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1490 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 7 of 25.

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Dnipro Hydroelectric DamUASoviet-era hydroelectric dam on the Dnipro river at Zaporizhzhia; its road-rail bridges were glide-bombed on 20-21 June 2026, severing east-bank Russian logistics.
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Dnipropetrovsk OblastUAUkrainian region in the centre-east, capital Dnipro, bordering the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts.
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DobropilliaUACoal-mining town in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, on a western approach to Kramatorsk.
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DohaQACapital of Qatar; Gulf diplomatic and financial hub hosting a major US military base.
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Dolmabahce PalaceTRDolmabahce Palace is a 19th-century Ottoman palace on the Bosphorus in Istanbul, used as a state reception venue by Turkey.
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DominicaDMEastern Caribbean island state on the EU's list of passport-sale schemes to close.
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Dominican RepublicDOCaribbean nation on the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, capital Santo Domingo.
D
DonbasUAEastern Ukraine industrial region; Russia's primary territorial objective since 2014 and the core dispute blocking any ceasefire.
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DonetskUAMajor eastern Ukrainian city; under Russian control since 2014, centre of the Donbas war.
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Donetsk OblastUAUkrainian oblast; partially occupied, primary land battlefield of the war since 2022.
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DonghaeKRCity on South Korea's east coast in Gangwon Province.
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DongyingCNShandong port city; destination for diverted Iranian crude as GL-U lapsed April 2026.
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Dormition CathedralUAEleventh-century cathedral at the heart of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra; set ablaze during Russia's 14-15 June barrage and later extinguished.
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DornumDEGerman gas pipeline entry point on the NETRA transmission system.
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Dorozhnie (Donetsk Oblast)UASettlement in Shakhove hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, east of Dobropillia.
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Downing StreetGBOfficial London residence and office of the British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, Westminster.
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Dragon LNGGBLNG import terminal at Waterston, Milford Haven, Wales.
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DR CongoCDCentral African nation; World Cup 2026 debutant and epicentre of Bundibugyo Ebola PHEIC.
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DresdenDEGerman city in Saxony; Europe's semiconductor capital, home to major chip fabs.
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DruzhkivkaUAIndustrial city in northern Donetsk Oblast; part of Ukraine's Fortress Belt defensive zone.
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DubaiAEUAE's commercial capital, Gulf trade hub, and a global oil-price benchmark.
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Dubai International AirportAEWorld's busiest international passenger hub (DXB), home base of Emirates Airline; closed for seven hours in March 2026 after a drone struck a fuel tank near its perimeter.
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DublinIEIreland's capital; Europe's most concentrated data-centre hub, now grid-constrained with Pure DC's 110 MW microgrid as the principal compliance template.
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DudleyGBMetropolitan borough in the West Midlands, taking in Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen and Brierley Hill.
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Dulles South Innovation CenterUSRejected 1,940-acre data-centre campus proposal in Prince William County, Virginia.
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Dumfries and GallowayGBCouncil area in south-west Scotland, administrative centre Dumfries.
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DumfriesshireGBScottish Conservative constituency in southern Scotland projected to fall to the SNP in 2026.
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DuqmOMOmani deep-water port outside the Strait of Hormuz, targeted in drone strikes during the Iran conflict.
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EalingGBWest London borough; Labour-held but projected close between Labour and Greens in 2026.
EA
East AfricaRegional setting for the cross-border Ebola route through Uganda into Kenya.
EA
East AsiaRegion spanning China, Japan, the Koreas, Taiwan and Mongolia; heavily dependent on Gulf energy imports.
EC
Eastern CaribbeanIsland sub-region of the Caribbean whose states share the OECS and the Eastern Caribbean dollar.
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Eastern ProvinceSASaudi Arabia's largest province and oil heartland, including Dammam, Dhahran and Ras Tanura.
EZ
Eastern ZawtarLBVillage in southern Lebanon, Zawtar al-Sharqiya, site of a 12 August school demolition.
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East RutherfordUSNew Jersey city hosting MetLife Stadium, a 2026 FIFA World Cup venue.
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EastwoodGBScottish Conservative constituency south of Glasgow projected to fall to the SNP in 2026.
E
EcuadorECSouth American republic of 18 million, home to the Galapagos Islands and a dollarised economy.
E
EdinburghGBScottish capital; financial centre and university-linked startup and life-sciences hub.
EC
Edinburgh CentralGBHolyrood constituency in central Edinburgh; site of the Green defeat of SNP cabinet minister Angus Robertson on 7 May 2026.
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Edinburgh ParkGBBusiness and tech district west of Edinburgh; SNP launched its 2026 Holyrood manifesto here.
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Edinburgh SouthernGBScottish Parliament constituency held by Labour's Daniel Johnson, projected as the party's only Scottish hold.
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EemsEnergy TerminalNLDutch LNG regasification terminal located at Eemshaven in Groningen.
E
EgyptEGArab republic controlling the Suez Canal; active mediator in Iran conflict and Gaza diplomacy.
E
EirinNONorwegian North Sea gas field 250 km west of Stavanger; 27.6 mmboe recoverable resources, mainly gas, tied back to Gina Krog and exporting via Gassled.
El BolsónARArgentine Patagonian town; site of the 1996 Andes-virus cluster that established person-to-person hantavirus transmission.
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El Burgo de EbroESMunicipality east of Zaragoza, Spain; Amazon data centre site in the Aragón cluster under legal challenge.
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Eldorado do SulBRMunicipality in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area of Brazil, on the Guaíba River, flood-devastated.
EG
El GuataoCUWomen's prison in Havana province; site of Anamara Barona Rivero's death, April 2026.
EP
El PasoUSWest Texas border city of about 680,000 people; site of Meta's $10bn data centre.
EP
El Paso CountyUSFar West Texas county on the Mexican border; its seat is El Paso.
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El PobladoCOUpmarket Medellin neighbourhood at the centre of foreign-demand rent increases.
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El SalvadorSVCentral American republic of 6.4 million under Bukele; state-of-exception partner in US deportation policy.
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ElyséeFROfficial Paris residence of the French president; hosted the 14 April Hormuz coalition announcement.
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Empty QuarterWorld's largest continuous sand desert, spanning Saudi Arabia, Oman, the UAE and Yemen.
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EnerhodarUAUkrainian city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; location of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
E
EnglandGBLargest constituent country of the United Kingdom, with about 84% of its population.
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English ChannelGBWorld's busiest shipping lane; closed to 600+ shadow fleet tankers in March 2026.
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Enqelab-e-Eslami SquareIRMajor Tehran public square where victory celebrations were held after ceasefire announcement.
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ÉquateurCDProvince of north-western DR Congo on the Congo river.
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Erbil Air BaseIQCoalition military enclave inside Erbil International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan