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Russia says Ukrainian drones hit nuclear power plant during Independence Day strikes

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Russian officials said Ukrainian drones ignited an overnight fire at a nuclear plant in Russia’s Kursk region.
The strikes coincided with Ukraine’s 34th Independence Day, marking its 1991 break from the Soviet Union.
Russia said the strikes hit several power facilities. The plant fire was quickly extinguished. A transformer was damaged, but radiation levels remained normal, and no injuries were reported.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it was aware of media reports of a transformer fire «due to military activity,» but had not independently confirmed them.
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A soldier of Ukraine’s National Guard 15th Brigade launches a reconnaissance drone Leleka to determine Russian positions near the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said «every nuclear facility must be protected at all times.»
A fire also broke out at the port of Ust-Luga in Russia’s Leningrad region, home to a major fuel export terminal.
The regional governor said about 10 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the area and that debris sparked the blaze.
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Ukrainian servicemen of the 44th artillery brigade fire a Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted 95 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory Sunday.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 72 drones and decoys and a cruise missile overnight; 48 drones were shot down or jammed.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke in a video from Kyiv’s Independence Square.
NATO JETS SCRAMBLED AMID RUSSIA’S LARGEST DRONE ATTACK ON UKRAINE

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 13, 2025. (Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
«We are building a Ukraine that will have enough strength and power to live in security and peace,» he said, calling for a «just peace.»
«What our future will be is up to us alone,» he said, while acknowledging the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska earlier this month, which many worried would sideline Ukrainian interests.
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«And the world knows this. And the world respects this. It respects Ukraine. It perceives Ukraine as an equal,» he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Computación cuántica modular: cómo funciona el sistema que promete crecer pieza por pieza

Un equipo de científicos en la Universidad de Illinois Urbana-Champaign encontró una manera de conectar piezas de computadoras cuánticas como si fueran bloques de Lego. La idea es similar a cuando, en los años noventa, se armaban computadoras personales pieza por pieza: se compraba un procesador, una tarjeta gráfica, un disco rígido y, al ensamblarlos, se lograba una máquina más potente.
De acuerdo con un artículo publicado en Nature Electronics, el equipo desarrolló una propuesta técnica que busca que los ordenadores cuánticos sean escalables y reconfigurables. En lugar de apostar por un solo bloque grande, cada módulo contiene sus propios cúbits superconductores y puede conectarse a otros mediante cables desmontables. “La arquitectura modular permite superar este desafío mediante un ensamblaje tipo Lego, reconfiguración y expansión, en un espíritu similar al de los ordenadores clásicos modernos”, concluyen los responsables de la investigación citados por la revista.
El sistema utiliza un cable coaxial superconductor como “bus cuántico”, que no solo une los módulos, sino que logra transmitir excitaciones y crear entrelazamiento entre los cúbits de distintas partes. El equipo liderado por Michael Mollenhauer y Wolfgang Pfaff alcanzó puertas SWAP entre módulos con un “1 % de pérdida en menos de 100 ns”. Esta marca resulta decisiva porque logra el rango de error mínimo necesario para que la corrección cuántica funcione y los códigos puedan ejecutarse de forma eficiente.
La propuesta quiere atacar el mayor obstáculo en el sector: pasar de prototipos pequeños a sistemas con millones de cúbits. Los ordenadores tradicionales fabricados en un solo chip resultan difíciles de ampliar y sus operaciones pierden fidelidad a medida que crecen. Los investigadores afirman que su modularidad permitiría ampliar los sistemas al agregar nuevas piezas ya probadas, optimizando el rendimiento sin que dependa de que cada elemento sea perfecto. “El rendimiento global de la máquina no dependerá de que todos los componentes sean perfectos, sino de la capacidad de integrarlos de forma eficiente”, detalla el artículo de Nature Electronics.

Otro logro relevante fue la demostración de que los cúbits de diferentes módulos pueden alcanzar una fidelidad en el entrelazamiento del 97,4 %. Este dato sitúa la propuesta cerca de la fiabilidad de los sistemas de un solo chip y elimina la distancia física como impedimento insalvable. El sistema también posibilita que el cable se quede desmontado y vuelva a conectarse sin que la calidad caiga de manera significativa.
El texto destaca que la filosofía modular devuelve a la computación cuántica una flexibilidad ya habitual en los viejos ordenadores clónicos. Según Pfaff, “la idea es poder construir un sistema que se pueda montar, desmontar y volver a montar, manteniendo al mismo tiempo operaciones de muy alta calidad”. El enfoque permite probar los módulos por separado, detectar fallos antes de integrarlos y efectuar reemplazos sin iniciar el proceso desde cero. Además, los módulos cuánticos se pueden fabricar y testear individualmente, como se hacía con las tarjetas gráficas y discos duros en los años noventa, para luego conectar únicamente aquellos que pasan las más duras pruebas de fidelidad.
La modularidad significa también que el usuario podrá construir redes cuánticas distribuidas. Los científicos aseguran que el nuevo esquema hace posible “la generación de entrelazamiento de alta fidelidad y la operación de un cúbit lógico distribuido”. Varios módulos podrían colaborar como si fueran un único procesador lógico, repartiéndose cálculos complejos entre diferentes unidades.
No todo está resuelto. Según precisaron los autores del proyecto, el conector necesita mejorar para no comprometer la coherencia de los cúbits. Las pruebas actuales indican que esos tiempos —el lapso durante el cual un cúbit mantiene su estado cuántico— son algo menores que en dispositivos convencionales sin cables desmontables. Sin embargo, los experimentos muestran un sistema robusto y capaz de soportar varios ciclos de ensamblaje y desensamblaje sin grandes pérdidas de calidad.

