The German public-legal television channel ZDF reached a pre-trial settlement with Elon Musk and removed from the broadcast version of the episode a fragment that caused the entrepreneur’s claims. The channel itself announced this, Die Zeit reports . The conflict erupted around the June 12 edition of ZDFheute live.

A US Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. According to Reuters, all eight crew members were killed. The plane crashed onto the runway immediately after leaving the ground and burst into flames. An Air Force spokesman said the bomber was on a routine test flight. In addition to military personnel, there were government officials and representatives of government contractors on board.

European AI startup Mistral, which positions itself as a “sovereign” alternative to American tech giants for EU governments and government agencies, turned out to be one of the least resistant to Russian disinformation among the 60 generative models tested. This is the result of a study conducted by the Estonian Language Institute commissioned by the state, writes FT.

Owners of “shadow fleet” tankers, which transport Russian and Iranian oil bypassing sanctions, use a set of digital tools to control crews and hide their tracks, writes The Wall Street Journal. US Coast Guard cybersecurity experts have identified the use of information systems that are vulnerable to hacking. This was determined by examining the equipment on ships captured by American forces.

Self-exiled anti-Putin artist Semyon Skrepetsky (real name Robert Kuzovkov), whose equal opportunity caricatures also made fun of the Russian opposition , was shot and killed on June 15 in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska, according to a report by local outlet Podlaski.info . The shooting took place at around 10 a.m. local time in a parking lot. On June 12, Russia Day, Skrepetsky staged what turned out to be his final performance .

As it became known last week, one of the world's largest website certification authorities, the Japanese GlobalSign, began revoking SSL certificates from Russian companies. The Ministry of Digital Development said that no serious problems should arise due to the revocation of foreign certificates and that in the worst case, sites and online services may be unavailable “for a short time” while their owners receive new certificates.

The Tatneft company has limited the sale of gasoline at its gas stations in all - or at least most - Russian regions, media reported. Last week, the Tatneft refinery came under a drone attack in Tatarstan and suspended operations. The limits at all gas stations of the network were reported to the Interfax agency on the Tatneft hotline. They clarified that the restrictions affect the entire network of gas stations.

UK authorities have published updates to their sanctions lists. Among other things, the restrictions included gas carriers for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), companies associated with the A7 cryptocurrency network, and GRU officers. Among the high-ranking GRU officers London lists: London associates some of them (for example, Mamontov and Popov) with schemes to circumvent sanctions: the purchase of equipment and military technologies for Russia abroad through front companies.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan conveyed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov the demand to “avoid steps in the Black Sea that threaten regional security and the interests of Turkey.” This was reported by Reuters with reference to a joint press conference of the two ministers.

One of the main topics on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains in France was the US agreement with Iran, the details of which world leaders are trying to clarify. CNN reports this. US President Donald Trump said the text of the agreement with Iran will be published “in a couple of days” and could be sent to Congress for consideration. At a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump argued that the Strait of Hormuz is already partially open to shipping.

Moscow authorities have reported a massive drone attack on the Russian capital on the morning of June 16. One of the drones struck the oil refinery in Kapotnya, causing a fire. The attack on Moscow’s core oil refinery was confirmed by mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who stated on his Telegram channel that a total of around 60 drones had been intercepted on approach to the city. One of the drones, however, “damaged a facility on the territory of the Moscow Refinery.” No casualties have been reported.

American oil and gas companies ConocoPhillips and Novatera Energy have signed an agreement with the state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) to develop onshore gas fields. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Syrian Ministry of Energy. In November, both companies signed a memorandum of understanding with SPC, under which the current agreement was concluded.

American law enforcement officers prevented planned attacks on the UFC Freedom 250 tournament, which took place on the White House lawn on the day of President Donald Trump's 80th birthday. This was stated by FBI Director Cash Patel, reports the Associated Press. Five people from Ohio, Missouri and California were detained, according to an AP law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Last week, the European Central Bank raised rates for the first time in almost three years, responding to accelerating inflation due to the war in the Middle East. The deposit rate was raised from 2 to 2.25% - this was what economists and investors had been waiting for, many of whom are predicting another quarter-point increase in September. The regulator emphasized that it does not make any commitments in advance, but considers itself ready to act in conditions of uncertainty.

Elon Musk's SpaceX acquired startup Anysphere, which develops the Cursor application for programming using AI, for $60 billion. The Financial Times reports this. SpaceX plans to use Cursor to extend the capabilities of its own large language model, Grok. The FT writes that Grok currently lags behind models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic in its ability to write and debug code - and SpaceX hopes to correct this with the purchase of Cursor.