Berlin is preparing to spend nearly €3.4 billion on U.S.-made Typhon launchers and Tomahawk missiles, a procurement that would give the Bundeswehr its first ground-based long-range strike capability while opening talks on German industrial participation.

Leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed an agreement asserting their right to self-determination and calling on the British government to prepare for constitutional change across the U.K.

China’s state-backed Global Times said Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to slow frontier AI development masks an effort to constrain China through chip controls, regulatory barriers and exclusion from global AI governance.

An IDF drone operator says Israeli forces in Gaza operated without meaningful accountability, with civilians marked for attack, strikes justified retroactively, and soldiers able to kill Palestinians at will.

Russia is rapidly producing Geran drones and Banderol cruise missiles using inexpensive Chinese components, creating faster, harder-to-intercept weapons at roughly $100,000 each while Ukraine and Western militaries struggle to match its production cycle.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for moderating the pace of AI development, warning that advanced models could resist shutdown attempts and potentially be exploited for biological weapons or bioterrorism.

Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelensky to halt Ukrainian attacks on Russian diesel infrastructure, arguing that refinery strikes have tightened fuel supplies and are “hurting the world” as U.S. diesel prices rise.

A chartered train carrying Boris Johnson and senior security advisers from the U.K., Germany, France and Italy was halted and partly evacuated after a Russian drone struck a passenger locomotive on the same route near Poland.

RTL journalist Angelique Geray spent months posing as pro-Russian influencer “Katja,” receiving assignments from suspected Russian actors to monitor political, defense and NGO targets in Germany before her cover was exposed.

Democrats are preparing investigations into Trump family wealth, immigration enforcement, and the Epstein files if they regain control of the House in November.

The leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland will meet in Cardiff to sign a joint declaration on self-determination, increasing pressure on Westminster over future independence referendums and the U.K.'s constitutional future.

Former royal protection officer Paul Page says Thames Valley Police failed to respond when he offered first-hand information on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, prompting him to lodge a statement with the FBI and contact a U.S. congressman.

Mark Carney is accelerating plans to tie Canada more closely to Europe after U.S. trade negotiations collapsed, with officials exploring deeper integration in defense, energy, technology, research, and strategic supply chains.

Brussels will release another €6.1bn for Ukraine’s military needs, waiving European procurement requirements for Patriot interceptors and some drones as Kyiv races to reinforce air defenses before winter.

Anthropic says operators in northern Yemen ran parallel Claude Code instances to design guidance software, simulate trajectories, and analyze a failed rocket test, effectively compressing specialist missile-engineering work into an AI-assisted workflow.

Sweden’s disinformation defense chief says Moscow is prioritizing elections in Germany and France, using bot networks and fabricated content to deepen political divisions and weaken public support for Ukraine.

Pakistan is trying to prevent Saudi-Houthi tensions from turning its defense commitments to Riyadh into a combat role, while protecting relations with Iran and limiting further Gulf military obligations.

The capture of Perim Island gives the Houthis control of key positions across Bab-el-Mandeb, increasing pressure on a shipping artery carrying about 10% of global seaborne trade as disruption around the Strait of Hormuz already constrains Gulf exports.

Satellite imagery and thermal data indicate a large, sustained fire along Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline corridor, raising fears of a strike on the kingdom’s main high-volume route for bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.

An investigation revealed that a network of four AI-powered news outlets used coordinated paid ads to disproportionately amplify Sudan coverage, attack the SAF and allied actors, and avoid criticism of the UAE and RSF.