it would intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border in revenge for the killing of its most senior military commander. Abu Taleb, by Israel since Hamas’ 7 October incursion last year.
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Latin America/Caribbean

Argentina: Violent protests have broken out in Buenos Aires after the Senate narrowly approve President Javier Miliei’s first set of austerity measures, which will see large-scale economic deregulation and cuts to public services, with police deploying water cannon and tear gas.
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Bolivia: China is providing financial support and strategic investments to Bolivia as the South American nation faces one of its worst economic crises in its history, in a move which is likely to shift its economic dependence away from the US.
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Cuba: Russian frigate the Admiral Gorshkov and nuclear-powered submarine Kazan have arrived in Cuba along with a tug boat and a fuel ship for a five-day visit which is being seen as a “show of force” by Moscow amid rising tensions over its invasion of Ukraine.
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Middle East

Iran: Iran is responding to last week’s International Atomic Energy Agency board resolution against it by expanding its uranium-enrichment capacity at two underground sites, but the escalation is not as big as some diplomats predicted.
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Iran: French national Louis Arnaud has arrive in France after being released by Iran, where he had been imprisoned for 20 months for allegedly taking part in nationwide anti-government protests.
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Qatar/Bahrain: Qatar and Bahrain announced the exchange of ambassadors for the first time since 2017 in the latest in a series of steps aimed at improving bilateral relations since the Gulf reconciliation in 2021.
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Russia/Ukraine

India: India has urged Russia to return Indian citizens fighting in its army against Ukraine after two were recently killed. India has avoided voting against Russia - with whom it cooperates on defence, energy, and space exploration - at the UN or criticising President Vladimir Putin since the invasion began.
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Russia: The United States is aware of what it said were credible reports that Russia was listing abducted Ukrainian children on adoption websites, according to White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who described it as "despicable and appalling".
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Saudi Arabia: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an unannounced visit to Jeddah yesterday, where he discussed preparations for a peace summit this weekend with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Ukraine: Ukraine’s military launched its new Unmanned Systems Force, a new branch focused exclusively on drone warfare, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously announced the creation of the branch in February.
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Ukraine: Leaders of the G7 Group of Nations have agreed to engineer a $50bn loan to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion, and will use interest earned on profits from frozen Russian assets as collateral.
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US: The US has expanded its Russia-related sanctions to target 300 individuals and firms in China, South Africa, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates accused of aiding Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.
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US/Canada

US: US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said he believes China’s primary focus is on its economy and that it is determined to work on improving and stabilising bilateral relations with the US. While answering questions about Chinese activity in the South China Sea, he stated “It’s very hard for China to take certain steps without harming its own economy”.
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Africa

Malawi: President Lazarus Chakwera said the search for a missing plane carrying the country’s vice president Saulos Chilima would continue with no resources spared. The plane was travelling from the capital Lilongwe to the city of Mzuzu yesterday when it failed to land due to bad weather.
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Asia/Oceania

China: China and Pakistan announced plans to upgrade the $62bn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor - which connects Pakistan’s Gwadar Port with China’s Xinjiang region through roads and railway lines - during a recent visit by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Beijing.
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong authorities have rejected accusations by a UK judge who resigned last week citing concerns over threats to the rule of law in the city due to Chinese influence as having “absolutely no truth”.
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Pakistan: Pakistan has begun installing a nationwide firewall to regulate social media platforms and prevent the spread of “undesirable” content. An official said it would seek to identify sources of propaganda material, implement keyword filtering, and counteract the use of virtual private networks (VPNs).
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Philippines: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned Filipinos they should be prepared for any eventuality due to more pronounced external threats driven by tensions in the Indo-Pacific.
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South Korea: South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops crossed the border on Sundaby mistake according to Seoul’s military. A small group of North Korean soldiers carrying field tools including pickaxes entered South Korea on Sunday, but retreated when the shots were fired.
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South Korea: New Zealand is to send 41 more military personnel to the UN mission along the Demilitarised Zone between North Korea and the South, putting its total contingent at 53. Defence Minister Judith Collins said the move showed New Zealand’s commitment to support peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
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Taiwan: Taiwan authorities said a Chinese man arrested after his speedboat illegally entered a Taipei harbour is a former navy captain who may have been probing the islands defences. It added that there have been 18 similar cases in the past year.
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Europe