Esta arquitectura tampoco limita la compatibilidad a una sola clase de cúbits. Según la investigación, “nuestro interconector no requiere elementos de circuito adicionales más allá de la no linealidad intrínseca de los cúbits, lo que lo hace aplicable también a otros tipos”. Así, el sistema podría adaptarse a innovaciones como los cúbits fluxonium y a máquinas híbridas.
El plan para el futuro inmediato contempla conectar más de dos módulos y mantener la detección de errores y la posibilidad de ampliar el procesador pieza a pieza. El equipo de Illinois proyecta construir procesadores distribuidos capaces de sumar capacidad sin límites, acercando a la tecnología cuántica a la idea de un ordenador competitivo y personalizable como los clónicos que impulsaron la revolución informática de los años noventa.
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Top GOP senator defies Trump demand to bend Senate rules for his court picks

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The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is again standing firm against President Donald Trump’s demand that Senate tradition be changed to ram through his district court and U.S. attorney nominees.
Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, came under fire from Trump again late Sunday night over the Senate’s «blue slips,» a longstanding practice in the upper chamber that the president wants to be done away with.
A blue slip effectively gives Senate Republicans and Democrats the ability to veto district court and U.S. attorney nominees in their home states.
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Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is seen during a confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2025. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But Grassley argued in a response on X Monday that without blue slips, none of Trump’s nominees would pass muster in the Senate.
«A U.S. Atty/district judge nominee without a blue slip does not [have] the votes to get confirmed on the Senate floor & they don’t [have] the votes to get out of [committee],» Grassley said. «As chairman I set [President] Trump noms up for SUCCESS NOT FAILURE.»
Trump argued that it was his constitutional right to appoint judges and U.S. attorneys, but the right had been «completely taken away from me in States that have just one Democrat United States Senator.»
GRASSLEY REBUKES TRUMP’S PRESSURE TO ‘HAVE THE COURAGE’ TO SPEED UP NOMINATIONS

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
«This is because of an old and outdated ‘custom’ known as a BLUE SLIP, that Senator Chuck Grassley, of the Great State of Iowa, refuses to overturn, even though the Democrats, including Crooked Joe Biden (Twice!), have done so on numerous occasions,» Trump said.
«Therefore, the only candidates that I can get confirmed for these most important positions are, believe it or not, Democrats! Chuck Grassley should allow strong Republican candidates to ascend to these very vital and powerful roles, and tell the Democrats, as they often tell us, to go to HELL,» he continued.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, speak to reporters following closed-door party meetings at the Capitol in Washington on June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Democrats have indeed used the blue slip tradition this year to block some of Trump’s picks for the bench as part of their broader log jam of his nominees.
For example, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., used his blue slip privileges to nix Trump’s U.S. Attorney nominees for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
And Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim, both Democrats from New Jersey, used the blue slip to object to Alina Habba’s nomination to U.S. Attorney in the Garden State. Habba was tapped by Trump to serve in the role on an interim basis, but after her term expired a panel of judges opted to not extend her position.
A replacement was chosen but then fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi. Trump then withdrew his nomination for Habba and restored her interim status.
«Habba was withdrawn as the President’s nominee for New Jersey U.S. Atty on July 24,» Grassley said. «[And] the [Judiciary Committee] never received any of the paperwork needed for the Senate to vet her nomination.»
Trump’s renewed ire comes after he singled out Grassley last month for not nixing the longstanding tradition, which is not a law, and demanded that he «have the courage» to change the practice.
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It also comes after Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal on ramming through many of the president’s nominees before leaving Washington for all of August.
Finding a pathway forward, including a likely change to the Senate’s confirmation process, is expected to be a top priority for Republicans when they return to the Hill after Labor Day.
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US ally summons Trump ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ antisemitism allegations

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France has summoned American ambassador Charles Kushner to Paris, after the diplomat accused the country of not doing enough to combat antisemitism in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron.
France’s foreign ministry said in a statement issued Sunday that Kushner’s allegations «are unacceptable,» and announced it had summoned the U.S. diplomat to appear Monday at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Kushner, who is Jewish, wrote in the letter that antisemitic incidents in France have been fueled by French government statements about recognizing a Palestinian state.
«Public statements haranguing Israel and gestures toward recognition of a Palestinian state embolden extremists, fuel violence, and endanger Jewish life in France. In today’s world, anti-Zionism is antisemitism – plain and simple,» Kushner wrote.
TRUMP REJECTS MACRON MOVE AS US SKIPS UN SUMMIT ON PALESTINIAN STATE
FILE – Charles Kushner arrives for the funeral of Ivana Trump, July 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Kushner further urged Macron «to act decisively: enforce hate-crime laws without exception, ensure the safety of Jewish schools, synagogues and businesses … and abandon steps that give legitimacy to Hamas and its allies.»

France’s President Emmanuel Macron arrives to meet with President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at the South Portico of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The French foreign ministry said in its statement that «France firmly rejects these allegations» from Kushner, adding that French authorities have «fully mobilized» to combat a rise in antisemitic acts since Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The ministry further deemed antisemitic acts «intolerable.»
The ministry said Kushner’s allegations violate international law and the obligation not to interfere with the internal affairs of another country, adding that they «also fall short of the quality of the transatlantic partnership between France and the United States and of the trust that must prevail between allies.»
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The U.S. State Department, however, said it backed Kushner and his comments, department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Sunday evening.
«Ambassador Kushner is our U.S. government representative in France and is doing a great job advancing our national interests in that role,» Pigott said.
Macron has been critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war in Gaza continues, while President Donald Trump has been a staunch supporter of the Israeli leader.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on December 9, 2024. (MAYA ALLERUZZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Kushner, a real estate developer, is the father of Jared Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump.
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At the end of his first presidential term, Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, who pleaded guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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