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The Guardian view on Putin’s propaganda: the strongman myth hides great strategic weakness

Editorial: The Russian president had a friend in Donald Trump but a paranoid addiction to war prevents him doing a deal

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2025

Belarus targets government critics with continued raids and detention, activists say

Mass arrests and convictions of government critics have continued since Alexander Lukashenko was handed a sixth term as president in an election that the opposition and the West denounced as rigged.

Euronews · Aug 6, 2025

The Latest: Putin hosts Trump envoy Witkoff for crucial talks on Ukraine peace deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff for talks, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties that could also hit countries buying its oil

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025

Direxion's DFEN ETF Soars On The Other Robust But Controversial Bull Market

While most investors may arguably be focused on productive ventures such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence, it's an objective reality that the robust but controversial defense sector has been an outperformer. Since the beginning of the year, the benchmark Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace Defense Index has gained nearly…

Benzinga · Aug 6, 2025

Trump’s envoy Witkoff will bring back only humiliation from his meeting with Putin

COMMENT: Steve Witkoff – the president’s international diplomatic Mr Fixit – has failed to bring peace to the Middle East or deliver on Trump’s boast that he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025

Trump could meet Putin for Ukraine war talks ‘as soon as next week’

Summit with Russian leader would follow ‘great progress’ made by special envoy Steve Witkoff during Moscow visit

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2025

Journalist sentenced to two years in prison for slapping police officer

The case against Mzia Amaghlobeli has been condemned as an attack on media freedom

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025

Russia eyes Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ after fall of Chasiv Yar

Ukraine’s woes mount with a deadly assault on Kyiv, capture of an eastern city and difficult battle in the north.

Al Jazeera · Aug 6, 2025

Trump envoy meets Putin in Moscow as Ukraine ceasefire deadline nears

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The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025

Russia to sell crops from occupied areas of Ukraine

Ukraine considers all grain produced in the four regions and Crimea - annexed by Russia in 2014 - to have been stolen by Moscow

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025