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With an ambush, Europe is plunged into peril
ANALYSIS
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Latika Takes interviews Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik
Listen now | The former adviser to Bill Clinton discusses the way forward for the Democrats in the Trump-era
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Finally, signs of life in the Democrats
Gavin Newsom breaks free from Michelle Obama's sanctimonious decree
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🇺🇦 Happy Independence Day Ukraine
All the questions I've been asked about Kyiv answered.
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Taking Putin's assets would 'hurt him most' says Reform
But Richard Tice said no NATO for Ukraine if it was a dealbreaker for Putin
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Zelensky's Eurosquad can breathe a sigh of relief
For now
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Zelensky and the Eurosquad head to the White House
Thrashing out an 'Article 5-like' security guarantee will be paramount
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Palestine recognition shows US influence declining under Trump
Marco Rubio complained the gesture was meaningless but the US Secretary of State was powerless to stop allies moving
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Ahead of Alaska, is Trump reverting on Ukraine?
The US President appeared to revive his false gripe that Zelensky started the war.
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33:29
Latika Takes interviews Richard Tice
Listen now (33 mins) | The Deputy Leader of Britain's upstart party discusses Reform's policies on Russia, Ukraine, NATO, defence spending and China.
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Netanyahu is losing Israel generational support
The Israeli Prime Minister wants to fully occupy Gaza. What for?
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🇺🇦 In Ukraine, an old 4WD transforms into a 'realistic life-saving instrument'
Dated and clapped out to some, the utes and their cargo are precious to the Ukrainians on the receiving end
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41:03
🇺🇦 From Kyiv: Latika Takes interviews Ukrainian Action's Jeff Hartman
Jeffrey Hartman discusses volunteer efforts to deliver vehicles from the UK to the frontline in Ukraine to help evacuate wounded soldiers.
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Trump's Russia nuclear submarine threat dissected
The US President said he was responding to Dmitry Medvedev's inappropriate posts
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