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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/09/2026

UPDATE: A news helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth community of Los Angeles while it was covering a bus collision Tuesday evening, killing three people, officials said. NBC Los Angeles reported on the air that the helicopter was one of its own.

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Helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing at least one

A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson said the deceased was found on the ground, outside the aircraft.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain on Wednesday (August 12) in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth briefly plunged parts of the planet into darkness.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

1. Democratic socialists hit a blue wall in Wisconsin 2. Republicans will miss running against Hong 3. Progressives score Senate primary win in Minnesota 4. A Trump endorsement still matters, sometimes

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

These were some of the emerging themes after voters went to the ‌polls in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Carolina, Connecticut, and Vermont in one of the last big primary nights before the November midterm elections. Here is what we learned.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Apache helicopter from the Fort Hood military installation crashed in Salado, Texas, around 1:35 pm local time on Wednesday, and the two pilots on board were confirmed dead, said Cliff Coleman, a spokesperson for the Bell County Sheriff’s Office.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

US: A military attack helicopter slammed into a Central Texas field and caught fire on Wednesday (August 12), killing the two pilots aboard and forcing evacuations in the area. www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/u...

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2 pilots dead after military helicopter slams into Central Texas field and catches fire | CNN

A military attack helicopter slammed into a Central Texas field and caught fire on Wednesday, killing the two pilots aboard and forcing evacuations in the area.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The departure comes at a challenging moment for Trump, who’s facing low approval ratings amid the ongoing war with Iran and high gas prices, with most Americans saying he hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The imminent departure of one of the president’s closest allies inside the White House marks a major shakeup for the president’s press operation, with less than three months until the midterm elections.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

that ‌Meta designed its platforms to keep young users hooked and misled consumers about their safety. The trial will also address claims by 29 states that the company illegally collected and used children's data in violation of federal law.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

a case that could expose the company to massive damages and force it to make sweeping changes to its platforms. The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations …

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday (August 12) over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, …

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The outbreak in eastern Congo, considered the fastest-growing in history, has killed over 2,000 people out of more than 4,300 cases. It is unlike recent Ebola outbreaks because the rare Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines, though efforts to address that are underway.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“At its current pace, it’s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters. That outbreak horrified the world and jolted efforts to develop a vaccine.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history that killed over 11,000 people, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday (August 12). apnews.com/article/cong...

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WHO says Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history

The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Germany's intelligence services, created after World War Two when memories of the Nazi regime were still fresh, have traditionally had more circumscribed powers than the equivalents of allies such as France, Britain or the United States.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The measures, which ‌have been under discussion for months, would allow both the BND, the foreign intelligence service, and the BfV, the domestic security service, broader authority to access digital communications, collect data and carry out active operations to thwart attacks.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Germany's cabinet on Wednesday (August 12) approved measures to grant intelligence services new powers to hack communications and disrupt foreign adversaries' operations to counter what officials say is a growing threat from cyber and hybrid attacks. www.reuters.com/world/german...

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German cabinet approves plan to grant more powers to spy services

Germany's cabinet approved measures on Wednesday to grant intelligence services new powers to hack communications and disrupt foreign adversaries' operations to counter what officials say is a growin...

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The most significant solar eclipse since 1999 begins as millions of people watch across the UK and parts of Europe. A rare total eclipse has peaked in Iceland, while it is under way in other parts of Europe including Spain.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Zelenskiy said ⁠26 settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions had been brought back under Kyiv's control. They are located along an approximately 60 km stretch of the front where the borders of the three regions meet.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ukraine's military has sought to heap pressure on Moscow's war effort in recent months, counterattacking on parts of the 1,200-km front and striking logistics and energy infrastructure.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ukrainian forces have liberated 745 square km (288 square miles) of Russian-occupied land this year across a swathe of the southeastern front, President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy said on Wednesday (August 12), hailing an operation he said went "exactly as planned". www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...

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Ukraine has retaken 745 sq km in 'precision' operation this year, Zelenskiy says

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ukraine’s air and sea drones have succeeded in limiting the movements of Russia’s once-dominant Black Sea navy, Kyiv officials say, in one of the country’s biggest accomplishments of the war.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Cutting-edge drones developed by Kyiv since Moscow’s full-scale invasion over four years ago have repeatedly targeted Russian ships in the Black Sea, including warships and oil tankers.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ukrainian anti-ship missiles and drones blitzed a major Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast in a “unique” nighttime operation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday (August 12). apnews.com/article/russ...

