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Ukrainian and Latvian defense ministers named specific categories of unmanned systems that will move between the two countries under the Drone Deal, Ukraine's defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on 13 June.

Latvia will supply Ukraine with anti-drone systems of Latvian manufacture. Ukraine will supply Latvia with strike drones, ground robotic complexes, and maritime drones, following a Kyiv meeting between Fedorov and Latvian defense minister Raivis Melnis.

The exchange formalizes what until now ran one way. Latvia has been a heavyweight donor of drones and equipment since 2022, pledging 10 million euros to joint defense manufacturing in 2025 alone.

Today's agreement makes Ukraine a supplier to a NATO member for the first time under this format.

"Ukrainian technologies and combat experience help partners adapt faster to the challenges of modern warfare," Fedorov wrote on Telegram, "while support from allies makes it possible to scale solutions that have already proven effective on the battlefield."

The meeting is Melnis's first foreign trip as defense minister. He took office on 28 May after his predecessor Andris Sprūds resigned over a 7 May Ukrainian drone crash near Latvia's Rēzekne oil storage facility — an incident that brought down Prime Minister Evika Siliņa's government.

Before his appointment, Melnis served as the Latvian defense ministry's representative at the embassy in Kyiv.

In a separate meeting on the same visit, Melnis told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "We have supported Ukraine and continue to support it with training and our expertise since the very beginning. And now we are asking Ukraine to support us, because there is only one country in the world who knows how to fight Russia, how to stop Russia."

What the Drone Deal opens

The 9 June Drone Deal, signed in Tallinn between Zelenskyy and Latvia's new Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs at the Nordic-Baltic Eight summit, is the sixth bilateral framework Ukraine has concluded under this format.

At the signing, Zelenskyy offered Ukrainian counter-drone experts to Baltic states facing repeated drone incursions. The Fedorov-Melnis meeting gives that offer operational content.

Latvia has spent recent months as the country most exposed to drone spillover from Russia's war on Ukraine. French NATO fighters shot down a drone over eastern Latvia on 8 June — the first NATO intercept on Latvian soil.

Latvia's military chief Kaspars Pudāns warned on 4 June that Russia could exploit its drone manufacturing edge to attack the Baltics by 2028.

Fedorov did not specify volumes, timelines, or financial terms.

Russian forces launched 118 long-range attack drones, including Shahed-type drones, against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported.

New research suggests a device that has come to define modern life may be playing a role.

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Soldiers arrested university student Sama Safi, 20, along with members of Palestinian women’s national soccer team

A 20-year-old Palestinian American woman has been held in Israeli military detention for nearly two weeks after Israeli soldiers stormed her family home in a pre-dawn raid on 2 June.

Sama Safi, a psychology student at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, has not been charged with any crimes. A spokesperson for the Israeli military said she and three other women detained around the same time were arrested “after promoting hostile terrorist activity and additional terrorist-related activities”.

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L’effectif total des forces armées russes a été porté à 2 399 130 personnes, contre un plafond précédent de 2 391 770. C’est la deuxième fois en seulement quatre mois que Moscou se renforce pour compenser ses lourdes...

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President Trump said more than 200 commercial vessels had safely traveled through the strait. That’s still far fewer than before the start of the war.

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The number includes 1,310 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The ancient Greeks used to make a wide variety of breads, as they considered it to be of great importance in their eating habits.

Wheat, considered a gift from the goddess Demeter, was highly valued by the Greeks, who particularly preferred the hulled varieties. Barley, however, thrived in larger regions of mainland Greece. The varieties of wheat and barley with hulls had to be dried to separate the grain before they could be ground. Most Greeks, however, even in areas where wheat cultivation was economically unprofitable, were fond of wheat bread.

Bread made from hulled barley and porridge formed the basis of the ancient Greeks’ diet. The bread was enriched with olive oil and flavored with herbs, spices or honey.

Athenian bread was renowned for its excellent quality and was a source of pride for the Athenians, who imported wheat as the soil of Attica was unsuitable for its cultivation. Thearion, an Athenian of the 5th century BCE, had the honor of being considered the inventor of bakery ovens, and probably of the first bakeries.

Plato mentions Thearion the baker as one of the three people who “were the best caretakers of the human body.” The other two were Mithaecus, a Sicilian, the first known cookbook writer, and Sarambus, a famous wine maker.

