Sellafield nuclear site taken out of special measures for physical security

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Site in Cumbria can now return to routine inspections but concerns remain over cybersecurity

The UK nuclear industry regulator has taken Sellafield, the world’s largest store of plutonium, out of special measures for its physical security – but said concerns remained over its cybersecurity.

Guarding arrangements at the vast nuclear waste dump in Cumbria have improved enough to allow for routine inspections from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), rather than requiring “enhanced regulatory oversight”.

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Tourists Are Blocking Rescue Services at Mount Etna Explosion – Fodor’s Travel

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  1. Tourists Are Blocking Rescue Services at Mount Etna Explosion  Fodor's Travel
  2. As Tourists Swarm Erupting Mount Etna, Italian Authorities Warn Them Away  The New York Times
  3. Watch: Skiers glide by flowing lava as Mount Etna erupts  USA TODAY
  4. Video: See Europe’s tallest volcano erupt with smoke and lava  CNN
  5. Thousands of tourists flock to see Etna eruption, blocking rescue services  The Guardian
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The Redheaded Bibas Children, the Youngest Hostages in Gaza, Aren’t Coming Home Alive – The Wall Street Journal

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  1. The Redheaded Bibas Children, the Youngest Hostages in Gaza, Aren’t Coming Home Alive  The Wall Street Journal
  2. Hamas to turn over bodies of Shiri Bibas and 2 young children  Fox News
  3. Israel confirms four dead hostages who will be returned from Gaza include young family  Yahoo
  4. Two red-headed babies are symbols in Oct. 7 attacks. Hamas says their bodies coming home.  USA TODAY
  5. Israelis Gird for Release of Bodies of Captives From Gaza  The New York Times
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GOP Senator Says Putin Should Be In Jail ‘If Not Executed’ As Trump Inches Closer To Russia – HuffPost

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  1. GOP Senator Says Putin Should Be In Jail 'If Not Executed' As Trump Inches Closer To Russia  HuffPost
  2. Two GOP senators rail against Putin despite Trump’s rosy assessment of Russian leader  CNN
  3. Then and Now: How Republican Senators Have Shifted Tone on Russia and Ukraine  The New York Times
  4. Senate GOP hawks watch their influence slip away  Punchbowl News
  5. Who’s the Dictator? Trump and GOP Senators Have Different Ideas  The Dispatch
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Baltic region prepares for war as Russia and US debate Ukraine’s fate – FRANCE 24 English

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  1. Baltic region prepares for war as Russia and US debate Ukraine's fate  FRANCE 24 English
  2. On NATO's eastern flank, US policy shift stokes security fears  Reuters
  3. ‘Freezing’ Ukraine war would allow Russia to threaten NATO, Latvian intelligence warns  POLITICO Europe
  4. NATO reaction to Russian attack would be 'devastating,' Rutte warns  Kyiv Independent
  5. Ukraine presses on in Kursk; Denmark warns Russia could wage war in Europe  Al Jazeera English
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Thousands of Palestinian families flee West Bank homes as Israel confronts militants – The Associated Press

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  1. Thousands of Palestinian families flee West Bank homes as Israel confronts militants  The Associated Press
  2. Israel demolishes West Bank apartment buildings as military campaign displaces tens of thousands of Palestinians  CNN
  3. Israeli army’s Jenin raid enters 2nd month; mass displacement in West Bank  Al Jazeera English
  4. Palestinian Displacement in the West Bank Is Highest Since 1967, Experts Say  The New York Times
  5. Gazafication of the West Bank Won't Solve Israel's Security Problems. It Has to Stop  Haaretz
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Israeli hostage vowed to return to his family – only to find they had been killed

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Eli Sharabi learned his wife and daughters had been killed after his release from captivity in Gaza but is ‘mentally strong’, says British brother-in-law

“Don’t worry, I will be back. Whatever they do to me, I will be back,” was one of the last things Eli Sharabi told his wife and daughters before he was abducted by Hamas. And when the 52-year-old was freed after 16 months in captivity in Gaza, he was desperate to know if his family were waiting for him.

It was only then that he was told that his British wife, Lianne Sharabi, 48, and daughters Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, had been murdered at their home in the Be’eri kibbutz in Israel on 7 October 2023.

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Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east – Reuters

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  1. Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east  Reuters
  2. Rebel advance causes panic in Congolese border town Uvira  Reuters
  3. DRC rebels promise security after seizing Bukavu in country’s east  Al Jazeera English
  4. In Latest Advance, Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered a Key City  The New York Times
  5. DR Congo: Live updates as Security Council holds emergency meeting  UN News
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Workshop producing fake Picassos and Rembrandts found in Rome

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Prosecutors seize 71 canvases and say evidence suggests an art restorer was behind frauds

A clandestine workshop has been discovered in Rome where fakes of paintings by some of the world’s most famous artists, including Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt, were produced before being sold online.

The discovery was made in a house in a district in the north of the city by a team from Rome’s public prosecutors’ office and the forgeries unit of Italy’s art squad, which they said has gathered “important evidence” to suggest an art restorer was at the centre of the racket.

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Bolsonaro indictment leaves Brazil’s tropical Trump staring at prospect of jail

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The ex-president faces charges of a murderous conspiracy while his US counterpart has surged back to power

At the height of Jair Bolsonaro’s haywire presidency, Brazilian activists projected their deepest desire on to the Tower of London, where Guy Fawkes once languished after plotting to blow up parliament and assassinate the king.

“Jail Bolsonaro,” their wordplay read.

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