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No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan.
By Mushtaq Yusufzai and The Associated Press

KHAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb ripped through a rally held by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur District that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 55 people were killed and 135 were wounded in what one official said was a suicide attack.

Senior police officer Nazir Khan told NBC News that the religious political party Jamiat Ulema Islam, run by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, had organized a workers’ convention in the town of Khar, headquarters of the Bajur District, a former tribal area, on Sunday, where the explosion took place. While Khan said earlier there was “no information about the nature of the blast,” Jalil Jan, a spokesperson for the political party, said it was a suicide attack.
Officials say one person is injured in the latest in a series of strikes on the Russian capital that Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for
Agence France-Presse

Three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow early on Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry said, in an attack that briefly shut an international airport. While one of the drones was shot down on the city’s outskirts, two others were “suppressed by electronic warfare” and smashed into an office complex. A security guard was injured, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.

“Ukrainian drones attacked tonight. Facades of two city office towers were slightly damaged,” Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin posted on Telegram. Moscow and its surrounding area are more than 500km from the Ukrainian border and the ongoing conflict there, but have been targeted in several drone attacks this year.
By Jibran Ahmad and Saud Mehsud

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, July 30 (Reuters) - At least 42 people were killed and over 130 injured when a suicide bomber set off explosives at a political rally in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police and rescue officials said.

The blast took place at a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party, known for its links to hardline political Islam, in the former tribal area of Bajaur, which borders Afghanistan.

An emergency has been declared in the hospitals of Bajaur and adjoining areas where most of the injured were taken, said district police officer Nazir Khan. The critically injured were transported from Bajaur to hospitals in the provincial capital Peshawar by military helicopters. A statement from Rescue 1122, a first-responder service, put the death toll at 42.
Story by Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - Italy made an "improvised and atrocious" decision when it joined China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as it did little to boost exports, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview published on Sunday. Italy signed up to the BRI under a previous government, becoming the only major Western country to have taken such a step. Crosetto is part of an administration that is considering how to break free of the agreement.

The BRI scheme envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond with large infrastructure spending. Critics see it as a tool for China to spread its geopolitical and economic influence. "The decision to join the (new) Silk Road was an improvised and atrocious act" that multiplied China's exports to Italy but did not have the same effect on Italian exports to China, Crosetto told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
By SAM MEDNICK

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital denouncing the country’s former colonial power, and setting a door at the French Embassy ablaze on Sunday before the army broke up the crowd.

The Russian mercenary group Wagner is operating in neighboring Mali, and President Vladimir Putin would like to expand his country’s influence in the region. The new junta’s leaders have not said whether they would move toward Moscow or stick with Niger’s Western partners.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that attacks on France and its interests would not be tolerated and anyone who attacks French citizens will see an immediate response.

Niger, a French colony until 1960, had been seen as the West’s last reliable partner battling jihadists in Africa’s Sahel region. France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with the Nigeriens. The United States and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.
Story by ToI Staff • Yesterday 1:28 PM

For the 30th week in a row but for the first time since the first piece of judicial overhaul legislation passed, mass nationwide rallies were held against the plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to weaken the judiciary.

Monday’s vote saw lawmakers approve a measure that prevents judges from striking down government and ministerial decisions on the basis they are “unreasonable.” The law was approved by all 64 coalition members — with the entire 56-strong opposition boycotting the vote — despite the sustained mass protests, vehement opposition from top judicial, security, economic and public figures, repeated warnings from allies, chief among them the US, and thousands of military reservists vowing to quit service. Protest organizers have vowed to keep the demonstrations going.