Belgium: Belgium is seeking a new government following the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, who quit in response to his Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats party’s poor performance in the country’s regional and national elections on Sunday.
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Europe: The US is monitoring the aftermath of the European Parliament elections which saw far-right parties in France and Germany make significant gains, particularly for signs of NATO-skepticism, but does not expect any major policy changes.
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Europe: Incumbent EU President Ursula von der Layen is attempting to form a majority which would enable her to stand for a second term in office following Sunday’s European Parliament elections. The choice of president - for which von der Layen is currently favourite - is expected to be made during a two-day summit starting on 27 June.
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German: Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party has demanded a vote of confidence in Chancellor Olaf Scholz and new domestic elections after beating his SPD party to second place in Sunday’s European Parliament elections.
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Hungary: President Tamas Sulyok will not attend the summit of the Bucharest Nine - a bloc of European nations on the eastern edge of NATO - in Riga, Latvia, meaning the summit will not end with a joint declaration from the nine member nations for the first time since it was established in 2015.
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Moldova: Pro-European President Maia Sandu has signed changes to the country’s criminal code into law which expand provisions on treason in an attempt to fight organised crime groups she says are attempting to destabilise the country. Opponents of the new legislation, including pro-Russian parties and Amnesty International, say it risks undermining freedom.
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Poland: Poland will reintroduce a no-go zone at its border with Belarus on Thursday according to its deputy interior minister Czeslaw Mroczek, in a move to increase security following the fatal stabbing of a Polish soldier on the border by migrants last month.
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Turkey: The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) may have used Iranian-made loitering munitions to shoot down Turkish armed drones, suggesting strengthening ties between Tehran and the group, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by Turkey.
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Israel/Gaza

Egypt: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has welcomed a proposal by Russia to hold an Arab-Russian meeting to discuss the Gaza situation following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the BRICS+ conference in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod.
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Jordan: Jordan is to host an emergency aid summit for Gaza today in an attempt to bring together leaders and aid officials to “determine means for enhancing the international community’s response to the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip”. The summit is jointly organised by the UN, Jordan, and Egypt, and will be attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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UN: The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution endorsing a US-backed ceasefire proposal that aims to end Israel’s offensive in Gaza. The resolution - which passed 14 - 0, with Russia abstaining - calls for an initial six-week ceasefire and the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel.

Middle East

Iran: Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s application to run as a candidate in Iran’s upcoming presidential elections has been rejected. Six other mostly conservative candidates have been approved for the vote, which is due to take place on 28 June.
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Saudi Arabia: The US is considering offering Saudi Arabia an unprecedented defence agreement in exchange for the kingdom agreeing to a normalisation of relations with Israel. Normalisation between the two Middle Eastern countries was previously in motion but has suffered a significant setback in light of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
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Russia/Ukraine

Belarus: Belarus is to participate in joint nuclear drills with Russia according to its defence ministry. The exercises will be the second time the two countries have practiced deploying nuclear weapons together following the first stage of joint manoeuvres last month.
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Czech Republic: Prime Minister Petr Fiala said a failed arson attack which took place in Prague last week was “very likely” to have been organised and financed by Russia as part of a hybrid campaign of sabotage being run by Moscow against European nations.
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Germany: Germany is to begin hosting the two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin today, which aims to gather support for assisting Ukraine’s recovery from Russia’s invasion.
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Poland/US: Poland and the US have launched a multinational group based in Warsaw, known as the Ukraine Communications Group, aimed at countering Russian disinformation on the war in Ukraine.
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Russia: Russia has released a small contingent of female prisoners to fight in its invasion of Ukraine, potentially signalling a new phase in the Kremlin’s war effort. It is currently unclear whether this is an isolated case, a pilot program, or the initial phase in a larger policy of recruiting female inmates.
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Ukraine: The US is to lift a ban on Ukraine’s Azov Brigade using American-made weapons and receiving training from US personnel after a new analysis found no evidence of human rights violations by the unit.
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US/Canada