The ancient Greeks showed great ingenuity and skill in the art of baking. Athenaeus cites many serious studies on the subject and lists over seventy different types of bread.

Breads were distinguished according to the grain used in their preparation: wheat, rye, millet and spelt. The last three were used only out of necessity, as everyone preferred wheat.

There was bread made from various types of flour: white bread made from finely sifted flour, black bread made from wholemeal flour, which was healthier. Nevertheless, ancient Greeks preferred white bread, because they considered it more refined and better tasting.

Bread was leavened with or without yeast and could be differentiated according to the baking method: oven bread, bread baked on embers or in a pan over the fire into which they put a filling and then dipped it in wine. Delicious, if we believe the praises of the poets: “bread spread from embers, a soft and delightful combination.” Also, some baked the dough on a spit.

The various liquids, fats and spices added to the flour could vary the density and taste of the bread. Wine, milk, cheese and honey, separately or combined in some way, as liquids, oil, ghee or lard as fats, but also poppy seeds, sesame and linseed are most often mentioned as spices.

Finally, the bread would be filled with various types of cheese, raisins and other nuts, sweet or savory ingredients. The bread was often served as a plate, on which meat or fish was placed.

Bread history and stories

The staples of the ancient Greeks were bread, vegetables, cheese and olives. In the Mycenaean era, each house made its own bread and was equipped with its own hand-operated mill which turned wheat into flour.

Bread was kneaded and baked in homes, seasoned with sea salt for better taste.

In the Great Dionysia festivals, participants brought with them baskets containing wine, water and bread, which was needed for the sacrificial offerings. Ancient texts show that the Greeks offered bread to the gods, which they called the Gods’ Breads (Θειαγόνους Άρτους).

In the temple of Demeter in Eleusis, during the Thesmophoria feast, a large loaf of bread was offered to the goddess. The festival got its name Megalartia (meaning large bread) from the bread offering.

There was fierce competition among ancient Greek cities for which one produced the best bread. Athens boasted of Thearion, its best baker, whose name was found in the writings of many authors.

At weddings in ancient Macedonia, the bride’s parents cut the bread in two and the future husband tasted both portions. The custom was followed at the wedding of Alexander the Great to Roxane.

In ancient times, Cyprus was one of the granaries of the Greek world. According to Pliny, the wheat of Cyprus produced a famous brownish-yellow bread.

According to Diogenes Laertius, the smell of fresh, warm bread kept the wise man Democritus alive for three days so that his sister could take part in the Thesmophoria festival, in honor of Demeter. Thus, Democritus “hosted death in his house for three days and treated him to fresh, warm bread.”

Hippocrates mentions various types of bread made from wheat flour, sifted or not, with or without leaven, with bran, with bulgur, with honey and cheese, oil, poppy seeds and sesame seeds.

In the German Bread Museum in the city of Ulm, the most beautiful exhibits are four Greek figurines with female figures from the 5th century BCE, originating from Boeotia. The figurines depict the grinding of wheat in a mortar, the shaping of dough, the baking of bread, and the loaves ready for sale and eating.

In Rome, bread became popular and in 500 BCE, when the well-off Romans insisted on expensive white bread. Bread also played an important role in Roman weddings. In ancient Roman wedding ceremonies, the two families that were joining ate bread together.

Types of ancient Greek breads

There were at least 72 types of ancient Greek breads, named after the added ingredients used or the kneading, preparation method or baking procedure. Several of them are still made today in slight variations.

Alifatitis (Αλιφατίτης): a well-known bread made with added oil. It also contained animal fats. Similar to today’s puff pastry made with butter, a bread recipe of the ancient Greeks according to Larousse Gastronomique encyclopedia.

Artolaganon or laganon (Αρτολάγανον or λάγανον): a flavored bread with the dough rolled out thinly like a small pita and fried in oil. Artolaganon was the ancestor of today’s lagana which Greeks eat on Clean Monday. It was made with good quality flour.

Atabyritis (Αταβυρίτης): a round-shaped bread of the ancient Greeks that had a lot of crumb, and was particularly nutritious and fattening.

Vlomiaios bread (Βλωμιαίος άρτος): a ​​bread with notches to make it easier to divide into pieces. Vlomiaios bread was usually octavlomos, that is, divided into eight pieces (vlomos: a small piece of bread).

Egrides (Εγκρίδες): made with soft dough like pancakes that was dipped in oil and honey.

