US pipeline protester’s obstruction conviction overturned by appeals court

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New trial for Mylene Vialard after Minnesota judges find ‘pervasive’ prosecutorial misconduct in Line 3 protest case

The controversial felony conviction of a peaceful climate activist has been overturned by an appeals court due to “pervasive” prosecutorial misconduct.

Mylene Vialard, 56, was found guilty of felony obstruction in 2023 for her role in trying to halt construction of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Indigenous territory in Minnesota, in a trial beset by irregularities.

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Trump tells Zelenskyy ceasefire not needed for Russia-Ukraine peace deal

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President reverses ceasefire position but says US will give Ukraine security help and expresses hope for trilateral talks

Donald Trump has ruled out a ceasefire in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his European allies visited the White House to push for US-backed security guarantees as part of any long-term peace deal.

The US president, who only last week warned Russia of “very severe consequences” if Vladimir Putin failed to agree to a halt the fighting, made clear on Monday he had reversed his position.

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Zelenskyy’s European ‘bodyguards’: which leaders joined Trump talks in Washington?

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Presidents, PMs and heads of Nato and European Commission accompany Ukraine’s leader at White House

European leaders gathered in Washington on Monday for Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in a show of support for the Ukrainian president. Their presence came amid expectations that Trump would try to bully Zelenskyy into accepting a pro-Russia “peace plan” that would include Kyiv handing territory to Moscow. The Europeans have been described as Zelenskyy’s “bodyguards”, with memories fresh of the mauling he received in February during his last Oval Office visit. So, who are they?

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“Skibidi”: How to use the newest words added to the Cambridge Dictionary – Axios

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  1. "Skibidi": How to use the newest words added to the Cambridge Dictionary  Axios
  2. 'Skibidi' and 'tradwife' among words added to Cambridge Dictionary  BBC
  3. Cambridge Dictionary’s latest additions include ‘skibidi,’ ‘tradwife’ and ‘delulu’  CNN
  4. Cambridge Dictionary ripped for adding nonsense slang term ‘skibidi’ to its database: ‘English is no longer a language’  New York Post
  5. Skibidi, Broligarchy, and More Words Join Cambridge Dictionary's List of New 2025 Terms  IGN
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‘Ketamine queen’ accused of selling Matthew Perry fatal dose to plead guilty

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Jasveen Sangha, fifth and last defendant charged in Friends star’s overdose to strike plea agreement with prosecutors

A woman known as the “ketamine queen”, charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, agreed to plead guilty on Monday.

Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Having initially pleaded not guilty, her change of plea means she’ll avoid a trial that had been planned for August.

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Ex-Israel military intelligence chief said 50,000 Gaza deaths ‘necessary’ – NPR

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  1. Ex-Israel military intelligence chief said 50,000 Gaza deaths 'necessary'  NPR
  2. Leaked recording reveals ex-Israeli military intelligence chief calling 50,000 deaths in Gaza ‘necessary’  CNN
  3. Ex-Israeli intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim  The Guardian
  4. Former IDF intel chief: Oct. 7 was ‘much deeper’ than an intelligence failure  The Times of Israel
  5. 'Children in Gaza Don't Matter Now,' Said the 'Moderate' IDF General - Opinion  Haaretz
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Flight attendant union leaders ‘ready to go to jail’ as Air Canada strike outlawed

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Arbitrator orders 10,000 striking staff back to work after government intervenes – unconstitutionally, union says

Union leaders representing 10,000 striking flight attendants have said they would be willing to go to jail rather than comply with an order to return to work, as Canada’s federal government seeks to end a bitter contract dispute that has halted hundreds of summer flights and stranded travellers around the world.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees said members would remain on the picket lines as part of a work stoppage that has halted Air Canada’s national and international operations during its busiest season.

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Zambian president’s feud with late rival continues over funeral plans

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Family of Edgar Lungu trying to prevent repatriation of his body for state funeral presided over by his successor

A furious row is raging over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, as the former president’s family wage a legal battle in South Africa to try to prevent his body from being repatriated.

The legal fight marks the latest twist in a feud between the two men that goes back at least a decade and has now outlasted the former president, who died in South Africa in June aged 68 while being treated for an undisclosed illness.

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Hamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages

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Deal would include 60-day halt to violence and exchange of half of living Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners

Hamas officials say they have accepted a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal that would include the release of half of the approximately 20 remaining living Israeli hostages as part of a phased resolution to the war, as Gaza health officials said 62,000 Palestinians had died in the 22 months of war.

The proposed deal follows negotiations between Hamas and Egyptian and Qatari officials that have been taking place in Cairo in recent days, and comes after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was confronted on Sunday by Israel’s biggest protests of the war, which called for a deal to secure the release of the hostages.

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