US: The US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, said the US needs its help to quickly replenish its missile inventory as conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine continue in order for Washington to keep its deterrence credible in the Indo-Pacific region. Emanuel was speaking at bilateral talks aimed at accelerating military industrial cooperation between the two nations.
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US: The Port of Baltimore shipping channel has fully reopened and been declared “safe for transit”, 11 weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship.
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Africa

Central African Republic: The government of the Central African Republic has suspended the operations of Daqing SARL, a Chinese mining company, over accusations it has been cooperating with armed militias in the country.
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Sudan: The UN International Organisation for Migration estimates that the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sudan due to the country’s civil war could soon exceed 10 million, with 9.9 million IDPs recorded this week compared to 2.8 million prior to the outbreak of the conflict.
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Tunisia: The UN International Organisation for Migration estimates between 15,000 and 20,000 migrants are stranded in the countryside near the central Tunisian coastline as a result of anti-migration policies implemented in both Tunisia and Europe.
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Asia/Oceania

Australia: Australia’s military is facing a recruitment crisis, with staffing levels at only 80% of the 69,000 personnel required to meet future challenges. The lack of manpower is being put down to a reluctance by Gen Z to join the military.
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New Zealand: China's Premier Li Qiang will visit New Zealand this week, in the first trip to the nation in seven years by a Chinese premier.
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North Korea: North Korea has sent another 310 balloons filled with trash into South Korea in retaliation for conducting leaflet drops and using loudspeakers to broadcast into its territory, which in itself was a retaliation for a previous trash-balloon campaign by North Korea.
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South China Sea: China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong accused the US of posing the largest security challenge in the South China Sea, accusing it of stoking a “military arms race” by deploying its military in the region.
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South Korea: South Korea and the US are holding talks in Seoul today aimed at improving the coordination of an allied nuclear response in the event of a war with North Korea. The third meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group is following up on last year’s summit, where the US promised to give South Korea enhanced insight into its nuclear planning for a conflict with the North.
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Europe

Armenia: Thousands of people demonstrated in Yerevan yesterday after Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan called for four days of protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and urged parliament to hold a special session tomorrow to remove the government.
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Belgium: Belgium is heading for a new government after a general election in which an expected surge for the far right party Vlaams Belang failed to materialise and the outgoing governing coalition headed by liberal Prime Minister Alexander De Croo lost its ability to form a majority.
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EU: The European Commission is expected to disclose the tariffs it will apply to Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in response to what it claims are excessive subsidies in a move likely to prompt a stern response from Beijing. It is likely the tariffs will be significantly lower than the 100% duties the US applied to Chinese EV’s last month.
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France: President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election after losing significant ground to the far-right in yesterday’s European Parliament elections in a move that could neuter his presidency three years before the end of his term.
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Hungary: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party won 44.2% of the vote in yesterday’s European Parliament elections, which was its worst result in almost 20 years. Newcomer Peter Magyar’s Tisza party came second with 30% of the vote.
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Israel/Hamas

Colombia: President Gustavo Petro posted on social media that Colombia will halt coal exports to Israel in response to its military activities in Gaza, which Petro described as “genocide”.
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Israel: Minister Benny Gantz has resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, withdrawing the only centrist power in the far-right coalition government. He criticised Netanyahu for what he described as his failings over the Gaza offensive, and called for early elections.
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UN: The UN will include the Israel Defence Forces, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to a global list of entities accused of committing violations against children when the secretary-general’s annual report on children in armed conflict is published later this month.
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US: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Egypt and Israel today at as Washington seeks to increase pressure on Hamas and Israel to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and ensure the war does not expand into Lebanon.
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Middle East

Iran: Iran has approved a list of six candidates, almost all of whom are conservative, to run in the 28 June presidential election which will determine the replacement for Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month.
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Yemen: The Houthi militia group damaged two commercial vessels in missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden in the last 24 hours, striking the Liberian-flagged and Swiss-owned Tavvishi and the German-owned Norderney cargo ship. No casualties were reported as a result of either strike.
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Russia/Ukraine

