Spain abruptly canceled a €10 million defense-related contract that would have installed Huawei equipment in its public fiber-optic network RedIRIS, which also serves the MoD.

Spain said the deal was scrapped for reasons of “digital strategy and technological autonomy.”

Source: El País

Germany’s unemployment has surpassed 3 million for the first time in a decade.

The government is rolling out a €500 billion investment fund, but economists warn it will take years to see results.

BREAKING: Andriy Parubiy, former Chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, was killed in Lviv.

Parubiy, a prominent Ukrainian politician, led Parliament from 2016–2019 and earlier served as Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.

NEW: During the 12-day war in June, Israel assassinated key Iranian figures by hacking and tracking the cellphones of their bodyguards.

Even top-level officials who avoided carrying phones were compromised when Israel bombed a secret Tehran bunker meeting after following their guards’ devices.

Source: NYT

Sudan: Hundreds of families and children reportedly trapped under RSF siege in El-Fasher, cut off from food and medicine.

Indian PM Modi arrives in China. He will attend the SCO Summit and meet with Xi.

Gambia says at least 70 migrants were killed after a boat capsized off the West Africa coast.

Sudan: Satellite images show RSF building a 31km earthen wall around besieged El-Fasher, reportedly to trap civilians inside.

Source: BBC

Senior American official to Axios:

Trump is perfectly fine. This morning he will go out to play golf.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stressed the need for major changes to Germany’s welfare system:

“We have been living beyond our means for years. The fault lies with politics, not benefit recipients.”

Source: Handelsblatt

White House suspects some European leaders are publicly backing Trump’s Ukraine peace push while privately undermining it.

US officials say Europe is pushing Kyiv toward unrealistic demands on Russia, stalling progress since the Alaska summit.

Washington wants Europe to toughen sanctions, including banning Russian oil and gas, but believes many EU states want the US to shoulder the costs.

Source: Axios

BIG: Trump is seriously considering stepping back from the diplomatic efforts regarding Ukraine until one or both parties begin to show more flexibility.

Source: Axios, citing a US official

BREAKING: Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov says that the "Special Military Operation" (in Ukraine) will continue.

Trump is alive.

📸 Donald Trump and his granddaughter Kai board the motorcade on the South Lawn of the White House, August 30, 2025, en route to Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.

(Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)

BREAKING: Yemen confirms Mujahid Ahmad Ghaleb Al-Rahwi, Prime Minister of Houthi-led government in Yemen, was killed along with several ministers last Thursday on Israeli airstrikes.

A number of other ministers were wounded with moderate to serious injuries.

NATO defence spending is set to hit a record $1.6 trillion in 2025, with the U.S. contributing $980 billion and European allies plus Canada $608 billion.

In GDP terms, NATO’s total is projected at 2.76%.

Poland leads with 4.48% of GDP.

First AI-linked murder-suicide: Stein-Erik Soelberg, a tech industry veteran, killed his mother and himself after paranoid delusions fueled by ChatGPT.

The bot reinforced, rather than challenged, his suspicions — even claiming to see hidden symbols on a receipt pointing to his mother and a demon.

Surprise: Germany will not back the EU Commission’s proposed sanctions on Israel over the Gaza war.

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said halting research cooperation under Horizon Europe would have “no real impact” on Israel’s military or political decisions.

The EU plan would block Israeli participation in projects funded by the European Innovation Council.

Most major EU states support sanctions, while Germany and Italy hold out.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas admitted, “I’m not very optimistic… even this lenient proposal lacks a majority. It sends the message that we are divided.”

South Sudan: UNMISS reported constructing a new temporary base in the Tambura region.

President Trump canceled plans to visit India for the Quad Summit later this year, citing how his relationship with PM Modi has recently “unraveled.”

Source: NYT

Gaza: 11 killed, including children, in an Israeli airstrike on a bakery and nearby tent in Gaza City’s Nassr neighborhood today.