North Korea, with the support of Russia, builds new destroyers with a record pace, the video report of The Wall Street Journal says . In April 2025, the DPRK introduced its first destroyer of the Choi Hyun class, the construction of which took about 400 days. A comparison is given: China spends 18 months on the construction of a similar ship, the United States - about two years, and Russia needs up to 11 years to create a frigate.

This is not the first time The Insider has received recognition for its investigative reporting. In September 2021, a joint investigation by The Insider , Bellingcat , and CNN (with contributions from Der Spiegel ) into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was also awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative News Coverage.

Jeff Bezos, the head of Amazon and the Blue Origin space company, is trying to get closer to Donald Trump for the sake of obtaining state contracts after the quarrel of Ilon Mask and the US president, writes The Wall Street Journal. The head of Amazon spoke twice with Trump in June, and the general director of Blue Origin Dave Limp met with the head of the White House administration. During negotiations with the president and his team, Blue Origin representatives sought new state contracts.

In September 2021, the joint investigation of The Insider, Bellingcat, and CNN (with the participation of Der Spiegel) about the poisoning of Alexei Navalny also received the news and documentary Ammmy Award for the “outstanding news investigation report”. The investigation was issued in mid -December 2020. Its authors came to the conclusion that at least 8 FSB officers are involved in the poisoning of Navalny by combat substance of the Novice Family.

Six people detained law enforcement agencies throughout Serbia on suspicion of committing a crime - preparing actions against the constitutional system and security of the state, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia. The department writes about the arrest of I.M. (born in 1977), N. A. (1978), V.K. (1970), A. I. (1976), S. G. (1973) and B. M. (1968).

US President Donald Trump sharply criticized the CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, accusing her of spreading inaccurate information about the results of American blows to Iranian nuclear facilities. In his publication, CNN referred to preliminary intelligence data, according to which the US attack did not destroy the key elements of Iran’s nuclear program, but only threw it away a few months ago. Trump himself claims that “all goals were destroyed” and a “decisive blow” was inflicted.

The news The Insider June 26, 2025 Photo: RIA "Voronezh" On June 24, the State Duma in the third reading adopted a law that allowed the Ministry of Defense to conclude contracts with stateless persons. The human rights activist Stefania Kulaev believes that the law could be adopted in order to force Ukrainians who were in the occupied territories or left for Russia.

The federal large jury (jury collegium) in Boston brought new accusations to the scientist Ksenia Petrova. She was detained in February due to frog embryos in baggage, which she was carrying from France. Now she is released on bail. According to The Guardian newspaper, the jury came to the conclusion that in the Petrova case there is enough evidence for an official charge of smuggling, which was put forward in May.

The AX-4 mission (Axioma-4) was attached to the International Space Station. There are four people on board, three of whom are citizens of India, Poland and Hungary - the first astronauts for the ISS for their countries, Reuters notes . The AX-4 crew will spend two weeks to the ISS. Among them are Shubhansha Shukla from India, Glorysh recognizen-Vishnevsky from Poland, Tibor Kapu from Hungary and the American astronaut Peggy Witson.

The Journalistic investigation of the Finnish television and radio company Yle showed that from February 2022, aviation parts in the amount of at least € 1 billion have been included in Russia, despite tough restrictions. Among the supply are critical components from the largest world manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, including engines and systems suitable for military use.

Australia has expanded its list of anti -Russian sanctions. The updated list included 37 people and 7 companies, follows from the press release on the government website.

On the east coast of North Korea, the tourist zone "Vosan-Kalma" solemnly opened. The ceremony was led by Kim Jong -un, accompanied by his wife and daughter. This is one of the largest resort complexes in the DPRK - according to state television, it is able to simultaneously accept up to 20 thousand tourists. Tours to the new resort have already begun to sell in Primorye.

Within the framework of Istanbul agreements, the next stage of the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine took place, TASS reports . The exchange of prisoners between the Russian Federation and Ukraine was parity, the work continues, the agency’s source said. Later, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially reported on the return of a group of Russian troops. At first they will be in Belarus, where they are provided by medical and psychological assistance.

Denis Vilnív, known for the films “Dun”, “Arrival” and “Running Blade 2049”, will become the director of the new film about James Bond. It is reported by Variety. The producers of the picture will be Amy Pascal, David Hayman and wife Vilnyva Tanya Lapuant.

Vietnam abolished the death penalty for eight crimes as part of legal reforms, reports ABC News - for trying to overthrow the government, damage to state infrastructure, manufacturing and selling fake drugs, unleashing wars, espionage, drug trafficking, embezzlement and receiving bribes.