Hundreds of thousands of people protested across the country against the overhaul. Some 174,000 people gathered for the main rally at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv Saturday, according to Channel 13 news, which cited the Crowd Solutions firm. Tens of thousands of others protested in some 150 other cities, towns and intersections across the country, including a reported 25,000 in Haifa, thousands in Jerusalem, and what organizers said were 17,000 in Kfar Saba.
Story by Альона Сонько

Prigozhin commended Putin's efforts to build a personal relationship of trust with African leaders during the summit. "What our president did, he did a very important thing, this is the second forum, and during this forum and certainly in other meetings with most of the African leaders, a personal relationship of trust was built, for Africans it is very important – trust in one word," Prigozhin said.

While several publications, including Reuters, acknowledged the difficulty of verifying the audio, a voice resembling Prigozhin's could be heard under the French translation. The phone interview was uploaded on YouTube but had only garnered 1,400 views as of late July 28.
DW

The European Union said it was suspending all aid to Niger with immediate effect after General Abdourahamane Tchiani declared himself the leader of the country in a coup. The bloc will also stop all security cooperation. It also suspended all security cooperation with the country with immediate effect.

The European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said they were ready to support future decisions, including the "adoption of sanctions" taken by West Africa's main regional bloc ECOWAS, in support of Niger's democratic leaders.

Niger saw a coup earlier this week, with General Abdourahamane Tchiani declaring himself the leader on Friday after removing the democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. Bazoum "remains the only legitimate president of Niger," the European Union said in its statement.
Story by Mark Almond

It is tempting to see Vladimir Putin’s pompous Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg as his attempt to distract attention at home and abroad from the situation in Ukraine. But that would be too simplistic an interpretation. Rather, this conference is part of a revolution in African geopolitics that represents one of the biggest threats to European and American geostrategic interests in the modern era.

While it is true that not as many African heads of state have attended in person this year as last time, Putin has been able to bask in sympathy from those who did make the trip. Moreover, the West’s intense focus on Ukraine’s counter-offensive and the minutiae of Kremlin internal politics means that we have overlooked what is happening in the vast Sahel region.

For Sub-Saharan Africa has become an arena of Russian intervention against Western allies and interests. To take one recent example, this week’s military coup in the Sahel by army officers in Niger toppled a pro-Western elected president who had hosted the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken just months ago. As in neighbouring Mali, the military junta’s supporters appear openly sympathetic to Russia.
By Tchima Illa Issoufou & Lucy Fleming
BBC News, Niamey & London

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum is in good health after being taken captive by his own presidential guard, the French foreign minister has said. Catherine Colonna told AFP news agency the coup was not "final". She said Mr Bazoum had spoken to Emmanuel Macron and added there was a "way out" for the coup plotters if they listened to the global community. On Thursday, coup supporters attacked the headquarters of the ousted president's party.

They set it on fire, stoning and burning cars outside. The small group of arsonists had broken away from a larger show of support for the coup leaders outside parliament, where Russian flags were on show. The army has now given its backing to the troops who detained Mr Bazoum on Wednesday. Russia has joined other countries and the UN in calling for his release. The 64-year-old was elected as Niger's president two years ago, and has been a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in West Africa.
Story by Matt Hrodey

Some 300,000 years ago, an early hunter dropped a 30-inch stick in wet mud, and there it stayed through the Last Ice Age, two world wars and the dawning of the internet. The literal stick-in-the-mud remained in excellent condition, considering the amount of time, although it suffered some fungal and root damage.

A new study has unearthed the stick and determines that it was once used as a hunting weapon and thrown like a boomerang.

Ancient Woodworking
Ancient craftspeople demonstrated great skill in seasoning the stick and sharpening it on each end.

“The woodworking involved multiple steps including cutting and stripping off the bark, carving it into an aerodynamic shape, scraping away more of the surface, seasoning the wood to avoid cracking and warping and sanding it for easier handling,” said archaeologist Dirk Leder in a statement.
Story by jepstein@insider.com (Jake Epstein)

Russian fighter jets have harassed and bullied US military drones operating above Syria routinely throughout July, with one engagement this week actually damaging an American aircraft.