G7: Leaders from the Group of Seven nations are to warn smaller Chinese banks to stop assisting Russia in its efforts to evade Western sanctions next week, but will stop short of taking any immediate punitive actions against them.
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Russia: Ukrainian forces have struck a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an airbase inside Russia, according to a post on Telegram by Kyiv’s GUR defence intelligence agency in which it shared satellite pictures it said confirmed the attack.
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Russia: President Vladimir Putin is to visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks according to state media. Neither country is party to the Rome Statute, meaning the international arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine will not apply.
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Ukraine: US President Joe Biden and France President Emmanuel Macron have reached an agreement on the use of the $3bn annual profits from frozen Russian assets to provide aid to Ukraine.
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Ukraine: Russia’s offensive in the Kharkiv Oblast is losing momentum and has “stalled out” as Ukraine strikes targets across the border using US-provided weapons according to US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
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US/Canada

Canada: A man of Indian origin has been shot dead in Surrey, Canada, in what authorities suspect was a targeted shooting. Four suspects, Manvir Basram, Sahib Basra, Harkirat Jhutty, and Keilon Francois, have been arrested over the murder of Yuvraj Goyal, who arrived in Canada in 2018 and had no criminal record.
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International

Climate: The El Nino weather pattern that can cause extreme events such as wildfires and tropical cyclones is forecast to swing back into generally cooler La Nina conditions later this year according to the World Meteorological Organization.
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Africa

Somalia: Somalia expects all Ethiopian troops to leave the country by the end of 2024 as the African Union Transition Mission mandate expires in December according to Somali National Security Adviser Hussein Sheikh-Ali.
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South Africa: Talks to form South Africa's first national coalition government are expected to begin this week after the governing ANC party received 40% of the vote, meaning it lost its majority for the first time.
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Tunisia: Tunisia’s Ministry of Education has banned students from wearing the keffiyeh - the black and white checkered scarf worn in solidarity with the Palestinian cause - inside exam halls over fears it could influence disruptive behaviour.
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Asia/Oceania

Australia: The Australian Defence Force is to begin recruiting from non-citizens from the Five Eyes community (the US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand) in an attempt to address the 4,400-person shortfall and eventually increase its current target strength of 63,600 to 80,000 by 2040.
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China: Security around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has been tightened and access restricted due to the 35th anniversary of the massacre, while Hong Kong police have arrested several activists and cities in Taiwan and elsewhere have marked the date with vigils.
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India: Early counts in India’s national elections suggest incumbent Narendra Modi will win a third term, with his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party appearing to have secured 300 of its parliament’s 543 seats, giving them a simple majority.
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Maldives: The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering the country in response to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, and is to appoint a special envoy to assess Palestinian needs.
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Myanmar: Myanmar's military government is cracking down on gold and foreign exchange traders and agents selling foreign real estate, with 35 arrests announced in the last two days as part of efforts to stabilise its rapidly depreciating currency.
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Pakistan: A high court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan of leaking state secrets, but he will remain in prison due to a separate conviction.
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South Korea: South Korea is to suspend a 2018 agreement with North Korea in response to the DPRK’s recent campaign of sending balloons carrying rubbish and excrement over the border in a move that will allow it to conduct training near the countries’ mutual border and take unspecified “immediate measures” if necessary.
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Europe

Belgium: Farmers from over half a dozen EU nations converged on the bloc’s headquarters in Brussels in tractors ahead of its upcoming elections in protest at environmental measures they say will destroy their way of life.
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Europe: International campaign group Global Witness created 16 adverts containing false information about this week’s EU elections to test the disinformation policies of social media platforms. TikTok approved all 16, YouTube caught 14 but approved two, and X (formerly Twitter) caught all of them and suspended the group’s fake accounts.
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Georgia: The Georgian government has signed the controversial “foreign agents bill” into law despite mass protests by opponents who describe it as the “Russian law” due to its potential for stifling political opposition.
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Germany: The German army intends to order an extra 200,000 artillery shells from arms manufacturer Rheinmetall on top of the hundreds of thousands of shells it had already ordered in order to refill its stocks which have been heavily depleted due to donations to Ukraine.
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Germany: German authorities say there is evidence of an Islamist motive for last week’s knife attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim which saw a police officer fatally injured.
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Sweden: Sweden’s Seventh AP Fund (AP7) has blacklisted Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and six other companies from its portfolio due to their operations within oil extraction or coal production, which AP7 says means they are not acting in line with the Paris Agreement.
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Israel/Hamas

