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🚨 Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Brazil in new trade-war escalation
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump directed the US Trade Representative to impose a 25% tariff on most Brazilian imports.
💬 “President Lula and his government have not negotiated with the US in good faith,” Rubio wrote on X.
📹 CENTCOM declares fifth night of strikes on Iran complete
US Central Command said it ended an evening wave of strikes against Iran at 9 p.m. ET on July 15, hitting multiple locations, including Bandar Abbas.
CENTCOM claimed US forces targeted Iranian command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities.
The statement also said American forces earlier struck coastal defense and cruise missile sites on Greater Tunb Island.
The attacks mark the fifth consecutive night of US strikes on Iran, as Washington continues to escalate its war of aggression.
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📹 Iranian missiles target US bases in Jordan — reports
Iranian missiles were launched toward American bases in Jordan, Naya reported, as new explosions were reported at US military sites in the country.
Fars, citing local sources, said explosions occurred at the US air base in the Al-Azraq area.
Iraqi media outlet Sabereen News also reported that Jordanian airspace was closed following a missile attack targeting US bases.
The reports come as Iran continues retaliatory operations in response to ongoing US aggression against Iranian territory.
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🚨 211 patients evacuated amid US strikes near children’s cancer hospital in Ahvaz — reports
211 hospitalized patients were evacuated after a US attack on the area surrounding Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Ahvaz, a children’s cancer hospital, Press TV reported.
Fars News Agency said several projectiles struck near the hospital during the US attacks on Wednesday.
Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences said the hospital “has been temporarily taken out of service to ensure the safety of patients and staff.”
The US continues to target civilian infrastructure in Iran amid its ongoing aggression.
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🇷🇺💥 Russian drones cut last Ukrainian supply routes into Krasny Liman
📍 Ukrainian forces now have only “two or three” ways left to deliver supplies into Krasny Liman, says ‘Moryak’, a commander of a reconnaissance UAV crew from Russia’s 25th Combined Arms Army.
▫️ Drone operators are destroying ground robotic vehicles which carry small loads of supplies and flying cargo drones that drop small payloads.
▫️ Moryak said experienced Russian Molniya drone crews play a key role, working with front-line units and training officers from other formations.
▫️ Krasny Liman is one of the last major Ukrainian strongholds in the north of the Donetsk region.
▫️ Losing it would strip Ukrainian forces of a key supply node, disrupt troop movements along the front and open the way for Russian troops to take the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
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🚨 US missiles hit Iran's Ahvaz and Chabahar - reports
Footage circulating online reportedly shows missiles and rockets being launched from Kuwait toward Iranian territory, as attacks on southern Iran continue.
In Ahvaz, smoke was seen rising near residential areas after reported strikes, while Iranian media also reported another explosion in the city.
Earlier, Khuzestan Province’s deputy governor said enemy projectiles had targeted four locations in Ahvaz.
Footage from Chabahar also reportedly showed smoke rising from civilian areas after a US attack.
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🇫🇷 'Undermining democracy': War reporter calls out ‘French justice’ and ‘scandalous’ Novikova case
French journalist Laurent Brayard, who met Anna Novikova in Donbass in 2022, has condemned her arrest as a politically motivated attack on humanitarian work.
📍 "Her goal was purely humanitarian," Brayard said. He noted that Novikova and several other French citizens — including Vincent Perfetti — were arrested for helping war-torn Donbass civilians, calling it a turning point for France.
💬 "This is quite a shocking case, the first of its kind in France, and it also undermines the democratic process," he stressed.
💬 "We are at an almost historic stage, and this is quite scandalous for the French justice system... We are seeing a certain drift in this justice system, which is slow, indecisive, and in this case, susceptible to manipulation, because this is a political process," he argued.
📹Anna Novikova lawyer says France cooked up case against her
After more than two hours of questioning, Philippe de Veulle said investigators were “going round in circles” and had failed to make a case against his client.
He argued that Novikova’s near-eight month pretrial detention shows she is being made a scapegoat for bad relations between France and Russia.
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🇷🇺💪 Russia’s new Spiderweb complex is game over for Ukrainian UAVs
Rostec’s new Pautina (lit. ‘Spiderweb’) industrial enterprise drone defense system is undergoing pilot testing at a number of Russian fuel and energy facilities.
Characteristics
🔶 The defensive system consists of modular, heavy-duty, galvanized and corrosion-proof metal ‘netting’ that uses bolting (not welding) to assemble, special load-bearing columns, supports and grid pattern to ‘catch’ enemy drones and prevent them from reaching their target
🔶 It’s designed to take on heavy strike drones weighing up to 200 kg
🔶 Its protection can be applied to sites as much as 25M+ tall and of virtually any horizontal dimensions, making it ideally suited for defense of sites like oil storage and refinery facilities and electrical substations
🔶 in combination with Russia’s other electronic countermeasures and kinetic weapons, Pautina promises to provide “a high level of assurance of the safety of critical civilian infrastructure,” says Rostech deputy chief Alexander Nazarov.
