Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv delegation in US for peace talks after Putin’s ‘shadow fleet’ tankers hit
Ukraine has claimed to have hit Putin’s “shadow fleet” oil tankers as it seeks to step up pressure on Russia's oil industry

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Ukraine has claimed to have hit Putin’s “shadow fleet” oil tankers as it seeks to step up pressure on Russia's oil industry

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Sea Baby naval drones had disabled vessels capable of transporting oil worth almost $70 million

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Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble
Like triple-distilled whiskey, Irish pubs appear to have timeless appeal. They are staple setting in films, books and plays, draw tourists to Ireland, replicate themselves around the world and induce social media quests for the perfect snug and the perfect pint.
Scholars have now bestowed academic imprimatur on this cultural treasure status by examining – and celebrating – pubs through the lens of history, sociology, architecture, psychology, design, art and literature.
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Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia with attack on empty vessels on way to load up with oil for foreign markets
Ukrainian naval drones hit two tankers operating under sanctions in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia’s vast oil industry.
The two oil tankers, identified as the Kairos and Virat, were empty and sailing to Novorossiysk, a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal, the official at the security service of Ukraine told Reuters.
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Sea Baby naval drones had disabled vessels capable of transporting oil worth almost $70 million

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A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.
On Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard died at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family. They paid tribute to the “brilliance and humanity” of his work and “his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language”.
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Exit of Zelenskyy’s most powerful aide could also have impact on Kyiv’s negotiating position in talks over ending war
Ukraine’s political system is bracing for a “mini-revolution” as the county’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is forced to adapt to life without his closest adviser, chief enforcer and most loyal associate, Andriy Yermak, who resigned on Friday after his apartment was searched as part of a widening anti-corruption probe.
Yermak’s resignation could have tremendous consequences for domestic governance, as well as for Ukraine’s negotiating position in talks over ending the war with Russia, where he had served as the head of Ukraine’s delegation to peace talks with the White House.
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Missile and drone attacks come amid Moscow’s campaign to break Ukrainian civil resistance by attacking energy grid
Two people were killed and 37 were injured by a Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital that cut power to the western half of the city, leaving at least 500,000 residents without electricity.
Nearly 600 drones and 36 rockets were fired into the country in an attack that its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said highlighted Ukraine’s need for western help with air defence, as well as other financial and political support.
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The conflict is neither a clearcut defeat nor a feelgood victory, but an in-between outcome that contains profound elements of each
No one should be satisfied with the unjust peace that Ukraine may be forced to accept. The aggressor would be rewarded with territory and other concessions from the victim it has brutalized. Yet the horrified reaction in Washington to recent peace proposals is troubling in its own right.
The Trump administration’s recent 28-point plan, roundly denounced in Congress and the commentariat as a “capitulation” to Moscow, actually offered Kyiv a remarkable strategic outcome. Under its terms, Ukraine would face no meaningful limit on its peacetime military, despite Russian attempts to impose draconian restrictions since 2022. (The only requirement, a cap of 600,000 personnel, probably exceeds the number of active-duty forces Ukraine would maintain anyway.) Moreover, Ukraine would receive a substantial security guarantee from the United States and Europe – the strongest in history, even if short of a Nato-style commitment.
Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School
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Ukraine has claimed to have hit Putin’s “shadow fleet” oil tankers as it seeks to step up pressure on Russia's oil industry

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Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that 15 people were wounded

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Longtemps passé sous les radars des régulateurs grâce à une base d'utilisateurs jugée inférieure aux exigences européennes, Apple Plans vient de franchir le cap fatidique des 45 millions d'utilisateurs. Apple a notifié Bruxelles qu'elle dépassait désormais les seuils du DMA, ce qui la force à ouvrir son système.

Longtemps passé sous les radars des régulateurs grâce à une base d'utilisateurs jugée inférieure aux exigences européennes, Apple Plans vient de franchir le cap fatidique des 45 millions d'utilisateurs. Apple a notifié Bruxelles qu'elle dépassait désormais les seuils du DMA, ce qui la force à ouvrir son système.