Gaza: The US wants the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution backing the proposal by US President Joe Biden to end the ongoing conflict in the strip. It needs at least nine votes in favour and no vetos from either the UK, France, China, or Russia to pass.
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Gaza: The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) reports over a million people have been forcibly displaced from Rafah as a result of Israel’s current offensive.
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Israel: Israel’s far-right security minister Ben Gvir has repeated his threats to dismantle the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to the ceasefire agreement laid out by US President Joe Biden.
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Latin America/Caribbean

Brazil: Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely and 6 to 9% more intense according to the World Weather Attribution group, who added that the El Nino weather system also contributed to the intensity of the rainfall.
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Middle East

Iran: Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned China’s ambassador in protest at its stance on the ownership of the Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa islands in the Gulf. Both Iran and the UAE claim ownership of the islands, and Iran is unhappy at what it describes as China’s “repeated support” for the UAE’s claim.
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Iran: European nations have submitted a draft resolution calling for Iran to explain uranium traces found at undeclared sites and the barring of inspectors to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors for a vote later this week.
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Saudi Arabia: Foreign investment in Saudi Arabia has dropped by 40% to its lowest level since 2021, underscoring the challenge the kingdom faces in luring foreign investors and companies to diversify its economy from oil.
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Syria: Turkey’s defence minister Yasar Guler said plans by US-backed Kurdish groups to conduct local elections in northern Syria are “unacceptable” and a threat to Turkish national security. Turkey considers the move as a step by Syrian Kurds towards the creation of a separate Kurdish entity.
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Russia/Ukraine

France: Russia is waging an intense disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the International Olympic Committee and stoking fears of violence at this summer's Paris Games, according to a new report from Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center.
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France: Three people have been released from custody after being arrested for placing five coffins at the foot of the Eiffel Tower with an inscription that read “French soldiers of Ukraine”.
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Malaysia: The US has sanctioned Malaysian semiconductor maker Jatronics over accusations it shipped electronic parts and components to Russia for use in its invasion of Ukraine, meaning any of its US-held assets are now frozen and all entities under US jurisdiction are barred from dealing with them.
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Poland: Polish authorities have arrested 18 people over the last six months on suspicion of pursuing hostile activities or planning sabotage on behalf of Russia or Belarus, with at least one involved in a plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Ukraine: Russia may eventually restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine, but shares the view of international monitors that it's not practical and possibly dangerous to do so now according to the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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I’ve been asked by a few people how to get into OSINT recently, so thought I’d put together a brief guide to resources, voices, and courses that will help you if you want to pursue a career in OSINT or just learn OSINT techniques to bolster your skillset.

Buy OSINT Techniques by Michael Bazzell

Pretty much the bible of OSINT, this book contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step guides on how to collect information from a comprehensive selection of open-sources, including social media, websites, phone numbers, emails, and much more. I can’t recommend this book highly enough as a starting point.

You can buy it from Amazon by clicking here.

Check out the Bellingcat website

Bellincat.com is absolutely packed full of real-life case studies, guides to conducting OSINT investigations, and articles based on OSINT produced by the agency.

