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Protests flare up across France; Zelensky claims Starlink restrictions were deliberate, and more
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Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that restrictions on Ukraine’s military use of SpaceX’s Starlink internet system were part of a “planned operation” designed to weaken the country’s defences against Russian drones
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10:54|Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, in spite of an American push for an “energy ceasefire"; Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked the headquarters of Yemen’s government in Aden, Al-Maashiq palace.