Oman says no party has claimed responsibility for attacks on its territory – Reuters

  1. Oman says no party has claimed responsibility for attacks on its territory  Reuters
  2. Port in Oman Hit in Drone Attacks  WSJ
  3. Maersk halts operations at Oman's Salalah port due to security incident  Reuters
  4. Iran targets US vessel near Oman as West Asia war expands despite Trump’s 'pause'  WION
  5. Iran Strikes US Targets, Warns Energy Infrastructure Will Trigger Response  Palestine Chronicle
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Paris: Suspected bomb attack outside Bank of America foiled – DW.com

  1. Paris: Suspected bomb attack outside Bank of America foiled  DW.com
  2. French police foil apparent bomb attack outside of Bank of America building in Paris  CBS News
  3. France detains two more suspects over foiled Paris Bank of America attack  Reuters
  4. France sees ‘significant suspicion’ of Iran link in foiled Paris attack  ایران اینترنشنال
  5. France Detains Two More Suspects After Foiled BofA Paris Bombing  Bloomberg.com
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Undercover police officer was sacked for assaulting partner, spycops inquiry hears

Conviction revealed during questioning of Rob Hastings about a second woman whom he deceived into intimate relationship

An undercover officer who deceived a woman into an intimate relationship was later convicted and dismissed from the police for assaulting his long-term partner, the public inquiry into undercover policing has heard.

Rob Hastings, who infiltrated pro-Palestinian and left wing protest groups for three years during his covert deployment, was convicted of assaulting his now ex-partner and mother of his three children in 2014. He was sacked by the Metropolitan police for gross misconduct as a result.

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One Nation renews defection offer to ‘courageous’ Moira Deeming after Victorian Liberal MP dumped from election ticket

Moderate-backed Dinesh Gourisetty won nomination for upper house seat

Moira Deeming has lost her spot on the ballot for the Victorian Liberal party at the November state election, after a successful challenge by a moderate-backed candidate.

Liberal members gathered at party headquarters in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday for the western metropolitan region convention, where Deeming was defeated by Dinesh Gourisetty, a prominent figure in Melbourne’s fast-growing Indian community.

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The War With Iran May Be Ushering in a New Nuclear Age – Bloomberg.com

  1. The War With Iran May Be Ushering in a New Nuclear Age  Bloomberg.com
  2. Cornered and wounded, will Iran now go for a nuclear bomb?  CNN
  3. As war rages, Iranian politicians push for exit from nuclear weapons treaty  Al Jazeera
  4. Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say  Reuters
  5. The race against time to destroy Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program heats up amid fresh strikes  Fox News
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Reform insiders fear links to extreme figures such as Andrew Tate will scare off voters

Nigel Farage has called Tate an ‘important voice’ for young men and held back from criticising his misogynistic views

Reform insiders are becoming increasingly irritated by the party’s association with Andrew Tate and other extreme online celebrities whose views are too toxic for the mainstream voters Nigel Farage needs to win over.

Insiders have revealed that as Reform prepare for power they are trying to end their association with more controversial figures on the right such as Tate, whose extreme and misogynistic content could taint the party’s credibility.

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Hacked hospitals, hidden spyware: Iran conflict shows how digital fight is ingrained in warfare – AP News

  1. Hacked hospitals, hidden spyware: Iran conflict shows how digital fight is ingrained in warfare  AP News
  2. How the Middle East conflict reshapes the global cybersecurity landscape  The World Economic Forum
  3. Iran Wiped 50 Israeli Firms’ Data, Hacked Cameras, Official Says  Bloomberg.com
  4. Ex-White House officer: Iran likely to step up cyberattacks on US  The Jerusalem Post
  5. FBI Warns: Iran Cyber Actors Using Telegram to Push Malware  The National Law Review
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How Pakistan Wooed Trump and Styled Itself as a Peace Broker in Iran Conflict – WSJ

  1. How Pakistan Wooed Trump and Styled Itself as a Peace Broker in Iran Conflict  WSJ
  2. Iran War Live Updates: Israel Strikes Tehran as Regional Diplomats Gather in Pakistan for Talks  The New York Times
  3. Pakistan holds talks with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt on Iran war  The Hill
  4. Israeli strikes and US troop buildup put Pakistan’s peacemaker role under pressure  The Guardian
  5. Live updates: Iran warns the US against a ground invasion as regional powers meet in Pakistan  AP News
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‘Entirely wiped out’ crops, buildings destroyed and weeks of recovery as cyclone damage assessed

Critical Western Australia agriculture region counting cost of brutal cyclone as flooding risk persists for low-lying communities

An agricultural region that supplies about 60% of Western Australia’s fresh winter produce is assessing damage as authorities continue work on Sunday to restore power to a popular tourist town hit hard by Cyclone Narelle.

The food-bowl region near Carnarvon, about 900km north of Perth, provides 80% of of the state’s bananas. Meanwhile, flooding risk remains in the state’s low-lying communities.

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The ripple effect of the Iran war on struggling U.S. farmers: “It couldn’t have come at a worst time” – CBS News

  1. The ripple effect of the Iran war on struggling U.S. farmers: "It couldn't have come at a worst time"  CBS News
  2. Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists  The New York Times
  3. California farmers were already struggling. Then came the Iran war  Los Angeles Times
  4. Norfolk fertiliser company chairman warns of 'inflation disaster'  BBC
  5. Fertilizer prices bring more pain for American farmers amid war in Iran | CNN Business  CNN
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Lack of specialist staff hinders support for Send children, teacher survey finds

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’

Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.

Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the poll by the National Education Union (NEU), before its annual conference in Brighton which starts on Monday, said class sizes were too big to be “properly inclusive”.

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