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Vance says aliens are 'demons' as he promises to dig into UFO files
JD Vance said he is “obsessed” with UFOs, said he has not yet reviewed government files on the subject, and suggested that aliens may actually be “demons.”
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Rubio says Iran must never get nuclear weapons in Al Jazeera interview
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran must never develop nuclear weapons and should stop supporting terrorism. He also said Tehran’s short-range missiles are meant to threaten Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.
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Ukrainian drone crash in Finland carried an unexploded warhead, police say
Finnish police said a Ukrainian military drone that crashed north of Kouvola was carrying an unexploded warhead, in what appears to be the first direct spillover of the Russia-Ukraine war onto Finnish soil.
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Trump’s birthright citizenship fight leans on racist 19th-century legal arguments
As the Supreme Court weighs Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, his administration is citing old anti-Black and anti-Chinese arguments that critics say were long ago rejected for good reason.
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Trump says he has 'no problem' with Russian oil tanker reaching Cuba
Donald Trump said he would not object to a sanctioned Russian oil tanker delivering fuel to Cuba, even as his administration keeps up heavy pressure on the island and its battered energy system.
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Trump’s Iran victory lap meets a reality he cannot quite talk over
Donald Trump keeps declaring the Iran war won, but the conflict, the costs and the politics keep refusing to cooperate. In a war that has already strained the US and jolted global markets, his usual habit of narrating events into submission is running into a much less pliable opponent.
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UK fines Apple subsidiary £390,000 over Russian streaming payments
Apple Distribution International was fined after two payments tied to the Russian streaming service Okko were made through a UK bank account, despite sanctions on the company that later owned it.
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Spain shuts airspace to U.S. military aircraft in Iran war dispute, deepening clash with Washington
Madrid has extended its opposition to the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran by barring U.S. aircraft involved in the attacks from Spanish airspace, after already ruling out use of its military bases for war-related operations.
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Tucker Carlson buys The Bibi Files, the Netanyahu documentary banned in Israel
Tucker Carlson has taken up the cause of The Bibi Files, a documentary built from leaked interrogation footage and pointed accusations about Benjamin Netanyahu’s political and legal troubles. The film is banned in Israel, which has only made it more useful for Carlson’s anti-war, anti-Netanyahu messaging.
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Scott Mills leaves BBC after allegations over personal conduct
The BBC has ended Scott Mills’s contract after allegations about his personal conduct, bringing a sudden close to the Radio 2 presenter’s rise to the station’s flagship breakfast slot.
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Russia Orders British Diplomat Out Over Espionage Claim, London Calls It Intimidation
Russia’s FSB says a British diplomat in Moscow was removed for alleged economic espionage. The UK rejected the accusation as unacceptable and said it would not be bullied into silence.
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Tajani and Salvini dismiss snap-election talk after referendum setback
Tajani said the political priority is now economic stability, while Salvini insisted the government will run through the end of the legislature and urged the EU to pause the Green Deal and stability rules.