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UK Rail Strikes Are Set to Extend Into Late Summer

UK train strikes are set to continue through the late summer after a major union announced a further two days of industrial action amid a dispute with train operating companies over working conditions, job security and pay.

Ukraine Recap: Russia Targets Airfields With Ballistic Missiles

Russian forces aimed four Kinzhal ballistic missiles at military airfields in western Ukraine in what a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman said was part of an effort to forestall training by Kyiv’s troops on Western weapons systems including F-16 fighter jets. One of the missiles was shot down over Kyiv; the others hit what were termed civilian areas in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. An eight-year-old boy was killed.