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☆ Russia expels six U.K. diplomats as tensions rise over Ukraine missiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Russia announced the expulsions hours before British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House, a crucial step towards winning the go-ahead for Kyiv to use long-range missiles against targets in Russia. Neither Biden nor Starmer addressed long-range missiles in brief comments in front of reporters. Sources say the meeting is another step in talks to allow Ukraine to use Western long-range missiles against targets in Russia, something Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been demanding for months. The six UK diplomats were named on Russian state TV, which also showed photographs of them. The FSB said Russia would ask other British diplomats to go home early if they were found to be engaged in similar activity.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, “, ” Biden, Starmer, Biden, ” Starmer, Vladimir Putin, Putin, ”, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, John Kirby, Kirby, Maria Zakharova, ” Zakharova Organizations: British, White, Ukraine, FSB, Soviet KGB, Russian Federation, Federal Security Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, British Embassy, British Foreign, Biden, United Nations General Assembly, House, The New York Times, Russian Foreign Ministry Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Britain, Russia, Kyiv, United States, Russian, Western, Washington, London, Iran, Soviet, British, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Europe, Vienna

☆ Iran's ballistic missiles have questionable accuracy, but Russia may not care
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Iran recently transferred Fath-360 close-range ballistic missiles to Russia, weapons that can blast fortified positions or cities near the frontlines and which could strain Ukraine's air defenses. An Israeli soldier examines part of an Iranian ballistic missile fired at Israel during Iran's direct attack in April. Russia already acquired KN-23 ballistic missiles from North Korea. Consequently, while these close-range ballistic missiles could contribute to some Russian tactical victories, they are certainly no game-changers. Advertisement"It seems dubious that several hundred of these munitions could have a significant impact on the war," Orr said.

Persons: —, Fath, Nicholas Heras, Matthew Orr, RANE, OREN ZIV, RANE's Orr, Orr, Heras Organizations: Service, Business, New Lines Institute, Associated Press, Israel, Getty, Ukraine, Ukrainian Locations: Iran, Tehran, Fath, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Israeli, Eurasia, Iranian, North Korea, Ukrainian, Russian

☆ The US Army put on a sudden show of force out on the far edge of Alaska to send the message it can as Russia and China drill in the Pacific
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe US Army rapidly deployed weapons and soldiers out to the far tip of Alaska in a sudden show of force. Advertisement11th Airborne Division soldiers orient a Q-53 Radar on Shemya Island on September 13, 2024. Related storiesThe Alaska Air National Guard and the Air Force transported the various weapons and assets. 1st Multi-Domain Task Force soldiers set up communication systems for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System on Shemya Island on September 12, 2024. Advertisement11th Airborne Division soldiers previously told BI that the difficulties of fighting in the unforgiving Arctic prompt them to adapt and innovate in real time.

Persons: —, Joseph Hilbert, Hilbert, we've, Brandon Vasquez, Brandon Vasquez Hilbert, that's, Charles A, Flynn, Hunter, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, US Army, Business, 11th Airborne Division, US Army Pacific, Airborne Division, US, Spc, High Mobility Artillery, Lewis, McChord, Alaska Air National Guard, Air Force, Domain, Force, Artillery, U.S, Army, . Air Force, Hunter, Airborne, Pacific, US Army Pacific's, Pacific Multinational Readiness, Joint Base Elmendorf Locations: Alaska, North, Russia, China, Pacific, Washington, Hawaii, Ukraine, It's, Alaska's, Northern, Shemya, . Alaska, Richardson , Alaska, Europe, Asia, Beijing, Moscow

After racing across Russian fields in an American Stryker armored fighting vehicle this month, the six-man Ukrainian assault team dismounted in a tree line about 700 yards from the enemy’s trenches and waited for the order to attack. When it came, Afonya, a 40-year-old construction worker drafted into the Ukrainian military just two months ago, said the Ukrainian soldiers were met with a hail of gunfire as soon as they moved from their hastily dug foxholes. He was hit in the hand by a bullet that shattered a bone. Three members of the assault team were injured and pulled back while the other three waited for reinforcements to resume the attack in the Kursk region of Russia. “There were too many of them,” Afonya said in an interview at a hospital in eastern Ukraine, where he was recovering after being evacuated.

