In today’s episode, we cover Ukraine’s coordinated drone strike on Russia, Poland’s presidential election, the US-China trade dispute, and the UK's defence plans.

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Sources:

✍️ Ukraine Strikes Russia

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ld7ppre9vo
• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-drone-attack-russian-bombers-bridge-collapse-b2761725.html
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/01/bridge-collapses-onto-train-russia/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/ukraine-launches-major-drone-attack-on-russian-bombers-security-official-says

✍️ Polish Presidential Election Results

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/02/poland-presidential-election-live-results-updates-karol-nawrocki-declared-winner?page=with%3Ablock-683d41818f088b2f036ec9e9&filterKeyEvents=false#liveblog-navigation 

✍️ China Accuses US of ‘Seriously Violating’ Trade Agreement

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/02/china-us-trade-war-truce-donald-trump 
• https://on.ft.com/4kpC4mK 

✍️ UK Moving to ‘War-fighting Readiness’

• https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jun/02/defence-spending-review-army-navy-air-force-keir-starmer-latest-live-politics-news
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz63y1yldq2t 
• https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-to-expand-submarine-programme-in-response-to-strategic-defence-review

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