Two die in car during Cyprus wildfire as 44C heat expected
Local reports say the bodies, which are yet to be identified, belong to an elderly couple in the village of Malia, in the Limassol district.
Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks after latest ceasefire talks – BBC
- Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks after latest ceasefire talks BBC
- Russia Launches Heavy Strikes Despite Trump Arms Pledge to Ukraine The New York Times
- Ukraine, Russia attack each other's territory after latest round of peace talks Reuters
- Russia launches 42 drone strikes on Ukraine overnight, hours after agreeing to Istanbul peace talks - as it happened The Guardian
- Russian attacks kill 4, injure 33 over past day, damaging UNESCO-protected landmarks in Odesa The Kyiv Independent
South Park targets Paramount after signing $1.5bn deal and skewers Trump: ‘He can do anything to anyone’
Show begins 27th season covering Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount and cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show, depicting Trump in bed with Satan
South Park has kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Donald Trump and its newly minted parent company, Paramount, just one day after signing a $1.5bn deal with the network.
The premiere episode, “Sermon on the Mount,” sees Trump in bed with series regular Satan and covers topics including Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount, the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, wokeness, Trump’s attacks on Canada and more.
Continue reading...Iran lays down conditions for resumption of nuclear talks with US – Reuters
- Iran lays down conditions for resumption of nuclear talks with US Reuters
- Iran says it’s ready for nuclear talks with the US but only if Washington rebuilds trust AP News
- Iran says it's ready for nuclear talks if US works to rebuild trust Euronews.com
- Donald Trump says that he won't convince Iran into nuclear talks The Jerusalem Post
- Iran worries U.S. will use nuclear talks as pretext for new attacks: Senior official Axios
First Thing: Late Jesuit global leader allegedly let known child molester become a priest
Court records show Pedro Arrupe, a candidate for sainthood, failed to stop Donald Dickerson being ordained. Plus, deadly clashes on Thai-Cambodian border
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The former worldwide leader of the Jesuit religious order Pedro Arrupe acknowledged he was warned that one of his aspiring priests had been accused of sexually molesting two children and had admitted making sexual advances on a third, court documents reveal.
What is the claim in the Louisiana case? The lawsuit claims Dickerson raped a 17-year-old student at a Jesuit-run university in New Orleans.
Should we expect further developments? Yes. On Wednesday, the House oversight committee voted 8-2 to subpoena the justice department to release files related to Epstein, and subpoenaed Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition.
Continue reading...Newsman or businessman? Murdoch walks tightrope in battle with Trump
Longstanding relationship between media mogul and US president is being tested amid Trump’s lawsuit over a WSJ story about his ties to Epstein
Rupert Murdoch had made up his mind. “We want to make Trump a nonperson,” he assured one of his former executives in a 2021 email, two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Over seven decades, Murdoch has sought to charm, challenge and change prime ministers and presidents as he built one of the world’s most powerful media empires. In this particular endeavor, however, he failed.
Continue reading...Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting at the border?
The roots of the South East Asian neighbours' dispute goes back to more than a century ago.
Will contractor disgust bring down Israel’s ‘hunger games’ in Gaza? – Responsible Statecraft
- Will contractor disgust bring down Israel's 'hunger games' in Gaza? Responsible Statecraft
- The for-profit companies behind Israeli-U.S. nonprofit Gaza aid plan The Washington Post
- Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Boasts Success as Palestinians Starve The Intercept
- GHF offers to deliver UN aid for free as aid piles at Kerem Shalom Crossing The Jerusalem Post
- Security personnel shot at Palestinians at Gaza aid distribution centre, claims ex-guard Sky News
BBC and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation
News organisations say local journalists are increasingly unable to feed themselves in Gaza, facing the same "dire circumstances as those they are covering".
Twelve killed in Thailand-Cambodia military clashes on disputed border
The fighting marks an escalation of a century-old conflict between the two South East Asian neighbours.
Tesla’s European sales slump as Musk warns of ‘rough quarters’ ahead
Electric carmaker struggles to emerge from sales rut on continent despite updating its bestselling Model Y
Tesla sales in Europe have collapsed by one-third this year, data shows, after Elon Musk warned the electric carmaker faced “a few rough quarters” ahead.
According to the figures published on Thursday by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), sales of Tesla vehicles in Europe slumped by 33% to 110,000 in the first half of 2025, compared with 165,000 in the first half of 2024.
Continue reading...Ukraine hits Sochi — oil depot burns, flights grounded in Russia’s top Black Sea resort – Euromaidan Press
- Ukraine hits Sochi — oil depot burns, flights grounded in Russia’s top Black Sea resort Euromaidan Press
- Battle over the Black Sea: Russia, Ukraine strike top resort cities Fox News
- Moscow airports temporarily closed after Ukraine drone attacks BBC
- Drones hit oil depot near Sochi Українська правда
- Russian S-400s Fail to Stop Drones That Hits Oil Depot Steps From Where Putin Phoned Trump UNITED24 Media
Australian tourist found dead in Thai hotel room was on phone when he died, police say
The 21-year-old was discovered by housekeeping staff on holiday island Phuket
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An Australian tourist has been found dead in a Thai hotel room, one day before his flight home.
The 21-year-old was discovered by housekeeping staff at a hotel on holiday island Phuket on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Saudi Arabia accused of banning women’s rights activists from leaving the country
Former political prisoners face lengthy travel restrictions to stop them speaking out, says human rights organisation
Saudi Arabia is banning large numbers of its own citizens from leaving the country in a “cruel” attempt to silence criticism, say human rights activists.
High-profile women’s rights campaigners, including Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed for the right for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Maryam al-Otaibi, one of three sisters targeted by the authorities for their activism, appear to have been given long travel bans. These restrictions frequently extend to family members.
Continue reading...State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority – NPR
Passenger plane crashes in Russia’s far east with 49 people onboard feared dead
Officials say they do not expect to find survivors after wreckage of Angara Airlines flight found on mountainside
A passenger plane has crashed in Russia’s far east after disappearing from radar, with 49 people on board feared dead, local officials have said.
The flight, operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines, vanished from radar on Thursday and lost contact with air traffic controllers while approaching its destination of Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China.
Continue reading...Wreckage found after plane carrying 48 people goes down in Russian far east
The Angara airlines An-24 plane had disappeared from radar as it approached an airport in Amur region.
Labor and Greens unite to condemn One Nation senators for snubbing acknowledgment of country
Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy says stunt by Pauline Hanson’s party was ‘incredibly childish’ and disrespectful
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Labor and the Greens have united to condemn One Nation senators for turning their back on parliament’s acknowledgement of country statements, describing them as “incredibly childish” and “hurtful” stunts.
One Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, stood in the chamber as the Indigenous affairs minister, Malarndirri McCarthy, government Senate leader, Penny Wong, and Greens leader, Larissa Waters, all made statements criticising the rightwing minor party’s “deliberate acts of disrespect”.
Continue reading...White House pushes back after reports Trump is named in Epstein files
It came as a US judge denied a justice department's bid to unseal Florida court files on Epstein.
Australia’s largest private hospital operator to close majority of psychology clinics to be ‘flexible, sustainable’
Seventeen of Ramsay Health Care’s 20 clinics will close by the end of August, with only Cairns, Charlestown and Joondalup to remain operating
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Ramsay Health Care, Australia’s largest private hospital operator, has announced it will be closing the majority of its psychology clinics, described by the peak body as “very sad news” for those needing mental health care.
The hospital network said it would progressively close 17 out of its 20 clinics by the end of August, in order to transition Ramsay Psychology to a “more flexible and sustainable model”.
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