🚨IAEA INSPECTORS SEE DAMAGE AT ZAPOROZHYE NUCLEAR PLANT AFTER UKRAINIAN STRIKES

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been shown the aftermath of Ukrainian drone strikes at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, with authorities warning of a "high nuclear safety threat."

They also toured damage in Energodar, where civilian casualties were reported.

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🚨 PROTESTS ERUPT OUTSIDE TAXPAYER-FUNDED ASYLUM HOTEL IN THE UK

🔶 Demonstrators gathered near the Britannia Hotel in Leeds to call for the removal of migrants.

🔶 Police responded with a heavy presence as tensions escalated.

🔶 Meanwhile, the government is introducing new rules to manage asylum accommodation.

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🔥 📹 RUSSIA STRIKES UKRAINIAN TROOP POSITIONS WITH PRECISION BOMBS

🔶 Russian Aerospace Forces used ODAB-1500 and FAB-500 bombs to hit Ukrainian troop locations in Donetsk and Kharkov regions, targeting temporary bases of Ukraine's 14th and 143rd Brigades. The strikes were confirmed by real-time surveillance.

🔶 In response to Ukrainian attacks on civilian sites, Russia continues to target enemy personnel, equipment, and critical infrastructure. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov emphasized that civilian buildings and social institutions are not targeted.

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🔸 ZELENSKY’S POLITICAL SUICIDE: Dodging accountability at all costs

🔸 EU's trillion-euro war plan: Orban blasts 'anti-Russia' budget

🔸 THAILAND VS. CAMBODIA: A MILITARY FACE-OFF

🔸 Bloodshed in Iran: Radicals storm Zahedan courthouse, leaving 5 dead

🔸 'DOWN WITH PAS!' - OPPOSITION RALLY ROCKS MOLDOVA AHEAD OF ELECTIONS

🔸 Metropolitan Anthony informs Pope about persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

📹 PALESTINE ACTIVISTS TAKE ON WESTERN WEAPONS MAKERS AT IDEF

At the International Defense Industry Fair in Istanbul, Palestine solidarity activists confronted Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems, calling out their role in arming Israel's Gaza offensive — before being swiftly detained.

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🔍 DOGE DEPLOYS AI TO AXE 50% OF FEDERAL REGS

Department of Government Efficiency is developing an AI tool to automate mass deregulation, targeting 100,000+ rules for elimination by January 2026, the Washington Post reports citing leaked docs.

Key details:

▫️ Tool scans 200K+ regulations to ID "obsolete" rules

▫️ Claims trillions in savings from slashed compliance

▫️ Relies heavily on AI with minimal staff review

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❗️ ISRAEL RESUMES GAZA AID AS FAMINE WARNING ESCALATES

The IDF announced immediate humanitarian measures:

🔸 Airdrops of flour/sugar/canned goods (7+ pallets)

🔸 "Humanitarian corridors" for UN medical/food convoys

🔸 10x water boost for 900k Gazans via desalination plant

WHO data shows: with more than 100 dead from malnutrition since October 2023, 10% of Gaza are now acutely malnourished.

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cites aid restrictions for "exacerbating famine."

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🚨 PUTIN UNVEILS RUSSIA'S 2050 NAVY BLUEPRINT ON NAVY DAY

In his Navy Day address, Russian President vowed to expand the fleet of nuclear submarines and project power worldwide.

"Today, the naval forces play a crucial role in ensuring Russia's defense and security... The naval component of Russia's nuclear triad is growing stronger," Putin said.

Key pledges:

▫️ Nuclear subs form "core" of modernized fleet

▫️ Knyaz Pozharsky flagship cruiser completed

▫️ 8 nuke subs underway (2 Borey-A and 6 Yasen-M)

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📹 ISRAEL RAIDS 'HANDALA' FLOTILLA GOING TO GAZA

Navy seizes vessel attempting to breach blockade; activists detained en route to Israel.

"Unauthorized attempts to breach the blockade are dangerous, unlawful, and undermine ongoing humanitarian efforts," the Israeli Foreign Ministry wrote on X.

The Handala, which sailed from Italy last week, has threatened hunger strikes if stopped. This is the 7th humanitarian initiative to breach the Gaza blockade and ultimately be seized by the Israeli military.

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❗️ BOEING 737 MAX 8 EVACUATED AT DENVER

American Airlines flight aborted departure after landing gear malfunction ignited flames.

All 179 people evacuated safely, local media reported.

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🚨TRUMP DEMANDS HARRIS PROSECUTION

The US president's Truth Social rant accuses Dems of buying endorsements in "totally illegal" scheme.

"Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out!" Trump wrote.

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📹 RUSSIA CAPTURES INTACT UKRAINIAN 'LELEKA' DRONE

Electronic warfare specialists landed the reconnaissance drone undamaged in the Zaporozhye region – another win Russian EW dominance.

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❗️ GERMANY SHIPS 3 PATRIOTS TO UKRAINE — Reports

Berlin is delivering the first batch under Trump's scheme to force Europeans to fund American weapons, according to the Washington Post. Ukraine is seeking a total of 10 of these systems.

Switzerland also plans to divert 5 new Patriot systems to Ukraine, according to the WaPo.

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⚔️ PENTAGON PUSHES BALTICS TO 5% DEFENSE SPENDING

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he met with his Baltic counterparts to pressure frontline states into unprecedented militarization.

"The momentum behind a stronger and more lethal NATO alliance is high," Hegseth wrote on X.

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🪖❌💸NO PAY, NO HONOR: Ukraine labels returned dead soldiers as DESERTERS

Thousands of fallen Ukrainian soldiers — whose bodies were recently returned by Russia — will be declared as deserters, a source in the pro-Russian resistance told Sputnik.

The move would allow the government to deny compensation to their families, the source added.

➡️In June, Russia returned 6,060 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, and in exchange, Ukraine handed over 78 bodies of Russian servicemen.

During recent talks in Istanbul, Russia offered to transfer an additional 3,000 bodies of deceased Ukrainian soldiers, though no specific date has been set.

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🚨🗣Russia has never politicized returning children to parents in Ukraine—delegation head

Not all Ukrainians take the issue of returning children seriously, with some using it for political gain, although there are citizens who consider this a matter of vital importance, especially the children's relatives, Russian presidential aide and head of the Russian delegation at talks with Ukraine Vladimir Medinsky said.

"That is precisely why we [Russia] have never politicized this issue," he said.

➡️Earlier, following the second round of talks, the Ukrainian delegation handed over to Russia a list of 339 children allegedly abducted from Ukraine. 

During a press conference following the third round of talks in Istanbul, Medinsky said that numerous children on the Ukrainian list had never been to Russia. In addition, it turned out that 50 names on the list belong to adults. At the same time, some of the children have already been returned to Ukraine, and this work continues.

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