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Jorge Valadao

Portuguese politician

  • Jul 28

    Six months after Storm Kristin, central Portugal grapples with over 200,000 damaged homes and a slow recovery

    Half a year after the 28 January tempest, the central region counts 200,000+ housing claims, 83.5 million euros in state payouts against 105–110 million needed, and a patchy return to normal as schools operate from containers and fibre cables lie on the ground.

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Twelve countries ban settlement goods

Allies punish settlements as missiles hit Saudi sites and AfD shakes Germany

Governments spent the day drawing lines, then discovered how quickly others could cross them. Europe hardened trade policy toward Israeli settlements, Saudi energy sites burned after Houthi strikes, and German conservatives confronted the scale of their eastern collapse.

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  • US strike on Iran's Larak Island

    US forces destroy five Iranian oil tankers following attacks, prompting Iran's Revolutionary Guard to warn vessels near Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate

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The Middle East after Gaza

Direct US-Iran military exchange with five tankers destroyed and 20 missiles fired at American bases in Jordan moves the conflict beyond proxy warfare into direct confrontation.

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