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  1. 01

    IRAN

    Apache down.

    Iran has carried out more attacks on US targets across the region, after the US conducted another round of what it’s calling proportional self-defence strikes following the downing of an Apache helicopter patrolling Hormuz! (Independent)

  2. 02

    UNITED KINGDOM

    Violence in Belfast.

    A wave of unrest has hit the Northern Irish city of Belfast, with houses, cars, and buses torched after video of a 30-year-old Sudanese asylum-seeker carrying out a brutal knife attack went viral. Police say they’re still working on a motive. (BBC)

  3. 03

    RUSSIA

    The latest.

    A presumed Ukrainian car bomb has killed the head of Russia’s main missile and artillery directorate in Moscow, while Ukraine’s new Flamingo cruise missile just scored its deepest hit yet, taking out a plant 1,000km+ into Russia. (KyivPost)

  4. 04

    INDONESIA

    Raise those rates!

    Indonesia’s central bank has unexpectedly raised rates again in an attempt to defend the rupiah, which continues to hit new lows against the dollar. (Reuters)

  5. 05

    CHINA

    On the list.

    The Pentagon has added China’s Alibaba (e-commerce), Baidu (search), and BYD (EVs) to a blacklist of companies the US says are working with China’s military. The firms have denied the accusations and are pledging legal action. (Al Jazeera)

  6. 06

    DR CONGO

    Regional huddle.

    A Kinshasa military court has found a colonel guilty of orchestrating the 2017 murder of two UN experts who were investigating reports of state-linked mass killings in the southern-central Kasai region. (Reuters)

  7. 07

    BULGARIA

    No more military aid.

    The new Bulgarian defence minister has announced he’s halting military transfers to Ukraine, in line with newly-installed PM Radev's campaign pledge. (Politico)

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