Zelensky replaces prime minister in cabinet reshuffle focused on foreign policy and Patriot missile production · Pollar

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US strikes Iran as extreme heat tests governments and Ukraine reshuffles for allies

The day’s heaviest news came from choke points, weather maps and war cabinets. Iran and the United States pushed the Gulf closer to open disruption, while heat and fire forced governments from East Asia to western Europe into emergency mode.

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Zelensky replaces prime minister in cabinet reshuffle focused on foreign policy and Patriot missile production · Pollar