“Finally, something no one else has,” the Russian journalist said in a television documentary about the country’s largest drone factory. “There is no mass production of such two-stroke engines anywhere else in Russia.”

The Arabga, 600 miles east of Moscow in the Tatarstan region of Russia, the factory in question, is increasing the number of Iran-designed Shahed-136 attack drones (known in Russia as Guerland), but the man behind the site thinks this is one of the biggest achievements.

“This is a complete facility,” CEO Timur Shagivaleev adds to the documentary, explaining that most of the drone components are produced locally. “It comes in aluminum bars and the engines are made from them. The microelectronics are made from electric chips. The fuselage is made from carbon fiber and glass fiber. This is the perfect place.”

This claim shows that Iran-designed production of Shahed, the backbone of Moscow’s drone war against Ukraine, is now largely absorbed by Russian military industrial machinery. Analysts and information personnel believe that 90% of the production stages are occurring in Arabga or other Russian facilities.

To that end, recent satellite images continue to expand the site, allowing new production facilities and dormitories to be expanded exponentially. Analyst CNN said this growth could potentially allow Russia to potentially export updated combat-test versions of drones originally imported from Iran.

However, according to Western intelligence sources, the expansion of Shahed-136 and the complete Russian integration effectively alienates Iran and reveals the rift between Moscow and Tehran. They became increasingly panicked with the small returns they received from Russia, despite Tehran supporting Moscow’s war efforts with not only drones but missiles and other assets.

That frustration boiled effectively through Israel’s 12-day bombing campaign, which targeted Iran’s nuclear weapons program in June.

“Iran may hope that Russia will take more steps without the need to do so,” Ali Akbar Dareini, an analyst at the Tehran-based Center for Strategic Studies, the research arm of the Iranian president’s office, told CNN. They cannot intervene militarily, but they have support for beef surgery in terms of weapon shipping, technical support, sharing intelligence, or anything like that. ”

However, Russia’s distant approach was not surprising when civil servants from the Western intelligence agency spoke to him.

“This clear break-off shows that Russia will not intervene beyond its imminent interests, even when a partner, a key drone supplier, is attacked,” they said.

After Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it began importing Iranian Shahed drones. By early 2023, Moscow and Tehran had signed a $1.755 billion contract for Russia to build drones domestically.

By September 2025, stipulated in the initial contract, 6,000 drones were manufactured a year before scheduled, and according to Ukraine’s defense information, Arabga currently pumps more than 5,500 units a month. They also do so in a more efficient and cost-effective way.

“In 2022, Russia paid an average of 200,000 US dollars for one such drone,” a Ukrainian defense source said. “In 2025, that number reached around 70,000 US dollars.”

Ukraine also said Russia modernised its drones, improved communications, long-term batteries and much larger warheads, making them even more deadly and difficult to beat.

Officials from the Western Intelligence Agency said Iran first appears to be embracing Russia’s efforts to localize about 90% of Shahed 136 production in Arabga, but Moscow’s upgrade appears to have caught it off guard.

“This evolution indicates Iran’s gradual loss of control over the final product, which is currently manufactured primarily locally and independently,” the source explained. They added that Moscow’s ultimate goal is to “fully master the production cycle and free yourself from future negotiations with Tehran.”

Dareini says that Russia’s predatory behavior is not surprising, describing relations between the two countries as “both cooperation and competition.”

“It’s clear that Russians want more, they want to get more, give less, and that’s true for Iran,” he explained. “Iran has been providing drones, technology and factories to Russia, but it wasn’t free.”

However, in the process of expansion, officials say the Arabga cannot fulfill their obligations to Iranian partners. They say in addition to losing control of the final product, Iranian authorities and businesses, namely the Sahara Thunder, complain that some payments have not been made as the Russian economy was stuffed over three years ago.

CNN was unable to independently verify this. CNN contacted the Arabga regime for comment but has not yet received a reply.

“These obstacles add to Tehran’s complaints about the blockage that would prevent the transfer of Russian aviation technology to Iran. Iran has been promised by Moscow in exchange for its support.”

