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Damascus has not yet issued an official statement on the incident. The strikes took place about 70 kilometers from the Turkish border.
NEW: Russia is shipping drone components, ammunition, and TNT to Iran via the Caspian Sea to help rebuild stockpiles damaged by US and Israeli strikes. The Caspian route is effectively unblockable. Western navies have no legal access under the 2018 convention, and vessels routinely switch off tracking systems. Source: NBC
NATO launched a huge aerial operation around Russian Kaliningrad this morning involving multiple reconnaissance aircraft and many fighter jets. Russia in recent days has moved hypersonic capable warships and many military shipments into the Baltic possibly drone shipments. https://t.co/FDPMS6hU1G

Somali national forces repelled an assault by troops loyal to an ousted regional leader and Islamist insurgents on Monday over control of the key city of Baidoa. The assault involved "vehicles laden with explosives" according to the government, which said its troops killed nearly 30 militants in their response. Details by Laurent Berstecher.

Russia placed Conor Kennedy, son of US Health Secretary RFK Jr. and great-nephew of JFK, on its wanted list for fighting with Ukraine's International Legion in 2022. He faces 7-10 years in prison under Russian law. Kennedy had publicly disclosed his service, writing: I was willing to die there" and calling the war one that "will shape the fate of democracy in this century." He had no prior military experience but was eventually sent to the northeastern front. Moscow charged him with acti
The Ukrainian side will respond to the Russian strike on an intersection in Pechenihy, Kharkiv region, which killed at least 10 people, stated President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

NBC: Russia is shipping drone components, ammunition and TNT to Iran through the Caspian Sea, helping Tehran replenish its stockpiles during the fragile ceasefire with the U.S.

The People’s Liberation Army used a drone to deliver cases of cash and gold bars in a field during a “wartime financial support” drill apparently simulating a Taiwan operation, according to a state media report. A multi-rotor drone was used to drop the camouflage cases at designated locations during the exercise conducted by the PLA Eastern Theatre Command, national newspaper Defence Times said last week. The report prompted heated discussion online and has since been deleted. It included...

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, August 18th
Russian forces on the Kupiansk front are attempting to increase pressure westward to expand their ability to penetrate Kupiansk from the north, but the plan has so far failed to produce the desired results.

As the 60-day ceasefire deadline passes, US President Donald Trump is lashing out at an American ally trying to mediate negotiations between the US and Iran. Using an expletive, Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way." This isn’t the first time Trump has threatened Oman. Details by Monte Francis.

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Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days after the premier rejected the US-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza. The meeting follows Kushner's meeting with Hamas’ leader in Egypt, as the US presses for Israel’s approval of the road map. Story by Ellen Gainsford.

We start the programme with the latest in the Russia-Ukraine war. Early this morning, Ukraine launched over 600 drones at the Moscow region, in one of its biggest air assaults on the Russian capital. At least three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured in the region. Meanwhile, a Russian attack on the Kharkiv region in northeast Ukraine has killed ten people. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze.

Ukraine's defence forces struck a number of Russian military facilities on 17 August and on the night of 17-18 August, including an ammunition depot and ground control stations.

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Meta battles legal challenges in the US, Europe and beyond over platform design and its impact on younger users.

Donald Trump was quietly moved from Air Force One during a security scare after the NATO summit in Turkey, and Natalie Harp accompanied him.
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Iran's Ghalibaf: The enemy is looking for an opportunity to create chaos and combine it with military operations, such as terror and separatist actions, which are completed with cognitive warfare. In order to operationalize this conspiracy, the enemy has planned to take advantage of the government's measures to reduce gasoline consumption. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of gasoline shortage with comprehensive and very clever planning.

Huge amount of NATO aircraft operating around Kalingrad over the Baltic Sea this morning the US airforce has even redirected a EA-37B electronic warfare aircraft from CENTCOM which was operating around Iran. Something is up…
Iran's Ghalibaf: The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the blockade and oil sanctions are lifted, Iran’s frozen assets are released, and military operations end.
A distribution center serving the EVA cosmetics retail chain was damaged in a Russian attack in Brovary, Kyiv region, in the morning of August 18. No casualties have been reported, according to preliminary information.

In particular, Tehran demands that the blockade against Iran is lifted, frozen Iranian assets are unfrozen, the oil embargo is removed and threats and military operations on all fronts cease

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After 4-Hour Kushner Meeting, No Indication Netanyahu Will Choose Peace A four-hour meeting between Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu ended without a clear signal that Israel is ready to advance the White House Gaza peace framework. READ MORE

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Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality. A Damascus court issued a death sentence on Tuesday.

David Pocock says legislation still includes ‘indiscriminate cut’ impacting hundreds of thousands of participants The government’s controversial NDIS bill will undergo “substantial” amendments after Labor and the Coalition struck a deal, with some of the changes attracting heavy criticism from the Greens, the ACT senator David Pocock and the disability community. Sixty-three government amendments across both houses will be introduced as part of backroom deals to pass the bill on Tuesday night,
Russia is not ready to halt hostilities on the battlefield, and no peace agreements are expected to be reached by the end of this year.

Russia hosts Ghana’s foreign minister in Moscow as Sergey Lavrov meets Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The talks focused on trade, Africa’s security and ongoing crises across the continent.

Russian forces hit a distribution centre in Brovary belonging to EVA, one of the largest retail chains in Ukraine, specialising in the offline and online sale of beauty and health products. No casualties were reported following the attack.

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Warehouse complexes in the Kiev suburb of Brovary, which were also used to supply the Ukrainian armed forces, have been completely destroyed

Qatar condemned the attacks on Kurdistan PM Barzani's office and the intelligence chief's residence, calling them a "blatant violation" of sovereignty and international law.