Follow OSINT voices on LinkedIn

As well as posting useful OSINT tips and resources, some of them also provide courses. Voices I would recommend to start with are:

• Justen Charters

• Dutch OSINT Guy

• Swayam Sopnic

• Justin Casey

• Alex Lozano

N.B. If you regularly post OSINT content on LinkedIn, get in touch and I’ll add you to the list

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Have a look at these free courses

Swayam Sopnic posted this fantastic list of free OSINT courses on LinkedIn

1. Introduction to OSINT(Security Blue Team ) - https://lnkd.in/dmXeRk7w 

2.Introduction to Dark Web Operations(Security Blue Team ) - https://lnkd.in/dJa5nntE

3.CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE 101 (arcX ) - https://lnkd.in/dV9THhxz 

4. Open-source Intelligence ( Basel Institute on Governance ) - https://lnkd.in/duw_uuNx 

5.Betrayal (Kase Scenarios ) - https://lnkd.in/dk8XkmjN 

6.Maltego for Cybercrime Investigations (Maltego Technologies ) - https://lnkd.in/deY6WTee 

7. Osint Workshop (Cyber Institute) - https://lnkd.in/dnmw5eVG

Alex Lozano of Cibergy posted another great list of free courses on LinkedIn:

1. Learn OSINT in 4.5h by Heath Adams: https://lnkd.in/d9-dUPV3

2. OSINT At Home by Benjamin S.: https://lnkd.in/d7QE3sT9

3. 10 Minute OSINT Tips by The OSINT Curious Project: https://lnkd.in/dnWmEqh4

4. Complete OSINT Exercises Walkthroughs by Sofia Santos: https://lnkd.in/d7awBizm

5. OSINT Training by Motasem Hamdan: https://lnkd.in/duuzdNzj

6. OSINT Course by David Pereira: https://lnkd.in/dxB3asCH

7. The Complete OSINT Course by Irfan Shakeel: https://lnkd.in/dQMQtBuT

8. OSINT Tutorials by TechChip: https://lnkd.in/dwJd7Z_P

9. Open Source Intelligence by Hackers Arise: https://lnkd.in/deyYntrX

10. Dark Web Foundation: A Guide to the Deep/Dark Web 2019 by Dark Web Academy: https://lnkd.in/d2tXvEFN

11. OSINT Tutorials by Null Byte: https://lnkd.in/dEQhiyWQ

12. OSINT Workshop by Andrew Fordred: https://lnkd.in/dBXC9CgZ

Join Hacktoria

Hacktoria is a gamified learning platform that allows individuals to learn Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Cybersecurity through a series of capture the flag (CTF) exercises with varying difficulty levels. The platform caters to both beginners and professionals, providing access to a community of like-minded individuals who are willing and able to assist in learning and offer insights on career progression within the field. Through these CTF-style challenges, users can acquire practical skills and knowledge in a hands-on and engaging manner.

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International

Climate Change: Analysis of the world’s top 60 banks underwriting and lending policies shows they have given nearly $7tn worth of funding to the fossil fuel industry since the 2016 Paris agreement was signed by 196 countries with the intention of limiting global warming as a result of carbon emissions.
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Africa

Burundi: Rwanda has denied claims by neighbouring Burundi that it armed the RED-Tabara rebel group suspected of carrying out a grenade attack on Friday which injured 38 people, in an incident that has further strained already tense relations between the two countries.
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Sudan: Weaponised fire destroyed more villages and towns in the west in April than in any other month since the country’s civil war began just over a year ago according to a report by Sudan Witness, a project run by the Center for Information Resilience. 72 settlements were destroyed or damaged by fire last month, bringing the total number since the conflict began to 201.
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Tunisia: The National Guard reported a 22.5% rise in the number of migrants being “intercepted on shore or rescued at sea” as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. It added that 21,545 people were intercepted between 1 January and 30 April, compared to 17,756 in the same period last year.
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Asia/Oceania

Armenia: Police detained 88 people at an anti-government protest in the capital Yerevan, where demonstrators were demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his decision to cede several border villages to neighbouring Azerbaijan.
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Vietnam: Russian President Vladimir Putin is thought to be scheduled to visit Vietnam as early as next week in what would be his first visit to the country since 2017. Vietnam is not party to the Rome Statute, so is not compelled to arrest Putin for war crimes under the arrest warrant issued for him by the International Criminal Court.
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Europe

