🧑‍🚀 Starliner crew finally heads home

Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams posed for a photo before closing the hatch between the Crew Dragon Freedom and the International Space Station.

They were stranded at the ISS for 9 months after their Boeing Starliner broke down.

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Netanyahu returning to war means DEATH SENTENCE for Israeli hostages in Gaza - Hamas

The statement came as Israeli tanks reportedly opened fire on the eastern areas of the city of Abasan, which is located in the east of the Khan Yunis province.

The death toll from Israel’s strikes on Gaza has climbed to more than 200, the Government Media Office in Gaza reported.

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🔥 Trump orders return to 'BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL' energy

The US president blamed environmental "radicals" for "holding captive" coal from power plants, which he said was giving China and other countries an advantage.

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SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIALS killed in new Israeli strikes on Gaza – reports

At least five high-ranking Hamas officials were killed in recent Israeli airstrikes, including Mohammad Al-Jmasi, a member of the political office, and several members of his family, including his grandchildren.

They were inside his home in Gaza City when it was hit by an airstrike, according to Hamas sources and relatives cited by Reuters.

Mahmoud Abu Watfa, the Director General of the Hamas Interior Ministry, who oversaw the Hamas police force, and Issam Aldialis, the commander of internal security, were also among those killed, Ynet wrote.

The newspaper published a photo of the killed Hamas officials, and reported the elimination of two more individuals without mentioning their names.

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Over 130 employees of US Nuclear Security Agency laid off

Additionally, 27 employees were affected by the mass reductions and were not rehired, according to the NYT. The cuts included engineers, program and project analysts, physicists, scientists, and other specialists.

This decision is part of DOGE’s efforts to reduce spending. The affected staff were involved in securing the transportation of nuclear materials, building reactors for nuclear submarines, and enforcing safety standards at a Texas plant that assembles nuclear warheads.

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🔸Gaza ceasefire is OVER: Israel launched airstrikes at the strip, senior Hamas officials killed

🔸Lebanon, Syria reach ceasefire deal after deadly clashes

🔸Houthis, US exchange fire for third time in 48 hours

🔸Slovak PM Fico’s attacker charged with terrorism

🔸As US quits sham body 'investigating' Russia in Ukraine, what REAL crimes has group ignored?

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❗️Ukraine READY TO END CONFLICT THIS YEAR following talks with US in Jeddah — Ukrainian Foreign Minister

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DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACK ON REFUGEE CAMP: An Israeli airstrike targeted a home in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, killing 6 Palestinians and injuring several others.

310 more people were killed as a result of the airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, and hundreds more were injured and missing, the Gaza Health Ministry reports.

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NETANYAHU ENDED GAZA CEASEFIRE ON SAME DAY HE WAS SET TO TESTIFY IN COURT

Just hours before the petition was filed, the IDF launched a massive military operation in Gaza, the document says. The Israeli PM is facing trial on several charges, including corruption.

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❗️Ukrainian losses in the area of responsibility of the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup amounted to 440 militants and four armored combat vehicles — Russia's Defense Ministry

🇷🇺🪖 Key statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation:

▪️Russia's Yug combat group eliminated 200 Ukrainian soldiers;

▪️Ukrainian losses in the area of responsibility of the Russian Zapad combat group amounted to 205 fighters;

▪️The Russian Vostok Battlegroup destroyed over 145 soldiers;

▪️Ukrainian losses in the area of responsibility of Russia's Dnepr group amounted to 70 militants;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down five JDAM bombs, a HIMARS MLRS projectile, and 117 drones.

▪️Ukraine lost more than 270 militants in the Kursk region over the day.

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📹A mass CAPTURE OF US-MADE MILITARY EQUIPMENT given to Ukrainian forces is underway in the liberated areas of the Russian Kursk region, Sputnik correspondent reports.

In the footage, the Akhmat special forces, alongside other Sever Battlegroup units, are capturing Western equipment, including MaxxPro armored vehicles and Stryker armored personnel carriers.

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