Arsenal defeat Atletico in UEFA Champions League; PSG and Barcelona win
Victor Gyokeres ends drought with brace in Arsenal's 4-0 win against Atletico, while PSG hit seven and Barcelona six.
US-China now in a ‘very different kind of trade war’, experts warn
China's recent expanded export restrictions on rare-earth metals was a 'power play' before Trump-Xi meeting.
Deputy US marshal and man shot during Ice operation in Los Angeles
Investigation after federal officers shot at man during ‘targeted traffic stop’ and agent was hit by ricochet bullet
An investigation is ongoing after a man and a deputy US marshal were shot and injured on Tuesday morning during an immigration enforcement operation that took place in south Los Angeles, police said.
Reports from the Los Angeles police department said the incident was reported shortly before 9am and involved a federal agent being shot.
Continue reading...Four killed, thousands lose power in Ukraine after Russian attack
Hundreds of thousands of people left without power.
Elon Musk feuds with US transportation chief in social media posts: ‘2 digit IQ’
SpaceX owner said Sean Duffy was ‘trying to kill Nasa’ after acting head said agency would reopen contracts for Artemis mission
Elon Musk attacked Sean Duffy, the US secretary of transportation, on Tuesday in a series of posts on X, accusing him of trying to “kill NASA”, suggesting he should be fired and calling him “Sean Dummy”. The posts intensified a long-running feud between Duffy, who is also the acting head of Nasa, and Musk, whose company SpaceX is central to the US space program.
Musk’s tirade against Duffy followed a statement from the transportation secretary on Tuesday that Nasa would reopen contracts for the agency’s Artemis mission to land humans on the moon, which SpaceX had previously secured. Duffy said that SpaceX had fallen behind on its timelines. Duffy suggested the contract might go to another billionaire’s rocket company, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin.
Continue reading...Britain sends small number of troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire
Defence secretary says UK will play ‘anchor role’ in US-led civil military coordination centre
British troops have been sent to Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza after a request from the US.
The defence secretary, John Healey, announced the deployment of a small number of planning officers, including a senior commander, at an event on Monday night. He said the UK would play an “anchor role”. Ten days ago the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the UK had “no plans” to send soldiers to Gaza.
Continue reading...Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t block House vote to release Epstein files
Johnson’s House has been in recess since shutdown, delaying petition to force vote on making documents public
The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, on Tuesday said he would not prevent a vote on legislation to make the Jeffrey Epstein files public, even as the chamber remained out of session for a fourth straight week.
Johnson has kept the House of Representatives in recess ever since the shutdown began at the start of the month, after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on extending government funding beyond the end of September.
Continue reading...Israel receives two bodies Hamas says are dead hostages
Two coffins were handed over by Hamas to the Israeli military via the Red Cross in Gaza on Tuesday.
Rare tornado kills at least one person after toppling cranes near Paris
A tornado ripped through about 10 districts north of Paris, killing at least one person after several cranes toppled.
Colombian court overturns former president’s conviction
Alvaro Uribe was the country's first president to be criminally convicted, and faced 12 years' house arrest.
Colombian appeals court strikes down ex-President Uribe’s conviction
Alvaro Uribe had previously been found guilty of asking paramilitary members to lie about their alleged links to him.
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country – The Guardian
- Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country The Guardian
- Mosquitoes found in Iceland for 1st time as temperatures in the region rise ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Mosquitos Now in Every Country in World Except This One The Daily Beast
- Mosquitoes found in Iceland Iceland Monitor
- Iceland just found its first mosquitoes CNN
$102M in jewels taken in Louvre heist, as museum director summoned by lawmakers – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- $102M in jewels taken in Louvre heist, as museum director summoned by lawmakers ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Museum heists have changed. Why the Louvre robbery is a worrying escalation CNN
- Paris Tour Guide Saw Stolen Louvre Jewels Just Before Heist The New York Times
- Opinion | What the Louvre heist exposes about Macron’s France The Washington Post
- The Louvre's crown jewel heist is now a race against time for authorities — and the brazen thieves AP News
Israel’s Netanyahu fires national security chief Tzachi Hanegbi
Netanyahu's office says he will appoint deputy head of the National Security Council, Gil Reich, as acting head.
Europe, Ukraine prepare new proposal to end Russia’s war, diplomats say – Reuters
- Europe, Ukraine prepare new proposal to end Russia's war, diplomats say Reuters
- Europe's leaders back Trump call for frontline freeze but Russia says no BBC
- Latest Trump-Zelensky Meeting Yields No Progress Toward a Cease-fire in Ukraine The New York Times
- Kyiv and European allies prepare Russia peace plan to keep Trump onside Financial Times
- Europe and Ukraine Prepare 12-Point Proposal to End Russia’s War Bloomberg
‘We’ll keep fighting’: Mahmoud Khalil appealing deportation
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and US resident, appeared before a federal appeals court in Philadelphia.
Why are so many people opting out of parenthood?
We dive into the BirthStrike movement and the wider phenomenon of declining populations.
Lawyers urge US appeals court to uphold Mahmoud Khalil’s release order
Targeted for participating in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia, Khalil says his case is 'test for everyone's rights'.
What fueled a rare tornado that tore through Paris suburb and killed 1 – The Washington Post
Watch: Dozens of giant pumpkins hit the water for rowing race
The 'squashbucklers' climbed into their hollowed out giant gourds, which are grown locally in the US state of Oregon.