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Trump downplays Moscow visit by CIA director as ‘semi-routine’
President denies visit was to gain support for Iran sanctions or due to fears that Putin plans to ‘test Nato resolve’
Donald Trump has downplayed a visit to Moscow by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, as “semi-routine” after he turned up in the Russian capital unannounced, triggering a wave of speculation about the reasons for his trip.
Ratcliffe was reported to have flown to Moscow on a government transport plane on Tuesday in a rare visit after taking off from the Andrews air force base in Maryland.
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Why did Trump’s CIA director make a mysterious short trip to Moscow?
Neither the White House or the Kremlin have offered an explanation for the first trip by a US spy chief to the Russian capital in nearly five years
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Elon Musk awarded Ukraine’s Order of Freedom as Zelensky urges him to expand Starlink access
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has emerged as a central, if controversial, private figure in Ukraine's defense effort

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A gasoline and polystyrene mix—police call it napalm—was meant for a Ukrainian drone plant in Slovakia

Slovak police foiled a planned arson attack on a drone factory in the country's east, the force said on 25 August. Investigators charged three foreigners with preparing the attack on commission and seized incendiary material and equipment at the scene. The plant belongs to the Ukrainian drone maker Skyeton, Militarnyi reported.
Had the attack in Slovakia gone ahead, it risked a large fire, danger to life and health, and damage on a large scale, police stated. About 70 employees could have been in the building at the time, by preliminary estimates. Property inside the production hall is worth tens of millions of euros, according to the findings so far.
Officers seized a larger quantity of incendiary mixture, along with tools, mobile phones, an action camera, and a hand-made plan. The police Criminalistics and Expertise Institute gave a preliminary finding that the substance was a mixture of gasoline and polystyrene, commonly called napalm. Slovakia's anti-crime unit ÚBOK, part of the Police Presidium, identified the people preparing the attack and stopped it. Nobody was hurt and no property was damaged, police said.

The charges, and where the three were detained
An ÚBOK investigator charged the three foreigners with preparing a particularly serious crime of general endangerment, committed as co-perpetrators on order. Officers detained two of them in Slovakia, and the investigator moved to have both taken into custody. German authorities detained the third on a European arrest warrant. The investigation continues, and the legal classification of the men's actions may still change.
About 50 grams of suspected military explosive lay in a German field 10 days after the attempt on Ukraine’s plane
The plant, and a company Russia has already hit
Slovakia, a NATO and EU member, borders Ukraine on its eastern edge. Skyeton builds the Raybird, a fixed-wing reconnaissance drone that has served with Ukraine's Armed Forces since 2018 and stays airborne for up to 28 hours. The company began production in Slovakia in 2024, and more than €10 million in foreign investment went into the plant, one of several sites Ukrainian firms opened abroad to cut the risk of Russian attacks.
That risk is not theoretical. Russia destroyed Skyeton's Kyiv office in May, and the company said it had already spread production capacity across Ukraine and abroad in anticipation.
A Skyeton representative told Militarnyi:
"The recent attempt on our production in Slovakia is another sign that Ukrainian arms makers are already a bone in their throat, which means we are on the right path."
WSJ: Russian sabotage groups suspected for arson attack on plant producing air defense systems for Ukraine
Arson against Ukraine's defense partners in Europe
Companies working for Ukraine have been hit across several countries this year and earlier.
In March, suspects who claimed a pro-Palestinian motive set fire to the Pardubice production of Archer, a Ukrainian maker of thermal imaging sights, destroying nearly all of the company's capacity in Czechia.
Estonia opened a Russian-link investigation this month into a suspected arson at a military robot maker supplying Ukraine, and Lithuania charged six people in January over an attempt to burn a factory that supplied radio-wave scanners.
A powerful explosion of undetermined cause hit EMCO, one of Bulgaria's largest private arms makers, which produces artillery ammunition for Ukraine, on 10 August.
Former science teacher awarded Hero of Ukraine after speeding through ‘kill zone’ to save wounded troops
His feat captured the country's attention and earned him its highest military honour
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Le directeur de la CIA s'est rendu à Moscou, sans rencontrer Poutine
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump issues first comment on CIA chief’s mysterious visit to Moscow
Trump says he is hopeful 'something may come out of' CIA chief’s meetings in Russia

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Pour ou contre la reprise des négociations d'adhésion à l'UE ? L'Islande se prononce samedi
Un décret permet à la Russie de prendre le contrôle d’infrastructures endommagées
In Canada and at Home, Deference to Trump Turns to Defiance on Tariffs and Other Issues

