Resignation and betrayal: What handing Donbas to Putin would mean for Ukraine
Donald Trump is reportedly planning to urge Ukraine to surrender the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of negotiations over an end to the war.
Israeli plan to displace 1 million Palestinians spreads fear in Gaza – The Guardian
- Israeli plan to displace 1 million Palestinians spreads fear in Gaza The Guardian
- IDF chief announces plan for 'next phase' of Hamas war Fox News
- Palestinians flee IDF attacks on Gaza City as Israelis protest against occupation plan BBC
- Hamas rejects Israel's Gaza relocation plan Reuters
- Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza as Israelis urge mass protest over war Politico
Terence Stamp: the mesmerisingly seductive dark prince of British cinema
Stamp had charisma and star power like no other. Fierce and beautiful in his youth, his screen presence evolved into something more elegant and enduring as the swinging 60s faded from view
“A stranger arrives, makes love to everyone and then leaves,” said Pier Paolo Pasolini to Terence Stamp, outlining the plot of his 1968 classic Theorem. “That’s your part.” Stamp exclaimed: “I can play that.” It was the role that the man was born to play and would play, with subtle variations, throughout his career.
From his first appearance as the eerily beautiful sailor in 1962’s Billy Budd through to his last manifestation as “the silver-haired gentleman” in Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho, Stamp remained a brilliantly, mesmerisingly unknowable presence. He was the seductive dark prince of British cinema, an actor who carried an air of elegant mystery. “As a boy I always believed I could make myself invisible,” he once said. He showed up and made magic, but he never stuck around for as long as we wanted.
Continue reading...Scottish ministers face legal action over policies ‘inconsistent’ with UK gender ruling
Campaign group that won supreme court case brings challenge over transgender guidance in schools and prisons
A campaign group that won a legal victory on the definition of gender is taking action against the Scottish government over policies it says are “inconsistent” with the ruling.
For Women Scotland’s legal battle with Scottish ministers over the definition of a woman ended in the UK’s supreme court, which ruled in April that the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred to a biological woman and biological sex.
Continue reading...Girl, 11, dies after incident at river in Cornwall
North Yorkshire police also confirm discovery of a body in a river in search for missing 12-year-old boy
An 11-year-old girl has died after an incident in the water at a beauty spot in Cornwall, while police searching for a missing 12-year-old boy in North Yorkshire have found a body in a river.
Emergency services were called to Wacker Quay on the Lynher River near Torpoint, Cornwall, at about 6pm on Saturday after being alerted about a person in the water, police said.
Continue reading...Jack Straw urges Labour not to panic about threat of Nigel Farage
Former home secretary praises Keir Starmer’s success on world stage and says PM can win over sceptical UK public
Keir Starmer and his ministers must not “panic” about the threat of Nigel Farage, the former home secretary Jack Straw has said, adding that the prime minister had impressed on the world stage and should show more of that side of himself at home.
In an interview with the Guardian, he praised Starmer’s intention to recognise a Palestinian state after an ultimatum to Israel – but defended the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, saying he would also have proscribed the direct action group Palestine Action.
Continue reading...Hong Kong pro-democracy activists granted asylum in Australia and Britain
Dozens of activists are on the run from authorities in the China-ruled city after a crackdown on civil liberties.
Spain battles 20 big wildfires, deploys 500 more soldiers in searing heat
Authorities are awaiting the arrival of two Dutch water-dumping planes, expected to join other EU aircraft.
‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to
Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warms
Road closures, evacuations, travel chaos and stern warnings from officials have become fixtures of Canada’s wildfire season. But as the country goes through its second-worst burn on record, the blazes come with a twist: few are coming from the western provinces, the traditional centre of destruction.
Instead, the worst of the fires have been concentrated in the prairie provinces and the Atlantic region, with bone-dry conditions upending how Canada responds to a threat that is only likely to grow as the climate warms.
Continue reading...Ex-Israeli intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim
‘It does not matter if they are children,’ said Aharon Haliva in recorded comments calling the death toll ‘necessary’
The Israeli general who headed military intelligence on 7 October 2023 has said 50 Palestinians must die for every person killed that day and “it does not matter now if they are children”, in recordings broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12 TV station.
