The DPRK says it placed its first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit last week North Korea claims it has obtained photos of the White House and a variety of sensitive US military sites thanks to its new spy satellite, which it previously said would be used to monitor American and South Korean forces.

The 16-meter banner was torn in half by strong winds, officials in Kiev have said A storm in Kiev has torn Ukraine’s largest flag in half, city officials reported on Monday. The national symbol was damaged despite being lowered to half-mast in an attempt to protect it from the strong winds.

Kiev has used toxic chemicals on authorities in the country’s former territories, an official has said Russia’s deputy minister of trade and industry, Kirill Lysogorsky, has accused Washington and its allies of supplying “toxic chemicals” to Kiev, claiming their use in attacks on Russian officials in the former Ukrainian territories that joined Russia in 2022.