Duck DNA in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says – Reuters.com

  1. Duck DNA in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says  Reuters.com
  2. Jeju Air: Bird feathers found in engines of crashed South Korean jet  BBC.com
  3. Jeju Air Crash Probe Focuses On Engine Damage After Bird Strike  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Final 4 minutes of recordings on Jeju Air flight missing, preliminary report says  ABC News
  5. South Korea’s Preliminary Jeju Air Crash Report Focuses on Bird Strike  Bloomberg
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Latvia: Undersea cable likely damaged by external influence – DW (English)

  1. Latvia: Undersea cable likely damaged by external influence  DW (English)
  2. Sweden seizes ship after suspected Baltic Sea cable sabotage  BBC.com
  3. CNN gets close-up look of NATO’s mission to protect undersea cables after some were damaged  CNN
  4. Accidents, not Russian sabotage, behind undersea cable damage, officials say  The Washington Post
  5. Fourth case of damaged submarine cable  Euronews
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Ukrainian long-range drones and missiles bringing war back to Russia – Zelensky – Ukrinform

  1. Ukrainian long-range drones and missiles bringing war back to Russia – Zelensky  Ukrinform
  2. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,069  Al Jazeera English
  3. Ukraine's air force says it downed 57 Russian drones launched overnight, infrastructure hit  Reuters
  4. Retro car museum mauled in Russian drone attack  Ukrinform
  5. Ukraine says Russian drone attacks hit infrastructure in several regions  VOA Asia
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Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized key city in Congo – NPR

  1. Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized key city in Congo  NPR
  2. Rebels say they have taken DR Congo city as thousands flee  BBC.com
  3. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a 'declaration of war'  The Associated Press
  4. Rebels enter outskirts of Goma and close the airport in the eastern Congo hub  CNN
  5. UN chief calls for Rwandan forces to leave DRC as rebels press offensive  Al Jazeera English
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Australia news live: PM ridicules Sussan Ley’s ‘Mars’ analogy and calls out Grace Tame’s ‘disrespectful’ T-shirt

Albanese calls Ley’s comparison of First Fleet to SpaceX ‘very strange’. Follow today’s news live

For people with disability, the end of 2024 was a rollercoaster.

New legislation for the National Disability Insurance Scheme started coming into effect in October, with new lists of what can and cannot be funded, changes to early intervention requirements and more, already altering the way 646,000 people receive support from the $35bn program.

I’m just so appalled by it. I can’t believe someone should be so heartless that they could do this.

It’s also about, I guess, community standards. Look, it’s a big city. There’s some bad people that live in it. I am appalled by this. I just can’t believe someone would be so heartless to do it in such a special part of the city. We deliberately put the police memorial in the middle of Sydney in the Domain. It’s not parked away in the back lots somewhere, because it needs to be said that if someone loses their life serving the people of NSW, they won’t be forgotten.

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Woman charged with murder of boy in her care in Townsville home

Accused to face court on Monday after boy found dead from what police allege ‘appears to be blunt force trauma’

A woman has been charged with the murder of a boy who was in her care inside what police describe as a “normal suburban household” in the suburbs of Townsville.

The woman and the boy shared “loose family connections” and her own children were present at the time of the alleged killing, Det Sen Sgt Dave Miles told media in the north Queensland city on Monday morning.

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Trump tells US government to override California water policies if necessary

Executive order comes two days after visit to LA, which has been devastated by wildfires that burned over 35,000 acres

Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order directing the federal government to override the state of California’s water management practices if they are found to be ineffective.

The order comes two days after the president visited the Los Angeles region, which has been devastated by a series of wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and burned more than 35,000 acres.

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Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to let in Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Here’s why the idea is rejected – PBS NewsHour

  1. Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to let in Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Here’s why the idea is rejected  PBS NewsHour
  2. Trump wants to ‘clean out’ Gaza. Here’s what this could mean for the Middle East  CNN
  3. Israelis reject Trump's plan to 'clean out' Palestinians from Gaza  Middle East Eye
  4. Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Here's why the idea is rejected  The Associated Press
  5. Trump's Dreams of Relocating Gazans Clash With Regional Realities  Haaretz
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Inside the race for Greenland’s mineral wealth – BBC.com

  1. Inside the race for Greenland's mineral wealth  BBC.com
  2. Looking Ahead to the Arctic Century: Greenland as Kingmaker  PRESSENZA – International News Agency
  3. Negotiating Greenland’s Future: Associated Statehood or Co-sovereignty?  Modern Diplomacy
  4. Greenland’s leader steps up push for independence from Denmark  EURACTIV
  5. What Trump Sees in Greenland: A Treasure Trove of Oil, Gas and Rare Earths  MSN
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Quarter of people in England had poor NHS care in past year, report says

Survey for patient watchdog finds over half of those who made complaint were not satisfied with process or outcome

A quarter of people in England experienced poor NHS care over the last year but fewer than one in 10 of them complained about it, a report by the patient watchdog has revealed.

When people did complain, more than half were not satisfied with either the process involved or the outcome, Healthwatch England said. Complaints take many months to resolve.

24% of patients had received poor care in that time – the equivalent of 10.7 million people in England.

56% took no action – and only 9% made a complaint.

20% were scared that complaining would affect their treatment.

34% did not trust the NHS to use a complaint they made to improve services.

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Government under pressure on economy as British households anticipate worsening finances

CBI says businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices while debt charity says millions are ‘facing worries’

The government is under growing pressure to get momentum back into the economy amid warnings that businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices, while millions of families believe their finances will worsen this year.

Before a major speech this week by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, designed to restate Labour’s commitment to improving the economy, the CBI said private sector firms were urgently assessing their budgets to offset measures announced in last October’s budget.

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New rules ease reporting restrictions in family courts across England and Wales

Journalists and bloggers to have greater access under ‘open reporting provisions’ after pilot scheme launched in 2023

A scheme allowing journalists increased access to family courts is being rolled out in an effort to improve transparency.

The initiative permits accredited journalists and legal bloggers to report on cases as they unfold, as they would in criminal courts, provided the families and certain professionals involved remain anonymous.

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Search begins for UK sailor after yacht found ‘eviscerated’ off French coast

The missing 73-year-old set off his distress beacon during stormy weather on Saturday afternoon

A 73-year-old British sailor is lost at sea and his yacht has been found “eviscerated” off the French coast in stormy weather.

A French air force helicopter was dispatched to find the man after he set off his distress beacon at 3pm on Saturday, approximately 50 miles (80km) west of Lacanau in south-west France.

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