August 6, 2026

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Zelensky’s Political Storm Starts to Clear warontherocks.com
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Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.

Mayor Says “Virtually 100%” Of Residents Want Flock Safety Cameras Gone – Town Proceeds To Keep Them wltreport.com
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A mayor in California admitted that “virtually 100%” of the people in his town voiced opposition to Flock Safety cameras, urging the city council to remove them.

“I don’t think that I’ve ever in 10 years had an item that’s come before us where virtually 100% of the people gave the same position on it, and including people that are on email,” Costa Mesa Mayor John Stephens said.

“Yeah, I’m concerned about the people that came up and said sincerely that Flock is impacting their trust in the police department,” he continued.

Despite this, the Flock Safety cameras will remain.

Watch below:

Berlin Pride suspect shot dead by police after man ‘rams van into crowd with 1 killed and 16 injured’ www.mirror.co.uk
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German police have shot dead the man suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival, killing a woman and injuring at least 29 people.

Alleged terrorist Abdul Ballout, 21, rushed at police with a weapon before being shot by cops, officials said. The suspect was tracked down to an allotment garden in Spandau, West Berlin.

Authorities had previously issued a wanted notice and warned people against approaching Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, saying he may be armed and dangerous.

Polizei Berlin said last night: “At around 6pm, the suspect in yesterday’s attack in the Grosser Tiergarten was located in an allotment garden in Spandau.

“He is said to have rushed toward our emergency forces with a stabbing weapon, after which police firearms were used.

Iran’s new supreme leader ‘more driven than ever’ to create nuclear bomb after Trump’s strikes, US intelligence fears www.thesun.co.uk
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IRAN’S new Ayatollah is even more determined to develop a nuclear bomb than his late father, Washington fears.

Fresh US intelligence suggests the killing of the former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February has led to the intensification of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

Mojtaba Khamenei (C), son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran Credit: AFP
An Iranian nuclear programme could bolster the case for further US strikes Credit: AFP

The Iranian program could bolster President Donald Trump’s case for actioning further strikes in the region.

For years, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s 2003 religious ban on weapons of mass destruction tempered global concern regarding Iran’s nuclear programme.

Zelensky says Russia seeks 30,000 extra North Korean troops for Ukraine war www.channelnewsasia.com
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KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country.

Preparations for the extra troops are being made in Russia’s Voronezh region near the frontier with Ukraine, Zelensky said in a social media post late Saturday (Jul 25).

North Korea sent thousands of troops to help Russia fight off a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kursk region in 2024. It has also provided arms to help Russia’s invasion since 2022.

According to South Korea, some 2,000 North Korean troops have been killed in the war.

“Russia wants to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea. Since June, preparations have been underway in Russia’s Voronezh region to receive them,” Zelensky said on X.

“North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional launchers for ballistic missiles to Russia. This is a threat not only to Ukraine. Russia is helping North Korea learn how to wage war, improve its weapons, and gain real combat experience in using them,” he added.

Burnham to Host Zelenskyy in Signal of Continued UK Support financialpost.com
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In his first week in office, Burnham has focused on domestic issues, announcing a raft of cost-of-living measures, from capping bus fares to helping households with energy bills. His relationship with Zelenskyy will be a test of how decisively he is prepared to step onto the international stage.

Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash www.channelnewsasia.com
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The Palestinian Authority, which has responsibility for the section of the West Bank where Friday’s shootings took place, said the incident was part of a broader assault on Palestinians.

“Israeli state-backed settler terrorism is intensifying into systematic pogroms across the occupied West Bank,” the Palestinian prime minister’s office said in a statement on X.

The Israeli military said troops sent to Qusra, which sits near several large Israeli settlements, had found graffiti and signs of arson and were searching for suspects. Police officers would be sent to collect evidence, it said.

“The security forces strongly condemn incidents of this kind, including harm to religious sites, and will continue to act decisively to maintain security and public order in the area,” the military said.

An Israeli military official said such violence by Israelis diverted the defence force’s attention from its primary mission of defence and counter-terrorism in a complex environment. The official said, however, that over the weekend troops arrested more than 130 individuals, including weapons traffickers, Hamas operatives, individuals involved in incitement and people planning imminent attacks.

In separate incidents, Palestinian officials said settlers had also tried to burn a mosque near Kour, southeast of Tulkarm, and attacked Palestinian workers at a stone-cutting facility in the town of Kafr Malik, near Ramallah.