Persons: ” Afonya Locations: American, Kursk, Russia, Ukraine

☆ The stock market risks keeping Wall Street's biggest bulls up at night
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The bulls on Wall Street have been largely right about the stock market over the past two years. Business Insider asked three bullish stock strategists what they consider the biggest risks. Yet, those economists have been largely wrong about what could sink the stock market and economy. "In May/June, when you had a lot of bears or those that had been late to jump on the bull parade all of a sudden switch their forecasts and kind of chase markets up, which is pretty, I mean pretty, pretty, pretty classic," Belski told Business Insider. The second risk is, similar to Belski's concern, a 1990's type melt-up in the stock market.

Persons: —, Brian Belski, Belski, Yardeni Research's Eric Wallerstein Eric Wallerstein, Wallerstein, that's, Carson, Sonu Varghese Sonu Varghese, Varghese Organizations: Business, Service, BMO, Nvidia, Yardeni Research, Carson Group, Federal Locations: Russia, Ukraine, China, Taiwan

☆ Germany opens its doors to 250,000 Kenyan workers in controlled migration deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Germany has struck a controlled migration deal with Kenya, which will see Berlin open its doors to skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers. The deal was signed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Kenya’s president William Ruto on Friday. Migration is a major flashpoint in Germany, and has fueled the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. As well as deterring irregular migration, the deal is intended to address labor market needs in both countries, providing opportunities for Kenyan workers while supplementing an ageing Gemany’s shortage of skilled laborers. According to the German government, there are currently around 14,800 Kenyan citizens living in Germany.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, William Ruto, Ruto, Nancy Faeser, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, German, Ministry, ISIS Locations: Germany, Kenya, Berlin, Solingen

☆ Trump’s ties to far-right activist alarm GOP: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

In today’s edition, we explore how far-right activist Laura Loomer's access to Donald Trump is worrying his Republican allies. Plus, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker dives into the questions Kamala Harris and Trump danced around at the debate. One one side of the GOP, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Thursday that Loomer is “really toxic” and shouldn’t be in Trump’s circle. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina on Friday called Loomer “a crazy conspiracy theorist” who was hurting Trump’s chances in the election. Because your running mate JD Vance has said that you would veto if it did come to your desk.

Persons: Laura Loomer's, Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, Kamala Harris, Trump, Laura Loomer’s, Jonathan Allen, Julie Tsirkin, Vaughn Hillyard, Laura Loomer —, Loomer, don’t, Sen, Lindsey Graham of, Thom Tillis, ”, Marjorie Taylor Greene, —, Harris, “ Everybody’s, “, Laura, Laura — she’s, Read, Henry J, Gomez, Brandy Zadrozny, Allan Smith, JD Vance, Vance, Linsey Davis, JD —, David Muir, ’, Joe Biden, Biden, “ Donald Trump Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Republican, Trump, stoke, Republicans, U.S, GOP, Indian, Nazi, Facebook, “, Press, ABC, JD, U.S . Capitol Locations: Loomer, Springfield , Ohio, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Indian American, Springfield, Columbus, Ohio, Gab, Ukraine, Russia, U.S, Afghanistan

☆ Biden admin says RT and Russian state media are waging covert information warfare around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

“RT wants its new covert intelligence capabilities, like its longstanding propaganda and disinformation efforts, to remain hidden,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters. On Friday, State Department officials sought to highlight Russia’s information operations around the world. Through proxy media outlets that purport to be independent, Russia is disseminating information to back its invasion of Ukraine, officials said. The Biden administration is imposing sanctions on a state-funded broadcaster that oversees the RT outlet, TV-Novosti, another state media company, Rossiya Segodnya, and its director Dmitry Kiselyov, officials said. Russian state-funded media was also targeted for sanctions for allegedly funneling money into Moldova under the guise of humanitarian aid “to buy votes to influence the upcoming Moldovan elections,” officials said.