Georgia: Thousands of people again protested against the Georgia’s proposed foreign agents law - which critics liken to Russian legislation and say is a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union - over the weekend.
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Germany: A Muenster court upheld a 2022 ruling that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, BfV, was justified in designating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a suspected case of extremism. AfD could still seek to appeal the verdict at a federal court.
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Spain: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Party won a clear victory in Catalonia’s regional election, with Carles Puigdemont and fellow separatists losing their majority after ten years in power and seven years after Puigdemont led a failed independence bid that triggered the country’s worst political crisis in decades.
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Turkey: Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to visit Ankara for talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan aimed at maintaining the positive momentum the countries’ historically-strained bilateral ties have been building over the past months.
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UK: The government’s advisor on political violence has recommended introducing a new category for designating and banning “extreme protest groups” - defined as those employing “criminal tactics” to achieve their aims - naming Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil as two groups who would fall under the definition.
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UK: Three men have been charged under the National Security Act for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intelligence services and foreign interference.
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Israel/Hamas

Israel: Thousands of Israelis joined protests over the weekend to call for a deal to bring home hostages still being held in Gaza by Hamas, early elections, and the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Hamas: Israel is unsure of the whereabouts of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar - one of their most wanted individuals - according to officials, but believe he may be in underground tunnels in the southern Khan Younis area.
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US: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has defended a decision to pause a delivery of 3,500 bombs to Israel over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, saying Israel lacked a "credible plan" to protect the 1.4 million civilians sheltering there.
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Latin America/Caribbean

Argentina: Almost 60% of Argentinians are now living in poverty compared with 44% in December last year according to a report by the Catholic University. The rise has been put down to the loss of thousands of jobs caused by President Javier Milei’s closure of various government agencies, a halt on almost 90% of public construction works, and low levels of beef consumption.
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Middle East

Iraq: Companies from China have won five more bids to explore Iraqi oil and gas fields, meaning Chinese companies now have licenses covering ten oil and gas fields, while the Iraqi Kurdish KAR Group has two. There are still another 17 licenses to be awarded.
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Iraq: Iraq’s government has called for the United Nations to end the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), its long-standing political mission in Iraq, by 2025, saying it has outlived its necessity and was restricting the country’s sovereignty.
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Syria: The Syrian regime has appointed a number of officers close to Russia to high-level positions in its Air Force Intelligence branches in Homs, Hama, and the coastal region, pulling these teams away from Iranian influence.
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Russia/Ukraine

Russia: President Vladimir Putin has removed Sergei Shoigu as defence minister and replaced him with civilian economist and former deputy prime minister Andrei Belousov. Shoigu will replace Nikolai Patrushev as secretary of Russia’s Security Council.
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Russia: Gas company Gazprom announced an annual net loss of $7bn - its first since 1999, indicating that its increased sales to China are not filling the gap left by its lost sales to Europe - its largest customer until 2022 when the EU cut imports in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine: Thousands of civilians have been evacuated from the front lines in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as Russia’s fresh ground offensive saw it capture four more villages in the area yesterday.
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Avoid white text on black backgrounds

White text on a black background can be hard to make out due to the way reflected light scatters into neighbouring words. It is also much harder to read for people with astigmatism as it appears blurry. Where possible, stick with dark text on a white background.

Avoid pure black text

Using pure black text can cause eye strain due to the 100% brightness contrast between black and white. Where possible, use very dark grey instead of black for the font colour to make your products easier on the eye.

Avoid justifying text (where possible)

It can look neater than left-aligned text, but is harder to read - especially at pace - due to the uneven spacing between words and the fact that all the lines being equal length makes it harder to keep track of which line was last read.

Line Breaks

Nothing is less appealing to readers than a wall of text. Keep paragraphs short and punchy where possible.

Paragraph width

The optimal paragraph width for ease of reading is between 50 and 70 characters, or around eight to ten words per line.

This is especially pertinent when producing email products, as if you do not apply some kind of formatting the text will cover the full width of the screen, forcing the reader to move their head from side to side to read it like they are watching a tennis match.

Spacing

For optimal readability, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommends:

• Line spacing should be at least a space-and-a-half within paragraphs. So around 150 percent or 1.5 times the font size.

• Spacing following paragraphs should be at least two times the font size.

• Spacing between letters should be at least 0.12 times the font size.

• Spacing between words should be at least 0.16 times the font size.