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Russian Navy officer who defected from Ukraine killed by hidden bin bomb in Crimea, officials say
Russian official says suspect was acting ‘on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies’. Kyiv has not publicly commented on the attack
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Seven dead as Kyiv blows up ‘Russian Amazon’ hub in largest drone attack of 2026
Russian authorities said Kyiv fired around 600 drones to the capital of Moscow
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North Korea threatens to exercise self-defense as it slams US-South Korea military drills

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In Weimar, a festival preserves Yiddish culture while reinventing it

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Conor Kennedy, son of RFK Jr, placed on Russia’s international wanted list
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Putin puts RFK Jr’s son Conor on most wanted list for fighting in Ukraine war
Conor Kennedy said he was ‘willing to die’ in Ukraine after signing up to fight in 2022. Four years later he has been accused of acting as a mercenary by a Russian court

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Ukraine drone strikes on major Russian oil refinery 800 miles from the border sparks fire

Desperate bid to stop one of worst oil spills in years as Russian ship runs aground near Oman
An annual monsoon in the area is complicating salvage efforts near a nature reserve
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian Navy officer ‘killed after bomb hidden in rubbish bin’ explodes in Crimea
Reports in Russia claim the deceased is a former Ukrainian navy official who defected to Russia
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Bulletin world briefing: Ukraine destroys air defence system protecting ‘Putin’s Palace’
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Ukraine destroys missile system protecting Putin’s $1bn Black Sea palace
An anti-missile launch pad was left ‘ablaze and sputtering for three hours’, according to Ukraine’s military

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Russia reports young child dead in Ukrainian strike on naval base
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Kyiv has made significant battlefield gains ‘exactly as planned’
Earlier, Zelensky says his forces struck Russia’s Novorossiysk naval base with drones, missiles and unmanned boats
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Russian strikes kill ten in Ukraine as Zelensky says ‘every step’ Putin takes is towards escalation
Ukrainian leader accused Russia of using Korean ballistic missiles to exploit shortages of American air defences
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What are Patriot missiles – and why are supplies dwindling worldwide?
First used in the 1991 Gulf War, the US Patriot air defence system has seen demand spike sharply this year

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv sends new proposals to Trump’s negotiators for plan to end conflict, says Zelensky
Ukrainian warns Putin is poised to escalate the conflict as air defences run dry
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Moment Ukraine’s Black Forest Brigade destroys Russian air defence command centre
Ukraine said the attacks on key air defence systems would allow them to strike deeper into Russia

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Russian Olympic champion who participated in pro-war rally denied visa for European Championships
Nine members of the Russian team and staff were initially denied visas for the championships in Croatia
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Inside Putin’s aggressive army recruitment drive as Russians ‘snatched off streets’ to feed Ukraine war
Moscow denies Ukrainian claims that Kyiv’s forces are killing Russian troops faster than they are being recruited
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Russia launches fresh legal challenge against ‘unprecedented’ sanctions imposed by World Athletics
Russian athletes have been banned from international events since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022
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Bulletin AM briefing: Briton killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine and women offered free home cervical cancer tests
Here are five of the biggest stories this morning

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky mocks Putin’s reliance on North Korea after deadly strike deep inside Russia
Ukrainian drone attack hits targets over 600 miles deep inside Russia, killing 13 people

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Trump brushes off Russia’s attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine: ‘We’re separated by an ocean’
Donald Trump brushed off a question about Russia’s attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine, stating that the United States is “separated by an ocean.”
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World food prices soar to three-year high amid escalating conflicts and extreme weather
It has been announced that global food prices reached their highest level in over three years last month
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin told he ‘must stop’ after Russian strike destroys WHO warehouse in Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of deadly attacks on Sunday
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Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery over 1,300km behind frontline, says Zelensky
Ukrainian President says Ukraine has hit two more oil facilities deep inside Russia

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How explosive drone found near runway at German airport sparked fears of another ‘hybrid’ Russian attack on Nato
The drone incident was framed as the latest in a series of hybrid attacks across Europe

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North Korea launches unidentified projectile toward waters off its east coast, South Korea says

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin could attack Nato member to test alliance’s resolve, report on US intel warns
Lithuania also fears Putin may be planning a ‘false flag’ strike on the Baltics

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Zelensky asks allies for more missile defences after 17 killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv
Kyiv says that Ukraine has been supplied with a third of the air defence missiles it was given in 2025
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Drone with explosive device found near runway at German airport
Flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport were disrupted overnight as authorities investigated
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Russian drone factory director badly injured in car explosion

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How a day at the beach in Crimea turned to chaos after Ukrainian drone smashed into civilians and killed seven
Kyiv said it does not target civilians but is ramping up long-range strikes

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Photos show Russian attack on a warehouse in Kyiv
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its region have killed over a dozen people and wounded many others.

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North Korea sends missile unit to Russia as Putin tries to exploit Ukraine weakness
North Korean missiles are bigger than Russia’s
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says missile interceptors would have saved lives in Kyiv attack in new plea to Trump
Warehouses in several parts of Ukraine under attack overnight as Russia pounds Kyiv and surrounding regions

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Oil spill from grounded tanker off Oman expands sharply, satellite images show

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Ukraine shares video of Russian drone ‘hunting down’ market vendor
Ukraine’s National Police has shared a video of a Russian drone appearing to “hunt down” and wound a market vendor in Kherson.

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