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US President Donald Trump has waived a new package of sanctions and tariffs on Russia.

This comes as China proposes technology export curbs, and as the EU opens more accession negotiations with Ukraine.

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1️⃣ 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇺 EU opens more Ukraine accession talks: The EU agreed on Tuesday to open two more negotiating clusters with Ukraine after Hungary lifted its veto following an agreement on minority rights, bringing the total opened to four of six. The deal includes protections for minority languages in education, but opening negotiations does not guarantee membership and closing each cluster still requires unanimous approval.

2️⃣ 🇨🇳 China proposes technology export curbs: China proposed export bans or restrictions on 40 technologies on Friday, covering AI, semiconductors, solar manufacturing and biomedicine, citing national security. The draft includes prohibiting core AI models trained on sensitive national data and certain defence or critical-infrastructure AI agents. The controls are not final.

3️⃣ 🇮🇱🇵🇸🇧🇪🇫🇷🇵🇱 Diplomats attacked in the West Bank: Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said masked Israeli settlers attacked Belgian, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives visiting Taybeh in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. He said a French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian diplomatic car damaged. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar condemned the incident and police opened an investigation.

4️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran reports tanker fire in Hormuz: Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday that a supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of oil caught fire after hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, although the precise location was unclear. The claim followed US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper's assertion on Friday that American forces and partners controlled the strait and that it remained open.

5️⃣ 🇬🇧 MI5 warns of AI threats: MI5 Director General Sir Ken McCallum warned on Tuesday that artificial intelligence was already assisting cyberattacks, propaganda and reconnaissance, while potential biological-weapons misuse had not yet materialised. He announced an AI Threat Assessment Centre and said the agency's hostile-state caseload had grown fourfold in a decade, driven mainly by Russia, Iran and China.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump waives new Russia sanctions

US President Donald Trump waived new sanctions and tariffs linked to Russian exports on Friday, ahead of their scheduled introduction.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that the president would take up to 60 days to assess their economic impact.

Friday's executive order did not specify how long the waiver would last.

The measures include tariffs on Russian goods and penalties for countries buying Russian oil and gas.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised the decision, warning that it would embolden Russia and prolong the war.

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1️⃣ 🇸🇾🇱🇧 Syria reports arrest of former commander: Syrian state news agency SANA reported the arrest of Ali Kayali, a former pro-Assad commander accused of involvement in the 2013 coastal massacres, saying he had tried to flee Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave a different account, citing sources who said he was seized at his home in Lebanon.

2️⃣ 🇰🇵 North Korea claims AI torpedo test: North Korean state media said on Saturday that the country had tested its Zam-2.0 torpedo system, claiming artificial intelligence improved target detection and guidance and that propulsion had been verified. The announcement followed Wednesday's reported tests of two types of underwater-launched cruise missile, with the latest torpedo capabilities described by state media rather than independently established.

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