Aharon Haliva said the toll in Gaza, which he put at more than 50,000 dead, was “necessary” as a “message to future generations” of Palestinians.
Continue reading...Kuwait arrests 67 over illegal alcohol production after 23 deaths
Kuwait bans the import of alcoholic beverages, but bootleg liquor is sold with no oversight or safety standards.
Air Canada suspends restart plans after flight attendants union defies return to work order – AP News
- Air Canada suspends restart plans after flight attendants union defies return to work order AP News
- Striking Air Canada flight attendants defy back-to-work order Reuters
- Air Canada to resume flights after government moves to end strike CNN
- Air Canada halts flight restart after union defies back-to-work order NBC News
- Air Canada strike leads to canceled flights around L.A. Los Angeles Times
Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine ‘have to make concessions’ for peace deal
US secretary of state says talks between Putin and Trump had ‘made progress’ but ‘big areas of disagreement’ remain
In a combative series of interviews on Sunday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said that “both sides are going to have to make concessions” for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war that erupted when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
“You can’t have a peace agreement unless both sides make concessions – that’s a fact,” the Trump administration’s top diplomat said Sunday on ABC’s This Week. “That’s true in virtually any negotiation. If not, it’s just called surrender. And neither side is going to surrender. So both sides are going to have to make concessions.”
Continue reading...Transcript: Fiona Hill on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 17, 2025 – CBS News
- Transcript: Fiona Hill on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 17, 2025 CBS News
- Alaska senator on state’s natural resources and impact on the rest of the country KSWT
- Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 17, 2025 AOL.com
- Former deputy assistant to President Trump on Trump-Putin summit KSWT
Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3 as storm lashes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
First Atlantic hurricane of 2025 diminishes but tropical storm warnings issued for Turks and Caicos
Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a category 3 hurricane early Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds.
While Erin’s maximum winds diminished, the storm’s overall size grew and forecasters issued tropical storm warnings for the Turks and Caicos Islands and a watch for the south-east Bahamas.
Continue reading...Downton Abbey costumes and memorabilia for sale in charity auction
Lady Mary Crawley’s wedding dress and the Granthams’ family car, a 1925 Sunbeam Saloon, are among the lots
Downton Abbey fans will be able to secure a souvenir from the period drama as costumes worn by the characters, furniture used to adorn the stately home, and even the family car used in the popular ITV series and subsequent films are to be sold at auction for charity.
A dress worn by the late Dame Maggie Smith, who starred as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, is one of the star lots.
Continue reading...Israel intensifies Gaza City attacks, forcing starving Palestinians to flee
UN warns of man-made famine in Gaza as starvation deaths rise, Israel steps up plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza.
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order and remain on strike
Union to challenge order issued less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded
Air Canada’s flight attendants plan to remain on strike, their union has said, defying government efforts to force them back to work and into binding arbitration over a dispute that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded around the world during the peak summer travel season.
About 10,000 flight attendants who work for Canada’s largest airline walked out on the job early on Saturday amid a bitter dispute over what the union has described as “poverty wages” and unpaid labour.
Continue reading...Wang Yi set to start India visit amid improving ties – Global Times
- Wang Yi set to start India visit amid improving ties Global Times
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- India, China relations must be guided by mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest: Jaishankar tells Wang The Hindu
- Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to visit India from Monday, China's foreign ministry says Reuters
- Is Trump forcing a marriage of convenience between India and China? Like most relationships, it’s complicated CNN
Young Australians may endure worse lives than their parents, ‘worried’ productivity chief warns
Productivity Commission chair urges ‘growth mindset’ to solve looming problems for future generations ahead of economic summit, while reiterating call to limit AI regulation
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Young Australians may endure worse lives than their parents, the nation’s productivity chief has warned.
Danielle Wood, chair of the productivity commission, said young people are facing a future of lower wages, increased costs and the impacts of climate breakdown without major government action to tackle major economic challenges.
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