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran led Tehran to withdraw from its predominantly international territory, reorganizing, reorganizing and rebuilding what was destroyed during the conflict. In addition to the well-known damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities, Israel has targeted several other Iranian facilities.

David Albright, a former UN Weapon Inspector and head of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) think tank, believes that the Arabga expansion will allow Moscow to provide some meaningful support and send some of the updated versions of Sharp back to Iran.

“Some of (Iran’s) drone production facilities have been bombed and they fired a lot of (drones), so they might do that as a way to build inventory,” Albright said. “And Iran has been able to reverse engineer or receive the technology to make better quality sharps.”

“I think that’s very dangerous,” he added.

Other military equipment may also be heading towards Tehran. Open source flight tracking data shows Gelix Airlines Ilyushin – 76 military cargo planes that flew from Moscow to Tehran on July 11.

The IL-76 is a heavy transport plane that the Russian army frequently uses to carry troops and military equipment, and Gerix Airlines is associated with the transport of military equipment in the past.

The aircraft spent about three hours on the ground and returned to Moscow.

Although CNN was unable to confirm what was on board, Iranian media reported it was the final component of Russia’s S-400 air defense system.

CNN has requested comment from the Russian Ministry of Defense to comment on tensions between the two countries, but has not received a response. Similarly, CNN has also contacted the Iranian government in both Tehran and the UK embassy, but has not yet received a reply.

These latest developments highlight Dareini’s core beliefs about relations between the two countries. There may be tensions, but Iran will ultimately benefit from the partnership.

“Iran has it, but it’s very likely that they’ll get what they need for their own security,” he explained. “Whether it’s military hardware, economic cooperation, technology and what it needs.”

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German police say the driver was driving at over 320 kph (199 mph) in the west of Oatbaan, west of Berlin.

The unspecified speedster was caught on July 28th while racing along the A2 Highway near Burg.

The driver was fined 900 euros ($1,043), stripped of two points from his driver’s license and was banned from driving for three months, Magdeburg Police Station said Tuesday.

A roadside radar stand known as the “executive trailer” caught the driver on regular checks. Readings from the exhibit showed a “highest recording speed” of 321 kph, police said.

Germany’s famous Autobahn Expressway has attracted appeal and interest around the world for its lack of speeding restrictions. German authorities and driving clubs have been debating over the years whether policies should be continued.

However, some highways are subject to speed limits, so infinite speeds are not universal for cars. The limit for the highway section where record-breaking drivers were captured is 120 kph (74.5 mph).

Sydney
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An Australian woman who murdered three step-by-laws with a toxic mushroom diet is also allegedly attempting to kill her husband using poisonous pasta, chicken curry and sandwich wrap.

Last month, the ju judge discovered that Erin Patterson invited his mother-in-law, father-in-law Don Patterson and Gale’s sister Heather Wilkinson to lunch at home and poisoned him in a serving of Wellington beef, which includes death cap mushrooms.

They also committed the 50-year-old crime of attempted murder of Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, and survived the 2023 diet at the Erin Patterson home in Leongata, a town of about 6,000 people, about 135 km (84 miles) southeast of Melbourne.

Patterson was initially accused of three murders and five attempted murders in 2023, with four additional counts in connection with her estranged husband, Simon Patterson.

Judge Christopher Beale held that the charges should be split into two separate trials before the prosecutors dropped the attempted murder charges related to Simon Patterson on the eve of their first trial.

This meant that details of the alleged attempts about her husband’s life in 2021 and 2022 were not heard by the ju apprentice.

“After my first illness, there was the idea that Erin’s food got me sick,” Simon Patterson told an October 2024 pre-game hearing in Melbourne.

He eventually began to maintain a spreadsheet of his illness, which the court heard, after eating his estranged wife’s dishes, including Penne Bolognese, Chicken Curry, and sandwich wrap.

The suspected addiction on two camping trips and walks led to his death.

In either case, the doctors were unable to finalize the cause of his illness.

Simon Patterson raised suspicions with his doctor and his family, including his father Don, who died at lunchtime.

Don Patterson was convinced he had been poisoned at lunchtime in July 2023, so he arrived at the hospital with his own vomit for medical professionals to test.

