Search for 4 missing US soldiers now a recovery mission: Lithuanian minister of defense – ABC News

  1. Search for 4 missing US soldiers now a recovery mission: Lithuanian minister of defense  ABC News
  2. Lithuanian, Polish troops aid in 'search and recovery' for 4 missing US soldiers from Fort Stewart  Fox News
  3. Why American Soldiers Are in Lithuania  The Atlantic
  4. Trump Accidentally Reveals Just How Clueless He Is on Basic Intel  The New Republic
  5. PRESS RELEASE - Recovery Efforts Continue at Site of Submerged Vehicle in Search for Missing Soldiers  U.S. Army Europe
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France’s Macron says not all European countries agree on force for Ukraine – Al Jazeera English

  1. France’s Macron says not all European countries agree on force for Ukraine  Al Jazeera English
  2. Europeans Vow to Stand by Ukraine, but Disagree Over Force Proposal  The New York Times
  3. France-U.K. Plan for European Troops in Ukraine Falters  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Live: France and Britain will lead mission to support a future Ukrainian peace deal, Macron says  FRANCE 24 English
  5. Putin is playing games with you, Starmer and Macron warn Trump  POLITICO Europe
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French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison

French president Emmanuel Macron has called for authorities to free the novelist who was convicted in Algeria for allegedly undermining the country’s territorial integrity

French president Emmanuel Macron has called on Algeria to free Boualem Sansal, after the French-Algerian novelist was on Thursday sentenced to five years in prison and fined for allegedly undermining Algeria’s territorial integrity.

Sansal was arrested on 16 November at Algiers airport on arrival from Paris, after saying in an interview with a far-right French media outlet Frontières that France unfairly ceded Moroccan territory to Algeria during the colonial era.

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Boulder, Colorado, to be new home for the Sundance film festival

The festival, started by Robert Redford in 1978, will move from its previous home in Park City, Utah, for 2027

Boulder, Colorado, has been named as the new home for the Sundance film festival starting in 2027.

The festival, which was started in 1978 by Robert Redford, will move from its home in Park City, Utah. Sundance brings more than 20,000 people a year to the ski town, which many had seen as too small to house something of this size.

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Wildfires rage on in North and South Carolina as more firefighters arrive

Hundreds of people asked to leave their homes amid states of emergency and out-of-state responders battling blazes

Wildfires continued to rage in North and South Carolina on Thursday, leading to states of emergency and evacuations as firefighters deployed from other parts of the US to help bring the blazes under control.

In North Carolina, progress was being made in containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the mountains, but officials warned that fire danger remained from dry and windy conditions.

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Israel parliament defies protests to pass law tightening grip over judges

Opposition parties say political control of appointments will make judges subject to politicians and undermine democracy

Israel’s parliament has passed a law expanding elected officials’ power to appoint judges, in defiance of a years-long protest against Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to drive through judicial changes.

The approval of the bill, which opposition parties say will make judges subject to the will of politicians, comes as Netanyahu’s government is locked in a standoff with the supreme court over its attempts to dismiss the attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara and Ronen Bar, the head of the internal security agency.

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Food is running out in Gaza nearly a month into Israeli blockade – NPR

  1. Food is running out in Gaza nearly a month into Israeli blockade  NPR
  2. A timeline of Israel’s weaponisation of aid to Gaza  Al Jazeera English
  3. UNRWA Commissioner-General: three weeks since the Israeli Authorities banned the entry of supplies to Gaza  unrwa
  4. Israel's weeklong ops displaces 142,000 Gazans, kills dozens more | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah
  5. Weaponizing starvation, Israel seeks full control over Gaza aid distribution  +972 Magazine
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Pikachu Spotted Fleeing Police Crackdowns During Turkey Protests – 404 Media

  1. Pikachu Spotted Fleeing Police Crackdowns During Turkey Protests  404 Media
  2. Protester in Pikachu suit joins mass demonstrations in Turkey over arrest of Erdogan’s top rival  New York Post
  3. Viral video: Catch a Pikachu! Pokemon seen fleeing protests against President Erdogan rival’s arrest  Mint
  4. Whose Side Is Turkey on?  The New York Sun
  5. Pikachu Runs From The Cops In Massive Turkish Protests  Yahoo
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Israel passes Netanyahu-backed law to give politicians more control of judiciary – Axios

  1. Israel passes Netanyahu-backed law to give politicians more control of judiciary  Axios
  2. Changing the Judicial Committee Isn't the End of Israel's Democracy – It's Far Worse  Haaretz
  3. In Controversial Shake-Up, Israeli Lawmakers Give Themselves More Power to Choose Judges  The New York Times
  4. Israel parliament defies protests to pass law tightening grip over judges  The Guardian
  5. Judicial appointments law is Levin’s victory in fight to handpick ideological hardliners  The Times of Israel
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Six people dead after tourist submarine sinks off Egypt’s coast – Al Jazeera English

  1. Six people dead after tourist submarine sinks off Egypt’s coast  Al Jazeera English
  2. At least 6 dead after submarine carrying tourists on a reef tour in Red Sea sinks off Egypt  The Associated Press
  3. Crew involved in deadly tourist submarine incident in Red Sea questioned by authorities  UPI News
  4. Six Russian tourists killed after submarine sinks off Egyptian coast  CNN
  5. Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine sinks in Red Sea off Egypt  Reuters
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