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Charles Dennery

doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Jun 20

    France swelters under second June heatwave as 35 departments placed on red alert

    A second heatwave in three weeks has placed 35 departments on red alert, with temperatures forecast to reach 40°C in the west and centre by early next week.

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Hormuz, Ceuta and hot rivers

Diplomats chase Hormuz deal as Ceuta strains Schengen and heat drains Europe’s rivers

The day’s strongest stories all turned on systems under stress: sea lanes, borders, rivers, food supply chains and supposedly supervised AI agents. Governments moved quickly, but often after events had already shown where the weak points were.

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  • Russian missile attack on Kyiv

    Kills 14 and injures 27 as overnight missile and drone strikes hit residential buildings in Kyiv and the surrounding region.

  • Migrant surge in Spain's Ceuta enclave

    Confirmed the death toll has risen to 79 following the mass border crossing attempt in Ceuta, according to the Institute of Legal Medicine.

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The US under Trump: second term

The US Supreme Court's rulings bolster the legal foundation for the administration's transactional foreign policy, while the revocation of Brazil's ambassador's visa demonstrates a new application of this approach to diplomatic relations.

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