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Iran carried out strikes on US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait following the US attacks
Iran has announced strikes on US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US attacks on its territory. The day before, the US military reported strikes on Iranian military infrastructure following attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US carried out strikes against Iran following attacks on merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz
The US has announced a series of strikes on Iranian territory in response to attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Tehran has accused Washington of breaching agreements and has stated its intention to defend its national interests.
Marine Le Pen has confirmed that she will stand as a candidate in the 2027 French presidential election
Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right party “National Rally”, has announced that she will stand in the 2027 French presidential election. Prior to this, the Paris Court of Appeal had reduced the length of her ban on standing for election.
"The Rock" has responded to journalists’ reports of seven further fatalities in the regiment
The 425th Separate Assault Regiment ‘Skelya’ has commented on a report by ‘Babel’ regarding seven further conscripts who were killed during training exercises with the regiment. They say they are cooperating with law enforcement agencies and are striving to “reduce to zero” non-combat casualties.
Financial support ahead of winter: the government is launching new schemes for Ukrainians
The government plans to launch financial assistance schemes for the most vulnerable sections of the population, so that support is provided as early as October – before the coldest part of winter sets in.
All the quarter-final fixtures for the 2026 World Cup have been decided
Following the conclusion of the round of 16 matches, all the teams through to the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup have been confirmed. The next stage of the tournament will take place from 9 to 12 July.
Tigipko’s factory supplied railway carriages to a company that collaborates with nuclear weapons developers in the Russian Federation — investigation
Between 2014 and 2022, the Dniprovagonmash factory, owned by businessman and adviser to the President’s Office Serhiy Tihipko, supplied railway carriages to a Russian company that provided steel to nuclear weapons manufacturers.
Fuel prices may fall — head of the AMCU
Russian shelling of petrol stations is driving up costs for fuel retailers, but there is still scope for petrol stations in Ukraine to reduce their prices.
Russia attacked nine regions of Ukraine overnight; there have been fatalities, dozens of people have been injured and there has been widespread destruction
On the night of 8 July and throughout the following day, Russian forces carried out strikes on Kyiv and the regions of Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Sumy, Chernihiv and Donetsk. The attacks resulted in fatalities, with dozens of civilians injured, and damage to residential buildings, businesses, energy facilities and transport infrastructure.
The Temporary Investigation Commission has cast doubt on NABU’s internal controls: not a single allegation against its staff in three years
The Parliamentary Temporary Investigation Commission has highlighted issues with internal controls at the NABU. The Commission’s report states that between 2022 and 2025, there were no charges, indictments or convictions in proceedings concerning possible corruption offences by the Bureau’s staff.
A secondary school headteacher from the Kherson region was called up whilst on his way to the Ministry of Education and Science: the ombudsman has launched an investigation
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada’s Human Rights Commissioner, has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mobilisation of a 57-year-old lyceum headteacher from the Kherson region. The case concerns a headteacher who has led the school for 35 years and, according to staff, did not abandon his colleagues even during the temporary occupation of the region.
Former MP wanted by the NABU has been found in Monaco: he is implicated in a case involving 160 million hryvnias
Journalists have spotted Yuriy Ivanyushchenko, a former Member of Parliament for the banned ‘Party of Regions’, whom the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has placed on its wanted list in connection with the ‘Stolychny’ market land case, in Monaco. He is a defendant in proceedings concerning 18 hectares of state-owned land with a market value of over 160 million hryvnias.