Farid Jiyousi, a member of the Kour village council, said three settlers had tried to set the mosque ablaze at dawn but worshippers had put out the fire before it reached the mosque’s main area. “This is the first attack our village has experienced,” he said, adding that the attackers had also sprayed Hebrew graffiti on the mosque walls.

Chicago To Lose Seven Grocery Stores After Food Stamps Cuts www.louderwithcrowder.com
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Chicago is expected to lose at least seven grocery stores. This news comes after the city spent nearly $14 million to keep them there.

This was also announced just one day after the mayor claimed he grew the city economically more than any other mayor before him. Something is not adding up here.

The evidence proves otherwise.

Per Fox 11:

City officials are looking for ways to save them, but the deadline is just days away and it looks like those seven stores will close Saturday.

Let’s hope they keep this solution under $14 million.

The Save A Lot company said in a statement that dramatic cuts to SNAP benefits severely impacted these stores. The franchise owner, Yellow Banana, had other financial troubles and then suddenly, the CEO of the company died of a stroke.

A spokesperson for the company said the following:

“Unfortunately, these stores have continued to face significant challenges, including dramatic cuts to SNAP benefits which have severely impacted these stores. Compared to last year, the stores have experienced a 26% decline in SNAP/EBT tender types,” the spokesperson said.

Pentagon lists 4 killed in Iran war under “Overseas Operations Casualties” on website www.cbsnews.com
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The Pentagon website that informs the public about the dead and wounded in military conflicts now lists four service members killed in Jordan and Iraq in July under “Overseas Operations Casualties” — separate from 14 other service members who have been killed during the war with Iran.

The other 14 appear in th

Multiple Jewish Bakeries SHOT AT, Attacked with Gunfire and Vandalism in Antisemitic Attacks gellerreport.com
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Multiple Jewish-owned Toronto bakeries targeted in antisemitic attacks

Toronto police are investigating after two locations of Jewish-owned Kiva’s bagel bar were targeted in separate incidents Sunday morning, including one where a window was struck by gunfire.

In multiple posts to social media, police say officers were first called to the Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue West area at around 8 a.m. after reports that a window at a Jewish-owned bakery had been struck by gunfire.

Investigators located evidence of a firearm discharge at the scene. However, no injuries were reported.

Roughly 20 minutes later, officers responded to another location of the “same Jewish owned bakery chain” near Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West after receiving reports of a broken window.

“We don’t know when the shooting occurred. Both incidents occurred sometime overnight,” police told CP24 in an email.

At this time, no suspect descriptions have been provided.

Iran launches fresh strikes after rejecting report of US deal www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Iran claimed responsibility for new attacks in the Middle East on Friday, after denying reports that a new peace deal from the United States was delivered to, and rejected by, it.

Tehran targeted strikes on U.S. assets in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, according to Iran. The drone strikes targeted Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa Air Base and Jordan’s Al-Azraq Air Base, according to Iran’s Press TV. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted the control tower of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, according to the semi-official agency Tasnim. The Revolutionary Guard also targeted three ammunition and equipment storage facilities at Kuwait’s Al-Adairi Base, Tasnim said.

The development comes after the U.S. carried out a 13th consecutive night of strikes on Iran on Thursday, targeting the country’s drone sites, command centers, and other targets “to further diminish the threat Iran poses to civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”

It also comes after the New York Times reported that a new U.S. peace proposal was delivered to Iran by Iraq. Both Iran and Iraq rejected the reporting. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi said the details “bear no relation to reality” and called on all media outlets to “refrain from circulating unverified information or information attributed to anonymous sources.”

Tehran called it “misleading,” according to Iranian state media IRNA.

Students Favor Harsher Punishment for Hate Speech Targeting Minorities Over Whites legalinsurrection.com
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This is really the only conclusion that woke college students could reach, isn’t it?

Students back harsher sanctions for hate speech targeting minority groups over white people: study

College students believe that hate speech targeting minorities should be more harshly punished than when it targets white individuals, a recently published study found.

A national survey of 3,065 college students used hypothetical statements from either professors or students, varying the identity of the disparaged group from white, black, Jewish, Muslim, or transgender.

The severity of the speech was also toggled between “objectionable” to “explicitly hateful” as students were asked to rate the statements’ impact and how administrators should respond.

“[I]dentical statements directed at minority groups elicit stronger punitive responses than those targeting white individuals,” according to the study’s abstract.