US officials are frustrated with the repeated incidents, blasting Moscow's pilots for dangerous and reckless behavior, and accusing Russia of interfering with combat drones on high-profile counterterrorism missions. Experts say there are several reasons behind the spike in aggressive behavior, including Russian overcompensation for its military shortcomings in Ukraine and a desire to flex its muscles in an area where it still enjoys a certain degree of strength.
A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis
Damian Carrington Environment editor

The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring catastrophic climate impacts. Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years owing to global heating and researchers spotted warning signs of a tipping point in 2021.

The new analysis estimates a timescale for the collapse of between 2025 and 2095, with a central estimate of 2050, if global carbon emissions are not reduced. Evidence from past collapses indicates changes of temperature of 10C in a few decades, although these occurred during ice ages. Other scientists said the assumptions about how a tipping point would play out and uncertainties in the underlying data are too large for a reliable estimate of the timing of the tipping point. But all said the prospect of an Amoc collapse was extremely concerning and should spur rapid cuts in carbon emissions.
Story by Allison Quinn

As Russia’s defense minister marveled at banned ballistic missiles alongside North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, the Kremlin on Thursday ramped up efforts to court allies with a summit appealing to African leaders.

With just 17 heads of state from 54 African nations in attendance, Vladimir Putin announced at the “Russia-Africa” summit in St. Petersburg that Moscow would provide up to 50,000 tons of grain to six African countries for free—to replace the Ukrainian grain exports whose delivery Moscow blocked by pulling out of a grain deal.

“We are expecting a record harvest this year. In the coming months, we will be ready to supply Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea with 25,000-50,000 tons of grain free of charge. We will also provide free shipping for this product,” Putin said.
Story by Tom Sanders

Vladimir Putin was snubbed by African leaders at a key summit in St. Petersburg on Thursday, heaping fresh humiliation on the Russian president. Just 17 heads of state will take part in the second Russia-Africa summit this week – less than half of the 43 who attended the first in 2019.

The other 32 African nations will be represented by senior government officials or ambassadors. Low turnout for the event has prompted the Kremlin to blame western powers undercutting with ‘outrageous’ interference as it seeks out diplomatic allies in its standoff with Ukraine.
Story by Альона Сонько

"After Russia's withdrawal from the grain initiative, the occupying armed forces intensified combat training of the Black Sea Fleet's surface forces and naval aviation," the ministry stated. “In particular, the Russians are practicing blocking maritime areas, detecting and destroying ships.”

The defense ministry claims that the Russians are training to hit civilian vessels that will be sailing from Ukrainian ports, and that the occupation administration continues to improve the defense system of Crimea, in particular, the Armyansk and Perekop axes. The Kremlin announced the suspension of the "grain agreement" on July 17, previously brokered by the UN and Turkey last July. This agreement facilitated the unblocking of three Ukrainian ports for food exports.
Story by Hilary Whiteman

Former Marine Daniel Duggan once flew Harrier jets for the United States, taking off and landing on Navy carriers during international missions as part of Marine Attack Squadron 214, based in Yuma, Arizona.

That was over 20 years ago, but his activity since leaving the service is now the subject of a US indictment that alleges he used his specialist skills to teach Chinese pilots how to land planes on aircraft carriers, claims he denies.

Since last October, Duggan, 54, has been held in a maximum-security prison in regional Australia as his lawyers fight an extradition order, approved by Australia’s attorney general, to return him to the US to face trial on charges including money laundering and conspiracy to export US defense services.

A U.S. defense official says a Russian fighter jet damaged a U.S. drone over Syria. The jet reportedly deployed its flares which damaged the U.S. aircraft’s propeller. The drone was forced to land.
Hadas Gold Richard Allen Greene
By Hadas Gold, Richard Allen Greene and Amir Tal, CNN

Jerusalem CNN — Israel’s parliament on Monday passed the controversial “reasonableness” bill, the first major legislation in the government’s plan to weaken the judiciary, despite six months of protests and American pressure against the most significant shakeup to the court system since the country’s founding.

