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Today’s Brief

Spain lifts the trophy and fights the fires

America and Iran trade blows over Hormuz; Kyiv counts missiles, Spain hectares, and Guyana its missing

The past half-day brought several versions of the same problem: governments trying to keep pace with events that moved faster than their machinery. War closed a trade artery, fire emptied villages, disease crossed borders on paper if not yet in patients, and an old ferry vanished into rough water.

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European Union · Updated 26m ago

The ageing Union's economy

New findings confirm that renewed Middle East conflict is a central factor in ECB policymakers’ caution, reinforcing expectations of a potential rate increase if inflation re-accelerates.

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Catching upConflict

Russian missile strike on Black Sea cargo ship

Geopolitics·Top story·Reported 19h 44m ago·Updated 5h 8m ago

Chapter 2 of 2ConflictCatching upReported 18h 39m ago
Russian strike on Turkish grain ship
Increases the death toll to 10 after a Russian missile strike on a Turkish grain carrier near Odesa, as rescue operations continue.
Chapter 1 of 2ConflictCatching upReported 19h 44m ago
Russian missile strike on Black Sea cargo ship
Reports state Russian cruise missiles struck a Turkish-owned grain vessel in the Black Sea, leaving five crew members dead.

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