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Ukrainian Writers Take Aim at Government Narratives– warontherocks.com

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Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.

French President Macron Safe After Bombing Near His Hotel in Syria– townhall.com

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French President Emmanuel Macron is on an historic diplomatic trip to Syria and is safe this morning after a bombing near his hotel in Damascus. Two devices went off near the hotel, one in a parked vehicle and another in a trash bin. Security forces had detected the explosives and were trying to defuse them when they went off.

At least 18 people were injured.

Oil tanker hit by ‘unknown projectile’ off Omani coast near Strait of Hormuz– www.france24.com

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An “unknown projectile” struck and caused a fire on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, British maritime security agency UKMTO said.

The incident occurred near one of the world’s most important energy shipping routes, despite a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran and ongoing efforts to secure a lasting peace agreement.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the incident took place eight nautical miles east of Limah, Oman.

Read moreWhy is France betting on Oman amid the Hormuz crisis?

“A tanker has reported being hit by an unknown projectile on the port side causing a fire, whilst travelling southbound,” UKMTO said in a post on X.

New online rules change in force when people go to buy at till in UK– www.mirror.co.uk

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A BBC expert has explained there are new rules being enforced now which come into action when you get to the till for any online purchase. Appearing on BBC Morning Live, Radio 4 Money Box expert Dan Whitworth spoke about the annoying design of websites which add on large amounts to ‘offers’ when you finally get to pay.

He said in fact hidden fees are illegal – and now the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is clamping down. Earlier this month, it was announced that StubHub has been fined £889,200 by the UK’s competition watchdog for not showing people additional fees on tickets until they got to checkout.

The live event ticket marketplace will also have to refund more than 50,000 customers with an average payout of £10.33. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was investigating the platform as part of a drive to clamp down on illegal and unfair online pricing practices.

It found that StubHub was using an illegal practice known as drip pricing, which can cause fans to be caught out by extra charges and means they may not have had a chance to accurately compare prices between sellers.

British Bobbies Arrest White Man for Crime of Being Attacked by Black Men – deconstructingwoke.com

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A viral video shows a young man getting assaulted by black men before female British police break up the ruckus. The black men fled, leaving the white man to be arrested. The Birmingham police announced only the white man would be charged, even after considering a review of the viral video. The police are also calling on the video to not be allowed to be shared on social media.

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Christian in China Freed by Trump – thebethlehem.com

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In the wake of a wave of crackdowns on Christians by Chairman Xi’s China, President Trump has successfully convinced the leader to let a Christian pastor go free. The pastor is Ezra Jin Mingri, who appears to have been released as a token “gift” to President Trump.  He was released two months after President Trump’s Beijing visit.

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Magyar continues ‘Operation Purgatory’ purges with amendment to oust president– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Hungary’s political civil war is beginning to boil over as the head of government prepares to remove the president with a bespoke amendment of the constitution that would strip him of office.

Prime Minister Peter Magyar submitted a proposal for a constitutional amendment over the weekend that would remove President Tamas Sulyok as head of state. The 17th amendment to the Fundamental Law, if passed by the Hungarian Parliament, would end Sulyok’s leadership the day after going into effect and give lawmakers 30 days to select a replacement.

“The proposal for the seventeenth amendment to the Constitution, which would bring the current president’s term to an end, is fundamentally incompatible with the rule of law,” Sulyok protested in a Sunday reaction to the prime minister.

Pope Leo welcomes migrants to Europe while Vatican keeps fortress-like borders– www.lifesitenews.com

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Images of Pope Leo XIV welcoming African migrants to Europe has sparked outrage, as some accuse the Pontiff of encouraging the weakening of western nations while maintaining Vatican City as an impenetrable fortress that threatens illegal migrants with huge fines and lengthy prison sentences.

In a widely viewed video posted by EWTN, the Pope can be seen greeting a large group of migrants who had just made their way by boat to the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa. He also prayed at a cemetery there for migrants who died making the perilous journey. 

The viral video has been seen over 1.1 million times while triggering nearly 2,000 mostly negative comments because of the Vatican’s longstanding hypocrisy on migration and open borders.

This Former Elizabeth Warren Staffer Attended the Ayatollah’s Funeral, and Here’s What She Had to Say– townhall.com

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We’ve told you about Calla Walsh, the former staffer for Elizabeth Warren, and her radical views on Islam (she loves it) and America (she hates it). 

Turns out Walsh attended the funeral for Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei, the brutal Islamist dictator who killed tens of thousands of Iranian protesters and oppressed women for years. That doesn’t seem to matter to Leftists like Walsh, however, because her desire to destroy America outweighs all concerns.

UK police must give up ‘woke culture wars’ and fight crime – report — RT World News– www.rt.com

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British officers are increasingly seen as “preferencing certain groups,” according to a government-backed study

British police chiefs need to stop taking sides in “woke… culture wars” and focus entirely on the “prevention and detection of crime,” according to a government-backed report that recommends a “fundamental overhaul” of policing in the UK.