Evidence from computers seized from Patterson’s home, indicating searches for other types of poison, was also removed from trial.

After Patterson was convicted last month, Judge Beale ordered the restraint of pre-trial materials to protect Patterson’s right to appeal.

However, on Friday he ordered restrictions to be lifted and refused discussion by her defense team. She said the release of material combined with intense media interest puts the potential for appeal at risk.

“Open justice is a fundamental concern in our criminal justice,” Beale said Friday.

Patterson has not indicated whether she will, but has spent 28 days starting from the unknown day of her sentence to appeal.

Patterson’s appeal is unlikely to be successful, but could not be ruled out, Beale said Friday.

Patterson maintained her innocence through an incident that held Australian hold, and her defense called death a “terrifying accident.” She pleaded not guilty to the number of attempted murders against her husband.

The court will then hear the case on August 25th, the first of a two-day judicial hearing in which the victim’s impact statement is read.

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Thai prosecutors on Thursday charged 23 suspects, including construction troops and Chinese state-owned companies, for violations that led to the collapse of the building during a powerful earthquake, killing nearly 100 workers.

The 30-storey state audit office tower, partially built in Bangkok, was the only building to collapse from the tremor emanating from the powerful 7.7 magnitude tremors of neighbouring Myanmar on March 28th. At least 95 people were killed in the incident.

The construction of the provincial audit office building was a joint venture between the developments of Italy and Thailand, one of Thailand’s largest construction companies, and China Railway 10 shares (Thailand), a local unit of the China Railway Group, owned by China Railway Group.

Italian Thai president and executive of China Railway No. 10 (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Premchai Karnasta has been formally charged with 21 other suspects who violated construction regulations and caused deaths through negligence, said Sakkasem Nisaiyok, a spokesman for the Attorney General.

Other suspects have also been charged with forging engineering documents, the statement said.

The Italian and Thai developments did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

Attorneys for other parties involved in the case, including China Railway No. 10 (Thailand) Co., Ltd., could not be reached for comment.

Premchai denied all charges against 14 other people when police were arrested in May over the collapse of the building.

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The wealthy businessman on Thursday became head of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, tasked with restoring order in the troubled country, as top gang leaders vowed to overthrow the government and highlighted the challenges the country faced.

The appointment at Port-au-Prince, a strict security guard for the council in the capital of Laurent Saint-Cyr, shows that criminal gangs control 90% of the neighbourhood, and that members of Haitian private sector served for the first time in both the revolving presidency and the post of prime minister.

San Sai started out as a local insurance company, and the current Haiti Prime Minister once ran an internet company.

“Our country is experiencing one of the biggest crises in all history,” Sun Sis said as he swore. “It’s not a time for a beautiful speech, it’s a time to act.”

A few hours ago, a powerful gang federation of Haitian oligarchs threatened to overthrow the government, overthrowing the government, and the shooting exploded in parts of the capital.

In a video posted to social media, Jimmy Chérizier (known as “Barbecue”), the leader of the Viv Ansanm gang, warns residents to pass through the neighborhood and arrive at the council’s office.

“The Haitians, they take care of themselves and help us… in the fight to free the country,” says Cherizier. He wore a bulletproof vest and placed an automatic rifle over his shoulder.

The non-supporting mission led by Kenya Police said in a statement that officers had hampered the potential attacks by increasing the number of troops around certain areas and critical infrastructure.

“Armed gangs were planning to disrupt the stability of the nation and render the country indiscriminate.”

Saint-Sil thanked all the national and international stakeholders who helped Haiti, and the private sector, which he called the engine of the country’s economy. He pointed out that while he comes from the private sector he will serve all people equally.

San Sai previously served as president of the American Chamber of Commerce and the country’s Chamber of Commerce in Haiti. He will work with Prime Minister Alix Didier Philz Aimé, former president of Haitian internet company and former president of the country’s chamber of commerce.

Sun Size said security is a priority. He helped to strengthen their operations, send more soldiers to international partners, provide more training, and boost missions that lacked resources and personnel.

