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EU Sanctions Russia Over Ukrainian Children; Hormuz Crisis Grows
Kaja Kallas declared Putin "in a weaker position than ever before" as the EU, UK and Canada coordinated sanctions on 85+ Russian individuals over the deportation of Ukrainian children, and EU ministers cleared long-stalled measures on West Bank settlers. Trump's Truth Social attack on Justices Barrett and Gorsuch over the $159 billion February tariff ruling landed as allies keep hedging post-Iran-war Washington — 440 kg of Iran's 60% enriched uranium is still unaccounted for, the Hormuz blockade is accelerating a China-led renewables shift, and Taiwanese civilians are signing up for self-defence ahead of Thursday's Trump-Xi summit.
Kallas says Putin 'in weaker position than ever before' as EU pushes Ukraine accession by August and sanctions Russian child-deportation officials
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, speaking after a meeting of EU foreign ministers, said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "in a weaker position than he has been ever before" on the back of record battlefield losses, Ukrainian deep strikes inside Russia and growing domestic discontent, and called for all EU-Ukraine accession negotiation clusters to be opened by August. The ministers adopted new sanctions on 16 individuals and seven entities in Russia and occupied Ukrainian territories for the "systematic unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children," alongside a separate, long-stalled package targeting violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank and leading Hamas figures. Kallas rejected former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder as a Ukraine mediator and called Putin's latest ceasefire overtures "very cynical."
Starmer moves to fully nationalise British Steel after Jingye sale fails, citing national-security need for virgin steel
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced legislation to be tabled this week giving the government full ownership of British Steel's Scunthorpe plant after talks with Chinese owner Jingye failed to produce an acceptable commercial sale, 13 months after the state seized operational control to keep its blast furnaces — the United Kingdom's last virgin-steel capacity — from being shut down. The move, framed as protecting 2,700 direct jobs and the rail, construction and automotive supply chain, is subject to a public-interest test covering national security, critical national infrastructure and the economy. Support is set to reach £615 million ($836 million) by June, with government spending running at about £1 million a day; the National Audit Office has warned outlays could exceed £1.5 billion by 2028.
Antalya's former CHP mayor confesses to paying €1 million for 2024 nomination as Imamoğlu espionage trial opens in Istanbul
Former Antalya mayor Muhittin Böcek told Turkish prosecutors he paid €1 million ($1.17 million) to the Republican People's Party (CHP) leadership in exchange for the party's 2024 mayoral nomination, making him the second jailed CHP mayor to invoke the country's remorse law for a reduced sentence. His son Mustafa Gökhan Böcek testified on May 2 that he had carried the cash to CHP headquarters in a backpack after CHP chair Özgür Özel and lawmaker Veli Ağbaba demanded the sum; authorities have since ordered the seizure of all assets belonging to the former mayor, his son and his daughter-in-law Zuhal Böcek, who was detained on April 30 on money-laundering charges. Separately, the first hearing opened on Monday in the espionage case against jailed former Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, his campaign adviser Necati Özkan, businessman Hüseyin Gün and journalist Merdan Yanardağ, who face up to 20 years on charges of passing Turkish-citizen data to foreign intelligence services.
Ukrainian drones strike key Russian logistics corridor to Crimea
Russian military bloggers reported on May 11 that Ukrainian drones are striking a key logistics corridor linking occupied Crimea with southern Ukraine, targeting the highway from Taganrog to Dzhankoi. Pro-war blogger Alexei Zhivov called the attacks “an extremely alarming signal,” claiming Ukraine is using long-range drones with Starlink systems. Another blogger, Vladimir Romanov, said drones hit the Mariupol-Berdiansk section at distances up to 160 km from the front line.
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Daily snapshot across all six nations
Trump Pressures Supreme Court, Allies Ahead of Xi Summit
Starmer Nationalises British Steel as Gilts Wobble
France Projects Power Abroad as Political, Judicial Storms Hit Home
Merz Defends First Year as Russia, IS Threats Multiply
EU Pushes Ukraine Accession by August as Kyiv Strikes Russian Rear
CHP Faces Corruption, Espionage Trial as Turkey Seeks Gulf Defence Deals
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Daily snapshot of attack categories, threat actors, and country exposure.
- Ransomware United States 12 MayFargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce falls victim to Genesis Ransomware
- Ransomware Jamaica 12 MayCasino Gaming Commission (CGC) falls victim to Genesis Ransomware
- Ransomware United States 12 MayRBH Aerospace, Inc. falls victim to INC RANSOM Ransomware
- Ransomware United States 12 MayBideawee falls victim to INC RANSOM Ransomware
- INFERNALIS 4 ev
- Qilin 4 ev
- INC RANSOM 3 ev
- GENESIS 2 ev
- Trezor 2 ev
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