Thridakini (Θριδακίνη): bread with the dough mixed with wild lettuce.

Plytos or Vasinias (Πλυτός or Βασυνίας): boiled bread. When boiled, it floats in the water. It is made in Crete (boiled buns) and is the ancestor of the Jewish bagel. There are mentions  of this bread offering to goddess Iris on Delos island.

Krivanitis (Κριβανίτης): bread baked in a krivanos, that is, in a mobile clay oven.

Obelias (Οβελίας): it got this name because it was baked in special molds, the “obelisks” (spits) and because it was sold for an obol (όβολο), a small value coin.

Chondritis (Χονδρίτης): bread made from coarsely ground cereals.

Paxamas (Παξαμάς): a type of hard rusk. The name belongs to the baker (Paxamos) who had introduced it. The rusk was baked twice.

Plakountas (Πλακοῦς): was a sweet that had similarities to the modern cheesecake-type dessert. The sweet consisted of several layers of dough filled with honey and soft cheese. Its main ingredients were flour, cheese and honey. The dough of the plakountas was enriched with milk, fat, herbs and spices.

Pyritis bread (Πυρίτης): hulled wheat bread, from the ancient Greek word πυρός meaning the heart of the wheat seed.

Streptikios (Στρεπτίκιος): bread kneaded with milk, oil and honey. It was prepared by twisting the dough with the shape of the Easter tsoureki.

Ukraine’s ramped-up attacks on Russia's oil sector this year had led to production cuts and shortages, highlighting improved tactics and successes for Kyiv.

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Voici bientôt quatre ans et demi que la guerre dure à l'est de l'Europe, et nous avons cessé de la comprendre. Non que les faits manquent : ils abondent. Mais nous ne les lisons plus que dans une seule langue, celle d'un camp qui ne raconte que ses espérances. Lue depuis Moscou, Pékin et New Delhi, la carte dit autre chose. Essayons, pour une fois, de la lire avec les yeux des autres.

Commençons par le front, puisque c'est là que tout se décide et que tout se ment. À en croire l'état-major russe, ses troupes conservent l'avantage stratégique sur toute la ligne de contact et avancent partout — c'est ce que Vladimir Poutine répète depuis des mois, et l'on aurait tort de prendre ces déclarations pour argent comptant, car un belligérant ne décrit jamais que la guerre qu'il voudrait mener. Mais l'on aurait tort, aussi, de les écarter d'un revers de main, comme nous le faisons. La prudence consiste à écouter les deux camps mentir et à chercher la vérité dans l'écart.

Cet écart, justement, s'est rétréci ce printemps. Là où Moscou clame l'avancée continue, ses propres communiqués trahissent une mécanique qui s'enraye. On annonce la prise de tel hameau près de Pokrovsk — que les Russes nomment Krasnoarmeïsk —, on signale que les réserves ukrainiennes y manquent, on célèbre la capture de Novoaleksandrovka comme un pas de plus vers ce nœud logistique. Et pourtant la ville ne tombe pas. Depuis l'été dernier, elle ne tombe pas. L'agence officielle russe elle-même finit par l'admettre à mots couverts : l'armée progresse « malgré les attaques massives de drones ukrainiens » — formule où le mot malgré dit plus long que tout le reste. Quand le vainqueur supposé doit préciser qu'il avance malgré l'adversaire qu'il prétend écraser, c'est que l'adversaire tient encore.

Voilà ce que le Sud observe, et que nous refusons de voir : non pas une victoire russe imminente, mais une guerre d'usure qui ne se résout pas. L'agence Sputnik, qui n'est pas suspecte de complaisance envers Kiev, décrit des lignes ukrainiennes amincies et des forces dispersées. Mais une ligne amincie n'est pas une ligne rompue. Les Russes grignotent ; ils ne percent pas. Ils paient chaque verger, chaque terril, chaque village au prix d'un sang qu'aucune des deux capitales n'avoue. C'est la définition même de la guerre de position, celle que l'Europe croyait enterrée avec ses grands-pères et qu'elle voit renaître sans en tirer la moindre leçon sur sa propre fragilité.