Persons: Antony Blinken, ”, James Rubin, Rubin, RT, Biden, Rossiya Segodnya, Dmitry Kiselyov, “ Organizations: RT, Ukraine, State Department, State, Global, Department, Novosti Locations: South America, Europe, Africa, U.S, Ukraine, America, Russian, China, Russia, Germany, Berlin, France, Paris, Argentina, Moldova, Washington

The Justice Department plans to file criminal charges in the hacking of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, two law enforcement officials told NBC News. The Trump campaign announced in August that it had been hacked. Later that month, federal officials said that Iran was behind the effort, which was part of an apparent hack-and-leak operation to spread files stolen from Trump’s campaign. Federal officials reiterated in a press call last week that the U.S. intelligence community believes Iran wants to hurt former President Trump’s campaign, whereas Russia wants to boost Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. Google was more specific, and said that the hackers had gone after both the Trump campaign and President Joe Biden’s before he dropped out of the race.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Robert ”, United Nations didn’t, “ Robert, ”, Trump’s, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s Organizations: Department, NBC News, America, United Nations, Washington Post, NBC, Trump, The Justice Department, RT, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Microsoft, Google, Trump militia Locations: Iran, Russia, Russian, Tehran

☆ Putin warns NATO will be 'at war' with Russia if Ukraine gets long-range missile approval
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Yuliya-Talmazan-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Yuliya Talmazan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

President Vladimir Putin has warned Russia would be “at war” with the United States and its allies if they lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range Western weapons. “We are not talking about allowing or not allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons,” Putin said Thursday in comments to propagandist Pavel Zarubin. Stefan Rousseau / WPA Pool via Getty Images"This will mean that NATO countries, the U.S. and European countries are at war with Russia," Putin said. Putin added that the Ukrainian army does not have the ability to program long-range missiles or the satellite data necessary for their targeting, relying on NATO military personnel for those tasks. It’s been pleading for that policy to change so it can strike military assets deeper inside Russia that are used to launch attacks on Ukrainian cities.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, ”, Kyiv —, Sir Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, ” Putin, Pavel Zarubin, ” Starmer, David Lammy, Stefan Rousseau, Putin, Vyacheslav Volodin, ” Volodin, “, Dmitry Peskov, ” Peskov, Oleg Palchyk, It’s, Antony Blinken, Biden, Starmer Organizations: NATO, Kyiv, British, U.S, Duma, Kremlin, West, Getty, U.S ., Congressional Ukraine Caucus, America, NBC News Locations: Russia, United States, Washington, Ukraine, “, U.S, Ukrainian, Kursk, Ukraine's, Pokrovsk, Sudzha, Kyiv, Israel, “ Russia, Moscow

☆ Ukraine’s Kursk offensive was seen as a success but it had a cost
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Kostya Gak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Kyiv launched its surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last month, taking Moscow by surprise and quickly advancing some 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the border. A group of Ukrainian soldiers rest in a village near the Russian border after taking part in Ukraine’s operation in Kursk. Ivana Kottasova/CNNUkrainian officials said Moscow has sent some 30,000 troops into the Kursk region. But they are finding the service doesn’t work at all in certain parts of the Kursk region. (AP Photo) Efrem Lukatsky/APA group of Ukrainian soldiers rests after completing a long mission in Russia's Kursk region.

Persons: Ukraine CNN — Vasyl, Vasyl –, –, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, ” Vasyl, Ivana Kottasova, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Akhmat, Ukraine's “ Nightingale, Vasyl, Don’t, ” Dmytro, Ukrainian –, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zelensky, Bill Burns, ” Burns, Fin, Chasiv Yar, “, sapper, Efrem, Kholod, ” Kholod, ’ ” Vasyl, “ I’m Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, Kyiv, Ukraine’s, Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian, Wagner, Military Company, Chechen, Ukrainian Nightingale, Institute for, Kremlin, Western, CIA, APC, Ukrainian Defense Ministry Locations: Sumy, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia’s Kursk, Moscow, Russia, ”, Kursk, Russian, West Africa, US, Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, Crimea, London, Sudzha, Russia's Kursk, Pokrovsk

☆ Biden signals openness to using Western long-range missiles inside Russia as he meets Britain’s leader to discuss
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The president has long resisted calls from Ukrainian officials to ease restrictions on the weapons. “We’re working that out right now,” Biden said when questioned this week whether he would permit Western-provided long-range missiles to target military sites like airfields, missile launchers, fuel tanks and ammunition depots inside Russia. Still, that the conversation over long-range weapons is happening at all is an indication of how stalled battlefield dynamics are causing western leaders to rethink their approach. The revelation that Iran has been providing Russia with ballistic missiles has changed the debate over Ukraine’s capabilities, Lammy said. Earlier in the week, the bipartisan congressional Ukraine caucus called on Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with the long-range weapons.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, ” Biden, Friday’s Biden, Starmer, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Antony Blinken, “, it’s, we’ll, ” Blinken, Andrii Sybiha, David Lammy, Lammy, Defense Lloyd Austin, ” Austin, Ukraine’s, Sen, Ben Cardin, Jeanne Shaheen of, ” Shaheen, ” Organizations: Washington CNN, British, White, US, Army Tactical Missile Systems, Ukrainian, National Security, Labour Party’s, NATO, Defense, Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Defense Department, Ukraine “, Senior, Senate Foreign Relations, Biden, Republican Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, United Kingdom, Kyiv, France, Iran, Western, Kursk, Washington, Russian, United States, British, Germany, Crimea, Ben Cardin of Maryland, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire

