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NATO summit in Turkey
Analysis: NATO leaders no longer afraid of Trump

Donald Trump showed a volatile mood at the NATO summit in Turkey, according to SvD's Therese Larsson Hultin. She believes that the alliance will continue as usual, despite all the statements from the American president.

At the same time, NATO is being hit hard by Trump's mood:

"When summits become more and more of a Trump circus and the energy is spent on keeping the American president in a good mood, they defeat their purpose," she writes.

Robert Tait at The Guardian also noticed Trump's mood swings. One day he was scolding several allies, but on other days he spoke loudly and clearly about both love and unity.

"Trump surprised everyone by showing appreciation for the same alliance that just the day before he had spent large parts of his time criticizing," he writes.

Bo Torbjörn Ek at DN thinks the meeting was a success for all parties. Trump was “almost lyrical and said that everyone loved him”. Although the rest of the member states were given a slap in the face, they left Turkey after the US swore allegiance to NATO’s Article 5 and backed its support for Ukraine.

“His rhetoric does not shake NATO leaders in the same way as before”, he writes.

The charges against Trump
Trump forced to pay 56 million to Jean Carroll

A judge in the US has decided that the author Elizabeth Jean Carroll should receive the damages of around 56 million kronor that were previously awarded against President Donald Trump, reports CNN.

The decision comes just over a week after the US Supreme Court rejected Trump's appeal.

The damages concern a civil case about sexual assault in the 1990s. Trump's lawyers say they now intend to appeal the decision on the payment as well.
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Russian influence in Africa
Russia promises continued support for African juntas

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement that it will continue to provide military support to the juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. This is reported by Le Monde.

The three countries have strained relations with the West and have formed the regional Sahel Alliance (AES).

“We are united in our common understanding of the need to build a just multipolar world order, and through joint efforts to fight the neo-colonialism that is so deeply rooted among our colleagues in the West”, Lavrov said in the statement.

Monaco bombing
Ukrainian agent changes his mind about the murder – now blames the other suspect

The agent from the Ukrainian intelligence service HUR who previously confessed to the murder of the Monaco bomber Anastasija Berezovska is changing his mind, Bloomberg reports. During the detention hearings, he now claims that the other suspect forced him to take responsibility for the murder.

– I was scared, he says.

Berezovska was suspected of a bombing against a pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch and his family in the principality. She was found murdered after she returned to Ukraine.

The agent claims that he and his colleague had planned to help Berezovska in Ukraine. Instead, the colleague is said to have executed the woman with four shots. 

At least 28 dead after major fire in shoe factory in China

A major fire is raging in a shoe factory in Jinjiang in eastern China, according to several media outlets.

At least 200 firefighters have been deployed to fight the fire. According to the authorities, people are trapped and cannot get out.

At least 28 people are reported to have died in the fire, Reuters reports.

According to state media in China, President Xi Jinping says the fire has caused “great human losses”.

The earthquakes in Venezuela
Over 3,800 dead in Venezuela – UN appeals for more money

The death toll after the twin earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24 has now risen to over 3,800 people, reports the ABC news agency. Around 17,000 people are said to be injured, while almost 18,000 have been made homeless.

On Wednesday, the UN appealed for $296 million – equivalent to around 2.9 billion Swedish kronor – for emergency aid in Venezuela, writes the AFP news agency. According to UN chief Tom Fletcher, the money is needed to help 1.3 million people over the next six months.

At the same time, the Venezuelan government has asked that the country's frozen assets in other countries be made available for use in emergency work - including 30 tons of gold located in England, AFP reports.

The UN estimates that the earthquakes in Venezuela caused damage worth about $6.7 billion - equivalent to about SEK 65 billion.