“We must restore the powers of the state,” he said. “The challenges we face are certainly related to anxiety, but they are also the result of lack of courage, lack of vision and irresponsibility.”

He questioned what was preventing the government from providing appropriate services to Haitians, including health and education. “Mr. Prime Minister, assume your responsibility!” he said.

Meanwhile, in a letter to Sun Size, 58 organizations, including the United States, accused the council of violating legal obligations towards Haitian women and girls.

“Gang rape is endemic,” they said. He pointed out that sexual violence surged as gangs stuck to their rampage. The organization also accused the Haitian government of being “completely absent” in shelters where rape survivors need basic services.

More and more people are complaining about Haiti’s private sector, which leads the country. For a long time, some wealthy elites and powerful politicians in Haiti have been accused of funding and arming dozens of gangs.

“The elites have always wanted power, they have always wanted to control Haiti, and now they have control,” said Merlin Jean Pierre, a 44-year-old teacher who encouraged the shooting to visit friends at a downtown Port-au-Prince hospital.

She said she lost hope that things would change and accused the former council president of making promises they didn’t keep.

“Nothing happened,” she said. “The young woman has been raped and the family has been dismantled.”

However, dozens of Haitians supported him, wearing white T-shirts and clenched signs decorated with pictures of San Siya gathered outside the council office to support him.

The skirmish broke out hours later between supporters and those who opposed Sansil.

“He’s Haitian despite being a mulato with good hair,” one supporter said of Saint-Sil, part of the country’s small, powerful skinned elite.

“I’m on alert!”

As the country prepares for the San Sai oath ceremony, Haitians posted a surge in warnings about violence, hoping that people could remain safe.

“You in the capital will hear gunshots in both front and behind you. Stay vigilant!” One message is stated.

Local news site Triptay Raquei reported that one person was killed and another injured while driving to Port-au-Prince on Thursday, but it was unclear how that happened. Videos posted on social media show the woman’s body fell into the car.

Heavy gunshots around downtown Port-au-Prince continued Tuesday afternoon, with local media reporting several people injured. We also heard a small explosion from the policemanned drone.

The violence was also reported in Kenskoff, a once peaceful agricultural area on the Hill of Port-au-Prince.

The unsupported mission said they lost two armored vehicles after being trapped in a trench that was dug by the gang. A Kenyan police officer was attacked with a Molotov cocktail but said he “had the courage to hold the ground and caused great damage to the perpetrators.” Three officers suffered minor injuries.

A video posted on social media shows suspicions that gang members were laughing and cheering around one of the armored vehicles that later flare up.

“Back if possible!” I heard a gunman joking.

In a report released Thursday, UNBacked Mission said it has 991 staff members with less than 2,500 expected and approximately $112 million in the trust fund. That’s about 14% of the estimated $800 million needed per year.

The mission said there was no air support for operations and insufficient equipment including vehicles, so only 200 officers could be deployed at a time.

The mission also said the government remains fragile. “Parent inscribers within the interim government have the effect of paralyzing the government and encouraging gangs,” he said.

The Kenskoff gang recently invited eight people from an orphanage, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child. They remain missing.

After President Giovenel Moise was killed in July 2021, violence has surged, and ongoing violence has ousted more than 1.3 million people in recent years.

At least 1,520 people were killed, and more than 600 were injured in Haiti from April to the end of June. More than 60% of the killings and injuries occurred during security forces’ operations against the gang, with an additional 12% being criticized by self-defense groups, according to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti.

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Russia has launched a new bid to control the city of Carson, a southern Ukraine city, by threatening major access roads with drones and attempting to split it into two by crossing important bridges.

On Sunday, waves of airstrikes damaged key bridges between Carson’s island, Kolabel and major cities, sparking extensive efforts to evacuate an estimated 1,800 Ukrainian civilians still living there. Local people and rescuers say the Russian troops have not targeted evacuation efforts over the past three days. Videos posted online later Wednesday show that a major Russian strike has resumed near the bridge and the island, and are thought to be based on some Ukrainian troops as well.

Russian military bloggers have also warned Kherson residents that major access roads from the north to the city will be targeted by long-range drones. It was unclear how much the threat had on Wednesday when CNN witnessed CNN travelling along the road, including many cyclists, which may be protected by nets hanging on asphalt to block drones.

