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Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Orbán ceasefire plan but global security deals offer hope

Ukraine has firmly ruled out any compromises in its war with Russia, according to a senior aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, said that while Kyiv welcomed advice on how to reach a “just peace”, Ukraine is “not ready to go to the…

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Xi Jinping And Putin To Meet At SCO Conference

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to showcase alliance at SCO conference in Kazakhstan, with Erdogan attending both SCO and NATO summits.

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Why Russia still has friends on the world stage

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s recent visits to both North Korea and Vietnam received significant attention in the western media. So, too, did a recent visit by Russian warships to Cuba.

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Putin, Xi Vie For Influence At Central Asian Summit

The leaders of Russia and China were in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a regional summit, seeking to harden anti-Western alliances and press their influence in the strategic Central Asian region.

International Business Times

‘Don’t let the Putinistas deliver the Corbynistas’: Boris Johnson’s speech in full

The former prime minister claimed a Labour government would increase taxes and would not stand up to Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

PM says he will take full responsibility for result after minister predicts Labour landslide – as it happened

Rishi Sunak rejects Mel Stride’s claim Labour are likely to win a large majority

The Guardian - AU

Leaders of Russia and China to meet in Central Asian summit in a show of deepening cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances

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Xi’s central Asia trip aims to cement ties as China vies for influence with Russia

SCO summit brings together leaders of global south but also likely to test Beijing and Moscow’s ‘strategic partnership’

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war briefing: US to announce $2.3bn military aid package for Kyiv

Defence secretary Lloyd Austin says package will include anti-tank weapons and air defence interceptors including Patriot systems. What we know on day 861

The Guardian - AU

Boris Johnson takes swipe at Starmer and scorns Sunak in first campaign appearance

Ex-PM claims Labour will be ‘most leftwing government since the war’ at Tory election rally in National Army Museum

The Guardian - UK

Viktor Orban urges Ukraine ‘to consider quick ceasefire’ during first trip to Kyiv

Ukraine maintains it cannot agree to a ceasefire until Russia completely withdraws its forces from its territory

The Independent UK

Orban calls for Ukraine ceasefire to pave the way to peace talks

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Kyiv Tuesday, a day after he took over the EU's rotating presidency. A vocal critic of the EU's support for Ukraine, Orban urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a ceasefire to accelerate an end to the war with Russia.

France 24

North Korea claims ballistic missile test with ‘superlarge warhead’

South Korean military says Pyongyang’s claim of successful launch ‘likely to be false’.

Al Jazeera

‘Bot-like’ X accounts having ‘oversized influence’ on General Election – study

A new investigation looked at 10 accounts that have shared more than 60,000 posts on the social media site in the last few weeks.

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Starmer says far-right win in France would not stop Labour trying to forge better EU deal

Labour leader hopes to gain closer economic ties with EU if he becomes PM and says he would work with ‘whoever’

The Guardian - UK

Pranksters reveal odes to Putin were Russian translations of Nazi verse

Patriotic poems published under invented name of Gennady Rakitin were embraced as examples of ‘Z poetry’

Radio France Internationale

Hungary assumes EU presidency amid controversies and corruption concerns

As of today, 1 July, Hungary has taken over the EU's rotating presidency. However, diplomats are concerned because nationalist leader Viktor Orban, who has been in power since 2010, has frequently clashed with Brussels. What are the main points of contention?

The Independent UK

Tories accused of ‘hollowing out’ Britain’s defence as historic regiments culled

After 14 years of Tory rule, the British Army has lost 23 regiments, with the number of units at its lowest level since 2010, The Independent can reveal

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Far-right advance in France prompts warnings from European leaders

Donald Tusk warns of politicians advocating for Putin while Marine Le Pen’s allies celebrate RN’s gains

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Is Putin drawing inspiration from Stalin’s military purge? Despite parallels, probably not

May 2024 was a noteworthy month for Russia’s military. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with economist Andrey Belousov. Several military leaders were also arrested by the FSB, the Russian successor to the Soviet KGB.

International Business Times

Isolated Macron Stung By French Voters' 'Revenge'

Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes.

The Independent UK

Litvinenko’s widow ‘disgusted’ by Farage and Reform UK candidate’s praise for Putin

Russian dissidents and a British ex-military official formerly stationed in Moscow say the party represents a threat to Britain’s national security

The Guardian - UK

The Language of War by Oleksandr Mykhed review – what role for the artist in times of catastrophe?

Covering the first 13 months of Russia’s invasion, this fury-filled, important account by the Ukrainian writer turned soldier addresses the difficulty of illuminating war with words

The Guardian - UK

‘Make Europe Great Again’: Hungary sets scene for its EU presidency

Many of bloc’s diplomats fear a six-month ‘fiasco’ with Viktor Orbán’s government overseeing the agenda

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage speech interrupted as Led by Donkeys protesters lower in Vladimir Putin banner

Rally at Walton-on-the-Naze brought to a halt by giant poster of Russian leader

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