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    Russia upholds 15-year espionage sentence for Romanian who allegedly fed air-defense data to Ukraine

    A Russian appeals court on 19 June 2026 confirmed the conviction of 23-year-old Romanian citizen Adrian David Cherciu, who was accused of passing locations of air-defense systems in Sochi to Ukrainian intelligence.

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Bedford, Beirut and bruised Meloni

Europe absorbs shocks as Bedford crash and Lebanon truce collapse test distracted leaders

A fragile ceasefire in Lebanon failed almost as soon as it began, pulling the US-Iran peace track back into uncertainty. In Europe, a fatal rail crash, a Labour revolt, a heatwave and Donald Trump’s quarrel with Giorgia Meloni gave governments little room for quiet Friday management.

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  • Israel bombs Hezbollah targets in Beirut

    Resumes US-Iran diplomatic efforts as a US envoy travels to Switzerland to discuss the stalled peace talks following the recent ceasefire violations.

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AI: capabilities, regulation, labour

The EU AI Office initiated its first systemic-risk probe and published detailed enforcement procedures, while France and Germany operationalized national supervision hubs, moving the AI Act from design to initial enforcement actions.

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