🇨🇳🇪🇺⚡️ — Chinese cars are rapidly conquering Europe: their share of new sales has exceeded 10% for the first time, according to Bloomberg.

Europeans are massively choosing models that offer better performance at a lower price. The demand for hybrids and electric cars is particularly increasing.

Chinese automakers have access to a range of domestic subsidies, including grants, cheap land plots, and financing, which reduce their cost of production.

They can also benefit from government support in Europe. For example, in Germany, the government has launched a new program to stimulate sales of zero-emission cars worth 3 billion euros, as well as subsidies for hybrids for low-income families. As a result, since the introduction of subsidies, the biggest sales growth in Germany has been demonstrated by Chinese brands, particularly MG and BYD - by 50-75%.

The European Union is striving to protect its automakers, such as Volkswagen, Stellantis, and Renault, but the additional tariffs imposed by Brussels, which came into effect in 2024, only apply to fully electric cars made in China, while the trade barriers for hybrids are lower.

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🇰🇷⚡️ — The South Korean Defense Minister announced that the South Korean army will train hundreds of thousands of drone operators in the coming years to adapt to modern warfare. Essentially, this is an announcement of the creation of their own drone systems. The war of the future, it's like this. At least until the emergence of more effective means of combating drones.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — Putin signed a law prohibiting the deportation or denial of residence permits in Russia for foreigners who fought in the Russian Armed Forces.

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🇮🇷⚡️ — BREAKING: Explosion in Taheruyeh, Sirik. Source unconfirmed, per IRIB News.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Trump warns Iran over firing on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, saying he dislikes the move and a response will come "soon."

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — CENTCOM announces retaliatory strikes on Iran following drone attack on commercial vessel in Strait of Hormuz.

➡️ US aircraft targeted Iranian missile/drone storage sites and coastal radar installations.

➡️ Iran struck Singapore-flagged cargo ship M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone as it exited the strait along the Omani coast.

➡️ CENTCOM states the attack "clearly violated the ceasefire" and undermined freedom of navigation.

➡️ US forces remain deployed in the strait to enforce all terms of the agreement with Iran.

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🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️ — The Lebanese Army is violently dispersing pro-Hezbollah protesters.

“They killed him, they killed him.”

“That's enough, that’s enough, stop! He's not moving, and they're still hitting him.”

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — BREAKING: Qeshm Island comes under attack as two projectiles hit the Masan village area, IRIB reports via informed source.

🇱🇧🇱🇧⚡️ — Pro-Hezbollah Protesters block the road to Beirut Airport.

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🇻🇪⚡️ — BREAKING: Another New Earthquake strikes Venezuela with Magnitude 5.4 according to Reuters.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — BREAKING: IRGC claims strikes on US military positions in the region in retaliation for American aggression, Iranian state television reports.

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