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  • Rescuers carry a body at the site of an apartment building hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 31, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    After Gaza, Ukraine is next on Trump’s list. But peace with Putin may prove even more elusive
  • Steam rises from the chimneys of a thermal power plant and an oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, in October 2024.
    Alexey Malgavko/Reuters
    Ukraine and Russia’s intensifying energy war brings gas shortages and economic pain
  • First lady Melania Trump delivers remarks in the Grand Foyer at the White House on October 10, 2025.
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    Melania Trump says she has an ‘open channel’ to Putin on Ukrainian children, and some have been reunited with family
  • Graffiti depicting a serviceman and his tank on a building in Krasnogorsk, Russia, pictured on August 20, 2024.
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    Experts on how to raise the cost of war for Russia: ‘Be cleverer’
  • A transporter launcher North Korean state media said is the new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile is shown during an overnight military parade in Pyongyang.
    KCNA/CNN
    As its ruling party turns 80, an emboldened Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s new hypersonic weapon, ICBM
  • Firefighters battle flames at a thermal power plant following a series of explosions in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 10, 2025.
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    Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack targeted energy infrastructure
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  • Georgia’s police use water cannons on protesters trying to storm presidential palace
  • Germany’s Munich Airport closes twice in two days over ‘unconfirmed drone sightings’
  • French journalist killed by drone in Ukraine, photo agency says
  • Putin praises Trump but warns supplies of US long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties
  • NATO is bolstering its eastern flank following alleged Russian incursions. CNN joined a surveillance flight

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  • Melania Trump announces working with Putin on family reunions
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  • <p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia is 'testing how far it can go' with its incursions into NATO. Clare Sebastian has more details. </p>
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    Video Zelensky warns that Russia is ‘testing how far it can go’ 4:30
  • <p>Fareed sits down with Polish foreign minister and deputy prime minister Radosław Sikorski to discuss recent Russian incursions into NATO airspace, Trump’s flip-flop on Ukraine and how Russia’s war on Ukraine might end.</p>
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  • Graffiti depicting a serviceman and his tank on a building in Krasnogorsk, Russia, pictured on August 20, 2024.
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    Experts on how to raise the cost of war for Russia: ‘Be cleverer’
  • Taiwan bought over $1.3 billion worth of a Russian oil product this year, report says
  • ‘Keep calm and carry cash’: Keep banknotes at home to prepare for crises, researchers say
  • Trump makes good on threat to impose 50% tariffs on India imports
  • Kremlin-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones sold in Russia

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  • First lady Melania Trump delivers remarks in the Grand Foyer at the White House on October 10, 2025.
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    Melania Trump says she has an ‘open channel’ to Putin on Ukrainian children, and some have been reunited with family
  • Video Melania Trump announces working with Putin on family reunions 5:23
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  • Trump strikes deal for icebreaker ships as competition grows in the Arctic
  • Europe worries it’s already at war — and America hasn’t noticed

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