The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Iran readies for Afghan poppy boom, China attending the world's largest naval exercises, major Iraqi city seized by insurgents and biometric technology in Sweden is replacing credit cards.

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IRAN
A surge in opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has led neighboring Iran to ramp up security along its 1,200 mile eastern border.

CHINA
China is playing nice with some of its main rivals in the world's largest joint naval exercises as tensions soar over disputed territories in the South China Sea.

IRAQ
Sunni Islamists have seized control of Iraq's second largest city Mosul, taking over military bases, freeing prisoners and sending Iraqi troops fleeing in fear.

SWEDEN
Students in Sweden are using their veins to pay for beer and groceries on campus.


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