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Briefing: Impact of Iran war in Pakistan: Fuel prices rise by over 50%

Strategic angle: Shahzaib Wahlah, correspondent in Islamabad Pakistan, has more.

Briefing: Russian attack on Ukraine market kills five

Strategic angle: A Russian drone hit a busy spot in the southern Ukrainian town on Saturday morning, injuring another 21 people.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Young German Men Refusing Military Service

Strategic angle: As the Bundeswehr faces a soldier shortage, more young men are opting out of voluntary military service.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Pakistan announces free public transport as energy crisis bites

Strategic angle: State-run public transport in Pakistan's capital and most populous province will be free for the coming month amid rising fuel prices.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: France announces crisis loans for firms hit by fuel-price surge

Strategic angle: Emergency loan programme launched to support small and medium-sized businesses affected by rising fuel costs.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: War in the Middle East: Israel expands operations in Lebanon

Strategic angle: Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Middle East Studies at Lancaster University, is our guest.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Camorra boss Roberto Mazzarella caught in luxury resort on Amalfi coast

Strategic angle: Mazzarella, head of the clan bearing his name, was on the list of Italy's most dangerous fugitives. Cash and luxury watches were seized in the operation.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: RFI Investigation: Ukrainian military in Libya and the strike on the Russian gas carrier Arctic Metagaz

Strategic angle: French journalists report the presence of more than 200 Ukrainian military specialists in Libya and their alleged involvement in the attack on the Arctic Metagaz vessel using a maritime drone.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: 'London Falling': A teenage imposter, an aging gangster and a body in the Thames

Strategic angle: In 2019, 19-year-old Zac Brettler leapt towards the River Thames from a fifth-floor luxury apartment in central London. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the story of the teen's double life in a new book.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Opinion: Humanity's hopes ascended with Artemis II

Strategic angle: NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the successful launch of NASA's Artemis II this week. The four astronauts aboard will travel around the moon.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Videos show US missiles being launched from Kuwait into Iran

Strategic angle: Evidence mounts of missile attacks on Iran amid US–Israel conflict, despite regional denials.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Ex-matador gored to death by bull at Spanish arena ahead of bullfight

Strategic angle: Ricardo Ortiz, 51, tragically lost his life while preparing for a traditional bullfight in Malaga.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: In Japan and South Korea, Macron advocates for a 'third way'

Strategic angle: The French president called for the creation of a 'coalition of independents' committed to a 'third way' set apart from both China and the United States.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Cubans study oil tanker diplomacy for signs of progress in secret talks with US

Strategic angle: Despite hostile rhetoric Trump let a Russian ship break his blockade – could it herald a Venezuela-style outcome? When a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, docked at Cuba’s Matanzas oil terminal on Tues

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Bahrain waters down UN proposal over opposition to allowing force to open Strait of Hormuz

Strategic angle: Bahrain modifies its stance on a UN proposal amid concerns over military intervention in the Strait of Hormuz.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: What is Israel's military objective in Lebanon?

Strategic angle: Israel's operations in Lebanon raise concerns about a potential new occupation as it seeks to weaken Hezbollah.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Senegal bans ministers from foreign travel as oil price rise bites

Strategic angle: The fuel cost is nearly double what the government budgeted for putting pressure on stretched finances.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: The busiest place you've never seen

Strategic angle: Photographer Julia Gunther and writer-filmmaker Nick Schönfeld chronicle the rhythms of daily life on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island.

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Why have US-South Africa relations soured?

Strategic angle: US President Donald Trump wants to sideline South Africa on the world stage. What is his issue with the country and when did things start going south?

editorial-staff Apr 4

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Briefing: Cuba begins prisoner release after mass pardon: over 2000 inmates released

Strategic angle: Ed Augustin, our correspondent in Cuba, has more.

editorial-staff Apr 4