Gisèle Pelicot’s Daughter Filed a Sex-Abuse Complaint Against Her Father – The Cut

  1. Gisèle Pelicot’s Daughter Filed a Sex-Abuse Complaint Against Her Father  The Cut
  2. Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter: She abandoned me as a fellow victim  The Times
  3. Dominique Pelicot’s daughter files legal complaint of sexual abuse by father  The Guardian
  4. Gisele Pelicot's daughter says has filed sex abuse case against father  ashepostandtimes.com
  5. Gisele Pelicot and daughter's heartbreaking feud as rapist dad haunts them from prison  The Mirror
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Trump targets prominent Democratic-linked law firm – POLITICO

  1. Trump targets prominent Democratic-linked law firm  POLITICO
  2. Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie  The New York Times
  3. Trump halts security clearances of Perkins Coie, cites links to Hillary Clinton  USA TODAY
  4. Trump targets security clearances of law firm entangled in 2016 Russia investigation  The Associated Press
  5. Trump expands clash with law firms with order against Perkins Coie  Reuters
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Australia: Teen armed with gun overpowered by passengers onboard plane – BBC.com

  1. Australia: Teen armed with gun overpowered by passengers onboard plane  BBC.com
  2. A 17-year-old with a gun boarded a flight and was overpowered by passengers and crew, police say  Yahoo
  3. Teenager Tackled by Passengers After Allegedly 'Breaching Security Fence' and Boarding Flight with Gun  PEOPLE
  4. Teenager charged after allegedly boarding plane with a shotgun in Australia  NBC News
  5. Heroic passengers stop disguised teen who boarded flight with shotgun  New York Post
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“Plan B was needed yesterday.” Is Ukraine on the brink of withdrawing from Kursk? – Euromaidan Press

  1. "Plan B was needed yesterday." Is Ukraine on the brink of withdrawing from Kursk?  Euromaidan Press
  2. Ukraine war latest: Moscow 'ignores Trump warning'; Ukrainians 'nearly surrounded' in Kursk  Sky News
  3. Russians advance in Kharkiv Oblast and their Kursk Oblast – DeepState  Ukrainska Pravda
  4. Russian SRG attempts to break through in Sumy region  Ukrinform
  5. Ukraine’s Gamble in Kursk Isn’t Paying Off  The American Conservative
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Pope shares audio message from hospital thanking well-wishers

Pontiff nearing three weeks in hospital in Rome after being admitted with respiratory problems

Pope Francis has recorded and released an audio message thanking those who have been praying for his recovery, his voice breathless as he nears three weeks in hospital with pneumonia.

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the square, I accompany you from here,” Francis said in a message broadcast in St Peter’s Square.

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Twenty countries could join Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ in Ukraine – Yahoo

  1. Twenty countries could join Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ in Ukraine  Yahoo
  2. Europeans embrace Zelensky after he was vilified by Trump  CNN
  3. Europe vows to defend Ukraine, but prays for Trump’s support  The Economist
  4. UK prime minister lays out Ukraine peace deal framework as Zelenskyy responds to resignation calls  Fox News
  5. UK officials hold talks with around 20 countries interested in coalition to support Ukraine  Reuters
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Thirteen Syrian security officers killed in clashes with Assad loyalists

Armed men loyal to ousted dictator attack checkpoints in Latakia province in deadliest strikes so far against new government

Thirteen Syrian security officers have been killed in clashes with remnants of the Assad regime in the deadliest attack against the country’s new authorities since the dictator was toppled.

Armed men attacked checkpoints and security officers in the coastal town of Jableh and the countryside of Latakia province, as part of a “premeditated” attack on Thursday, according to the provincial head of Syria’s general security directorate, Mustafa Knefati.

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China and Russia’s strategic relationship amid a shifting geopolitical landscape – Brookings Institution

  1. China and Russia’s strategic relationship amid a shifting geopolitical landscape  Brookings Institution
  2. How U.S.-Russia-China Ties Would Impact the Indo-Pacific  Foreign Policy
  3. Reversing Kissinger  Tablet Magazine
  4. Washington’s Embrace of Putin Aims to Drive Wedge Between Moscow and Beijing  The Wall Street Journal
  5. Russian Roulette—Trump Is Losing Europe and Strengthening China Instead of Isolating It | Opinion  Newsweek
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As faith in the US wavers, can France’s nuclear umbrella deter Russia? – FRANCE 24 English

  1. As faith in the US wavers, can France’s nuclear umbrella deter Russia?  FRANCE 24 English
  2. Mocking him as 'Micron', Russia warns Macron not to threaten it  Reuters
  3. Emmanuel Macron says Europe must be ready to defend Ukraine without U.S. assistance  NBC News
  4. Putin referred to Napoleon's 1812 failure to conquer Russia  Euronews
  5. France to consider protecting European allies with its nuclear arsenal, Macron says  CNN
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When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered – Ars Technica

  1. When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered  Ars Technica
  2. Europe's Ariane 6 deploys spy satellite in first full mission  Reuters
  3. Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches for 2nd time ever, sending French spy satellite to orbit (video)  Space.com
  4. Ariane 6 takes flight for the second time  European Space Agency
  5. European rocket aims for first commercial launch after delays  Phys.org
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred live updates: wind and rain intensify as category 2 storm nears south-east Queensland and northern NSW

BoM path track map predicts TC Alfred will cross coast on Saturday near Brisbane, the first storm of its size to do so in decades. Follow the latest updates today

Welfare recipients told to perform mutual obligations as cyclone bears down

We have a news story this morning about the impact the cyclone is already having on life in Queensland.

Fallen trees and giant stands of bamboo blocked the single road to our farm until the army and council brought heavy machinery to clear a path some time after.

We were without running water or power for days, maybe weeks, the packing shed a makeshift kitchen where we ate meals cooked off a gas barbecue and drank instant coffee made with rainwater and UHT milk to the hum of a generator.

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US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order – The Guardian US

  1. US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order  The Guardian US
  2. Samkelo depended on USAID-backed drugs to stay alive. Then came Trump’s order  Financial Times
  3. Eye on Africa - US AIDS funding cuts send HIV treatment ‘off a cliff’ in South Africa  FRANCE 24 English
  4. Malema to Trump: 'The majority of SA love whites, so why would they kill them?'  News24
  5. Paxlovid May Offer Little Benefit for Vaccinated Older Adults  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
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