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Netflix’s A House of Dynamite sounds the nuclear alarm, but how worried should we be?

As a teenager in the 1980s, I was shown a BBC drama in school called Threads that depicted the impact of a nuclear strike on a city in northern England. Threads is a brutal vision of a terrifying reality that I imagine haunted many people in the years before the…

The Conversation

Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that's not true

Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming that Ukrainian forces are surrounded by the Russian army in two key eastern cities and is offering to negotiate a deal for their surrender

The Independent UK

Crude Oil Pushes Higher on Tighter Russian Supplies and a Decline in EIA Inventories

December WTI crude oil (CLZ25 ) today is up +0.681 (+1.13%), and December RBOB gasoline (RBZ25 ) is up +0.0311 (+1.67%). Crude oil prices are moving higher today on the outlook for smaller global oil supplies, due to expectations that President Trump will follow through and enforce new oil sanctions...

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Polish air force intercepts Russian Il-20 surveillance plane flying over Baltic Sea

The air force said that while the Russian plane did not violate Polish airspace, it did not have a flight plan and the transponder enabling it to be tracked was switched off.

Euronews

Everything we know about Putin’s new nuclear-armed underwater drone Poseidon after ‘successful’ test

Putin has brandished Russia’s nuclear might repeatedly since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022

The Independent UK

EU now 'more assertive' in protecting candidate countries from foreign interference, Kos says

The EU has a "responsibility" to help candidate countries stay on their European path, the bloc's enlargement chief said this week ahead of the release of the annual review of the accession process.

Euronews

Prosecutors seek 55-year jail terms for ‘Russian mobsters’ over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

A plot to kill Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came ‘chillingly close’, prosecutors allege

The Independent UK

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Kaspersky Discovers Dante Spyware Made by Memento Labs Targeting Russia, Belarus

Kaspersky uncovers Dante spyware linked to Memento Labs, reviving the controversial legacy of the infamous Hacking Team in a new cyber saga.

International Business Times

Kremlin-linked operatives scramble to stop extradition of mercenary accused of plotting coup

Exclusive: Inside a Russian bid to free Horațiu Potra, a mercenary held in Dubai accused of conspiring to ‘overthrow constitutional order’ in Romania

The Guardian - UK

How Russia is risking nuclear catastrophe with attempts to syphon power from Ukraine’s biggest plant

The exiled mayor of Enerhodar, close to Zaporizhzhia, reveals his fear of an ecological catastrophe

The Independent UK

From Moscow with chaos: How Russia unites extremists across Germany

From neo-Nazis to left-wing groups, Russia is exploiting ideological overlaps and disinformation campaigns to sow chaos, division and insecurity in Germany.

Euronews

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin tests nuclear submarine torpedo capable of causing ‘radioactive tsunami’

News of the test comes days after Trump warned that the US has a nuclear submarine off Russian shores

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Moscow under drone siege for third night running

EU edges towards using ‘reparations loan’ using Russian frozen assets; Kremlin pressing ahead with year-round conscription. What we know on day 1,344

The Guardian - AU

Ofgem should use firms’ windfall profits to fund energy debt relief, say MPs

Electricity and gas prices soared from late 2021, driven by the reopening of economies after Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Euronews

'Put money where the problem is': Lithuanian FM tells Euronews EU must bolster eastern flank now

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys tells Euronews that defending the eastern flank is an existential question after a series of destabilising airspace incursions.

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5yo allegedly throws newborn sibling out window in ‘jealousy’ after family brought the baby home

The mom allegedly left them alone in the house.

Barchart

Crude Oil Prices Fall Due to Ongoing Concerns About a Glut

December WTI crude oil (CLZ25 ) today is down -1.30 (-2.12%), and December RBOB gasoline (RBZ25 ) is down -0.067 (-0.89%). Crude oil prices are trading lower amid continued concern about a global oil surplus. Vortexa reported on Monday that crude oil stored on tankers that have been stationary for...

Euronews

Nordic leaders rule out joint debt, insist on Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine

The prospect of issuing new joint debt at a European level to support Ukraine leaves Nordic leaders cold. They insist financing should come from Russian assets as the Commission looks for options to break the deadlock.

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The Independent UK

Lawmakers move to extend Russia's compulsory military draft to a year-round process

Russian lawmakers have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year

The Guardian - UK

Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine are war crimes, UN report concludes

Rights commission inquiry focused on south-east of country found drones targeted gathering points and critical infrastructure

Reason

A Nostalgic Read for Foreign Policy Elites

Michael McFaul's new book feels like it was written in 2015, not 2025.

Radio France Internationale

Nearly one million hectares burn as war ravages nature across Ukraine

Nearly one million hectares of land in Ukraine have gone up in smoke this year as the Russian invasion turns forests into battlefields and leaves nature badly scarred. The fires follow the front line, raise fears of war crimes and add to a growing climate bill.

The Independent UK

From rare earths to Russian oil, here’s what Trump hopes to get out of meeting Xi Jinping

IN FOCUS: Experts do not expect US and China to resolve all their issues before the two presidents meet, but they are hoping for enough progress to stop the rivalry from doing more global economic damage. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

The Independent UK

Ukraine's long-range strikes cut Russia's oil refining capacity by 20%, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says long-range strikes on Russian refineries have reduced Moscow's oil refining capacity by 20%

The Independent UK

Russian oil company Lukoil to sell international assets in response to Trump sanctions

Lukoil is selling its international assets in response to U.S. sanctions

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