Former Russian intelligence officer, double agent
David Robert Mitchell has released The End of Oak Street, a 1982‑set sci‑fi horror that transports a suburban neighbourhood into a dinosaur‑infested prehistoric landscape. Critics have praised Anne Hathaway’s performance and the film’s technical craft, but they have criticised its uneven tone, derivative Spielberg pastiche and an undercutting finale. Reviews started publishing 12 August 2026.
German officials have found a drone fitted with semtex explosives beside a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle airport and have called the incident a "hybrid" security threat. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has returned from holiday and has said Germany is facing sustained hybrid attacks. Investigators and US officials are examining whether the drone is linked to a foreign intelligence service.
Poland has detained a suspect on Aug. 7, believed to be recruited by Russians and aimed at an American-Ukrainian citizen, in what Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls the first known attack on a US national ordered from Moscow on NATO soil. Poland says the operation involved US services and its own security agencies; authorities offer few further details.
Joshua Cammidge, 31, has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and preparing an act of sabotage after prosecutors say he gave Google Maps screenshots and addresses for four drone-manufacturing sites in Swindon and volunteered to carry out sabotage while communicating with a suspected GRU Volunteer Corps representative.
Federal prosecutors have charged five Russian-linked operatives in a conspiracy to conceal Oxygen Forensics’ ties to Russia while selling its software to US agencies. Reiber and Davydov are among those charged, with the company previously undisclosed to public filings as Russian ownership was concealed. The Secret Service had previously used the software but has since discontinued due to security concerns.