☆ Pro-Russian hackers reportedly crashed Taiwan Stock Exchange website on Thursday, local media reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A man walks past a monitor showing the stocks curves outside the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei on May 12, 2021. While the exchange did not specify the cause of the attack or the perpetrator of the attack, local media reported this was part of a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack on the Taiwanese government by a pro-Russian hacker group. The exchange added that the securities market and related businesses are "operating normally without any impact." China views Taiwan as part of its territory and has not renounced the use of force against the island. [The land in] the Treaty of Aigun, you [China] could have asked for it back, but you didn't."

Persons: Radware, William Lai, Lai, — China's Organizations: Taiwan Stock Exchange, Taipei Times, of Peking Locations: Taipei, Russian, Taiwan, Pacific, China, Russia, Aigun, Manchuria, Japan, Shimonoseki, Republic of China

☆ Russia is sending troops with zero combat experience to a key part of the front, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussia is sending troops with no combat experience to reinforce attacks in northern Ukraine, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Ukraine and Russia have spent much of the summer fighting for control of Vovchansk, a city in the Kharkiv region about three miles from the border. Speaking on Thursday, Sarantsev said that the newer Russian troops reinforcing Vovchansk are very inexperienced. "It is our understanding that this newly arrived personnel is a mobilization resource raised by Russia," he said, per Ukrainska Pravda.

Persons: —, Vitaliy, Ukrainska, Sarantsev Organizations: Service, Kharkiv Operational Strategic Group of Forces, Business, Vovchansk, Ukrainska Pravda Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Russian, Belgorod, Vovchansk, Kursk

☆ Investors are ignoring 2 big risks to markets, says CIO, naming stocks that are bond 'substitutes'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Investors are ignoring two major risks to the market, according to Vahan Janjigian, chief investment officer at Greenwich Wealth Management. Geopolitical tensions and weak oil prices are the second risk, Janjigian said. He has been "surprised" that the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas conflict and weak oil prices haven't elicited a bigger reaction from the market. The International Energy Agency said in its recently monthly reports that global oil demand has been decelerating , adding that oil consumption in China — long the "engine of global oil demand growth" — contracted in April and May this year. In June, it added that Chinese oil demand contracted for a third consecutive month , driven by a slump in industrial activity.

Persons: Vahan Janjigian, CNBC's, Janjigian, —, Pfizer —, he's Organizations: Greenwich Wealth Management, U.S, International Energy Agency, IEA, IBM, Verizon, Pfizer, FactSet, Nvidia Locations: U.S, United States, U.S . Federal, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, China

☆ Kursk has casualty rates similar to other parts of the front and is getting tougher, Ukrainian soldiers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Casualty rates in Kursk are similar to other parts of the front lines, Ukrainian soldiers told CNN. Ukrainian forces have pushed into the Russian region for five weeks, but say it's getting tougher. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementOver a month into Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region, Ukrainian soldiers told CNN the situation there was getting tougher, with casualty rates similar to those seen in parts of the front line in Ukraine.

