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Russia bans last anti-war party from September elections

Supreme Court blocks Yabloko from the ballot ahead of September's election.

Russia's Supreme Court barred the liberal Yabloko party from the September ballot for parliament's lower house. The ruling blocks one of the few Russian parties openly calling for an end to fighting in Ukraine.

ContextFounded in 1993, Yabloko is Russia's oldest liberal party and the only one to publicly oppose the invasion of Ukraine. It has held no Duma seats since 2003. Its ban leaves no legal path for anti-war voters in September's election.

BLOOMBERG5 sources

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Trump signs order cutting childhood vaccine recommendations, cites debunked autism link

The order creates a tiered system pushing RSV, hepatitis A and B shots to 'high-risk' children only, and recommends splitting the MMR vaccine.

President Donald Trump signed the order Monday, calling for fewer childhood vaccines and a tiered schedule that limits RSV and hepatitis A and B shots to children at higher risk. It also recommends splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, while Trump cited a discredited link between vaccines and autism.

ContextThe order directs the Health and Human Services Department to reassess vaccine sequencing and timing within 90 days. It does not directly change school-immunization rules, which states—not the federal government—set.

CBS NEWS10 sources