Training will cover everything from traditional skills through to drone control and cyberwarfare techniques and countermeasures. BBC News
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The explosion took place around 04:00 in front of the synagogue and caused no injuries, police say. BBC News
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian drone experts will arrive in the Middle East this week to help Gulf states under attack from Iran. In recent days, Iran has fired a number of Shahed drones across the Middle East – and some air defences in the region have struggled to …
Read More »Russian strike on Kharkiv apartment block kills seven
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says ten other people – including children – are injured as rescuers continue to search through rubble. BBC News
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The move is backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, which says the current fee is unjustified because of the high cost of living. BBC News
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The attacks, which involved self-igniting packages, targeted couriers in Poland, Germany and the UK in 2024. BBC News
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gives India a 30-day waiver to buy Russian crude as a “stop gap measure”. BBC News
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Firefighters have rescued a wolf that had fallen into a canal in the town of San Giovanni Lupatoto, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The distressed animal had taken refuge from flowing waters beneath a footbridge, before the fire brigade’s river rescue team arrived to save it. After manoeuvring …
Read More »Russia blames Ukrainian naval drones as tanker sinks in Mediterranean
The Arctic Metagaz went down between Libya and Malta after it was hit by explosions and a fire, Libyan officials say. BBC News
Read More »Trump lashes out at Spain, says he is ‘going to cut off all trade’
US President Donald Trump said Spain was “very uncooperative” and acted like a “terrible” ally after it declined to allow US forces to use Spanish bases for strikes on Iran. He said the US is “going to cut off all trade” and directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “cut off …
Read More »Spain's Pedro Sánchez hits back at Trump threat to sever trade saying 'no to war'
Spain’s prime minister delivers a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump’s threat to end trade with his country. BBC News
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European nations say they want to work better together but are finding it hard to do so BBC News
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The crowded tram was travelling in the centre of Milan at rush hour when it appeared to crash into the side of a building. BBC News
Read More »Spain opposition seeks disgraced ex-monarch’s return from exile
In August 2020, he left the country to live in the United Arab Emirates, where he has resided ever since. His son and heir, King Felipe, endorsed the move which has kept him out of the public eye, with the exception of occasional visits he has made to Spain for …
Read More »Drone jammed near French aircraft carrier was probably Russian, says Sweden
Sweden’s defence minister says there is likely a “strong link” between the drone and a Russian naval vessel in the area. BBC News
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Celine Cremer, 31, disappeared after going on a hike in a rainforest in June 2023. BBC News
Read More »How AI is supercharging Russia’s online disinformation campaigns
Unlike traditional Russian propaganda outlets like media companies RT and Sputnik, which the West swiftly sanctioned at the start of the invasion of Ukraine, such campaigns “allow for a level of… plausible deniability that complicates counter-influence efforts”, said Sophie Williams-Dunning, a cyber and tech researcher at the Royal United Services …
Read More »EU states told to use existing fund for safe abortions after citizens' petition
The European Commission stops short of creating a new funding facility to enable women to travel for safe abortions. BBC News
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Police said the car was meant to be scrapped and the man must have climbed into it without being noticed. BBC News
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