Kim Jong Un feasted at a lavish banquet with gaudy lighting and a showstopping scale model of a nuclear missile

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A composite image showing the general scene of a banquet in Pyongyang, including a large decorative model of a nuclear weapon, on August 27, 20.23. The picture is inlaid with an image of Kim Jong Un at the banquet, and marked up by Insider with the words 'decorative party nuke.'
Kim Jong Un at his banquet in Pyongyang on 27 August 2023, in this image marked up by Insider.

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Mitch McConnell might be freezing up in public because he's having small seizures, doctors suggest

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after he froze at a press conference in July.

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Video shows a Ukrainian soldier celebrating after his first-person-view drone slams into a Russian military truck from behind

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An image shows a drone strike, left, and the Ukrainian drone operator, right, reaction to it.
An image shows a drone strike, left, and the Ukrainian drone operator, right, reacting to it.

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A Ukrainian group says it's wreaking havoc on Russian occupiers, from directing missile strikes to trolling them with the national anthem

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A file photo of Russian soldiers guard an office for Russian citizenship applications as their military truck is parked nearby, in Melitopol, south Ukraine, on July 14, 2022.
Russian soldiers in Melitopol, an occupied city in southern Ukraine, in July 2022.

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Putin is planning another trip to China, report says, a further sign of his dependence on Xi Jinping

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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Russian hardliners are fuming that the Kremlin wasn't able to top a string of embarrassing attacks on home soil

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits at a table with two members of a tank crew
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with a tank crew at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

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Russia is likely rethinking its air defenses, UK intel says, after a string of embarrassing strikes deep within its territory

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Russian Tu-22 bomber
A Tu-22M3 bomber performs during an aviation contest in Russia.

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Ukraine showed off experimental new land drones, including one mounted with a turret

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Six men, including Ukrainian minister Mykhailo Fedorov, standing next to a Ukrainian drone.
Six men, including the Ukrainian minister Mykhailo Federov (center, in sunglasses) next to a Ukrainian drone in a photo shared on August 28, 2023 by state-affiliated media.

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The Kremlin is trying to stop any under-50s running against Putin for president to avoid drawing attention to his age, report says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone in his office in Saint Petersburg on December 15, 2018.

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Zelenskyy 'bombed' at his first White House meeting and 'pissed Biden off,' says new book

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on September 01, 2021 in Washington, DC
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on September 01, 2021 in Washington, DC

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