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The White House is fully aware of the huge controversy surrounding this cluster munitions decision. 123 countries are part of the 2008 International Convention on Cluster Munitions which bans the use or transfer of this particular weapon. Almost all of America’s allies are signatories to the convention. Even within US government circles, there has been

For a base that Wagner Group forces are definitively not at – at least for now – the training facility at Tsel, near Osipovichi in Belarus, is certainly interesting. We saw row upon row of tents – 300 in all and enough to house 5,000 troops, an adviser to the Belarusian defence minister told us.

Two new satellite images show unidentified white shapes on top of Reactor 4 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The images, taken by satellite imagery company Planet Labs, were captured on 5 July – a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed explosives may have been placed at the plant. There are five white shapes visible

The St Petersburg palace of Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been raided by Russian security services. The FSB says it found guns, ammunition, gold bars, a stuffed alligator and a cupboard full of wigs at the opulent residence the mercenary leader was forced to abandon after his aborted coup attempt last month. The pro-Kremlin

An Australian rules footballer has become the first female athlete to be diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease CTE in a landmark finding for women’s sport. Heather Anderson, who played for Adelaide in the Australian Football League Women’s competition, took her own life in November 2022 aged 28. Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank

Ukraine has claimed “explosive devices” have been placed on the roof of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of “dangerous provocations” at the facility. The Ukrainian armed forces quoted “operational data” as saying that the devices had been placed on the roof of the plant’s third and fourth reactors on Tuesday, adding

Israeli troops have been pulling out of the Palestinian city of Jenin following one of their biggest West Bank operations in years. Convoys of military vehicles were seen leaving less than 48 hours after the offensive started. Despite the withdrawal, explosions could still be heard amid unconfirmed reports of a gunfight near a hospital. At

At least seven casualties have been reported in what is believed to be a car-ramming and stabbing attack by Palestinians in Israel. There was at least one stabbing victim and a suspected attacker had been “neutralised” by first responders in the attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, a medical official said. Tel Aviv’s police chief

One of the teenagers in the middle of the rioting in Paris has warned that violence could return at any moment. The 17-year-old, who joined the disorder on two consecutive nights last week, agreed to meet us on a side street in a Paris suburb. He told Sky News that if the police were involved

The police chief in a French town reeling from an attack on its mayor’s home has told Sky News his officers are involved in “a war” against rioters “who are there to kill us”. Eric Vergne has led the response to an attack that has shocked the French nation. A burning car was driven into

The grandmother of the French teenager shot by police has called for rioters to “stop” and says her “heart is in pain”. Nadia said rioters were using the death of her 17-year-old grandson Nahel Merzouk, who was shot by police during a traffic stop on Tuesday, as “an excuse”. She told French broadcaster BFM TV:

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine remains a “serious threat”. Citing Ukrainian intelligence, the country’s president said Russia was “technically ready” to provoke a localised explosion at the facility. Throughout the war nuclear experts have repeatedly raised concerns about the safety of the plant, which Russia

Franc Attali lost 100,000 euros (£86,000) in a night, his shop one of dozens in Marseille broken into by rioters. “The store was full of merchandise, now it’s completely empty,” he says as he shows me around. Be Weep is usually full of clothes and shoes. Now, the glass shelves have been stripped completely clean

President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany due to the ongoing protests and riots across France. More than 1,300 people have been arrested after a fourth night of violent protests throughout the country following the death of 17-year-old boy Nahel Merzouk, who was shot by police during a traffic stop in a