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Kyiv burns, France counts 2,025

Russia pounds Kyiv as heat, quakes and alliance strains stretch governments across continents

The day’s hardest news came with a familiar pattern: governments faced shocks they could not fully control, then argued over who should pay, move or apologise. War hit Kyiv, heat killed in France, Venezuela dug through rubble and NATO allies prepared for another bruising encounter with Donald Trump.

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Russia claims capture of Kostyantynivka

Geopolitics·High·Reported 2h 13m ago·Updated 1h 28m ago

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Russia claims capture of Kostyantynivka
Declares full control of the fortified city in eastern Ukraine, though independent verification of the military claim remains pending.

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