Sur les chiffres, il faut s'arrêter, car c'est là que le mensonge devient une industrie. Chaque camp publie les pertes de l'autre et tait les siennes. Les sources russes parlent d'une Ukraine exsangue ; les sources ukrainiennes, d'une Russie saignée à blanc. La vérité, invérifiable, se tient sans doute dans ce que ni l'un ni l'autre ne montre : deux nations qui usent leur jeunesse à un rythme que l'histoire jugera. Je me garderai d'avancer un nombre. Celui qui cite un bilan dans cette guerre choisit déjà son camp, j'en sais quelque chose après m'être, cet hiver, risqué à des analyses pourtant documentées qui ont suscité des passions insanes. Disons seulement ceci, que Péguy aurait compris mieux que nos stratèges de plateau : on ne mesure pas une saignée en kilomètres carrés.

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Nouvelles défenses antiaériennes, discrétion accrue et isolement grandissant : plusieurs indices laissent penser que Vladimir Poutine redoute de plus en plus les menaces qui pèsent sur sa sécurité.

Lo único que sé sobre El día de la revelación, la última película de Steven Spielberg, es que no le ha gustado a Carlos Boyero —lo que no es precisamente una noticia de primera página—, así que no te preocupes que no puedo hacer espóiler. Entiendo, en cualquier caso, que la cinta reflexiona sobre el posible descubrimiento de que no estamos solos en el cosmos, y sobre cuál sería la reacción de la humanidad ante esa evidencia. Ya conocía precedentes de ficción que tratan el mismo tema, como la novela Contact, publicada en 1985 por el astrofísico y divulgador Carl Sagan y llevada al cine en 1997 por Robert Zemeckis, con Jodie Foster y Matthew McConaughey. Aunque esta película no le gusta a nadie más que a mí, sigo pensando que Contact es la especulación más interesante que se ha escrito sobre la cuestión, y la que tiene una mayor profundidad científica. Ya veré la nueva de Spielberg, nunca tengo prisa con estas cosas.

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Sin duda alguna, Backrooms es una de las propuestas más originales de terror que se han estrenado en décadas. Además, su rentabilidad en taquilla demuestra que será uno de los fenómenos de este 2026. Lo que comenzó como una serie de vídeos inquietantes en internet se ha convertido en un verdadero éxito para A24. Eso sí, quizás no sabías que se inspira en un thriller psicológico que fue protagonizado por Robin Williams.

Con tan solo 20 años, Kane Parsons, el nombre del director que está detrás del proyecto, se ha confirmado como una voz fresca en el terror. Este es un logro que realmente pocas veces se ha visto. En cuanto a Backrooms, esta escalofriante cinta trata sobre misteriosos espacios vacíos y los secretos que estos pueden llegar a ocultar. Lo más destacable es que conserva las mismas imágenes inquietantes que hicieron que millones de personas vuelvan a adentrarse en los vídeos originales.

Kane Parsons da a conocer una de las influencias detrás de 'Backrooms'

A pesar de su innegable originalidad, Kane Parsons nunca ha evitado hablar de los medios que inspiraron su película. Desde videojuegos hasta películas poco conocidas, la realidad es que se inspiró en múltiples fuentes para hacer posible este largometraje. En este sentido, recordar cuáles fueron es una interesante manera de descubrir esas producciones que fueron claves en el estilo tan singular de Backrooms.

En una entrevista reciente, Kane Parsons mencionó una película en concreto. Si bien el thriller infravalorado al que se refería tiene una historia completamente diferente, ciertos elementos visuales y temas se repiten en Backrooms de un modo similar. Explicó que Retratos de una obsesión fue muy influyente en su reciente trabajo. En esta película de 2002, Robin Williams interpreta a un solitario revelador de fotos que desarrolla un vínculo enfermizo con una familia.

"Es la que más tuvimos en cuenta como referencia… sobre todo en lo que respecta a la cinematografía y el sonido", sugirió Kane Parsons al respecto. Después de todo, ambas historias presentan entornos que pretenden simbolizar la agitación interna de los personajes. Además, ambas se estrenaron durante momentos de enormes cambios que reflejaron la ansiedad de los tiempos más convulsos.

Teniendo esto en cuenta, Backrooms se asemeja mucho a este filme, sobre todo porque adapta la mayor parte de sus ideas al concepto de las redes sociales. Aunque el largometraje de 2002 tuvo bastante éxito en taquilla y recibió críticas mayormente positivas, el thriller ha caído en el olvido. Es evidente que la novedad de ver a Robin Williams en un papel dramático atrajo al público, pero el fenómeno se desvaneció con rapidez. No solo debería recordarse como una inspiración, sino también como una historia que se adelantó a su tiempo.

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