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Intervision: Russia’s bid to rival Eurovision song contest – but with more conservative values

If you were to read this: “Unity through music: top artists from across the globe come together on one stage to inspire and unite millions” you could be forgiven for thinking it’s an advertising blurb for next year’s Eurovision. But it isn’t. On the contrary, it’s the slogan for this…

The Conversation

Tens of thousands of Cuban mercenaries being recruited to fight for Putin in Ukraine, says Kyiv

Ukrainian officials told a panel of US lawmakers that at least 20,000 Cuban citizens have signed contracts with the Russian military

The Independent UK

Russia brings back Soviet-era international singing contest to rival Eurovision

The new competition, called Intervision, comes at the behest of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

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Estonia says 3 Russian fighters entered its airspace without permission and stayed for 12 minutes

Estonia has summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace without permission on Friday

The Independent UK

Venezuela Advances Cooperation Pact With Russia While Denouncing 'Imperialist Policies' of U.S.

The measure outlines a "multipolar order based on sovereignty and equality of states" and calls for high-level political dialogue between Caracas and Moscow

Latin Times

Britain's outgoing spy chief highlights Russia, China and Iran as threats

The outgoing head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has given a wide-ranging speech on the threats facing the West as he prepares to leave office later this month

The Independent UK

EU chief urges bloc members to sanction Russia's LNG exports

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU should slap new sanctions on Russia’s exports of liquefied natural gas, its shadow fleet of aging oil tankers and major energy companies over its war on Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Outgoing MI6 chief says Putin has ‘bitten off more than he can chew’ in Ukraine

Richard Moore said Russia was unlikely to win on battlefield, as his agency launched call to recruit spies

The Guardian - UK

'Absolutely no evidence' Putin will negotiate peace in Ukraine, outgoing MI6 chief says

Ukraine has accepted proposals for a ceasefire and a summit meeting, but so far Moscow has been noncommittal.

Euronews

Donald Trump Is Not a Peace President

Trump struggles to articulate any foreign policy view with much coherence, and has a fragile ego that makes world conflicts all about him.

Reason

Attorney investigating Trump critics resigns after pressure from officials – as it happened

Trump said ‘I want him out’ about Erik Siebert, who was investigating New York attorney general Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

UK spy boss warns Putin is ‘stringing us along’ in stark outgoing speech

It comes afte Trump said he has been ‘really let down’ by Putin

The Independent UK

China, India and Belarus line up for Russia’s rival version of Eurovision

Intervision promises to be lighter on sequins and heavier on patriotic ballads than its European counterpart

The Guardian - UK

UK spy chief says ‘absolutely no evidence’ Putin wants peace negotiations

Sir Richard Moore used an outgoing speech to say the Russian president is ‘stringing us along’ amid faltering efforts to broker a truce.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Estonia requests Nato article 4 consultation after ‘unacceptable’ violation of its airspace by Russian MiG-31s – as it happened

Nato condemns ‘reckless Russian behaviour’ after its jets intercept three MiG-31 fighters over Estonian airspace

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham refuses to rule out Labour leadership bid in threat to Starmer

‘I have never ruled out going back to Westminster. And obviously, I do watch what is going on down there,’ the Greater Manchester mayor said

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Donald Trump acts like a scorned lover, admits Vladimir Putin has ‘really let me down’

Dude has it down bad for Putin.

Al Jazeera

Kim Jong Un declares AI military drone development a ‘top priority’

North Korea ‘is in its strongest strategic position in decades’, US military intelligence said in May.

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Euronews

Ukraine has 'hit the nail on the head' with strikes on Russian oil industry, economist says

Kyiv’s strategy to strike the Russian oil industry is “the most efficient thing Ukraine can do” to hurt Moscow's war machine. Still, it will not break the army and will not stop Moscow’s war, Russian economist Vladislav Inozemtsev told Euronews.

The Independent UK

Tsunami warning issued briefly after strong 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Russia’s Kamchatka

Earthquake causes violent shaking of buildings and triggers tsunami warning

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy claims ‘important success’ as troops push back on Russian advances

President says Ukrainian forces in east have reclaimed 160 sq km of land and cleared another 170 sq km as counteroffensive ‘achieving results’. What we know on day 1,304

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says incursion by Russian jets into Estonian airspace ‘could be big trouble’

Estonia’s foreign minister condemned the incursion as ‘unprecedentedly brazen’

The Independent UK

Avoiding sanctions: Takeaways from AP's report on a secret deal between Russia and Vietnam

Russia is a key supplier of military goods to Vietnam, providing it with fighter jets, tanks and ships

The Independent UK

AP Exclusive: Russia, Vietnam using energy profits to avoid possible US sanctions for arms deals

Russia and Vietnam have developed a mechanism to conceal arms deal payments to avoid American and other Western sanctions, using profits from joint energy-sector ventures to pay for defense contracts, according to internal Vietnamese documents obtained by The Associated Press

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: president threatens other TV networks amid Jimmy Kimmel fallout

Donald Trump suggests networks that carry critical coverage should lose licenses, amid calls for boycott of ABC owner Disney – key US politics stories from 18 September 2025

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