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An overnight Ukrainian blitz damages Russia's Black Sea naval stronghold, Zelenskyy says

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian missiles and drones blitzed Russia's naval base on the Black Sea coast in a nighttime operation.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A number of exchanges have taken place since then, but on Monday "I Want to Find", a Ukrainian government-backed ⁠project that tracks the status of captured or killed Russian soldiers, accused Moscow of excluding from exchange lists POWs from Russian-held territory in Ukraine.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thousands of prisoners have been exchanged since the start of the full-scale war in February 2022. An agreement in May to swap a further 1,000 captives each was one of the main tangible results of US-brokered peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Russia's human rights commissioner on Wednesday (August 12) published a list of 224 Ukrainian prisoners of war that she said Moscow was ready to exchange but that Kyiv had rejected, part of a dispute over which side is hampering ‌exchange efforts. www.reuters.com/world/russia...

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Russia publishes list of 224 Ukrainian POWs it says it is ready to swap amid dispute with Kyiv

Russia's human rights commissioner published on Wednesday a list of 224 Ukrainian prisoners of war that she said Moscow was ready to exchange but that Kyiv had rejected, part of a dispute over which ...

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The council, which counts Russia as a permanent member, heard the accounts as both Russia and Ukraine have escalated attacks in the four-year conflict.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

She spoke at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council called by Latvia and the United Kingdom on Monday to spotlight the plight of civilians and soldiers taken during the war that Russia launched with a full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“Widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment” of both Ukrainian civilian detainees and prisoners of war by Russia are continuing, including sexual violence, said Claudia Fuentes Julio, the UN assistant secretary-general for human rights.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The United Nations estimates that more than 16,000 civilians detained by Russia during its war in Ukraine are still being “deprived of their liberty,” many held incommunicado and on grounds that don’t comply with international law. apnews.com/article/ukra...

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Over 16,000 civilians detained by Russia during the war in Ukraine are still held, UN estimates

The United Nations estimates that more than 16,000 civilians detained by Russia during its war in Ukraine are still being held.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Russia rejected the allegations made at an informal UN Security Council meeting, with its Deputy UN Representative Maria Zabolotskaya calling it “a disinformation campaign” and alleging that Russian prisoners in Ukraine were subjected to “torture and degradation and moral and physical abuse.”

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Former Ukrainian detainees and Ukrainian officials accused Russia of systematically torturing prisoners of war and civilian detainees, holding captives incommunicado and subjecting them to beatings, electric shocks and sexual abuse, ‌with thousands still in captivity.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Zelenskiy's announcement of fresh proposals for peace talks, largely stalled since the outbreak of the conflict with Iran, comes amid suggestions by both Russia and Ukraine that US negotiators would soon pay a visit to their two countries.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday (August 11) that Ukraine had handed proposals to ‌US negotiators for a plan to end the war with Moscow and suggested that Russia would use its parliamentary election next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilisation.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In July, Romanian F-16 fighter jet pilots shot down ⁠three Russian drones breaching national airspace over three consecutive days after dozens of such incursions in the more than four years of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The NATO state shares a 614-km (382-mile) land border with Ukraine and has seen Russian drones repeatedly breach its airspace over the last four years, as well as mines floating in the Black Sea across key trade and energy routes.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Romanian army divers destroyed two Gerbera-type drones drifting in the country's Black Sea exclusive economic zone near the offshore gas project Neptun Deep, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said ‌on Tuesday (August 11). www.reuters.com/world/romani...

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Romania destroys drones drifting near major offshore gas project in the Black Sea

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

That demonstration came as the university was negotiating with President Donald Trump's administration, which had cut its federal funding after accusing the university of tolerating antisemitism during pro-Palestinian ⁠protests.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In May 2025, Columbia suspended more than 65 students for their ‌role ⁠in shutting down the university's main library in a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

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FujiiPonta @fujiiponta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The lawsuit said the university failed to protect its Palestinian members from harassment and targeted them through what it cast as "unfair and biased disciplinary hearings.”

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