A Greek container ship has sunk after being struck by three drones, potentially of Russian origin, in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast on Wednesday, October 28. This incident highlights growing concerns for commercial shipping as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia persists.
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Trump predicts the war with Iran is "going to end soon," without offering any details, as Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for a deal.
Russian made an unprecedented combative move this month as one of its military satellites, the Cosmos-2612, encroached upon the orbit of Ukrainian commercial satellite, Iceye-X36, in behaviour deemed "threatening" by the US State Department. Norbert Pouzin, an orbital analyst at French space tech firm, Aldoria, described the mercenary manoeuvre as the first of its kind.
But several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.
From the EU's perspective, the second Trump presidency has felt even more destabilising than the first. From making the false claim that the EU was set up to "screw" the United States, to slapping tariffs on European goods, to making territorial claims on Greenland, to doing a diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and telling Ukraine to get a new president, Donald Trump has more than ruffled feathers on this side of the ocean. He has shaken the very foundations of the historical transatlantic relationship.