🇺🇸❌🇨🇺 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he is confident Cuba will be on an irreversible path towards a much different future by the end of US President Donald Trump's term in January 2029, citing Poland as an example of political transformation.

He said it is in the US national interest to have a Cuba safe and stable and aligned with the US.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — A number of contractor companies developing the US Golden Dome missile defense system, including SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, have completed their first key tests

- Bloomberg.

The program included testing sensor-to-interceptor data transmission and propulsion systems, with the next phase focusing on demonstrating the technologies' ability to function in space.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Combat footage shows a Russian Lancet loitering munition, equipped with the IRRA automated target recognition and guidance system, striking a moving Ukrainian military pickup truck near the village of Verovka in the Dobropillia direction.

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🇷🇴🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Romania has destroyed drones that were drifting near a major offshore gas project in the Black Sea, Reuters reports.

Romanian military divers destroyed two "Gerbera" type drones that were drifting within Romania's exclusive economic zone near the "Neptun Deep" offshore gas project, according to the Romanian Minister of Defense.

The minister said that the drones were discovered by a civilian ship operating near the offshore gas project.

The minister did not specify the origin of the drones, but stated that Ukraine confirmed that they did not belong to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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🇿🇦⚡️ — The South African government, between June 29th and August 6th, deported and repatriated a total of 82,875 undocumented immigrants.

This figure was presented during a briefing in parliament by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Border Control Agency, concerning the repatriation of foreign nationals who lack proper documentation, following a recent increase in threats of violence against them.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — A UAV unit of the 50th Separate “VARYAG” Brigade carried out a series of long-range strikes against Ukrainian targets using Geran-2/4 loitering munitions.

The strikes targeted two locomotives, a UAV launch vehicle, several gas distribution stations, a gas station, a UAV storage facility, a logistics center, and an oil refinery.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Footage of operations by the “Phobos” Unmanned Systems Battalion of the “Smersh” Brigade targeting Ukrainian UAV command posts and military infrastructure.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺🇰🇿⚡️ — Ukraine has agreed not to attack Russian pipeline infrastructure and vessels not belonging to Russia following a request from US Vice President JD Vance

- the Financial Times.

According to the publication, the strikes affected Kazakhstan's interests, as its oil is transported through the same infrastructure. In the wake of the attacks, oil production in Kazakhstan fell by 14% in July.

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🇰🇵⚡️ — The North Korean Foreign Ministry:

We must have the capability to respond with a counterstrike that would make the enemy's survival impossible – if South Korea continues its nuclear submarine construction program.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — The Golden Dome multi-layer missile defense system is at risk of being stalled or effectively paralyzed due to a budget impasse.

Michael Guetlein, the senior U.S. military officer overseeing the Golden Dome program, warned:

“I will tell you that if they don’t figure it out, there is no Golden Dome because there is no funding.”

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🇷🇺⚡️ — President Putin says that Russia will respond symmetrically and will also attack Western merchant ships, just as the West attacks ships from the so-called Russian shadow fleet.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️ — The human rights organization Human Rights Watch has called on the United States to block the transfer of cluster munitions from Turkish stockpiles to Ukraine.
They believe that the munitions are already obsolete and could harm civilians in Russia.

Ukraine condemns this.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — According to CNN, the US State Department has ordered American embassies in the Middle East to prepare plans that would allow them to continue operating with reduced staff, amid concerns over a possible resurgence of conflict with Iran.

In addition, staff who have been evacuated from missions in the Middle East are being given more opportunities to complete their assignments.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — US Navy and Marine Corps are limiting the ability of service members to file anonymous complaints about discrimination and harassment, according to a recent all-fleet message.

According to the message, both branches will no longer consider such anonymous complaints under the Military Equal Opportunity Act, which largely aligns with recent policy changes announced by the Army and the Department of the Air Force.

This does not prevent a commander from taking appropriate action in response to an anonymous complaint, the Navy's all-fleet message states.

Sailors and Marines may continue to file anonymous reports of alleged sexual assault, hazing, and bullying "until further notice," the message said.

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