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The Guardian | UK

The Guardian is a daily newspaper published in London that provides opinion, debate and interviews from critical thinkers and progressive voices. It has a large global readership and a sister publication called The Observer, a British Sunday newspaper. They often feature in-depth articles on UK, International, Politics, Technology, Education, Culture, Travel, Science, Society, and Environment. News articles can provide in-depth analysis and commentary on public affairs. Interviews help readers to understand more about their favourite writers, politicians, or artists. Overall, it's a good source of serious news and current affairs.

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As chief US diplomat, Rubio could do great good. His pandering and neglect are a disgrace we shouldn’t ignore Viewed from the state department in Washington DC, the world is on fire – but record heatwaves are not to blame. The unresolved Iran war has badly burned Donald Trump. His military campaign conclusively failed, energy and food prices are still rising, and a Republican rout in November’s midterm elections looms. Humiliatingly, Israel this week flatly rejected his latest Gaza peace proposals, days after Trump congratulated himself on a “historic breakthrough”. In Europe, Russia’s attacks on Nato allies grow increasingly brazen, threatening a wider escalation. The Ukraine war, which Trump vowed to end, is now well into its fifth year, with civilians on both sides caught in the killing fields. And these are just the bigger firestorms. There are plenty more. Rarely has the need for effective, professional diplomacy been more pressing. So step forward Marco Rubio, US secretary of state and chief American diplomat. These are challenges that, if successfully tackled, could propel the 55-year-old son of Cuban immigrants and the former US senator for Florida into pole position in the 2028 Republican presidential nomination race. Here is a chance for Rubio to defy critics who dismiss him as a lickspittle and Trump dogsbody, and transform himself into respected global statesman. His boss mocked him as “little Marco” and a “loser” when they were election rivals in 2016. (Rubio called him a conman.) Now is Rubio’s opportunity to go big, be brave and prove he’s a winner.
Russian forces launched a missile attack on Kyiv, sparking fires in at least two districts of the Ukrainian capital, with one person injured, according to the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko. The attack caused fires in a non-residential area of a northern suburb and another area just south of the city centre, with several cars on fire. Ukraine's military administration reported explosions in the city amid air alerts that sounded after 2am. Meanwhile, Ukraine conducted a long-range strike on a Russian rocket facility, about 900km from Ukraine's border, as part of its campaign to pressure Moscow to end the war. The strike hit the Progress rocket centre in Samara region, which produces rockets used to launch satellites for the Rassvet broadband network, a Russian alternative to SpaceX's Starlink. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strike was aimed at reducing Russia's war potential and achieving peace through concrete damage to specific facilities. Russia's defence ministry reported that its drones and missiles had struck Ukrainian logistics centres and energy and transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army. A Russian strike on an apartment block in south-eastern Ukraine killed a three-month-old baby and wounded 11 people, while North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed his support for Russia in a letter to President Vladimir Putin. The exchange of letters between Kim and Putin follows Ukraine's accusation that Moscow had launched North Korean ballistic missiles in a strike that killed at least nine people and wounded dozens. The conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate, with both sides conducting strikes and exchanging accusations, and North Korea's involvement adding a new dimension to the conflict.