Persons: — Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian, Service, Business Locations: Kursk, Russian, Russia's Kursk, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Right-wing influencers say they were dupes in an alleged Russian influence operation. They’re keeping their millions, for now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Jon Passantino | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The right-wing social media stars who were allegedly paid millions of dollars in a nefarious Russian influence operation to shape public opinion around the 2024 US presidential election are remaining mum. Tenet Media boasts a slate of high-profile right-wing, pro-Trump commentators including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and several others. The influencers all say they are “victims,” and that the FBI has contacted them for voluntary interviews. The Tenet co-founder then wrote to the Russian state media staffers, stressing that the personality was “really insisting on seeing some materials (profile, article, whatever) on Eduard before (he) feels comfortable moving forward. Two Russian state media employees, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, were charged by the Justice Department with money laundering and violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Persons: Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Rubin, Johnson, Brandon Van Grack, Robert Mueller’s, Pool, —, “ We’ve, ”, Ben Shapiro, “, Tenet, Eduard Grigoriann, “ Grigoriann, Eduard, ” Rubin, Lauren Chen, Liam Donovan, Grigoriann, Chen, Donovan, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, Elena Afanasyeva, Van Grack, CNN’s Hadas Gold Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, Tenet Media, Kremlin, Trump, RT, FBI, Pool, Tenet, Justice Locations: Tennessee, Russian, Russia, Brussels

☆ North Korea just gave the world a rare glimpse into where it makes weapons-grade uranium for its nukes in a blunt signal to foes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kim's tour of this facility offers a rare glimpse inside this part of North Korea's nuclear program. North Korea routinely cites the US as the motivation for its illicit missile and nuclear weapons programs. North Korea's nuclear program is a major concern for South Korea. It's unclear exactly what Russia is offering in return, but North Korea could receive food, fuel, and possibly even advanced military technologies. Earlier this year, a top Korea watcher said that North Korea has likely found itself "sitting pretty" amid its new partnership with Russia and connections with China.

Persons: —, Kim Jong, Kim, Rodong Sinmun, Jong Sung Mu, Rodong, KCNA, Kim ., Kim Jae, Kim's, Putin, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Business, North, Central Committee of, Workers ' Party of Korea, Democratic, Getty Images, Trump, North Korean State Media Locations: North, North Korean, North Korea, Korea, Democratic Republic of Korea, South Korea, Hanoi, Pyongyang, Russian, China, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Biden administration expected to unveil new evidence of RT’s key role in Russian intelligence operations globally
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Kylie Atwood | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Biden administration is expected on Friday to announce a major effort to blunt the global influence of RT and expose what it says is the Russian state media network’s key role in the Kremlin’s global intelligence and influence operations, according to a senior administration official and three other sources familiar with the matter. A key finding from the new US intelligence is that, for more than a year, the Russian government has quietly embedded an intelligence-gathering unit within RT that is focused on influence operations globally, one of the sources familiar said. That activity has been part of US officials described as a big expansion of RT’s role as an arm and mouthpiece of the Kremlin abroad. The activity goes beyond propaganda and covert influence operations to even include military procurement, the source said. The US believes RT propaganda and disinformation has been key to generating pro-Russia reactions to the Ukraine war globally, the senior administration official said.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, “, –, RT, Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: CNN, State Department, Kremlin, of Justice, UN, Assembly, US Department of Justice, US, European Union, Saharan Africa RT, Huawei Locations: Russian, Russia, America, Ukraine

☆ Russia expels six British diplomats it accuses of spying and sabotage activity
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Russia’s FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow whose actions it said showed signs of spying and sabotage work. Britain’s embassy in Moscow did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. “Thus, the facts revealed give grounds to consider the activities of British diplomats sent to Moscow by the directorate as threatening the security of the Russian Federation,” the FSB said in a statement. The six diplomats were named on Russian state TV, which also showed photographs of them. The FSB said Russia would ask other British diplomats to go home early if they were found to be engaged in similar activity.

Persons: Reuters —, ”, Maria Zakharova Organizations: Reuters, FSB, Soviet KGB, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Federal Security Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, British Embassy, Russian Foreign Ministry, TASS, British Locations: Moscow, Britain’s, Soviet, British, London, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Russia

☆ A defense startup says it can fix America's ammo problem with China using a new low-cost cruise missile
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Go to newsletter preferencesSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "This is not designed to go specifically and rigidly at one specific problem," Anduril's chief strategy officer, Chris Brose, told DefenseScoop. "We have designed Barracuda to be able to range across a series of targets — from ground-based targets to maritime targets to others." Anduril did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

Persons: —, Anduril, Chris Brose, DefenseScoop, Diem Salmon, Salmon, Palmer Luckey, hyperscale, Brose Organizations: Service, Barracuda, Business, Pentagon, US Air Force, Enterprise, Oculus Locations: China, Russia, America

☆ Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across Italy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Rome CNN —Hundreds of posters have appeared on billboards across Italy this summer, bearing the slogan: “Russia is not our enemy” and depicting a handshake in the colors of the Italian and Russian flags. In Rome, the posters drew ire from the mayor’s office because they featured both the city’s name and its official symbol. In a decree to local police and the advertising company that owns the billboards in Rome, it ordered the removal of all posters. Earlier this month, they met at the European House’s Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, northern Italy. The Russian propaganda posters have not caused notable outcry among the Italian public, in part because they started appearing during the summer months, when most Italians take their vacations.

