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Russian invasion The fighting
Third drone alert in three days in Romania: Unacceptable
For the third day in a row, the Romanian Air Force has shot down Russian drones that entered their territory, AFP reports.
– It is unacceptable that Russia continues to violate Romania's airspace, which is also NATO and EU airspace, writes President Nicusor Dan on X.
Just as in recent days, the drones were shot down by an F16 plane over the water off the coast of Romania.
According to the president, the drones are of the Shahed type, which Russia uses in the war in Ukraine.
The mid-term elections in the United States
Troy Jackson replaces Platner in the Senate election in Maine
Former
senator Troy Jackson will take the place of rape accused Graham Platner
for the Democrats in the Senate election in Maine, writes the New York
Times.
The victory was obvious after the vote on Saturday, 566 votes to five.
"Thank
you, Maine. In 101 days we will defeat Susan Collins and reclaim our
seat in the Senate. Let's get to work," he writes on X.
Forest fires in Europe
Progress in the fight against Spanish fires
The fires outside Madrid continue to rage, but the rescue service is said to have brought some under control, writes TT, citing El País.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday that the rescue mission has some intense hours ahead. He noted that progress had been made during the night.
According to authorities, 77,000 hectares of land have been ravaged by fire around the capital. Tens of thousands are still evacuated and it will be some time before they can return to their homes.
Meanwhile, new fires have broken out in other parts of the country. North of Valencia, 15,000 people have been forced to leave their homes after rescue services there were confronted with a forest fire.
The expansion of data centers
Businessmen sue desert town for right to water
Businessman Sebastian Rucci, who applied for permission to build a data center in the desert town of Imperial in Southern California, is suing local authorities after he was denied access to the town's fresh water, writes the Economic Times.
Rucci wants to build an 88,258 square meter facility. He has promised that the project will contribute tens of millions in annual tax revenue. He has also claimed to have an agreement with Google and assured that he will not need any water to cool his facility.
Now he has changed his mind and is suddenly demanding his right to pump a billion liters of water out of the Colorado River.
Sebastian Rucci, who previously ran strip clubs and drug rehabilitation clinics, admits that he has never built a data center before. However, he is self-taught from YouTube, he tells the Wall Street Journal.
“Governments don’t always do things correctly and if you are disadvantaged, you need to learn to use the legal system,” he says.
British pub death: Two a day forced to close
The number of pubs in Britain has decreased by almost a quarter since the turn of the millennium, writes CNN. Between January and March of this year alone, 161 pubs closed their doors for the last time, which gives an average of almost two pubs closed a day.
Price increases, taxes and, not least, social factors are mentioned as explanations. The younger generation finds other social contexts and pub visits do not fit into the image of a happy life that many want to portray on social media, says sociologist Thomas Thurnell-Read.
- It is seen as wasted time.
Middle East Crisis
Iran War
Source: Iran stops attacks – as long as US maintains pause
Iran
will stop its own attacks as long as the US maintains the latest pause
in hostilities, a senior Iranian source told Reuters.
The US
suddenly paused its attacks on Iran on Friday after attacking the
country for 13 consecutive days. The US ambassador to the UN, Mike
Waltz, says that Trump has decided on a pause.
– He is giving the talks some space, Waltz tells Fox News.
However,
a Reuters source states that Iran does not have much faith that the
pause means any change in the US diplomatic position, and says that
there is “more skepticism than optimism” regarding the pause.
Strait of Hormuz
Iran and Oman in talks on rules for the Strait of Hormuz
Iran has held talks with Oman over the weekend on how the Strait of Hormuz should be managed in the future, the Iranian regime says, according to AFP.
The hope is to agree on common rules for passing ships, according to Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry. However, the discussions do not seem to have any role for the United States.
As recently as June, both countries said they planned to impose tariffs on passing ships, something Washington opposed. US President Donald Trump said at the time that he wanted to take over the strait and demand a 20 percent tariff in exchange for the US military staying in and guaranteeing security.
Syria's New Government
UN chief calls for end to sanctions on Syria
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for the lifting of all sanctions imposed on Syria under the now-ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, AFP reports.
“Syria needs investment in its people, economy and institutions,” he says.
After 13 years of war, Syria's new government is trying to rebuild the country's infrastructure and economy. The World Bank estimates that the reconstruction will cost the equivalent of SEK 2000 billion. Western countries have begun to lift sanctions, but according to Guterres, significantly more support is needed.
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