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UK Drafts Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlements After West Bank Building Plan Advances
Israel has opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes for Israeli settlers in a West Bank area called E1.
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British-Made Drones Reportedly Strike Deep Inside Russia for First Time
Ukrainian drones set fire to a warehouse run by Wildberries, Russia's biggest online retailer, in Koledino, about 25 miles from Moscow.
Trump puts new tariffs on drones, but EU and UK pay much less
US President Donald Trump has placed steep new import taxes on drones and drone parts, saying he wants to rebuild American drone manufacturing, which the White House calls key to modern warfare.
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Weapons factories can't keep up with demand from wars now being fought
This week's defense-industry news, from NATO picking five companies to build anti-drone systems to Greece buying a €3.5 billion Israeli air-defense system, Israel warning its own weapon stocks are running low, and Britain and Japan struggling to expand their arms production, all show the same problem.
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Saudi Arabia joins US airstrikes on Iran-linked fighters in Iraq
Saudi Arabia has for the first time taken part directly in air strikes alongside the United States, hitting an Iraqi militant alliance linked to Iran on July 29.
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Britain's new PM meets Zelensky as his first foreign guest in office
Andy Burnham, Britain's newly appointed prime minister, will host Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky in London on Monday, making him the first foreign leader he meets in the job.
Britain's $3.9bn own goal in the global talent race
A single figure — $3.9bn — turns Britain's immigration crackdown into an economic subtraction, and reframes a domestic policy as a contest for global talent the UK may be choosing to lose.
Burnham Walks Into No 10 Unopposed — Now the Untested Part Begins
Andy Burnham looks set to enter Downing Street within days without a contest. The new questions are about tax, energy and credibility — and they are the ones foreign capitals will be watching.
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Iran Hits US Bases Across Middle East as Washington Strikes Hormuz Assets, UK Bans IRGC
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they struck US bases in multiple Middle Eastern countries in retaliation for American attacks, as Washington reported degrading Tehran's capacity to hit Hormuz shipping and Britain proscribed the IRGC.
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EU and UK Sanction 33 FSB-Linked Cyber Targets; Moscow Vows an 'Appropriate Response'
Brussels and London jointly blacklisted 33 Russia-linked cyber targets tied to FSB operations, drawing a NATO condemnation and a Russian threat of retaliation. The move lands while the EU's broader 21st package remains hostage to internal bargaining — evidenced by Bulgaria's confirmed removal of Patriarch Kirill.
Ann Widdecombe, Brexit-Era Firebrand Who Became a British Fixture, Dies at 78
Ann Widdecombe, the former Tory minister who reinvented herself as a Brexit Party MEP and then a Strictly Come Dancing contestant, has died aged 78. Her career maps the fracturing and realignment of the British right over three decades.
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Bonnie Tyler Dies at 75 in a Portuguese Hospital After Intestinal Surgery
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer behind Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding Out for a Hero, has died at 75 in a Portuguese hospital where she was treated after acute intestinal surgery, according to an announcement on her official website.