Capture of Herson City and Regions – seized on the first day of the war and released by a rapid Ukraine counterattack in November 2022 – one of the main goals of Russian President Putin’s main goals, and the renewed pressure to separate Kolabel from other cities may raise concerns for Russian troops, seeking bombs.

Evacuation from Corabel continued Wednesday, when rescuers told CNN that they were calm when they gathered some of the 925 people who had been removed from the island by the end of the day. Locals reported that artillery fire continued on the peninsula, but the drones appeared to leave only the evacuation fleet. The exhausted locals cried both relief and anxiety for their future when they reached aid point.

Nadya sat behind the armored van that had her foamed up and said, “We’ve been hitting her so hard since the morning. When did this all end? We’ve already gotten hooked from all of this? She said the drone was ‘crying cry’ that day, but didn’t reach her area. “We’re already tired of this. When Trump comes, or someone… we don’t deserve an old age like we’re here.” She said she heard the deadline set by US President Donald Trump for a peace deal with Russia, but that hadn’t changed anything for her.

Most of the elderly evacuees had been promised accommodation elsewhere in the city, but few other options were available. Nina, 85, was exhausted from the 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), grabbed a crutch and had already been separated from her bag by the rescuer. “There’s no plan. I’ll live where they left me,” she said. “I’m on one leg. I’m so tired of this shooting that my nerves can’t take it anymore.”

Local Ukrainian officials stressed that Russia’s suspension in the drone attack on the refuge was insignificant after months of repeated strikes against civilian targets.

“They absolutely don’t care what their target is,” said Yaroslav Shanko, director of the Kherson City military department. “It’s absolutely pointless to talk about humanity from the Russians. Strikes to the community and cities are constant.”

Civilians are regularly hunted by Russian drones, whose operators flaunt their ruthless strikes in online posts. Kherson’s main hospital included 25 patients from artillery or drone injuries.

I, 62, was attacked at 4am on Wednesday as a drone strike went outside and escaped after setting a fire to my neighbor’s house. Another “double tap” drone then attacked. He fell behind on the fence, but his feet hanging over it, protecting his torso, not his legs. Ankle bandages hid the sh shotgun damage to his legs.

“It’s dangerous there. You need to listen carefully,” I said of drone detection. “Double tap. That’s how they operate. They destroy the house and burn. A minute later, another comes and checks if the house is on fire, or if someone is trying to erase it. And they kill and destroy it more.”

I am one of many patients who live alone and cannot be released from the hospital immediately because they cannot walk with inflated ward occupation. Three drones hovered over the facility during a CNN visit, local officials said. The crackling of gunfire and engine fuss went through the web of the hospital window.

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The Cambodian Prime Minister said Thursday that he nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and praised the “extraordinary politicians” who halted the Cambodia-Thai border conflict.

Hun Mane made an announcement late Thursday in a Facebook post, accompanied by a letter saying he was sent to Norwegian Nobel Committee, intervened as an example of “an exceptional outcome in eliminating escalating tensions in some of the world’s most volatile regions.”

“This timely intervention that avoided a potentially catastrophic conflict is essential to preventing the major loss of life and paved the way for peace,” the Cambodian leader wrote in a letter.

Reuters reported that both Thai and Cambodia leaders called out to both Thai and Cambodia leaders, breaking the deadlock in an effort to end some of the heaviest fights between their neighbours these days.

That led to a ceasefire negotiated in Malaysia on July 28th. The two countries agreed on Thursday to ensure a rekindled hostilities and allow observers in Southeast Asia.

In total, 43 people were killed, and five days of conflict began with fires of small arms, which quickly escalated to heavy artillery and rocket fires, and then quickly escalated the deployment of Thailand several hours after the F-16 fighter jets for airstrikes.

The nomination was expected after the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister announced the plan last week, but we would like to thank Trump for the 19% tariff on Cambodia’s imports.

Pakistan said in June that it would recommend Trump to the Nobel Peace Prize for work to help resolve the conflict with India, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that he nominated Trump for the award.