- Officials: Tourists Make Things 'Extremely Dangerous' at Etna Newser
- Watch: Lava meets snow as skiers take on Mount Etna's fiery slopes Fox Weather
- Thousands of tourists flock to see Etna eruption, blocking rescue services The Guardian
- Video Skiers seek ultimate thrill on erupting Mount Etna ABC News
- Video. Spectacular eruption of Mount Etna, flights diverted in Catania Euronews
Zelenskyy demands Ukraine involvement after US-Russia talks on war
Ukrainian president says no decision on how to end Russia's war on his country can be made without consulting Kyiv.
Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK government
Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures
A civil servant who blew the whistle about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and Boris Johnson’s involvement in a decision to evacuate a pet charity from Kabul has won her case for unfair dismissal against the government in a legal first.
An employment panel of three judges unanimously found the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) unfairly dismissed Josie Stewart in 2021 after she leaked information in the public interest.
Continue reading...UN rights body accuses Rwanda-backed militia of killing children in eastern DRC
OHCHR says Tutsi-led M23 group killed three boys in Bukavu last week after capturing the city
The UN human rights office accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of killing three children in Bakavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo city they captured last week, expressing alarm at human rights violations by the militia.
“Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons,” Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN’s Office of the high commissioner for human rights (OHCHR), said on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Israeli troops stay inside south Lebanon after withdrawal deadline
Soldiers will stay in five places around the border, Israel says - a move condemned by Lebanon.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier released from US prison
Supporters celebrate the release of an Indigenous activist imprisoned for killing of FBI agents after a flawed trial.
New footage shows Delta plane flipping over in fiery crash landing in Toronto
Accident at Pearson, Canada’s busiest airport, sent 21 to hospital including three in critical condition on Monday
Footage has emerged of the fiery plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson airport on Monday, showing the Delta Air Lines jet skidding along the runway and then flipping over, as a wing rips off and the tail is engulfed in flames. The crash, which occurred at Canada’s busiest airport, sent 21 people to the hospital, including three in critical condition.
Soon after the crash, mobile phone clips captured the harrowing moments when passengers escaped through the plane’s upside-down doors and into the bitter cold. Blasts of fire retardant hung in the air and some of the passengers stood dazed in the snow. Others unleashed a string of expletives as they processed the unfolding chaos.
Continue reading...Hamas says it will hand over bodies of Bibas family and free six hostages
Remains of Shiri Bibas and young sons Kfir and Ariel, whose deaths had not been confirmed, to be returned on Thursday
Hamas has said it will release six hostages from Gaza this week and hand over the bodies of four others, including the remains of two young children from the same family whose deaths had not previously been confirmed.
Khalil al-Hayya, a Hamas negotiator, said the four bodies to be handed over on Thursday would include those of 32-year-old Shiri Bibas and her sons, Kfir and Ariel, who were nine months old and four years old when Hamas abducted them from the Nir Oz kibbutz during the 7 October 2023 attack that ignited the Gaza war.
Continue reading...Who was at the table at US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia?
Three Americans and two Russians took part in the negotiations and agreed to reset diplomatic relations.
Trump appears to blame Ukraine for starting war
The US president dismisses concerns Ukraine is not involved in peace talks and says he is confident in success.
Watch: Toronto plane crash analysed by aviation experts
Two aviation experts have analysed footage of the plane crash and explored what might have caused it.
British couple detained in Iran charged with spying
The couple said they had ignored warnings not to travel to Iran as part of their global motorbike trip.
4 thoughts on Trump’s new world order from foreign relations expert Richard Haass – NPR
- 4 thoughts on Trump's new world order from foreign relations expert Richard Haass NPR
- Opinion | A tour of Trump’s tangled foreign policy The Washington Post
- Trump's approach to Russia-Ukraine war upends decades of American foreign policy MSNBC
- Trump’s Ambition to Redraw the World Map Ignores Those Affected Most The New York Times
- Trump’s foreign policy creates unprecedented global challenges The Hill
Ukraine and Europe made to sit outside as US and Russia sharpen their carving knives
In this back-to-the-future world, Russia is fully restored to the top table, while the US envoys outdo each other to praise Trump
Ukraine was laid out on the glossy conference table in Riyadh on Tuesday, not to be dissected on this occasion, but rather for an initial inspection by the Americans and Russians, who have reserved the carving knives for future use.
No Ukrainians were present for these opening discussions on the country’s fate, or for the lunch of whole lamb and “symphony of scallops”, nor was anyone there representing the rest of the European continent. Whether they will be given a seat at the table before lines are drawn is far from clear. For now, they must wonder if they are among the “irritants” in US-Russia relations referred to by the US state department.
Continue reading...Brazil mayor was shot in ‘fake attack’ for election boost – but still lost in landslide
José Aprígio da Silva was seriously hurt in October by assailants with assault rifles but police say it was faked
As campaign strategies go it was unorthodox and illegal: buy an AK-47, hire a pair of phony hitmen, and stage a fake assassination attempt against the mayor that would generate public sympathy and help him win a second term in power.
That, Brazilian police claim, was the gameplan last October when, on the eve of the local election, an armoured vehicle carrying José Aprígio da Silva came under fire in Taboão da Serra, a town on the outskirts of São Paulo.
Continue reading...Russia says NATO states can’t enforce Ukraine peace, wants membership pledge scrapped – Reuters
- Russia says NATO states can't enforce Ukraine peace, wants membership pledge scrapped Reuters
- Russia hardens demands as it holds first talks with US and without Ukraine Reuters
- Ukraine war latest: Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine as part of any peace deal, says Lavrov BBC.com
- ‘Completely Unacceptable’ – Lavrov Rejects Proposed European Troop Deployments to Ukraine Kyiv Post
- Ukraine-Russia war live: Moscow ‘won’t accept Nato peacekeepers’ The Times
Shark attacked tourist as she tried to take its picture in Turks and Caicos, authorities say – CNN
- Shark attacked tourist as she tried to take its picture in Turks and Caicos, authorities say CNN
- Shark Bites Tourist Who Was Trying to Take Photo of It The New York Times
- Family of Tourist Who Had Both Hands Bitten Off by a 7-Foot Shark Recalls 'Nightmare,' Life-Altering Attack PEOPLE
- Shark bites off woman’s hands when she tries to take photo WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
- Tourist loses both hands while snorkeling in Turks and Caicos after shark attacks during failed photo op Fox News
Top judge ‘deeply troubled’ by PMQs exchange on Gaza asylum case
Lady Carr says politicians should respect judicial independence, as Starmer calls decision to grant family asylum a ‘legal loophole’
England and Wales’s most senior judge has written to Keir Starmer about an “unacceptable” exchange with Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, saying she was “deeply troubled” by the discussion on a Palestinian family’s asylum case.
Lady Sue Carr, the lady chief justice, criticised the Conservative leader’s questions about the case, in which a family from Gaza had applied through a scheme designed for Ukrainian refugees.
Continue reading...Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family
The Palestinian group claims that Shiri and her children Kfir and Ariel were killed in Israeli bombardment. Israel has not confirmed this.
Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family – BBC.com
- Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family BBC.com
- Hamas to hand over 4 Israeli hostages' bodies Thursday and 6 living hostages Saturday NPR
- 6 Living Hostages Will Be Released to Israel This Weekend, Hamas Says The New York Times
- Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over four bodies, accelerating Gaza releases The Associated Press
- Hamas says it will free 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday Yahoo