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Wars, tensions & security threats
Half a million wait under siege in Sudan while the world watches a peace deal die with a tanker crew, in a strait carrying a fifth of its oil. Kyiv's run out of interceptors. 15 days, 3 chokepoints.
The US and Iran signed a memorandum ending their war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, even as Sudan's RSF besieged El Obeid and Ukraine launched a 40-day strike campaign on Russia's oil economy.
The Gulf ceasefire is now a fiction both sides maintain for cover, with global energy the hostage. Plus Ukraine's deep strikes into Russia, the Chornobyl hit, Sudan, and the week's WPS read.
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Latvia’s PM Evika Siliņa resigns, In Britain, Keir Starmer is still in Downing Street. Just about.
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We are still scrambling to find our pathways out of Covid - in our supply chains and our economies. The cost-of-living crisis is biting everywhere with energy supplies and Russia central to the issue
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