Co-authored by former Labour Party Home Secretary Lord Blunkett and published on Monday, the report found that Britain’s police departments are plagued by corrupt leadership, nepotism, abuse of power, and low morale among officers.

The report also highlighted concerns that police leaders are “preferencing certain groups,” with some “woke” chiefs “taking sides in the so-called ‘culture wars.’”

“Police leaders should be resolute in refusing to take sides, or to be diverted from the course of focusing entirely on the prevention, detection and prosecution of crime,” the report recommends, adding that “the background or identity of any perpetrator or victim of crime should have absolutely no bearing” on their treatment by the police service.

China test-launches ballistic missile from sub in South Pacific, drawing protests– www.cbsnews.com

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Bangkok — China’s military test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific, drawing protest and concern from countries in the region.

The missile was launched at 12:01 p.m. and carried a dummy warhead, according the official Xinhua News Agency.

China last conducted a missile test in the Pacific two years ago, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead. That previous launch in international waters was the first in decades, since 1980.

Why Iran may find it difficult to clear its oil inventories even after sanctions relief– www.cnbc.com

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Iran is likely to face challenges in clearing its oil inventories even after restrictions on its exports are lifted, as its biggest customer tweaks its energy strategy while oil from other suppliers floods the market, according to analysts.

China, the world’s top crude importer, has not been particularly enthusiastic about purchasing Iranian oil, despite traditionally being the main buyer of the country’s energy. “In fact, the Chinese do not show any enthusiasm to buy much oil from anybody,” Fereidun Fesharaki, chairman emeritus at FGE NexantECA, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.”

China’s crude imports have dwindled since the Iran war started in late February, depressing oil demand. In May, they plunged 29% from a year earlier to 7.82 million barrels per day, the lowest level since February 2018, according to Wind Information.

Some Lebanese Christian villages ‘asked to be annexed to Israel’, Netanyahu says– www.france24.com

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants.

Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran‘s supreme leader in joint US-Israeli strikes.

Israel responded with massive airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, where its troops now occupy swathes of territory near the border.

Cargo vessel in Red Sea reports attack, UK maritime body says– www.cnbc.com

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A cargo vessel in the Red Sea has reported coming under attack, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre, a British maritime security alert service, said Sunday, amid a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.

The body said it received a report of the incident 30 nautical miles (56 km) southwest of the port city of Al Hudaydah in Yemen.

“A cargo vessel has triggered a distress alert stating that they are under attack by unknown assailants,” the UKMTO said in a post on X, adding that authorities are investigating the incident.

It urged vessels to “transit with caution”.

Zelenskyy urges US and Europe to provide more assistance to Ukraine– www.foxnews.com

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Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker discusses the upcoming NATO Summit in Turkey, which President Donald Trump will attend. Volker highlights Trump’s focus on increased defense spending from allies and the challenges of promoting unity within the alliance, especially following the Iran operation. He emphasizes NATO’s historical role in deterring aggression and its support for the U.S. after 9/11.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pressuring the U.S. and Europe to provide more missiles to help Ukraine defend against Russian attacks.

“Last night, Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack. Russia launched 68 missiles and 351 attack drones,” Zelenskyy noted in part of a Monday post on X.

25 Dead, 100 Injured In Clashes At Sri Lanka Prison– www.ndtv.com

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Clashes in a Sri Lankan jail have killed 23 people, including four guards, and wounded more than 100 in the country’s deadliest prison riot in more than five years, officials said Monday.

The wounded were rushed to the Negombo hospital, north of the capital Colombo, following overnight clashes between inmates from two drug gangs at the area’s main prison, police said.

Hospital director Pushpa Gamlath said there were 23 bodies at her state-run health facility, and more than 100 wounded inmates and guards were also admitted.

Two IRGC Members Killed By ‘Anti-Government And Separatist Agents,’ Iranian State Media Announces– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Iranian state media outlets reported Wednesday, July 1, that two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in the western city of Paveh in Kermanshah Province.

The incident occurred on the evening of June 30, near the border with Iraq’s Kurdistan region. State television described the event as “a terrorist and cowardly act.”

It added that “exact details of this incident and the measures being taken to identify those responsible are under review.” Two additional IRGC members were wounded in the shooting at the victims’ homes.

‘Citizen Vigilante’ Aims Popular Punisher Genre At Migrant Invaders– thefederalist.com

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For all its B-movie trappings, Citizen Vigilante is the first of its kind: a film that sees the migrant crisis in Europe as a crisis for Europeans.

It is politically incorrect in the most provocative sense and, as such, was probably destined to be made by two people (director Uwe Boll and actor Armie Hammer) who have been routinely dragged through the mud and probably feel like they have nothing left to lose.

If the oft-ridiculed Boll and the scandal-plagued Hammer are both at a point where they have stopped caring what people think of them, then the strident tone of Citizen Vigilante reflects a growing outrage many people are feeling with regard to the migrant situation in Europe. The film is unambiguous in the way it opens with the superimposed location title “EUROPE” and closes with the stark dedication: “To the thousands of rape and murder victims in Europe who were betrayed by our legal system.”