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// IN TODAY’S EDITION
UKR sends 28 robots, no troops
Bessent reportedly moves to military base
Poland says Pentagon backs permanent base
Bomb-threat emails hit 6,300 Italian schools
British corporal court-martialed over SIM card
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A Ukrainian ground robot (UGV) armed with a remote weapon station is seen in a field. (Credit: 147th Artillery Brigade / Ukraine MoD)
Ukraine Deploys 28 Ground Robots, No Troops in Assault on Russian Positions
Ukraine's Third Army Corps sent 28 armed ground robots, with no infantry, to attack Russian positions near Lyman, in what appears to be the first platoon-sized robot assault of the war.
At least 18 robots reportedly carried Swedish AT4 anti-tank weapons, two had American Mk 19 grenade launchers, and the remaining eight platforms were reportedly configured as kamikaze robots, each carrying approximately 44 pounds of explosives. Read
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to a military base, after a series of Iranian threats on his life, joining Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth, who already live on bases. Bessent leads the sanctions campaign to cut Iran's remaining financial ties. Read
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Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran will not surrender or transfer its enriched uranium to another country under any peace deal with the U.S. The IAEA previously estimated Iran held 972 pounds of uranium enriched to 60 percent, but its current status remains unknown. Read
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Poland said the Pentagon supports establishing a permanent U.S. military base on its soil, with a White House decision expected in early December. Warsaw has identified four potential sites and offered up to $4.4 billion to fund supporting infrastructure. Read
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Around 6,300 schools across Italy received bomb threat emails Wednesday, prompting evacuations. Schools in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland also received similar emails, which authorities classified as hoaxes. The threats come amid a broader wave of disruptions targeting European supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and broadcasters. Read
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Spain demanded TikTok suspend its service in the country until child sexual abuse material is removed, after the group Maldita.es found more than 20,000 suspected pedophile profiles on the app. TikTok removed just five of 50 explicit videos the group reported. Read
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A British Army corporal was court-martialed after ignoring orders to remove his phone’s SIM card before deploying to Estonia, allowing hackers to steal intimate photos and blackmail him. Daniel Barton-Kennedy was sentenced to 10 months in detention. Read
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Advance registration is $725 through December 7, with lunch included both days, and on-site rates rise to $825. Active duty service members and government employees attend free.
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