Dind-dong, hybrid it is. German interior minister Dobrindt has spoken. Or as someone over on X put it: "military-grade explosives against military targets on German soil, yet still hybrid." www.welt.de/vermischtes/...

Leipzig: Dobrindt bezeichnet Drohnen-Vorfall als „hybrides Anschlagsszenario“ - WELT

Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt unterbricht nach dem Drohnenfund in Leipzig seinen Urlaub. Er spricht von einem „hybriden Anschlagsszenario“. An der Drohne wurde ein Sprengsatz entschärft, die ...

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Les houthistes revendiquent l’attaque en mer Rouge d’un deuxième pétrolier saoudien en une journée

Les houthistes revendiquent l’attaque en mer Rouge d’un deuxième pétrolier saoudien en une journée

Le porte-parole militaire des rebelles yéménites a affirmé avoir frappé un tanker au large d’Aden après en avoir visé un autre plus tôt dans la journée près de Yanbu, dans le cadre du blocus décrété contre la flotte saoudienne.

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NEW: PSA: Apple's Private Relay, which is supposed to keep your IP address hidden from websites you visit using Safari, can leak your real IP address. The issues underlying this are not fixed. Researchers set up a site to test this. We used it and, indeed, we could see our supposedly hidden IP.

PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address | TechCrunch

A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users’ IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users’ real IP addresses.

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German counterterrorism authorities are leading an investigation into an explosive-laden drone that was found overnight at Leipzig airport.

German anti-terror police investigate explosive drone found at Leipzig airport

Semtex-laden drone, found just meters from a Ukrainian aircraft, failed to detonate.

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Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 5h ago

Former neo-Nazi withdraws name as council candidate for the Conservative party - but will be an adviser to the party instead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In case under rock: one drone with explosives was neutralized by a tourist guide, next to a fleet of Ukraine cargo planes. Shortly after another flight collided with an unknown object at 400m altitude but could safely divert. Hybrid or kinetic, imposibru to tell!

After last nights half successful drone attacks at Leipzig airport a police heli took of from Berlin at midnight towards area and spent first 30 min circling a field next to Autobahn 9, NW of airport and subsequent hours above an industrial area/hamlet by Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Returned 03:30.

L’Iran dit avoir trouvé un accord avec Oman sur un nouveau tracé dans le détroit d’Ormuz

L’Iran dit avoir trouvé un accord avec Oman sur un nouveau tracé dans le détroit d’Ormuz

Le porte-parole de la diplomatie iranienne a annoncé que les coordonnées géographiques du tracé envisagé par les deux parties ont été approuvées. Les représentants d’Oman n’ont pas encore confirmé l’accord.

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Explainer: Why Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than previous epidemics reut.rs/4fNsjxC

Explainer: Why Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than previous epidemics

The Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass 4,000 cases this week and has been described as the fastest spreading on record since it was officially declared in May.

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Drone carrying explosives found at Leipzig airport, say German police ft.trib.al/PkWnLJr

Drone carrying explosives found at Leipzig airport, say German police

Incident appears to mark an escalation after two years of drone incursions at European airports

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Trump threatens "hit very hard" as Hormuz talks advance but traffic stays at 5% of normal Day 151 of Hormuz closure: 7-day avg 3.9 ships/day (-91.5% vs pre-closure norm) #StraitOfHormuz #OOTT #Shipping #Geopolitics #Maritime #Iran hormuz-traffic.com

The @ukiedh.bsky.social is inviting applications for its Advocacy & Engagement Fellowship 2026/27. This year's theme is Openness & Transparency. £4,000 fellowship + £1,000 project fund Deadline: 17 August Open to applicants resident in the UK or Ireland digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/07/06/2...

The industrial strategy – and what Andy Burnham should do about it How does the industrial strategy fit with the prime minister’s re-industrialisation and devolution aims? www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/indu...

The industrial strategy – and what Andy Burnham should do about it | Institute for Government

How does the industrial strategy fit with the prime minister’s re-industrialisation and devolution aims?

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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules

Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules

Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.

