LIVE: Israel kills dozens in Gaza as outrage grows over attack on Qatar
More than 1.3 million Palestinians, including 350,000 children, remain in besieged Gaza City under Israeli attack.
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region – NBC News
- 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region NBC News
- 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Far East The New York Times
- A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region ABC News
- Update: 7.5 earthquake off East Coast of Kamchatka Russia; No tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi Maui Now
- No tsunami threat to Hawaii after 7.4M earthquake hits Russia’s Kamchatka region KITV
Victorian Liberals must unite or face ‘crisis’, president warns as moderates swat away challenge for power
Philip Davis pleads for rival groups to ‘kiss and make up’ after divisive campaign to replace him
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Victorian Liberals shape up for ‘nastiest, most toxic’ state council in years
The president of the Victorian Liberals, Philip Davis, has warned his party to unite ahead of the 2026 election or “we will be in a crisis”, after he survived a leadership challenge.
Davis defeated his immediate predecessor, Greg Mirabella, in a vote at the Victorian Liberal party’s state council at Moonee Valley racecourse on Saturday by 493 votes to 397.
Continue reading...Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
With his government mired in scandal, an operation to dethrone Starmer is now under way
There has been a joke going around Labour MPs over the past week about three envelopes in Soviet Russia. “Whenever you run into trouble, open them in order,” the instructions go. Envelope one says: “Blame your predecessor.” So he does – and it works. The party officials are satisfied. A year later, problems arise again. He opens envelope two. It says: “Restructure the organisation.”
He does a big reshuffle, changes some titles, and again buys himself some time. Finally, another crisis comes. He opens envelope three. It says: “Prepare three envelopes.”
Continue reading...Six great reads: rebels in Nazi Germany, how creativity works and Europe’s biggest pornography conference
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days
Continue reading...New Nato mission to bolster eastern flank after Russia drone incursion
Denmark, France and Germany will send jets to strengthen Poland's air defences after Russian drones flew into Polish territory.
British ice dancer and same-sex skating partner to compete in Finland after rule change
Mille Colling and Emma Aalto given go-ahead to compete in qualifier for national championships next month
A British ice dancer and her skating partner are to become Finland’s first same-sex team to take part in a competition after a rule change by the country’s skating federation.
Millie Colling, 20, who was born in Gateshead and moved to Finland at the age of six, and Emma Aalto, 19, will compete in a qualifier for the national championships next month after pressing for an amendment to the rules to allow them to enter as a team.
Continue reading...Australia’s eSafety watchdog tells social media giants to shield kids from gruesome Kirk shooting footage
Commission asked platforms to apply content warnings to protect children or others who do not want to see US shooting
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Australia’s eSafety watchdog has asked social media companies to do more to guard children from seeing graphic footage of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk being shot dead.
Kirk, an ally to US president Donald Trump, was killed while speaking on a university campus in Utah on Thursday.
Continue reading...Pot breaks as Nigerian chef attempts to cook largest jollof rice dish
Hilda Baci and a team of assistants took nine hours to complete the popular West African dish.
‘I will never let your legacy die’ – Charlie Kirk’s widow gives tearful address after shooting
The organisation Kirk co-founded will host a memorial at a 60,000+ seat stadium in Arizona.
France’s credit rating downgraded, with debt forecast to keep rising amid political turmoil
Fitch downgrade to lowest level on record complicates new prime minister Sebastien Lecornu and President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to control France’s finances
The Fitch agency downgraded France’s credit rating on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron struggles with political instability and disagreements on how to put the country’s strained public finances in order.
The US rating agency, one of the top global institutions gauging the financial solidity of sovereign borrowers, downgraded France on its ability to pay back debts, from “AA-” to “A+”, the country’s lowest level on record at a major credit rating agency.
Continue reading...ICE agent shoots dead man who tried to drive at agents, officials say
The driver, Silverio Villegas-Gonzales, was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after the incident.
ICE agent shoots dead man who tried to drive at agents, officials say
The driver, Silverio Villegas-Gonzales, was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after the incident.
Hamas and Hezbollah among groups relisted by Australia for counter-terrorism sanctions
Total of 33 groups and 10 individuals face continued financing sanctions as government adds new ‘entity linked to Hamas’
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A trio of extremist organisations including Hamas, along with other entities and individuals, have been relisted for counter-terrorism financing sanctions.
Palestinian groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Lebanese group Hezbollah, along with 30 other entities and 10 individuals, have been relisted by the federal government for sanctions.
Continue reading...Ivory Coast’s ‘iron lady’ – from hiding in a bunker to presidential hopeful
Feared by some, loved by others, ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo is vying to become the country's next leader.
BBC reports from house linked to Charlie Kirk shooting suspect
Sitting outside was a grey car, similar to the model detectives said the suspect used to drive to the scene of the attack.
Russian offensive in Sumy Oblast ‘completely thwarted,’ Zelensky says – The Kyiv Independent
- Russian offensive in Sumy Oblast 'completely thwarted,' Zelensky says The Kyiv Independent
- Three die in Ukraine's Sumy region, Zelenskiy says Russian offensive there has failed Reuters
- Russians strike Sumy, man killed, fire rages – photo Українська правда
- Russia continues aerial assault on Ukraine, targeting positions in Sumy and Donbas Euronews.com
- Casualties reported as Russians attack Sumy region Ukrinform
The hidden revolution in France – New Statesman
- The hidden revolution in France New Statesman
- 'Block Everything' protests sweep across France, scores arrested Reuters
- France welcomes new prime minister with ‘block everything’ protests The Washington Post
- Macron has defied the will of the people. He leaves the French public no choice but to Block Everything The Guardian
- France hit by protests and disruption as new prime minister takes office CNN
Defiant nuns flee care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
US Rejects China’s Nature Reserve Plan in Sea Near Philippines – Bloomberg.com
- US Rejects China’s Nature Reserve Plan in Sea Near Philippines Bloomberg.com
- US condemns Beijing’s South China Sea ‘nature reserve’ plan Al Jazeera
- Philippines slams China's plan for nature reserve in disputed shoal Reuters
- China approves nature reserve at disputed South China Sea shoal claimed by the Philippines AP News
- China tipped to boost routine patrols after Scarborough nature reserve is set up South China Morning Post