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🇨🇺 🇺🇸 The #US announced fresh economic sanctions on #Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, some of his immediate family and members of the #Castro family.

President Donald #Trump has ramped up pressure on the island in recent months, suggesting it could be next to fall after #Venezuela and #Iran.

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🇮🇱 🇱🇧 #Israel continued its strikes on southern #Lebanon on Friday killing seven overnight in the city of #Tyre.

The strikes came after Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to renew their fragile ceasefire, which has been rejected by the #Hezbollah militia.

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🔴 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The #US House on Thursday passed a #Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions package despite opposition from Republican leaders, underscoring growing congressional frustration with President Donald #Trump's handling of the conflict.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter, saying he was also ready for a 'full ceasefire'.

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🇺🇸 #US President Donald #Trump on Thursday slammed lawmakers who voted to halt military action in #Iran, describing the move as

🇫🇷 🎥 #France’s obsession with General #CharlesdeGaulle is on full display this summer, with the release of a two-part film project on the former leader's unlikely campaign to rally French #resistance to the Nazi occupation.

🇺🇸 De Gaulle's long-held fears of the #US bid for global hegemony may be newly relevant as #Europe's relationship with #Washington worsens.

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🚀 #NASA said on Wednesday it will end its mission studying #Mars' atmosphere and evolution after losing contact with its MAVEN spacecraft for six months.

MAVEN, which entered #Martian orbit in 2014, was designed for a one- to two-year mission but operated for more than a decade before falling silent in December 2025.

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🇰🇵 #NorthKorea on Thursday unveiled a new facility believed to produce fuel for #nuclear weapons.

This comes as leader #KimJongUn pledges to expand the country's nuclear forces “at an exponential rate”.

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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A #Ukrainian strike killed at least three people in #Crimea, Moscow-installed authorities said on Thursday, a day after #Kyiv targeted energy and military facilities in Saint Petersburg during #Russia's flagship economic forum.

#US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned of a

🔴 French-Iranian novelist, cartoonist and film director Marjane #Satrapi has died at the age of 56, her family said on Thursday.

Satrapi was known for her series of graphic novels titled

🇮🇱 🇱🇧 #Israel and #Lebanon agreed Wednesday to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon from which #Hezbollah militants would be banned.

In a joint statement released after a fourth round of US-mediated talks at the State Department, the two sides said the ceasefire “is contingent on a complete cessation of Hezbollah fire and the evacuation of all Hezbollah operatives” from areas south of the Litani River.

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