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SEN RAND PAUL: DC’s Russia sanctions bill won’t stop Putin — but it will hurt you
Senator Rand Paul has written an opinion piece criticising a proposed Russia sanctions bill, arguing that it would fail to change Vladimir Putin’s behaviour while instead harming ordinary Americans. He frames the legislation as emblematic of a broader disconnect between Washington’s foreign policy establishment and the concerns of everyday citizens, warning that its punitive economic…
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Around 12,000 people evacuated in France fires
Around 12,000 people, including some 10,000 tourists, have been evacuated from south-west France as wildfires continue to burn in the Gironde region, days after two firefighters died tackling a blaze near Bordeaux airport. The fires are part of a wider pattern of severe wildfires across southern Europe this summer, driven by prolonged heatwaves, with Italy…
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Sarajevo Film Festival reveals 2026 competition lineup with 21 world premieres
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced the competition line-ups for its 32nd edition, highlighting new work from South-East European filmmakers. The programme includes 21 world premieres, underlining the festival’s role as a major platform for cinema from the region when it runs from 14 to 21 August. Across four competition sections, the festival will also…
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Ruiz and Gavi’s reward for World Cup win… 150kg of tomatoes
Spain midfielders Fabian Ruiz and Gavi returned to their shared hometown of Los Palacios y Villafranca, near Seville, following the national team’s World Cup 2026 triumph in North America, where they were honoured with an unusual local tradition: being given their own body weight in tomatoes. The gesture, presented at an official town hall reception,…
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How LNZ Cherkasy become a wartime success story with few modern parallels
LNZ Cherkasy, a Ukrainian club that was playing fourth-tier football as recently as 2021, will make its European debut this week when it faces Belgian side Gent in the second qualifying round of the Conference League. The achievement is remarkable given the wider disruption to Ukrainian football since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022,…
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‘The Wild Robot’ VFX Studio STIM Sets Canary Islands Operation, Planning to Create More Than 100 Jobs
French animation and visual effects studio STIM, known for its work on “The Wild Robot”, “The Garfield Movie” and “Coyote vs. Acme”, is opening a new production centre in Spain’s Canary Islands, with plans to create more than 100 jobs as part of a broader European expansion. The move matters because it strengthens the archipelago’s…
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Iran Strikes On CIA Facilities Prompt Questions About Possible Russian Role
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have led US intelligence analysts to examine whether Russia supplied targeting information or enhanced drone technology. Officials have not reached firm conclusions, but the apparent precision of the strikes and Russia’s established technical support for Iran have raised concerns that Moscow may be more directly helping…
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Russia’s businesses under strain from Ukraine’s attacks on Wildberries
Ukrainian drones have struck four warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, over the course of a few days, marking an expansion of Kyiv’s long-range campaign beyond oil depots and refineries into retail logistics hubs. Ukraine says the sites were used to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment to the Russian…
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Why the power struggle between Ukraine’s two top military geniuses reflects a truth about modern warfare every nation must confront
The article text supplied for this piece could not be retrieved — the content returned consists only of Daily Mail navigation elements and unrelated headline teasers, with none of the actual op-ed by David Patrikarakos on the reported rivalry between two senior Ukrainian military figures. As a result, no factual details about the power struggle,…