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May 7 Overnight Brief
In the war and diplomacy file
Russia has warned diplomatic missions in Kyiv to prepare to evacuate if Moscow carries out a mass strike, as tensions rise around Victory Day. Ukraine says Russia’s own short ceasefire proposal is already being violated, and Ukrainian officials say strikes have killed and injured people in several cities. The U.S. also says Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the war and broader bilateral ties, because apparently even the catastrophe comes with a call log.
Separately, the U.S. fired on an Iranian oil tanker while President Trump pushed ahead with a peace deal effort. Tehran has not yet responded to Washington’s plan, and Iran’s chief negotiator says the U.S. is trying to force surrender. The main dispute now seems to be whether this is diplomacy or a very aggressive typo.
In courts and institutions
The Justice Department says UCLA’s medical school admissions process discriminated by race, alleging the school favored Black and Hispanic applicants. The accusation centers on the use of race in admissions decisions, and it puts the university in the middle of a fresh federal fight over affirmative action.
In Wales, more than 1,300 voters in Cardiff were left without postal ballot packs after a printing failure, a problem now being treated as urgent. Royal Mail says it never received the missing packs, and the Electoral Commission says it will review the issue in its statutory report.
In tech
On the seventh day of Elon Musk’s OpenAI trial, former OpenAI figures Mira Murati, Shivon Zilis, and Helen Toner testified about Sam Altman’s management. Their testimony described chaotic leadership, weak board transparency, and staff concerns about oversight. Silicon Valley, once again, is discovering that “move fast and break things” eventually reaches the governance department.
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