SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

MSNBBC News
U.S. allies think twice about buying F-35s in response to Trump’s antics

NBC News
Trump to announce plans to address crime in D.C. - More - More

NPR News
Trump asserts control of Washington DC police, will deploy National Guard in nation's capital - More - More

ABC News
What to know about DC Home Rule Act

BBC News
Is crime in Washington DC 'out of control', as Trump claims?

Al Jazeera
Trump pledges to move homeless people in Washington, DC, ‘far’ from the city - More

MSNBC News
After demanding his resignation, Trump meets with Intel CEO

ABC News
TS Erin likely to be first hurricane of season, not forecast to hit US

The Guardian
Trump says he and Putin will discuss ‘land swapping’ at Ukraine war summit

BBC News
Zelensky could still attend Trump-Putin meeting, but rest of Europe is shut out

The Guardian
Russia cannot challenge borders ‘with impunity’, warns Tusk

BBC News
Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters

BBC News
Posing as a migrant to infiltrate a cross-Channel gang

The Guardian
Southern Europe swelters under deadly heatwave as temperatures pass 40C

BBC News
EasyJet pilot suspended after cavorting naked in Cape Verde luxury hotel - More - More

BBC News
Their loved ones are missing at war. So these Ukrainian children spend summer together.

Reuters News Agency
Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif among journalists killed in Israeli strike - More

The Guardian
Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course reportedly being offered rice and cash

BBC News
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to US

BBC News
South Korea military shrinks by 20% due to low birthrate

The Associated Press
Today in History: 12 August - More

This Day in Aviation
12 August

Radio-Canada
L’ONU se penche sur l’utilisation de l’IA pour traquer les militants autochtones

Radio-Canada
Le pont de Messine : un vieux rêve qui divise l’Italie

International Commentary

Devi Sridhar | The Guardian
RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world.

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump appears to have impeachment on his mind

Steven Greenhouse | The Guardian
Trump is losing his foolish trade war. This will cost ordinary Americans greatly.

Dan Sabbagh | The Guardian
Mutual inconvenience: Why Alaska for the Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine?

Nimer Sultany | The Guardian
Netanyahu’s Gaza City outrage fulfils his messianic fantasy of a Greater Israel

Ben Doherty | The Guardian
The lethal legacy of AUKUS nuclear submarines will remain for millennia – and there’s no plan to deal with it