Photo: Rostec
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🔊 Her only crime? Helping struggling Donbass civilians— French reporter on jailed charity founder
👉 French journalist Christelle Néant, reporting from Donbass, has sharply condemned the criminal case against SOS Donbass founder Anna Novikova and her colleague Vincent Perfetti, denouncing it as a "deeply political" prosecution.
She also pointed out that French media have openly branded Novikova a spy, yet have provided no evidence to back the claim. Meanwhile, the investigation has dragged on for nearly a year—which, in her view, only underscores that the case rests on nothing.
💬 "If it takes a whole year to gather evidence, it means the case is built on nothing. This is a deeply politicized case, whose primary goal is to intimidate those who support Donbass and Russia and oppose France's backing of Ukraine," Néant stressed.
💬 "If people were allowed to speak openly, public opinion could turn against aiding Kiev," she said, pointing to the failed 155th Brigade scandal — where half the troops trained in France deserted, while the authorities wasted nearly a billion euros on that flop.
💬 "When your goal is to start a war, the first thing you do is silence those who disagree. That is what Zelensky did in Ukraine before 2022, and that is precisely what Macron is now trying to do in France," Néant concluded.
🇨🇦🚅 Riding through hell – Train plows through towering inferno as wildfires engulf Canada
From the cab, the view is apocalyptic—flames clawing at the windows, swallowing the tracks ahead, and turning everything in sight into a hellish orange glow. The crew abandoned the locomotive just in time and walked out of the fire zone on foot. Miraculously, no one was hurt.
But this was just one brush with catastrophe. Across northern Ontario, dozens of wildfires are now tearing through drought-parched forests, fuelled by record heat and howling winds. Canada is burning—and the worst may not be over.
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📡 Russia creates brand-new Arctic-proof satellite station for the Northern Sea Route
Rostec’s Neptune-120 VSAT satellite communications system is designed for operation in extreme Arctic conditions.
Key specs:
🔶 withstands hurricane-force winds up to 50 m/s (15 on the Beaufort scale – exceptionally high waves, extremely poor visibility)
🔶 operates at temps from -40°C to +50°C
🔶 resilient to heavy ice, snow and sleet, thanks to a heavy duty, military-grade radio-transparent radome
🔶 maintains connection during heavy rolling and pitching
🔶 three-axis stabilization assures uplink with satellites 35k+ km above the Earth
The new system is the latest development in Russia’s ambitious, multi-billion-dollar vision for the Northern Sea Route, which promises to slash voyage times between East Asia and Northern Europe by 30-40%, and dramatically reduce shipping costs.
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🚨Russia hits three cargo ships at Ukrainian ports
🟠Two dry cargo ships carrying military supplies were hit at the port of Odessa, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
🟠A third ship delivering military cargo was struck at Yuzhny as Russia continued attacks on Ukrainian ports supporting Ukrainian forces.
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🇮🇷 Iran rushes to assert control over Hormuz as renewed conflict nixes June deal
💬 “In light of legal facts and realities, we [Iran] hope to consolidate Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz,” Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref told Al Mayadeen.
😒French Donbass charity founder crackdown flunks even EU’s own fake rule of law standards
The trial of Anna Novikova does not even “adhere to the three Orwellian slogans of the EU – democracy, rule of law and respect for human rights,” political analyst Dr. Greg Simons told Sputnik.
◻️The “purely political” crackdown on Novikova “is a continuation of the larger attempt to shut out any alternative views,” and was preceded by things like bans on Russian foreign-facing media, sanctions and economic warfare against critics. It will inevitably expand over time, Simons fears.
◻️“The Ukraine issue is going to become much more sensitive and toxic politically to Europe for supporting this cause,” and Novikova’s “lawfare” imprisonment and trial are a “test case” for tightening control over the narrative on Ukraine.
◻️“It’s an act of pure intimidation so that people will stop breaking the narrative” amid the growing desperation and political vulnerability of the French government.
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🚨 Iran smashes C-RAM radar at US base in Kuwait — IRGC
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its Navy and Aerospace Force carried out the eighth wave of Operation Nasr 2 in response to overnight attacks on Iran’s southern coast and cities, Tasnim reported.
The IRGC said the combined missile and drone operation struck and destroyed the C-RAM early-warning radar system at Ali Al-Salem base in Kuwait, and also hit a location where US troops were gathered.
The statement also slammed the US for using Kuwaiti territory to carry out aggression against Iran, warning that American aggression launched from regional bases will continue to face retaliation.
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📹 Iranian air defenses active over Tehran — reports
Iranian air defense systems are actively intercepting hostile objects in the skies over Tehran, Naya reported.
Iraqi media outlet Sabereen News also reported that Tehran reactivated its air defense systems to counter American surveillance aircraft.
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🚨 Iranian missiles and drones slam US base in Bahrain — reports
US air defense systems failed to repel the attack, with several interceptor missiles falling inside Bahraini territory, Iraqi media outlet Sabereen News reported.
