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Russia has massively stepped up its drone production, sparking fears it could soon launch 1,000-a-night attacks on Ukraine. The alarm came as Kremlin troops launched a record 728 drones and 13 missiles across Western Ukraine overnight - beating its 550-strong onslaught just days ago. . A senior Ukrainian defence source in Kyiv told the Daily Mirror exclusively: “Intelligence suggests Russia is increasing its drone production and this is a huge concern. We need defensive systems and greater supplies of offensive missiles to push back Russian troops in depth, behind their lines and targeting their logistics. Fears Russia could deploy 1,000 killer drone waves on Ukraine

On the same day that a Russian minister was found dead hours after being sacked, a second man in the same department dropped dead. Deputy head of Russia’s Federal Road Agency’s Property Management Department, Andrey Korneichuk, reportedly stood up and collapsed in his office. The sudden death has raised eyebrows, given that his boss, Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit, was found dead with gunshot wounds on the same day. Mystery as two Putin allies die on same day

Russian President Vladimir Putin is laughing at President Donald Trump, said one MSNBC host on Tuesday. Trump has been asked about Putin and the state of the war against Ukraine after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused a weapons shipment to the war-torn country. On Tuesday, when asked about the matter, Trump said, "We get a lot of bulls--- thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth. He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless." 'Humiliating': MSNBC panel says Putin 'laughing' at 'snowflake' Trump Poor old Donald. He phones Putin, has a long chat, and then Putin launches the largest air attack against Ukraine since the start of the war! Vladimir just doesn't care.

If I remember correctly the figure of how much Thai punters would need to have to enter the casinos was temporary, and could have been altered once the bill became law. That was one of the criticisms of the bill at the time.

Intense negotiations are taking place in Qatar in parallel with key talks in Washington between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Two sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations have told Sky News that disagreement between Israel and Hamas remains on the status and presence of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) inside Gaza. The two sides have bridged significant differences on several other issues, including the process of delivering humanitarian aid and Hamas's demand that the US guarantees to ensure Israel doesn't unilaterally resume the war when the ceasefire expires in 60 days. Only one issue still to be resolved in push for Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Sky News understands

Israeli settler violence blocks land in occupied West Bank Settler attacks are a frequent occurrence in the occupied West Bank, preventing many Palestinians from accessing their lands. When a DW team travelled to the town of Sinjil to cover a protest by residents, they themselves, along with protesters, came under attack. Israeli settler violence blocks land in occupied West Bank | Watch

According to an article from the BBC below, Katz said he hoped construction of the camp could begin during a potential 60 day ceasefire currently being negotiated between Israel and Hamas. However, Michael Sfard, a Israeli human rights lawyer condemned it as nothing less than an "operational plan for a crime against humanity". "It is all about population transfer to the southern tip of the Gaza Strip in preparation for deportation outside the strip," Michael Sfard told the Guardian newspaper. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rp31lk7mzo

El Salvador has informed the United Nations that it holds no legal responsibility for the more than 200 Venezuelan men whom President Donald Trump ordered to be sent to its maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison earlier this year — a claim that directly contradicts repeated assertions from the Trump administration. Lawyers representing the Venezuelan detainees presented a document Monday, showing that El Salvador had informed the UN it does not hold legal authority over the men. In March, following Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, these Venezuelan nationals were removed from the United States without due process and placed in El Salvador’s CECOT. The administration justified its action by maintaining that they are legally bound by Salvadoran authority. Trump admin 'exposed as liars' after El Salvador makes major admission to United Nations

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered preparations for a huge camp to house 600,000 displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, Israeli media reported on Monday. Katz said the move was intended to weaken the power of the Palestinian militant group Hamas over the population in the sealed-off coastal territory. The minister said plans were being developed for a "humanitarian city" on the ruins of Rafah, which has been largely destroyed in the ongoing war. Reports: Israel planning camp to house 600,000 Palestinians in Gaza MOD EDIT: Dishonest editing of the quotes has been removed and original put in their place @bannork

Ali Awad is tired. The 27-year-old resident of Tuba, one of the dozen or so villages that make up Masafer Yatta in the arid south Hebron hills of the occupied West Bank, had been up all night watching as a masked Israeli settler on horseback circled his family home. “When we saw the masked settler, we knew he wanted violence,” said Awad, his eyes bloodshot. They were lucky this time: the settler disappeared into the darkness before police could show up. Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes

In May, Microsoft admitted that it supplied technologies to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, which critics say essentially paint Microsoft as a war profiteer. A new report from UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese doubles down on this claim. Commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council, Albanese asserts that Microsoft and other big tech firms continue to expand their cloud infrastructure into the Israeli military complex, profiting to the tune of billions as thousands of innocent Gazan civilians suffer and are displaced. A UN Human Rights Council report lists Microsoft among big tech companies that "profit" from Gaza genocide The full report can be read here.