Persons: Rome, Sovranita Popolare, Piazza Mazzini, Giorgia Meloni, Volodymyr Zelensky, Silvio Berlusconi –, Vladimir Putin, Matteo Salvini Organizations: Rome CNN, Nations, CNN, European Union, Putin, European Council of Foreign Relations Locations: Italy, Russia, Rome, Ukraine, Israel, Verona, Modena, Parma, Pisa, Calabria, Ukraine’s, Eternal, ”, Europe, Cernobbio, Red, Greece, Bulgaria, Russian

☆ Putin is threatening disaster over Ukraine's long-range missiles — but his past 'red lines' came to nothing
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"This will mean that NATO countries — the United States and European countries — are at war with Russia," Putin said. But Ukraine's Western allies have provided billions in military aid to Ukraine, sending the aid incrementally in the form of increasingly effective weapons. AdvertisementYet Ukraine continued to drive back Russian forces that year until a stalemate developed, and has targetted occupied territory, including the Crimea peninsula, with long-range Western weapons. They succeded in rattling the West, it says, leading it to supply Ukraine weapons in a piecemeal way and much later than Ukraine seeks them. Analysts writing for the US think tank Responsible Statecraft last June said that the West would never know if it had crossed a real Russian red line until it's too late.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, Putin's, Ukraine's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, TATYANA MAKEYEVA, Sergey Lavrov, Biden, Donald Tusk Organizations: Service, Business, NATO, British Storm Shadow, Institute for, Western, Getty, Russian, The New York Times Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, Washington, DC, US, Ukrainian, Moscow, Crimea, Russia's Kursk, Kursk, AFP, Iran

☆ Russia launches counteroffensive against Ukraine in Kursk border region
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Yuliya-Talmazan-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Yuliya Talmazan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Russia has launched a major counterattack in its Kursk border region, more than a month after a surprise invasion by Kyiv’s forces that turned the tables in the two-and-a-half-year war. Ukraine has claimed to hold some 500 square miles of Russian territory in Kursk after sweeping across the border on Aug. 6 and taking Moscow by surprise. NBC News was able to geolocate a video purporting to show a column of what appears to be Russian military vehicles moving toward the settlement of Snagost in the Kursk region. Ukrainian forces were also trying to break through the border in other areas of the Kursk region, the ministry said. Zelenskyy told NBC News last week that he planned to hold the territory his forces had seized in Kursk indefinitely.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Snagost, Christopher Tuck, “ It’s, ”, Tuck, Oleksandr Musiienko, Musiienko, Zelenskyy, ” Musienko Organizations: Russian Defense Ministry, NBC News, Russia’s Defense, King’s College London, Center for Military Legal, NBC, Ukraine Locations: Russia, Kursk, Ukraine, Moscow, Pokrovsk, Russian, Snagost, Glushkovsky, Kyiv

☆ Pair of rare Amur tiger cubs debuting at Minnesota Zoo raise hopes for the endangered species
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — A pair of rare Amur tiger cubs are making their public debut at the Minnesota Zoo, raising hopes for preserving an endangered species that’s native to far eastern Russia and northern China. It’s tricky to breed them, and around one in four Amur cubs don’t make it to adulthood, whether it’s in the wild or in captivity, she said. Three-month-old Amur tiger cubs Amaliya explores her outdoor enclosure for the first time with their mother Dari at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minn. on Thursday. Its Amur tigers have produced 57 cubs, 46 of which survived for at least 30 days. The births of Andrei and Amaliya raised the zoo’s population to seven Amur tigers, including their sire, Luka.

Persons: Andrei, Amaliya, “, Trista Fischer, Dari’s, She’s, we’ve, Mark Vancleave, Luka, Fischer, ”, Zach Nugent, “ Aww, ” Fischer Organizations: Minnesota Zoo, Star Locations: APPLE, Minn, Russia, China, Apple Valley, Minneapolis, Apple, United States, Malayan

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