Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat
All of the ships were travelling to or from Saudi ports before changing course, ship-tracking data shows.
Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat – BBC
- Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat BBC
- Houthis deploy missiles and drones to attack ships in southern Red Sea, naval group says CNBC
- Houthi Red Sea threat would challenge a stretched US military Channel 3000
- Houthis enforce Red Sea blockade, bringing fears of further economic disruption The Washington Post
- Iran War Latest: Key Oil Chokepoints in Mideast Face Disruption as Threats Mount Bloomberg.com
Andy Burnham’s domestic revolution could unobtrusively pull Britain closer to Europe
The new PM talks less about the continent than his predecessor, but his agenda is more closely aligned with the EU’s
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Europe’s leaders queued up this week to welcome Andy Burnham as Britain’s seventh prime minister since the Brexit vote – all expressing the hope that his tenure would continue the thaw in EU-UK relations initiated by his predecessor, Keir Starmer.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief, said she was looking forward to strengthening cross-Channel ties, adding that a “very good” first discussion had confirmed a common commitment to “bringing the EU and UK closer and closer”. France’s Emmanuel Macron said he hoped for a deeper relationship that gave “new momentum to the partnership” between the EU and the UK. Germany’s Friedrich Merz said he, too, was looking forward to forging an even closer bond.
Continue reading...British woman jailed for blackmail after accusing banker of rape in Hong Kong
Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice.
Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops
Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018
The heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s grain farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of food.
Coceral, the European cereals and oilseeds trade association, made the estimate for the harvest of crops such as wheat, barley, maize and oats following the heatwave.
Continue reading...Zelenskyy sacks Syrskii: How many generals have Ukraine, Russia fired?
Several Ukrainian and Russian generals have been sacked from their militaries over the course of the war in Ukraine.
Nearly 1,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo
According to WHO figures, 999 people have died in DRC and two in Uganda due to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.
France becomes first European Union country to ban social media for kids under 15 – CBS News
- France becomes first European Union country to ban social media for kids under 15 CBS News
- French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15 NPR
- France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children CNN
- France passes law banning under-15s from social media BBC
- French lawmakers race to introduce an under-15 social media ban before the new school year AP News
OpenAI says its AI model ‘went rogue’: What do we know?
The system hacked into another company without being prompted by a human.
UK’s Miliband, Streeting: What are their foreign policy, defence records?
Miliband, Trump critic who once opposed strikes on Syria, joins Streeting, defence novice with shifting Israel views.
Nicaragua’s congress announces ‘work plan’ to suspend elections
US secretary of state says international community should ‘join forces’ against authoritarian Ortega regime
Nicaragua’s congress, controlled by the country’s long-serving president, Daniel Ortega, has announced a “work plan” to implement the authoritarian leader’s order that the country should no longer hold elections.
The UN and the US strongly condemned Sunday’s announcement by Ortega, who has been in power since 2007 and, after a controversial constitutional change last year, now governs alongside his wife, Rosario Murillo, as “co-president”.
Continue reading...Israeli strike leaves two Palestinians burnt beyond recognition
An Israeli strike hit a civilian vehicle in central Gaza, killing two Palestinians.
The Indian football tournament where goats replace trophies
GOATs are not players, but prizes at this football tournament in eastern India.
Police station opens at Hitler’s birthplace in bid to rid site of Nazi link
The opening follows years of controversy about what to do with the 17th-Century former inn, where the Nazi dictator was born.
India protest: How Modi’s refusal to sack education minister fits a pattern – Al Jazeera
- India protest: How Modi’s refusal to sack education minister fits a pattern Al Jazeera
- What Now for India’s Young Protesters? The New York Times
- India should listen to its frustrated youth Financial Times
- CJP Protest: Behind Modi Govt's Two-Point Plan to Contain Students The Quint
- All is not well: on the protests in Delhi The Hindu
Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris suburbs
Daniel Siad, whose name appears in the Epstein files thousands of times, had previously denied knowledge of the threat Jeffrey Epstein posed.
Australia to warn China it won’t be bullied by ‘provocative‘ actions as it builds military and nuclear arsenal
Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile
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Penny Wong will warn China that Australia and other neighbouring nations will not be bullied by its “provocative” actions, after its involvement in another “destabilising and dangerous” incident this week.
The foreign affairs minister – who will deliver the address on Thursday in the Philippines, where the 59th Asean foreign minister’s meeting is being held – will also caution world leaders against placing a toll on the strait of Hormuz after both Iran and the US threatened to do amid the protracted conflict.
Continue reading...Cocaine worth $370m seized in Liberia’s biggest-ever drugs bust
The seizure follows a long-running investigation into drug-trafficking networks, police say.
Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria reopens as a police station to deter Nazi pilgrimages – AP News
- Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria reopens as a police station to deter Nazi pilgrimages AP News
- Austria opens police station at Hitler birthplace to deter neo-Nazi tourists The Guardian
- Austrian police station opens at Hitler's birthplace in bid to rid site of Nazi link BBC
- 'Stripped of mystique': Hitler's birthplace reopens as police station to deter neo-Nazi pilgrims Sky News
- Hitler’s birthplace begins new life as a police station CNN
US renews strikes on Iran as Trump threatens to attack underground nuclear site
The US president's threat to target a key Iranian nuclear site came ahead of the 11th consecutive night of attacks.