The number of malnourished children in the Gaza strip is rising at an alarming rate. According to the United Nations, over 5,000 children were admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition in May alone, a near 50 per cent increase from April. Displacement orders and bombardments in the Palestinian enclave from Israel have damaged health centres, water and sanitation, hampering efforts to treat those with malnutrition. ‘It’s a war crime’: Babies dying amid lack of milk in Gaza | Watch

An Israeli reservist with three tours of duty under his belt speaks out about his deployment in Gaza. 'Some Israeli commanders can decide to do war crimes' | Watch

Today, in the Vladivostok area, a Russian main gas pipeline exploded, and a water pipeline was also destroyed. These facilities supplied the 155th Brigade of the Russian army, RBC-Ukraine reports, referring to sources in Ukraine's Defense Intelligence. In particular, in the Russian Far East, as a result of an explosion and subsequent fire, branches of the Vladivostok main gas pipeline running along the coast of the Sea of Japan were destroyed. According to sources in Ukrainian Intelligence, the gas pipeline supplies gas to a number of Russian military facilities located along the coast of the Sea of Japan. Explosions near Vladivostok cut gas and water to Russia's 155th Brigade – sources

The US government is pouring millions of dollars into a deadly militarised initiative to distribute aid in Gaza without internal oversight, The Observer has found. In the almost six weeks since a private aid operation called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) launched, the opaque effort to replace UN operations in Gaza, rather than work alongside them, has been at the centre of controversy. Israeli soldiers and armed American contractors have been accused of shooting at crowds of starving people surging towards their distribution centres. US funding for demilitarised Gaza aid distribution dodges scrutiny

Israel has continued to launch waves of airstrikes in Gaza, hours after Hamas said it was ready to start talks “immediately” on a US-sponsored proposal for a 60-day ceasefire. The announcement by the militant Islamist organisation increased hopes that a deal may be done within days to pause the killing in Gaza and possibly end the near 21-month conflict. Saturday was relatively “calmer” after days of intense bombardment, aid officials and residents in Gaza said, although 24 Palestinians were killed, including 10 people seeking humanitarian aid, according to hospital officials. Israel continues airstrikes on Gaza after Hamas says it is ready for ceasefire talks

You're a double negative man- I don't think I'm neither but as you admit you tilt a little to the right. However nobody doesn't know why you like a man who riles everyone up, I'm guessing he's a bit of a laugh..... for five minutes.

On June 26th, Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) reported that its agents successfully targeted and attacked a key Russian air defense system stationed in occupied Crimea. According to the report, drone operatives from its Ghosts special unit (also known as the Prymary elite unit) were responsible for the attack—they hit a key S-400 Triumf. According to Business Insider, the S-400 Triumf is “considered one of the world's most advanced air-defense systems”. The S-400 is the best system that Russia currently fields in its war against Ukraine as well. Ukrainian intelligence agents scored a stunning victory against Russia

Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight. Ukraine’s military General Staff said Saturday that Ukrainian forces had struck the Borisoglebsk airbase in Russia’s Voronezh region, describing it as the “home base” of Russia’s Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter jets. Writing on Facebook, the General Staff said it hit a depot containing glide bombs, a training aircraft and “possibly other aircraft." Ukraine says it hit Russian airbase following huge drone strike

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote Friday about how H.R. 1 will effectively "kneecap America’s renewable energy industry" and give China a monopoly on the renewable energy industry for decades. One of the major components of the law is the stripping of billions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits for solar, battery and wind energy. This comes at the same time China is rapidly restructuring its energy grid to include larger portions of electricity from renewable sources. China sees Trump's new law as 'one of the greatest acts of strategic self-harm': analyst It's drinks all round for the Chinese as we enter the era of AI and its marked use of electricity whilst the US cuts back on renewables!

Doctors in Gaza have warned that hundreds of babies are at risk of death amid a critical shortage of baby milk, as Israel continues to restrict the humanitarian aid that can enter the beleaguered strip. Dr Ahmad al-Farra, the head of paediatrics at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, said his ward had only about a week’s worth of infant formula remaining. “I can’t begin to describe how bad things are. Right now, we have enough formula for about one week. But we also have infants outside the hospital without any access to milk. It’s catastrophic,” al-Farra told the Guardian over the phone. ‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

Harris won 48.34% of the popular vote, Trump 49.81%, others 1.85%. In other words, the American people were divided almost exactly half as to which candidate was preferred.