The bill passed by a vote of 64-0, with all members of the governing coalition voting for it. All members of the opposition left the chamber while the roll call vote was taking place.

After rumors last week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may back down on the vote or even soften some of its components, the 73-year-old leader pushed forward with it and on Monday arrived at parliament, the Knesset, shortly after being released from hospital. The so-called reasonableness bill strips the Supreme Court of the power to declare government decisions unreasonable.
Doctors said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “doing very well” after the unexpected procedure early Sunday. But the news only compounded the chaos over a government plan to limit judicial power.
By Patrick Kingsley and Isabel Kershner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for surgery to implant a pacemaker, casting new uncertainty over his government’s deeply contentious plan to pass a law on Monday to limit judicial power. Doctors at the Sheba Medical Center, east of Tel Aviv, said on Sunday morning that the unexpected procedure had been successful and that “the prime minister is doing very well.” But Mr. Netanyahu was expected to remain hospitalized until at least Monday, a spokesman for the hospital said.

Pacemakers are usually inserted into the chest area through a small incision and are designed to regulate a person’s heartbeat and prevent problems that could end in cardiac arrest. Small pacemakers can also be fitted without a chest incision and with a minimally invasive procedure.
Protesters set up camp outside Israeli parliament as hundreds of thousands rally in Tel Aviv against far-right government’s judicial plans.
Aljazeera

Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched into Jerusalem and more protesters took to the streets in Tel Aviv in a last-ditch show of force aimed at blocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul plan. Protests have intensified in the days leading up to the debate that began Sunday ahead of a parliamentary vote on Monday which could see a key part of the proposals passed into law.

The bill would limit the Supreme Court’s powers to void what it considers “unreasonable” government or ministerial decisions. Critics view the legislation as a threat to Israel’s democracy. In Jerusalem on Saturday, marchers turned the city’s main entrance into a sea of blue and white Israeli flags as they completed the last leg of a four-day, 70km (43 miles) trek from Tel Aviv to Israel’s parliament.
Incident happened on May 4, a day after deadly riots broke out between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo tribes in the remote Indian state.
By Greeshma Kuthar

Kangpokpi, Manipur – A viral video from the Indian state of Manipur, showing dozens of men parading and assaulting two women who have been stripped naked, has triggered outrage in the country. The 26-second video shows the group of men – some appearing to be as young as 15 – groping and sexually attacking the women belonging to the ethnic Kuki-Zo tribe, and escorting them towards an empty field.
Story by Paul Withers

AUS soldier arrested when trying to flee across the heavily armed border of North Korea after serving nearly two months in a South Korean prison has been pictured for the first time. Private 2nd Class Travis King, 23, had been held on assault charges and was released on July 10 after serving his punishment.

But US officials said rather than getting on a plane to be taken back to Fort Bliss, Texas, he instead left and joined a tour of the border village of Panmunjom in South Korea, where he ran across the border. King's mother Claudine Gates has spoken out for the first time since his arrest on Tuesday afternoon local time and said: "I'm so proud of him. I just want him to come home, come back to America."
Story by htan@insider.com (Huileng Tan)

Russian President Vladimir Putin passed an order to seize the local operations of the Western food and beverage giants Danone and Carlsberg after people close to his regime expressed interest in the assets, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed people close to the Kremlin's decision. Moscow appointed Yakub Zakriev — Chechnya's agriculture minister and a nephew of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov — as the new head of Danone, the Russian business-news outlet Vedomosti reported Tuesday.

The regime installed the businessman Taimuraz Bolloev as the head of Carlsberg's subsidiary in Russia, per the news outlet. The FT said Bolloev was "a longtime friend of Putin." Russia seizing the local operations of Danone and Carlsberg was not the first time the country took control of Western firms. In April, Moscow took control of the subsidiaries of Germany's Uniper and Finland's Fortum.
Story by Tom Sanders

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s recently uncovered calendar exposes his extensive network within the Russian government and the challenge it poses for Vladimir Putin in purging his inner circle of his influence. The calendar, first obtained earlier this year by Business Insider, covers events until 2021 and has gained renewed significance following Prigozhin’s recent failed mutiny, prompting a call for re-analysis.

