Former President Joe Biden's Cancer Has Spread
Hunter Biden confirmed to the BBC that his father's aggressive prostate cancer has spread further.
Hunter Biden confirmed to the BBC that his father's aggressive prostate cancer has spread further.
The health condition of former U.S. President Joe Biden has deteriorated. His son, Hunter Biden, revealed to the British media outlet BBC on Friday that his father's illness has spread further. Last year, the public learned that Biden is battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had already spread to his bones.
"It's very painful," Hunter Biden told the BBC, without going into details about where exactly the cancer has spread. In the same interview, he also commented on his father's decision to issue pardons, saying it was not good for the U.S., the Constitution, or his father's legacy, but that he is grateful for it.
Meanwhile, the situation on the Ukrainian battlefield remains tense. In the early hours of August 7, 2026, three people were killed in a Russian attack on an area northeast of Kyiv. Local governor Tymur Tkachenko confirmed that the attack occurred in the Brovary district and that a child was among the dead. Three more people were injured.
Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported that powerful explosions were heard in the capital and that fires broke out at two locations. There is no information yet about casualties in Kyiv itself. On the other hand, Russia-installed governor of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, announced that two people were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on a residential building in the city of Kerch. Ukraine has not yet commented on that attack.
In Europe, diplomatic tensions are also not easing. The Russian embassy in Germany has denied any involvement in the drone incident in Leipzig. On Tuesday evening, a drone with explosives was found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at the airport there. The explosives were not activated. The Russian side described the whole case as "new anti-Russian hysteria."
In the south of the continent, Spain has introduced enhanced border controls for travelers arriving from Italy by air or sea, effective from midnight on August 7, 2026. The decision is a response to an earlier Italian move, taken after thousands of migrants crossed the border into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week. Italy announced the same day that it would not yield to what it called "Spanish ultimatums" and would only lift its own enhanced controls when it assesses that there is no security risk. The Spanish measures are in effect until September 7, 2026.
In addition to these key events, several other significant news items were recorded. In Belgium, authorities uncovered an illegal cigarette factory and seized 19 tons of tobacco and about a million cigarettes. It is believed that 42 workers were employed there, Florence Angelici from the Belgian Ministry of Finance told The Brussels Times. In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration ordered inspections of about 470 Boeing aircraft due to possible cracks.
