Over 20 Russian drones in the NATO country Poland, potentially with the military logistics hub Rzeszow as the target. An "extremely serious" Russian escalation – and NATO's response apparently does not suffice to deter Putin, notes Ukraine analyst Fredrik Wesslau.
WorldDonald Trump will not attend the upcoming G20 meeting in South Africa. He is instead sending Vice President JD Vance. I will not go, said Trump on Friday. Instead, he is planning for next year – when he wants the meeting to be held at his own golf club in Miami.
World politicsWhile the world looks the other way, the civilian population in the civil war-torn Sudan is exposed to war crime after war crime. The oasis town of al-Fashir is the last town in the war-torn region of Darfur that has not yet fallen to the rebel group RSF. But the paramilitary force surrounding the stronghold refuses to let in aid deliveries – and kills those who try to flee.
WorldTalk about security guarantees and heightened hopes for a peace summit. But despite Donald Trump's efforts, nothing suggests that Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to give up the war in Ukraine. No, nothing. Putin just keeps going and going, notes Russia analyst Jakob Hedenskog.
ConflictsToday, the new tariffs on exports to the USA begin to apply. At the same time, Sweden and the EU are now breaking ground for new trade routes. The map for world trade is being redrawn, says Per Altenberg, chief economist at the agency Kommerskollegium.
BusinessIsrael's parliament, the Knesset, has adopted a motion to annex the Palestinian West Bank. The decision is not legally binding, but a symbolic act, according to Udi Sommer, political scientist at Tel Aviv University. It is a vision the government has had since day one, he says to TT.
WorldPresident Donald Trump has ordered that two nuclear-powered American submarines be moved to "suitable regions" in response to "very provocative" Russian statements. I interpret it as that they are nuclear-armed submarines, but one should add that it is unclear, says Jan Hallenberg, associated senior researcher at the Foreign Policy Institute, to DN.
WorldIt was an engaged electorate that on Sunday elected representatives to the Japanese parliament's upper house. Not since 2010 has the voter turnout been so high. The right-wing populist party Sanseito caused an upset and seized fourteen seats with promises of abolished VAT and reduced immigration.
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