‘If Putin intends to clean ranks of potential Wagner loyalists, he has his work cut out for him,’ the publication wrote. Despite gaps during Wagner’s significant operations, such as the 2014 Ukraine invasion and the 2020 US election, the document provides a detailed account of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s daily activities, encompassing everything from medical appointments to dietary supplement routines.
Story by Richard Burkard

Three Russian military leaders are missing, two weeks after a rebellion by the Wagner Group. A British tabloid listed them this weekend: Valery Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff, Gen. Sergey Surovikin and Yunus-bek Yevkurov, the Deputy Defense Minister.

The Moscow Times claims Gerasimov still is the titular director of Russian armed forces. But a Colonel-General now reportedly has overall responsibility for the incursion into Ukraine. Surovikin, dubbed “General Armageddon” for some of his military actions, has vanished completely. Kremlin officials are not commenting on him. The head of Ukraine’s Institute for the Future said Thursday that Surovikin and his deputy are under arrest, according to The New Voice of Ukraine.
Story by The Moscow Times

Russian authorities havereturned 10 billion rubles ($111.2 million) to exiled Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin which they had seized in police raids during his aborted rebellion last month. Law enforcement in St. Petersburg confiscated the large sum of money — along with “hundreds of thousands” of U.S. dollars and five gold bars — in raids on Prigozhin-linked properties on June 24, according to the Fontanka news website.

The searches were carried out as part of a criminal mutiny investigation into the Wagner leader, charges which President Vladimir Putin eventually agreed to drop in exchange for Prigozhin abandoning his revolt and leaving for neighboring Belarus.
Story by Allison Quinn

The Russian mercenary boss who got off unscathed after staging an armed uprising against the country’s military leadership has returned to St. Petersburg to collect an arsenal of weapons confiscated from him by the security services. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was spotted Tuesday arriving at an FSB office in St. Petersburg along with his security team, local news outlet Fontanka reports. He had reportedly been invited to collect several weapons seized by security services in the wake of his attempted insurrection last month.

Authorities handed over two Saiga rifles, a Mannlicher rifle, and several other firearms, according to Fontanka. The lot reportedly also included a Glock pistol gifted to the foul-mouthed mercenary boss by none other than Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, whom Prigozhin had allegedly hoped to capture in his armed uprising and march on Rostov. Prigozhin was also reportedly given back 10 billion rubles (more than $100 million) that law enforcement had found during a raid on one of his vehicles.
By Haley Ott

Israel carried out drone strikes and deployed hundreds of troops Monday in the city of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, in what one Israeli official called the largest operation in the area in almost two decades. At least nine Palestinians were killed in the raid and 50 were injured, according to Palestinian health officials, as gun battles were reported in the streets of a sprawling refugee camp in Jenin.

A spokesman for the Israeli Army, Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, said the goal of the operation was to confiscate or destroy weapons belonging to Palestinian militants. The Associated Press quoted Hecht as saying the raid began at 1:00 a.m. Monday morning with an airstrike on a building in the Jenin refugee camp that he said was being used by militants to plan attacks.
Story by Connor Surmonte

Vladimir Putin’s exiled mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has reportedly vanished eight days after launching a failed coup against the Russian leader, RadarOnline.com has learned.

In a sudden development to come after Prigozhin ordered his Wagner Private Military Company to march on Moscow on Saturday, June 24, Russian sources claimed the 62-year-old warlord has not been seen since arriving in Belarus on June 26.