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On Monday, EPIC and @cdt.org urged the FCC to reconsider a proposed rule that would mandate the government collection of more personal data from and about anyone who makes a phone call. While we support the FCC's mission to combat illegal robocalls and scam traffic, this strategy is misguided.

EPIC and CDT Urge FCC to Reconsider Invasive Know Your Customer Rulemaking Proposal

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China hits back at US with sanctions and tighter drone export rules ft.trib.al/99PA3tx

China hits back at US with sanctions and tighter drone export rules

Beijing’s retaliation highlights tensions ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned trip in September

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The Houthis have announced that they targeted the Saudi oil tanker Wafa with an undisclosed number of missiles in the northern Red Sea off the coast of Yanbu, marking the 8th Saudi Arabian oil tanker targeted and the total number of Saudi tankers diverted since July 22 to 29.

Oil prices move higher after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/o...

Oil prices move higher after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike

Crude prices rose Wednesday after Yemen's Houthis claimed they had struck a Saudi Arabian oil tanker in the Red Sea.

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Un navire commercial indien a coulé après une attaque en #MerRouge. Les #Houthis ont revendiqué cette attaque. Les 14 membres d'équipage ont été secourus

Le soutien des Etats-Unis aux devises des « pays amis », une manière de s’assurer leur subordination

Le soutien des Etats-Unis aux devises des « pays amis », une manière de s’assurer leur subordination

Le Trésor américain est intervenu, en coordination avec le gouvernement japonais, pour soutenir le yen. Il avait fait de même avec l’Argentine, en octobre 2025, avant l’élection de Javier Milei.

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Great to see work on MPs staff continuing. They're a huge part of the system that is largely ignored. Shocking stats from the wellbeing group survey. See also @aliceolilly.bsky.social who has done some work on MP burnout.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · yesterday

Great short by @mbarnfield.bsky.social on the distress suffered by MPs's staff!

Anthropic's Mythos created fake identities to fool humans in new cyber incident

Anthropic's Mythos created fake identities to fool humans in new cyber incident

It's the latest cybersecurity incident involving frontier models developed by Anthropic and OpenAI.

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EU to send Ukraine €1.4bn after deadly Kyiv attack

EU to send Ukraine €1.4bn after deadly Kyiv attack

At least 17 people were killed in the latest overnight missile and drone barrage

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53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

The UK’s advanced chemical industry is in rapid decline with potentially serious implications for the country’s ability to make missiles, medicines and other strategically critical products, a new analysis has warned ft.trib.al/NmIDvxh

La Chine annonce des restrictions sur les exportations de pièces de drones vers les Etats-Unis, en représailles aux sanctions commerciales américaines

La Chine annonce des restrictions sur les exportations de pièces de drones vers les Etats-Unis, en représailles aux sanctions commerciales américaines

Les mesures prises par l’administration de Donald Trump « portent gravement atteinte aux droits et intérêts légitimes chinois », a fait valoir le ministère du commerce pour justifier ces « contre-mesures ».

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Projectile sinks Indian ship near Yemeni waters but all seafarers safe, Indian minister says reut.rs/4wcEWsn

Projectile sinks Indian ship near Yemeni waters but all seafarers safe, Indian minister says

A projectile struck an Indian-flagged vessel ​near Yemen, causing it to capsize ‌and sink, but all 14 seafarers on board were rescued, India's shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday in a post ​on X.

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* Tariff Refunds Have Wiped Out Tariff Revenue Since May @taxfoundation.bsky.social @scottlincicome.bsky.social taxfoundation.org/blog/tariff-...

The confirmed volume of oil flowing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has fallen by ~40% since the Houthis announced their naval blockade of Saudi shipping Russian flows holding pretty firm, while Saudi flows are functionally back to prewar (pre-East-West pipeline reroute) levels

Yemen's Houthi group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Najran airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, saying it was in response to alleged Saudi drone incursions into Yemeni airspace.

Yemen's Houthis claim drone strike on Saudi airport

Yemen's Houthi group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Najran airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, saying it was in response to alleged Saudi drone incursions into Yemeni airspa...

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