Ukraine was behind the attacks over the weekend on the Russian railway that caused train disruptions and fatalities, according to a Ukrainian intelligence source for the news agency AFP and Kyiv Independent.
ConflictsIsrael's offensive against the famine-stricken city of Gaza forces tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee again through the strip's ruined landscape – to often already overcrowded camps. Many count on never seeing their homes again.
ConflictsContraceptives worth over 90 million kronor have been destroyed, according to USAID as reported by The New York Times. The medicines were intended for developing countries, but due to the Trump administration's dismantling of the aid policy, they got stuck in limbo in Belgium. However, Belgium rejects USAID's claim.
WorldJonas Vingegaard is getting closer to victory in the Tour of Spain. But the Dane lost ten seconds of his lead on the time trial stage in Valladolid where two demonstrators were arrested.
SportsEthiopia has now inaugurated Africa's largest hydroelectric dam. The controversial giant facility "Gerd" is intended, among other things, to help the transition to electric cars in the country, which is the first in the world to ban new petrol-powered vehicles.
WorldFrance is again in acute political crisis since the parliament has dismissed Prime Minister François Bayrou and his government. President Emmanuel Macron promises to present a new name "within a few days".
World politicsIsrael claims to control 40 percent of Gaza City, which it describes as Hamas' last "terror stronghold". At the same time, the death toll in Gaza has exceeded 64,000, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.
ConflictsFrance's women's national team in boxing is stopped from the World Championship due to the new requirements for gender testing. The results of the French tests arrived too late.
SportsEurope must stop buying Russian oil and start putting economic pressure on China. This is demanded by US President Donald Trump after a phone call with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyj and other European leaders.
World politicsIsrael has carried out air attacks against southern Lebanon. According to Israel's military, "underground infrastructure" belonging to Iran-backed Lebanese Hizbollah was attacked.
ConflictsThe death toll continues to rise since Russia carried out a major attack on Kyiv during the night against Thursday. Among the fatalities are several children. The attack is described as the second largest since the war started.
WorldManchester United have made a tremendous fiasco. In the second round of the English league cup, the major club fell after penalties away against Grimsby – a club from the English fourth division. We were completely lost, says Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim afterwards.
SportsUSA's punitive tariffs against India have now come into force. Many goods will thus be subject to a tariff of 50 percent, among the highest that Donald Trump has introduced, as pressure for India to buy Russian oil.
BusinessIsrael has carried out several raids in Ramallah on the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. A dozen people have been injured in connection with the raids.
WorldA dozen people were killed in Myanmar when the military carried out an air raid on a region controlled by the opposition.
WorldThree people, all adults, have according to health authorities in Gaza died due to malnutrition the last 24 hours. Swedish diplomat Carl Skau calls Israel's permitted emergency aid "a drop in the sea".
ConflictsIsrael has bombed targets belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen's capital Sanaa.
ConflictsApproximately 52,000 French people have signed a petition against France lending the 70 meter long Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum in London, writes Le Figaro.
EntertainmentOver 1,200 people have been arrested after a major crackdown on cybercrime in Africa, reports the news agency AFP. Online scams have increased by 3,000 percent in some of the countries, according to a fresh report from Interpol.
TechnologyThe increased amount of tourists and research projects in Antarctica pollute the continent to an increasingly high degree, warn researchers. A single tourist can contribute to 100 tons of snow melting faster, says researcher Raul Cordero.
WorldAt least six people have been killed and many injured in a bomb attack near a military airbase in Colombia. At the same time, at least eight police officers have been killed and a police helicopter shot down in clashes with a drug cartel.
WorldForest fires have ravaged over one million hectares of land within the EU so far this year, according to data analyzed by the news agency AFP. This makes 2025 the worst fire year since the measurements began in 2006.
WorldItalian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of having sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline, reports Der Spiegel.
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