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It is official now. European scientists have confirmed that July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record. How is everyone coping with the heat this month?

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📈 Top News

🏢 You might have come across videos showing regular Russians setting fire to military enlistment offices. Despite some of these incidents being labeled as the work of "activists," the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs paints a different picture.

According to the ministry, Ukrainian phone scammers are manipulating elderly Russians to lose their entire savings, and coerce them into engaging in criminal activities.

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🇷🇺 Resistance fighters strike in Russia. The “Liberty of Russia” Legion reports via Twitter that unknown resistance fighters have carried out an attack in Leningrad oblast, which surrounds St. Petersburg.

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🇬🇧 The UK’s Electoral Commission has revealed that it was hacked by “hostile actors” for more than a year. The hackers had access to email, control systems, and copies of the electoral registers, but which files they have actually accessed is still unknown.

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🇨🇳 China’s playing both sides. After Ukraine's foreign minister characterized China's involvement in the Saudi peace negotiations for the Russia-Ukraine war as "a super breakthrough," China made an effort to offer Moscow reassurances about its ongoing commitment to maintaining an "impartial" position regarding the conflict.

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🚨 Putin’s national guard is getting a major upgrade. The UK Ministry of Defence said that the Putin signed a law that allows his 200,000 National Guard force to be equipped with heavy weaponry, such as artillery and attack helicopters.

What this matters.This shows how much importance Putin places on his guard as a key element in ensuring “regime security,” as well as his increasing paranoia about possible assassination attempts.

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🌳 Amazonian leaders unite. The leaders of eight Amazon rainforest nations are meeting in Brazil to tackle pressing challenges facing the critical ecosystem. Brazilian President Lula promises to get Amazon deforestation down to zero by 2030.

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✍🏻 In-Depth

Poland
Warsaw Send More Troops to Its Border

🚨 Poland sends reinforcements. Warsaw has agreed to send 1,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus after a request from the border guard service. This action occurs amidst a resurgence in illegal border crossings, which Poland attributes to Belarus orchestrating.

🔍 Why it matters. The Polish Defense Ministry said the deployment was “due to the dynamic situation on the Polish-Belarusian border” and after a request from the border guard itself. Around 2,000 troops are currently stationed along the border with Belarus, providing support to 5,000 border guards. Deputy Interior Minister Maceij Wasik stated that the migratory pressure on the Belarusian border is on the rise, and it is not a coincidence at all.

👀 Belarusian services accused. The illegal crossings, he said, were being facilitated by Belarusian border guards without whose participation “it would not be possible to pass.” Wasik claims that the Belarusian services deliberately damaged the border fence to allow migrants to cross.

🔥 There is also the Wagner mercs. Wagnerites have been popping up near the border in recent weeks, with NATO authorities suspecting that they might be eyeing the strategically significant patch of land called the Suwałki Gap. Lukashenko even mocked Poland, suggesting that they should thank him for keeping the eager Wagnerites in check, thereby preventing them from ravaging Polish cities.