Meanwhile, a number of Prigozhin’s media companies suddenly went dark over the weekend – indicating the exiled Wagner chief’s business empire is under assault. “I am announcing our decision to close down and to leave the country's information space,” said Yevgeny Zubarev, the director of Prigozhin’s Patriot Media, on Saturday.
Story by Ellen Ioanes

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned gold and diamond mining concerns connected to the Wagner group in Mali and the Central African Republic after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary group’s founder, attempted to stage a mutiny in Russia last weekend.

The gold and diamond mining enterprises, as well as a UAE-based distributor and a Russian company that the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) says is involved in the scheme, serve to enrich some members of Wagner and their collaborators in Russia and the African countries where they have a foothold. However, the amount the group earns from its illicit mining activities is negligible compared to its significant funding from the Russian government.
Reuters

Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes during an overnight operation on Monday that included hundreds of troops and set off a gunbattle lasting into the day, killing at least seven people in a major escalation of West Bank violence.

A social media "troll factory" owned by Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to allegedly influence public opinion in the United States and other countries, has reportedly been disbanded. It's the latest fallout from the stunning mutiny he staged with Wagner Group fighters in June. Matthew Larotonda reports.
Story by Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Saturday that the armed mutiny by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had shown the corrosive effect on Russia of President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. "It is striking that Prigozhin preceded his actions with a scathing indictment of the Kremlin's mendacious rationale for the invasion of Ukraine and of the Russian military leadership's conduct of the war," Burns, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, said in a lecture to Britain's Ditchley Foundation in Oxfordshire, England.
Story by Benzinga Newsbot

Chinese semiconductor manufacturers, aiming to rebound from a market slump and U.S. export restrictions, anticipate raising over $8 billion from stock market listings this year, Nikkei Asia reports. The Hong Kong-listed Hua Hong Semiconductor received approval in early June for a dual listing on Shanghai’s tech-oriented STAR market, where it aims to raise 18 billion yuan ($2.5 billion). The company plans to build a $6.7 billion factory in Wuxi, with the state-owned China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund investing in the project, according to Nikkei Asia.
Yevgeny Prigozhin is a disinformation artist whose failed rebellion was marked by a burst of radical honesty.
James Risen

One of the most subversive things that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin did during his brief rebellion last weekend was to tell the truth.

Prigozhin is a pathological liar, a professional disinformation artist who was indicted in the United States in connection with the internet troll farm he ran, which was at the forefront of Russian efforts to intervene in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help Donald Trump win.

But as the mercenary boss began his mutiny in late June, he experienced a brief and surprising bout of honesty when he launched into an online tirade against what he said were the lies used by Moscow to justify the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. His comments were so candid and off-message for a Russian leader that it seemed as if someone had mistakenly handed him a speech meant for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Story by Alla Shcherbak

Western countries' fears of Russia’s collapse are similar to those they have in regard to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990-1991. "They didn't support the idea of independence of those republics who started protest rallies first exactly because of that fear: what to do with them and who they are?” the expert said. “And the situation then was more clear. There were some borders, there were ruling leaders of these republics, many other issues were clearer. At least, intelligence and analytics could do some prediction back then."
bangkokpost.com

KYIV: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to signal EU support for Ukraine as the country's commander-in-chief said he was frustrated by the slow deliveries of Western weapons. Sixteen months into Russia's invasion, Kyiv says it is fighting "fierce" battles as part of its counteroffensive launched last month after weeks of anticipation. Sanchez, whose country kicked off its presidency of the European Union, was expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later Saturday.
The interior minister claimed the violence was less intense than in the previous nights. Meanwhile, the family of the slain 17-year-old, whose shooting sparked the riots, is preparing for his burial. DW has the latest.

Over 1,350 cars set ablaze during night of rioting
France's fourth consecutive night of riots over the police killing of a 17-year-old has seen over 1,350 cars torched, as part of 2,560 fires started on public roads, France's Interior Ministry said. Police deployed some 45,000 officers on Friday night, including special units, to contain the violence. Despite the heavy security presence, authorities said 31 police stations were attacked.
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