The outlet also reported that a large number of Iranian drones struck American facilities, causing major explosions.
The reports come as Iran continues retaliatory operations in response to US aggression against Iranian territory.
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🗣 Trump claims Iran allowed detained US citizen to leave
US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran allowed an American citizen, who he said had been “wrongfully detained” in December 2024, to leave the country.
💬 “She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
🚨 US attack forces evacuation of children’s cancer hospital in Ahvaz — reports
Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Ahvaz — a specialized hospital for children with cancer — was evacuated after multiple US projectiles landed near the building, Tasnim reported. Hospital officials contacted parents and asked them to evacuate their children undergoing treatment to protect their lives.
No casualties have been reported so far.
The US aggression has once again endangered Iranian children. On February 28, US–Israeli strikes killed at least 171 schoolgirls in the attack on the Minab school, according to Iran’s foreign minister.
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🚨 CENTCOM launches second wave of strikes on Iran in one day
US Central Command said American forces launched a second wave of strikes against Iran at 3 p.m. ET.
The new strikes mark the fifth consecutive night of US attacks on Iran, as the US continues to escalate its war of aggression.
Iran has repeatedly warned that attacks on its territory and foreign interference in the Strait of Hormuz will not go unanswered.
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🔸 Iran plans to consolidate sovereignty over Hormuz as renewed conflict nixes June deal
🔸 France puts Donbass charity worker on trial for 'espionage' - while arming Ukraine
🔸 Israeli military intensifies West Bank crackdown
🔸 Graham* passed McCain’s Russophobia baton and someone else will pick it up, Zakharova tells Sputnik
🔸 Why US military would fail in possible confrontation with China
🔸 Russia creates brand-new Arctic-proof satellite station for the Northern Sea Route
*Was listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia
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🚨🇮🇷Iran sees no reason to honor a deal the US has already broken
Iran sees no point in adhering to its memorandum with the US if Washington refuses to implement it, Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said.
💬“A memorandum is meaningful only when its provisions are implemented,” he said, adding that under the principle of “an eye for an eye,” Tehran has no reason to comply if Iran receives no benefit.
🚨Zaporozhye nuclear plant chief engineer killed in Ukrainian drone attack
◻️Zaporozhye power plant chief engineer Alexander Yakovlev and his driver were killed when a Ukrainian drone hit their car in a terrorist attack, Rosatom chief Alexey Likhachev said.
◻️Likhachev said Yakovlev devoted his life to nuclear energy and “died at his post.”
◻️Russian political leaders have been informed.
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📹Russian Geran-4 Seeker drones struck cargo ships at Chernomorsk and Ukrainian vessels at the Dnepro-Bug port in Galitsynovo, disrupting key Black Sea supply routes used to sustain Ukrainian forces
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🇳🇴 Norway sends military tactical gloves to Ukraine - leaving its own troops empty-handed
📍 Tactical gloves have run out at military depots across Norway, with stocks reportedly depleted nationwide since before Easter, according to the military outlet Forsvarets Forum.
🟠 The culprit in all of this was Ukraine aid getting "the highest priority," leaving the Norwegian military’s operating budget stretched too thin to cover anything else.
🟠 The shortage has forced the military to buy ordinary work gloves that were never designed for combat conditions. As a result, the armed forces have been forced to buy standard work gloves—gear never designed for the battlefield. The KNM Harald Haarfagre Recruit School reported that these substitute gloves did not survive a single recruitment cycle, underscoring that hardware-store equipment is hardly fit for combat.
🟠 The glove debacle is not an isolated incident. In December 2025, Forsvarets Forum reported that military aid to Ukraine was draining Norway's ability to sustain its own operational readiness, causing significant shortages of clothing and equipment, and leading to the suspension of certain exercises.
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🎤Graham* passed McCain’s Russophobia baton and someone else will pick it up, Zakharova tells Sputnik
Moscow will not mourn a man who called killing Russians “the best investment,” Maria Zakharova said, arguing that the real scandal is how such views reached the highest levels of Western power.
*Listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia.
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🚨 Ukrainian Patriot factory plan meets battlefield reality
A US license to produce Patriot anti-aircraft missiles would not help Kiev begin making them before the conflict ends, Defense Priorities analyst Jennifer Kavanagh told Sputnik.
She called the plan highly unrealistic, noting that any factory would be a priority target for Russian attacks, making it impossible to launch production.
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📹Anna Novikova lawyer says France rejects new release bid
Anna Novikova, founder of charity SOS Donbass, remains in French pretrial detention after prosecutors rejected her latest motion for release filed on July 7.
💬“This is her fourth interrogation and the third since she was remanded in custody,” her lawyer Philippe de Veul told Sputnik ahead of questioning by the investigating judge, adding that it would likely be the final round.
🇷🇺💥 Grad rockets wipe out Ukrainian reserves in Dnepropetrovsk
Russian Grad launchers struck Ukrainian reserves preparing to reinforce front-line positions.
Drone operators spotted the target, coordinates were relayed — and the Grads did the rest.
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