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  • Sep 21

    Judge sends Spanish PM's wife Begoña Gómez to jury trial for influence peddling

    Investigating magistrate Juan Carlos Peinado has concluded his probe, ordering Begoña Gómez and her Moncloa assistant Cristina Álvarez to stand trial before a nine-citizen jury in Madrid on corruption charges.

  • May 28

    Colombian Tourist Abducted, Drugged, and Gang-Raped for Three Days in Abandoned Rome Building; Five Arrested

    A 32-year-old Colombian woman was held captive, drugged, and repeatedly gang-raped over three days in an occupied building on the outskirts of Rome. She escaped semi-naked and pleaded for help from a passing motorist.

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Trump strains Ukraine support as Houthi strikes menace Gulf shipping and Saudi cities

Today’s brief turns on control points: satellites over Ukraine, chokepoints in the Gulf and courtroom pressure on artificial intelligence. Governments and companies keep discovering that infrastructure once treated as background now sits in the foreground of power.

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The US under Trump: second term

Reported US proposals on frozen assets and renewed leverage over Kyiv are reported talks, not formal policy shifts or new tariffs.

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