Americans' view of Russia and its leader has already been a flashpoint in U.S. politics, as when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drew criticism this spring for dismissing Ukraine's fight against Russian forces as a "territorial dispute."

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230524/half-of-us-public-approves-of-washingtons-arms-deliveries-to-ukraine

And it establishes new rules for the use of artificial intelligence, a major flashpoint amid both the actors and writers strikes.

Source: https://www.nexttv.com/news/hollywood-actors-strike-finally-ends-amid-tentative-agreement-between-sag-aftra-and-studios

And trains running through their habitat is not the only flashpoint that is worrisome.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/photos/in-frames-where-have-the-elephants-gone/article67550322.ece

An ultranationalist Cabinet minister visited a flashpoint holy site for the first time Tuesday since taking office in Prime Minister 's new far-right government last week.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-jews-jerusalem-benjamin-netanyahu-israeli-b2254994.html

As state-level executives, these candidates have a proven track record on education that may prove pivotal as the issue has become a political and cultural flashpoint in recent years, experts told the DCNF.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/12/education-become-key-point-gop-presidential-primary/

At that time, the Suwałki Gap emerged as a potential flashpoint.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1818076/putin-russia-war-nato-suwalki-gap

Ben-Gvir on Tuesday visited the flashpoint holy site’s compound in East Jerusalem, which was denounced by the Palestinian side as a provocation.

Source: https://www.mangalorean.com/palestinian-diplomat-stresses-importance-of-unsc-session-on-al-aqsa-mosque-issue/

Greater Khartoum and the flashpoint western region of Darfur have been the main battlegrounds so far but this week residents reported a flare-up of fighting in the Kordofan region, scene of another long-running rebellion.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/06/aid-situation-worsens-sudan-fighting-spreads

Hebron is a flashpoint city where several hundred hard-line Israeli settlers live in heavily guarded enclaves amid some 200,000 Palestinians.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/world/at-least-6-palestinians-killed-during-israeli-west-bank-raid/article_b9f6be23-fe6a-5a0d-b0ed-5e20791a3e7f.html

“Let us one hope it never becomes a flashpoint, to be very frank with you.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/former-us-navy-secretary-weighs-in-on-aukus-implications-in-the-event-of-taiwan-conflict-c-10096487

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police officers separated groups of protesters and counterprotesters Friday outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has become a flashpoint for Pride month events across California.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5503028/protests-erupt-outside-los-angeles-elementary-schools-pride-month-assembly/

One of the roads goes around Hawara, a flashpoint town where settlers burned dozens of houses and cars in a rampage early this year following the deadly shooting of two settlers.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/09/14/israel-finance-chief-now-governs-west-bank-critics-see-steps-toward-permanent-control/

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Monday warned against a trip by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, after the far-right lawmaker announced plans to visit the flashpoint holy site.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/people-will-die-lapid-calls-on-netanyahu-to-prevent-ben-gvirs-temple-mount-visit/

Over the past year, Israel's far-right government has ramped up settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settler violence has displaced hundreds of Palestinians there and tensions have flared around a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site.

Source: https://m.startribune.com/hamas-surprise-attack-out-of-gaza-stuns-israel-and-leaves-hundreds-dead-in-fighting-retaliation/600310473/

Since then tensions appeared to have eased - but Sutton couldn't resist a tongue-in-cheek pot shot at following a flashpoint in the 1-1 Scottish Premiership draw.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chris-sutton-reignites-todd-cantwell-31532077

So, how did this fairly mundane strategy become a flashpoint for a spiraling climate-related conspiracy theory?

Source: https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2023/02/26/how-15-minute-cities-turned-into-an-international-conspiracy-theory/

Tensions often run high in Hebron making it a flashpoint for violence.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64637908?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The area has been a flashpoint for years, as ethnic Kurds have sought to incorporate the oil-rich province of Kirkuk and other territories into the Kurdish region, a proposition strongly resisted by the Iraqi government.

Source: https://themedialine.org/headlines/iraqi-soldiers-dead-in-skirmish-over-disputed-northern-posts/

The South China Sea, a waterway vital to global trade, has become a major flashpoint in the increasingly testy relationship between China and the United States.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/u-s-issues-guidelines-on-defending-philippines-from-south-china-sea-attack/article_fe34630c-4626-5a6f-9771-de0d00ccd922.html

The State Department also expressed alarm over the visit by right-wing minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to Israel's flashpoint holy site.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/us-deeply-troubled-israels-homesh-settlement-order