Trump Says Houthis and Tehran Masters Face ‘Major Military Punishment’ – PJ Media pjmedia.com
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The genocidal Islamic regime of Iran has numerous terrorist proxies around the world, including the Houthis in Yemen. After the Houthis decided to join in the ongoing conflict on behalf of Iran, President Donald Trump warned that he will hold both the Houthis themselves and the Iranian regime accountable for such attacks.

As a matter of fact, the Houthis attacked Israel much earlier in this current conflict, back in March. But overall they have conducted far fewer strikes than Lebanese Hezbollah, another Iranian proxy. Now it appears the Houthis are determined to make their presence felt once again in a bloody way.

Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday, “A year ago the United States of America attacked, very powerfully, the Houthis, for their interference with commerce and trade, by shooting at ships. Since that time, and during our conflict with Iran, they have acted very responsibly. Unfortunately, now they are starting up again, shooting at two Saudi Arabian ships last night.”

The president threatened, “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a Surrogate and/or Proxy of Iran, and major military punishment will be inflicted upon Iran and, of course, the Houthis, themselves, who I am very disappointed with in that they have, until now, acted very professionally and smart. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Iran’s IRGC issues chilling warning to British monarchy as it threatens UK RAF base | World | News www.express.co.uk
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a direct warning to the British monarchy in a message shared via its news channel on the social messaging platform Telegram. The chilling threat, which is likely aimed at Britain’s leadership, warns against “further burdening its record” in the Middle East.

The statement came after the IRGC claimed US B-1 bombers flew from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire during recent strikes against Iran. In the message, the group named the airbase, suggesting it could become a target, threatening “any base used to invade Iranian territory is our legitimate target”. The IRGC went on to falsely accuse the British monarchy of being “the main cause of the misfortunes of the people of our region” and having “a dark record” of dividing Islamic countries before warning it “not to burden its case any further”.

It also falsely claimed Britain had participated in recent US and Israeli military action against Iran.

Israel has ‘no interest’ in joining US-Iran war: finance minister www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated Tuesday that Israel has “no interest” entering the ongoing U.S.-Iran confrontation, describing the current circumstances as optimal for the country.

Speaking at a conference commemorating the 2005 Gaza settlement withdrawal — where he and fellow officials advocate for illegally reestablishing Jewish colonies on these internationally recognized Palestinian territories — Smotrich explained, “The State of Israel has no interest in joining the contained confrontation between Iran and the United States. The current situation is the best one for us.”

His remarks followed Pentagon acknowledgements of the deaths of four U.S. soldiers in the conflict. According to U.S. reports, three were killed in an Iranian strike on a base in Jordan and the fourth died during a controlled detonation of an unexploded Iranian drone.

Nicolas Maduro to face trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges in June 2027 – National globalnews.ca
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Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife will go on trial on drug trafficking charges next June, a judge said Wednesday, as their lawyers continue to object to the U.S. military action that snatched them from power.

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein set the June 1 trial date at the request of lawyers on both sides. Under the approved schedule, defense lawyers will begin filing requests in early September to challenge the indictment and the couple will return to the courtroom Nov. 17 for oral arguments on the motions.

Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a Brooklyn jail since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home in a middle-of-the-night raid and brought them to New York in early January.

Neither spoke during Wednesday’s 15-minute hearing as each sat separately at a defense table, surrounded by their lawyers. Both have pleaded not guilty. They face potential life prison sentences if a jury agrees that they were part of a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S.

Suspected Epstein Pimp Found Dead in Paris Home as Authorities Close In slaynews.com
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A French modeling scout accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse young women and children has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Daniel Siad, 69, was under investigation in France over allegations that he assisted Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

Siad had not yet been questioned by investigators and denied the accusations against him.

“An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery,” the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said.

Authorities said an autopsy would be conducted after Siad was found dead at his home in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine.

Investigation: Hamas Planned Massive October 7th Attacks All Across Europe gellerreport.com
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This is who the Democrats support.

Investigation: Hamas planned massive October 7th attacks across Europe

Investigation: Hamas planned massive October 7th attacks across Europe

Swiss newspaper reports Hamas had a years-long plot to carry out an October 7-style wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Europe, targeting Israeli, Jewish, and Western institutions.

By: Israel National News, Jul 21, 2026:

A Swiss newspaper has uncovered what it describes as a years-long Hamas plan to carry out an October 7-style wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Europe, targeting Israeli, Jewish, and Western institutions.

According to an investigation published by Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Hamas built a covert terrorist infrastructure across the continent years before the October 7 massacre, including hidden weapons caches, smuggling routes, logistical networks, and dormant terror cells ready to be activated on orders from the organization’s leadership.