- Fifty kidnapped Catholic school students in Nigeria escape Reuters
- One man describe how im six-year-old pikin escape di Catholic church kidnapping for Nigeria BBC
- 50 kidnapped Catholic school students in Nigeria escape as some schools ordered to close Fox News
- Explainer: What's behind Nigeria's latest school kidnappings, church attack? Reuters
- Pope Leo calls for the release of hostages in Nigeria and Cameroon Vatican News
Bolsonaro says ankle monitor damage caused by paranoia
Brazil's convicted ex-president blames medication for tempering with his monitor under house arrest.
Ukrainian refugee Danylo Yavhusishyn wows Japan to win his country’s first elite sumo title
21-year-old beats grand champion Hoshoryu
Wrestler uses ring name Aonishiki Arata
Danylo Yavhusishyn has become the first Ukrainian to win a sumo tournament in Japan.
The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu from Mongolia.
Continue reading...Mamdani reiterates Trump is a ‘fascist’ just days after cordial meeting
New York mayor-elect reaffirms past criticisms of president after agreeing to work with him on cost-of-living concerns
Zohran Mamdani has reiterated his view that Donald Trump is a “fascist” and a “despot” just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House.
Speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, the New York City mayor-elect was asked if he still considered Trump a threat to democracy. “Everything that I’ve said in the past I continue to believe,” Mamdani replied. “I think it is important in our politics that we don’t shy away from where we have disagreements.”
Continue reading...ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after traffic stop by immigration agents
Immigration officers detained a student at a high school in Oregon during his lunch break on Friday, according to the student’s family.
Seventeen-year-old Christian Jimenez, a US citizen and senior at McMinnville high school, was driving his father’s vehicle around 12.30pm during lunch when agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stopped him, his older brother, Cesar Jimenez, told Oregon Live.
Continue reading...Denmark Offers Lessons as Europe Toughens Up on Immigration – The New York Times
- Denmark Offers Lessons as Europe Toughens Up on Immigration The New York Times
- The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark The Guardian
- Denmark’s prime minister has led the country’s hardline migration policy – now she is trying to influence the rest of Europe The Conversation
- The ‘Danish Model’ Is Winning Government Fans Everywhere Bloomberg.com
- Opinion: The real migration crisis is not the one you’ve been hearing about The Irish Times
Rand Paul predicts GOP will ‘fracture’ over Venezuelan strikes – Politico
- Rand Paul predicts GOP will 'fracture' over Venezuelan strikes Politico
- GOP Senator Predicts Cause of Next MAGA Civil War The Daily Beast
- Rand Paul: Congress Is 'Afraid of the President' Reason Magazine
- Where's the courage to stand up to Trump's unauthorized military strikes? | Opinion Kitsap Sun
- A Republican senator says Trump risks dividing his MAGA base if he maintains his current course on a flashpoint issue. Yahoo News UK
Hezbollah chief of staff killed in Beirut airstrike, Israeli military says
Militant group confirms Haytham Ali Tabatabai was killed in attack that dramatically escalates tensions in the region
Israel targeted one of Hezbollah’s most senior military commanders in an airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, dramatically escalating tensions with the group almost exactly a year after a ceasefire ended 14 months of clashes.
The Israeli military said several hours after the attack that Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s chief of staff, was killed in the strike in Lebanese capital.
Continue reading...Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has escalated its campaign on targets it says are linked to Hezbollah, raising fears of a resumption of hostilities.
G20 defies Trump as leaders press on without US – Financial Times
- G20 defies Trump as leaders press on without US Financial Times
- The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump’s boycott CNN
- G20 declaration in defiance of US marks rare victory for multilateralism Reuters
- Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and handover row The Guardian
- G20 summit boycotted by US closes in South Africa BBC
UK navy intercepts Russian corvette and tanker as Moscow steps up naval activity – AP News
- UK navy intercepts Russian corvette and tanker as Moscow steps up naval activity AP News
- HMS Severn: British navy intercepts Russian corvette and tanker as Moscow steps up naval activity CNN
- Royal Navy intercepts two Russian ships in English Channel BBC
- UK warns Russia it’s ready to deal with any incursion after spy ship is spotted AP News
- Royal Navy intercepts Russian warship and tanker off UK coast The Independent
British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser – Yahoo
- British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser Yahoo
- DragonFire laser shoots down high‑speed drones traveling at 400mph, costs $13 per shot — UK Navy to begin deploying system on destroyers Yahoo
- Boost for Armed Forces as new laser weapon takes down high-speed drones GOV.UK
- MBDA to deliver DragonFire LDEW for RN Type 45 destroyers Janes
- Contract signed for laser that can take out drones BBC
Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature
Many of the most influential personalities in the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement on X are based outside of the US, including Russia, Nigeria and India, a new transparency feature on the social media site has revealed.
The new tool, called “about this account,” became available on Friday to users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. It allows anyone to see where an account is located, when it joined the platform, how often its username has been changed, and how the X app was downloaded.
Continue reading...COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action – The New York Times
- COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action The New York Times
- Limp COP30 deal matters little in renewables vs fossil battle Reuters
- The world is fractured. The climate talks reflected that. Politico
- COP30 ends with a whimper The Economist
- COP30: Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit BBC
Jair Bolsonaro claims ‘psychotic attack’ made him tamper with ankle monitor
Brazil’s former president says he took a soldering iron to electronic tag as he was hallucinating that it was bugged
Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he took a soldering iron to his electronic ankle monitor after having a substance-induced “psychotic attack” that caused him to hallucinate that the device was bugged.
Bolsonaro made the claim during a custody hearing on Sunday, 24 hours after he was arrested at his home in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was planning to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid being sent to jail to serve a 27-year sentence for masterminding a failed coup.
Continue reading...Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria
The raid on a Christian school came amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.
Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has escalated its campaign on targets it says are linked to Hezbollah, raising fears of a resumption of hostilities.
G20 summit boycotted by US closes in South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a "renewed commitment to multilateral co-operation".
Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas.
Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan – Reuters
- Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan Reuters
- EU vows to keep supporting Ukraine with cash and weapons as peace talks continue Reuters
- Would Moscow accept the EU's counterproposal to the US-Russia plan for Ukraine? Euronews.com
- Europe lays down red lines on Ukraine in rebuke to Trump plan politico.eu
- Ukraine war live: Trump hints at ‘big progress’ in peace talks while EU leaders meet The Independent