Venice’s Golden Lion Goes to ‘Woman Unknown’
May el-Toukhy’s cross-border drama ‘Woman Unknown’ won Venice’s top prize on September 12, while Mathilde Arcel took best actress.
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NATO’s Latvia counter-drone exercise tests allied integration
NATO’s Baltic Trust 26 exercise in Latvia tested how sensors, command systems and allied forces can coordinate against drone threats.
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Latvia identifies drone shot down by NATO jets as Ukrainian
Latvia says the Ukrainian drone entered from Belarus and was likely diverted by Russian electronic warfare before NATO jets shot it down.
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NATO’s counter-drone exercise tests Europe’s air-defense gaps
NATO’s Baltic Trust exercise in Riga ended August 14 after testing allied counter-drone coordination, but public evidence does not yet show whether key gaps were closed.
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Ukraine strike kills 17 as NATO airspace incidents keep Europe’s eastern flank on alert
A Russian barrage killed 17 people in Ukraine’s Kyiv region on August 5, while a French Rafale shot down a drone in Latvian airspace during a NATO mission in June.
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NATO Begins Baltic Counter-Drone Exercise in Latvia
NATO has begun Baltic Trust 2026 in Riga, testing allied detection, command coordination and suppression tactics against massed drone incursions.