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Japan’s latest defence white paper’s emphasis on adaptivity and scale of drones signals its intention to seek asymmetric capabilities against China in the event of a conflict, while drawing lessons from Ukraine, according to experts. The 610-page document released on Tuesday highlights the need to integrate unmanned systems, artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies across the Japan Self-Defence Forces as Tokyo confronts an increasingly complex security environment. While...
The UK and France are not seeking confrontation with Iran in the US-Israeli war Europe largely rejected, say analysts.

The UK and France are not seeking confrontation with Iran in the US-Israeli war Europe largely rejected, say analysts.
Trump on Abdulrahman El-Sayed: It's Abdul—but I call him Abdullah. The actual name is Abdullah, and then it's much longer than that.

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, August 7th

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Trump on Iran: They want to make a deal. Look, it's obvious they don't want to be hit. They want to make a deal. So, we'll see.
Russian claims of an alleged advance toward Bilyi Kolodiaz in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector are untrue, as Russian troops remain at least 10 kilometers away from the settlement.
Trump: If I were a governor, I would want data centers so badly. I'll cut taxes. I mean, taxes are going to go way down because this is a tremendous source of income. Well, we can't let China beat us at this. You know, a lot of people think that the campaign that's being put on is being paid for by China.

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Trump on Switzerland: Take a look at Switzerland. We have a $39 billion deficit. I can wipe out that deficit in one stroke of the pen and they're no longer an elite country. Yet they pay one-half of one percent interest. They're the lowest ones. And all I have to do is say, "I don't want any of your watches. I don't want any of your goods." And we save ourselves $39, $41 billion, and they go from being elite to being very troubled. Fortunately, I'm a nice person.
Trump: If the Democrats get in, I may be the last Republican president. If the Senate doesn't get smart, I may be the last Republican president.
Trump: If I don't run, will those people go out and vote? And that's the one thing I can't tell. Because a lot of them are very angry at Republicans, to be honest with you. They're angry at Republicans, but they're not angry at me.
The young Israelis who rushed to serve after October 7 are now marrying, studying and starting careers, carrying the burdens of war while building the country they fought to defend.
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Trump: I saw Texas the other day sort of is against data centers. I think it's a mistake. I'm not taking positions—I just think it's a mistake because there are other communities that want it. When a community wants it, it means a lot of money is going to come into that community. I don't think they're unsightly. I mean, I'm looking at some of these data centers, the most incredible buildings I've ever seen. They are tremendously important for the economics. I mean, this is—for Texas to say

According to the activists, people have begun to take a greater interest in underground movements
Trump: Whoever wins AI just wins. It's that big. It's bigger than the internet by many times. It's going to be bigger than anybody ever thought possible. Not even imaginable how big.
Trump: We don't want to see China take over crypto. I don't want to see China win with AI. AI and crypto. Crypto is a big deal. I mean I see it more and more where people are paying with Bitcoin and you know they don't even know about cash anymore. That takes a lot of pressure off our dollar. It's a good thing for our country. But if China took over crypto, which they would love to do, or if China took over AI, which they would really... So, we are leading with AI on China. Nobody thought t

After voting last month to keep ultra-Orthodox evaders out of jail, far-right minister risks losing onetime supporters who serve in IDF and bear heavy burden in wartime The post Smotrich placates coalition on Haredi draft, but pays a cost among settler base appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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A Geran drone destroyed a locomotive of the Ukrainian military train in the Kharkov Region

Ethiopian security agents abducted, assaulted and detained Yonas Kedir, the editor-in-chief of independent media outlet Addis Standard, the publication said on August 7, the latest sign of a worsening climate for the press. Addis Standard, a print and online outlet, is one of Ethiopia's few independent media platforms, with nearly one million followers on X. FRANCE 24's Tom Canetti reports.
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Israeli drones sighted over Beirut, Lebanese media report Israeli drones have been sighted flying above Beirut and its suburbs, Lebanese national media report. The Israeli military has also bombed Wadi Houjeir and Meiss el-Jabal in south Lebanon on Friday, and there are reports that the Chacra water pumping station has been set on fire by Israel.

A 55-year-old woman has been killed and a man has been injured in a Russian FPV drone strike on Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

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Hong Kong’s security chief has warned he will take down anyone who endangers national security, while also slamming the embattled Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) for lacking credibility ahead of an already delayed leadership election. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Friday that the association was “not a statutory organisation” and that candidates for its executive committee reportedly included no representatives from mainstream local media outlets, undermining its.
Strikes reported on Yemen military camps positions in Marib. https://t.co/xhUo2pesvv

As Chen Xi clarified, the modernization of the Armed Forces will provide Beijing with "a strategic foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation"

Ukraine's defence forces attacked a number of Russian military targets on temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and in Crimea on the night of 6-7 August, including a radar station, ground relay stations for drone control, a drone storage and launch site, a fuel and lubricants depot and a repair unit.

Russian forces attacked a civilian vehicle on a highway in Kherson Oblast on the morning of 7 August with a drone, killing a 77-year-old woman.

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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported strikes overnight into Friday on an early warning radar station in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, UAV repeaters, and other facilities of the occupiers.

Three Yemeni soldiers killed in Houthi attack, says military source A Houthi drone attack on Yemen's Marib province killed three members of government forces on Friday and wounded another four, a Yemeni military source told AFP. "Three killed and four wounded in a preliminary toll from the Houthi drone attack on the Harib area, in the south of Marib," the source said.
On the night of August 7, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck an early-warning radar station, drone repeaters, and other Russian targets in the temporarily occupied Crimea and in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan had already announced a joint defence pact in 2025, which drew attention because Pakistan is the Muslim world's only nuclear-equipped state.