SUMMARY: Russian President Vladimir Putin is allegedly stalling peace talks while preparing a new military offensive in Ukraine, warn U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal after visiting war-torn areas and meeting President Zelenskyy. They urge swift action, highlighting a bipartisan U.S. sanctions bill targeting Russia’s energy exports, particularly to countries like China and India, as a crucial tool to cripple Russia’s war economy. Despite scheduled talks in Istanbul, officials say Moscow hasn’t submitted serious proposals, suggesting deliberate delay. The senators stress the war’s human toll, call for justice, and warn further inaction risks deeper U.S. involvement. European leaders, including Macron, reportedly share their resolve.

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SUMMARY: Explosions caused two bridge collapses and derailed two trains in western Russia overnight, killing seven and injuring dozens. In Bryansk, near Ukraine’s border, a collapsed bridge crushed a passenger train, killing the driver among others. Hours later, a freight train derailed in Kursk after a bridge collapse triggered by another explosion, causing a fire but no casualties. Russia’s Investigative Committee is probing the blasts as potential terrorism. Rescue operations are underway, and damaged railway tracks were found nearby. Ukrainian intelligence reported blowing up a Russian freight train en route to Crimea but did not link it to the bridge collapses.

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SUMMARY: About 17,000 residents in Manitoba, Canada, have been evacuated due to nearly two dozen active wildfires, including over 5,000 from Flin Flon, where officials fear a wind change could bring fire into town. Manitoba declared a state of emergency as fires spread from northwest to southeast, also affecting neighboring Saskatchewan and Alberta. Power outages and evacuations occurred in communities like Cranberry Portage and Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Evacuees are being sheltered across Manitoba, including Winnipeg and Winkler. Creighton, Saskatchewan, also faced evacuations. The wildfire season, running May to September, follows Canada’s worst season in 2023, which caused widespread smoke across North America.

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