UK arrests expose growing threats to European military sites

The brief

Five men are arrested near RAF Fairford, a British base used by the United States, after suspicious vehicles trigger a wider investigation into hostile activity around European military infrastructure.

In Yemen, Houthi advances near Taiz bring the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait into focus, while troops under fire, displaced civilians and hospital casualties show the conflict’s human cost.

The bulletin tracks political pressure from Ireland’s 3–0 win over Israel amid Gaza controversy to Venezuelan protests demanding María Corina Machado’s return and free elections.

An avalanche leaves Nepali climbers and support staff missing at Himlung Himal, while two mass shootings in South Africa kill 27 and expose the toll of gang violence.

Sophie Pinkham’s book frames Russian forests as both refuge from political control and a landscape repeatedly exploited by the state, linking nature to power and identity.

The closing feature asks whether Route 66 still carries economic and cultural force at 100, as communities preserve a road tied to migration, freedom and heritage tourism.