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FBI raided Spanish vacation rental of wealthy leftwing funder James ‘Fergie’ Chambers after his arrest
Lawyer Baltasar Garzón, representing Chambers, said case against his client is ‘very strange’ as US requests extradition
FBI agents raided the Ibiza, Spain, vacation rental of 41-year-old James “Fergie” Chambers, a US citizen and wealthy donor to leftwing and humanitarian projects worldwide, in the days following his arrest last month, the Guardian has learned.
Baltasar Garzón, a human rights lawyer representing Chambers, revealed the details in an exclusive interview. Chambers is wanted for extradition by the Trump administration for alleged financial support of Hamas, as well as other charges.
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CIA director ‘makes mystery visit to Moscow’ with no explanation from Kremlin or Trump
Neither the Kremlin nor the CIA have commented on the visit
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CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly on Moscow visit
Unannounced trip reported by US media is said to be Ratcliffe’s first known visit to Russia as CIA chief
The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, has made an unannounced visit to Moscow, US media reported, after flight data showed an American military aircraft flew to the Russian capital, where a US diplomatic motorcade was later spotted.
CBS News quoted sources familiar with the situation as confirming Ratcliffe’s trip, saying it was his first known visit to Russia as CIA chief. Axios separately confirmed the visit, quoting a US official.
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv agrees not to strike Moscow during CIA chief’s mysterious visit
Ratcliffe’s purpose and meetings in Russia are not immediately clear but it marks the first known trip from a US spy chief since November 2021

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Guerre en Ukraine : les drones russes traquent les civils, les "safaris humains" se multiplient
La "Coalition des volontaires" réaffirme son soutien à Volodymyr Zelensky
First British national killed fighting for Putin in Ukraine ‘dies in drone attack’
The 33-year-old was previously described as someone who was ‘not a fighter’

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‘Who started the fire?’ Burnham challenges Putin on first trip to Ukraine as UK-Russia tensions grow
The UK is providing Ukraine with the blueprints to long-range SCALP missiles, the prime minister announced in Kyiv
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Denmark's prime minister blasts unsolicited beauty advice from plastic surgeon on Instagram

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin passes law to seize retail warehouses if they face Ukrainian drone attack
Kyiv has increasingly targeted online retail logistics centres, accusing them of providing support to the Russian armed forces
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En direct : le Royaume-Uni promet d'aider l'Ukraine malgré les "scandaleuses menaces russes"
Incendie de Crans-Montana : le principal suspect en détention pour violences conjugales
Les incendies de forêt en Europe révèlent des bombes enfouies pendant la guerre
Des élections seraient «un tsunami» qui «fracturerait l’Ukraine», dit Zelensky
Un "risque énorme pour l'Ukraine" : Zelensky rejette toute élection en temps de guerre
The World’s Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Three dead in Russian strikes on Kharkiv as Kyiv targets another online retailer
Ukrainian drones spark fire at a logistics hub belonging to online retailer Ozon, after weeks of attacks targeting Wildberries

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Four Years Ago, a Crypto Boss Went Missing. Now His Successor Has.

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Paris et Londres sont appelés à faire respecter le droit dans les territoires palestiniens
En Lettonie, la mission canadienne doit s’adapter à une guerre hybride
Zelensky vows revenge after Russian double-tap strike on shopping mall in his hometown kills 16
Search for survivors continues with nine people still missing following two strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih
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Un navire sud-coréen va passer par l'Arctique pour contourner le Moyen-Orient
Ukraine : Macron promet des missiles intercepteurs après de nouvelles frappes meurtrières
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Macron to deliver missile interceptors to Kyiv as Putin pulls ambassador from UK
Andrey Kelin reportedly left his role in July
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La Russie tue au moins 14 Ukrainiens dans une frappe sur un centre commercial
En Ukraine, un centre commercial visé par des frappes russes meurtrières
The week around the world in 20 pictures
Wildfires in Europe, Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Meta trial and swimming in Gaza – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
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With ICC sanctions, Trump wants to make the world safe for war criminals | Kenneth Roth
The US is engaged in a lawless quest to protect American and Israeli officials
The Trump administration has taken another step in its crusade against the international criminal court by imposing sanctions on two more senior ICC officials. The growing number of sanctioned jurists – now 13 – does not change the lawless nature of this quest.
Donald Trump and his henchman, Marco Rubio, want to make the world safe for US and Israeli war criminals. No one should let them.
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Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways

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‘Putin has repeatedly threatened the UK and Nato over Ukraine – but he is too weak to follow through’
Putin’s posturing is a poor attempt to scare off broader Western support for Kyiv, say experts. Suha Kidwai reports
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À la frontière de Ceuta, des familles marocaines à la recherche de leurs enfants disparus
Canicule en Europe : 14 000 décès liés à la chaleur en Allemagne, près de 4 500 en Espagne
Au moins 16 morts dans des frappes russes en Ukraine, Zelensky dénonce une «escalade»
Putin arrests Russians for complaining about fuel shortages as fighting breaks out at petrol stations
Crisis is the Kremlin’s ‘biggest domestic challenge’ since the outbreak of war against Ukraine, say experts

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Le prince Harry et Meghan reviennent s'installer au Royaume-Uni, en "simples particuliers"
Au moins 16 morts à Kiev et dans sa région après une nouvelle nuit de bombardements russes