Category: Europe
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Ukrainian investigators recovered an off-the-shelf AI computer from the wreckage of a Russian strike drone in Zaporizhzhia. Analysts say the July attack, which killed three people, is the first documented case in this war of civilians killed by a weapon that selected its own aim point.
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Swedish data from 376,000 people links colorectal screening to a 43 per cent lower risk of dying from the disease. Why this cancer suits screening unusually well, what a relative reduction actually means, and the costs on the other side.
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A Yorkshire church group has apologised after grave ornaments, including a teddy bear left for 23 years, were removed and binned without warning. The churchyard rules behind it, why the objection is about notice rather than the rule, and what grief research says.
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European surveillance reports 81 locally acquired West Nile cases across six countries this season. Why “locally acquired” is the key phrase, why the counts understate infections, and what the climate link does and does not establish.
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Eighty-five people were injured, 35 of them police officers, after flares were launched at a stand and supporters stormed the pitch at a German Cup match. Why flares are more dangerous than fireworks, and the long argument about legalising them.
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ChatGPT begins carrying advertising in 31 European markets today. Why adverts inside a conversation differ from adverts beside search results, what the privacy commitment actually covers, and the incentive problem underneath.
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A second strike hit Kryvyi Rih’s shopping centre 26 minutes after the first, while rescuers worked. What “double-tap” means, which rules of war it engages, why intent is so hard to establish — and why the term still belongs in coverage.
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A Ukrainian drone killed two children in Russia’s Krasnodar region on Saturday; Russian strikes killed at least six in Ukraine, a day after a drone attack on a Kryvyi Rih shopping centre killed 16. Why we count the dead on both sides, and what the interceptor shortage has to do with it.
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Pope Leo XIV praised San Marino as a model of political freedom on Saturday, then travelled to Rimini for the Communion and Liberation meeting — the first pope to attend since John Paul II in 1982. Why the second half of the day is the political one.
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Four European states have urged Israel to halt settlement expansion; Turkey, Egypt and Qatar condemned strikes in Gaza. Why the statement came from four countries and not the EU, what the legal claim rests on, and how to tell which diplomatic moves matter.