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There are coincidences that only the devil can bring.

France has felt victimized for years by the Russian hybrid war, which includes everything from typical disinformation actions on social networks to bizarre and crude destabilization operations such as placing empty coffins in front of the Eiffel Tower or pig heads in mosques.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), the largest pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States, has doubled its investment for the November legislative elections compared to the midterms four years ago. According to data from the Federal Election Commission, the organization donated 29.3 million dollars to political campaigns in the 2022 elections, 46 million in the 2024 presidential elections, and has already spent 67 million in the current election cycle.

A Salvadoran immigrant, identified as Edwin López Cornejo, 41 years old, died on August 1 at the notorious federal center of Delaney Hall, in Newark (New Jersey). López thus becomes the 22nd person to die in ICE custody (border agents) so far in 2026, according to data from the agency itself.

In five months of war in Iran, which according to the Pentagon have cost US taxpayers 37.5 billion dollars and more than 130 billion according to independent analyses, the United States has consumed a significant part of its arsenal. According to an exclusive from Reuters, the Department of Defense has used “practically all” of its long-range precision missiles, official sources have revealed to the US agency.

The war in Iran today revolves around the Strait of Hormuz, but Israel has been trying for days to shift attention to another place: the mountain of Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, better known by its English name, Pickaxe.

The European Parliament has given the green light to a new regulation that introduces significant changes for air travelers. Among the main new features is the obligation that the price shown when purchasing a ticket reflects from the start the cost of the carry-on bag in the cabin when the passenger decides to travel with it, with the aim of facilitating comparison between companies and avoiding unexpected additional costs.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Monday that “illegal immigration is killing Europe” and that the situation in his country when the Democrats “had open borders” was “much worse” than the massive entry of migrants into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.

The French government bureaucracy has experienced two years of great stress since the controversial dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024. However, this should not justify the fact that there have been two suicides and two attempts – in a period of seven months – among the officials working for the current Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu. Hence, the Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation, supported by another internal one at the Matignon Palace.

Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of deliberately launching its drones against civilians after a Ukrainian attack killed at least seven people in Gelendzhik, a holiday area in the Krasnodar region on the Black Sea coast. Four of the victims died on the Arkhipo-Osipovka beach when a drone shot down by Russian air defenses fell.