Ukraine to get up to 100 French-made Rafale fighter jets
President Volodymyr Zelensky hails a "historic" deal aimed at boosting Ukraine's defences against deadly Russian air attacks.
Dubai Airshow: Boeing, GE, Embraer Sign Big Money Deals With UAE – Investor’s Business Daily
- Dubai Airshow: Boeing, GE, Embraer Sign Big Money Deals With UAE Investor's Business Daily
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- Dubai Airshow to showcase Western jet orders as China debuts competitor Reuters
- Airliner Orders and Military Surprises Set 2025 Dubai Airshow Apart Aviation International News
- As It Happens: Dubai Airshow 2025 Simple Flying
Nicki Minaj to spotlight plight of Nigerian Christians in UN speech arranged by White House
Rapper to give address on Tuesday after supporting Trump’s post condemning Nigerian government
The US-based Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj will work alongside the White House to highlight claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria.
Minaj is expected to deliver a speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, according to a Time journalist who first posted about the collaboration on Sunday, adding that it was arranged by Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Donald Trump.
Continue reading...US families’ ‘mind blown’ with cuts to solar rooftop funds
Many US families had been adopting solar panels for their homes to bring down electricity costs which have shot up.
‘Historic agreement’: Ukraine to receive fleet of French fighter jets
France and Ukraine have signed a declaration of intent for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 Rafale fighter jets.
Does ‘America First’ make the US weaker?
Former US diplomat Michael McFaul says US foreign policy is stuck between Cold War memories and ‘America First.’
Shabana Mahmood tells MPs asylum system is ‘out of control and unfair’ amid Labour backlash over proposals – UK politics live
Labour MP calls government’s asylum plans ‘dystopian’ as home secretary announces measures in Commons
Momentum, the leftwing Labour group, has also denounced the government’s asylum plans. In a statement it says:
The home secretary’s new immigration plans are divisive and xenophobic.
Scapegoating migrants will not fix our public services or end austerity.
Draconian, unworkable and potentially illegal anti-asylum policies only feed Reform’s support.
The government has learnt nothing from the period since the general election.
Some of the legal changes being proposed are truly frightening:
Abolishing the right to a family life would ultimately affect many more people than asylum-seekers.
Continue reading...Ukraine’s high-flying air power plans face turbulence – politico.eu
- Ukraine’s high-flying air power plans face turbulence politico.eu
- Dassault Aviation Rises After Ukraine Agrees to Buy 100 Rafale Fighter Jets The Wall Street Journal
- Ukraine to get 100 French-made Rafale F4 fighter jets in 'historic' deal BBC
- Ukraine and France ink deal for jets and missile defenses, Paris says abcnews.go.com
- Ukraine: France seals 'historic' warplane deal with Kyiv DW
Rail explosion in Poland was ‘sabotage,’ prime minister says – The Washington Post
- Rail explosion in Poland was ‘sabotage,’ prime minister says The Washington Post
- Polish PM says railway explosion was 'unprecedented act of sabotage' BBC
- Polish train track that helped transport aid to Ukraine destroyed in ‘act of sabotage,’ prime minister says CNN
- Polish railway track blast an 'unprecedented act of sabotage', PM says Reuters
- Poland Says Rail Explosion Was ‘Unprecedented Act of Sabotage’ The Wall Street Journal
Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues – Live Science
- Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues Live Science
- China to launch Shenzhou-22 spacecraft Nov. 25 to provide lifeboat for astronauts SpaceNews
- Chinese astronauts arrive home after suspected debris strike delays return to Earth CNN
- Chinese astronauts return from space station after delay blamed on space debris damage NBC News
- Chinese astronauts to get replacement spacecraft after debris strike leaves them without a ride home Space
Israel’s Ben-Gvir urges killing PA officials if UN recognises Palestine
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded targeted assassinations of Palestinian Authority officials.
Syrian FM visits China, pledges ‘counterterrorism’ cooperation
Syria's Asaad al-Shaibani meets with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi as Damascus pushes to bolster international ties.
David Nicholls to adapt The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ for BBC
One Day author leading writing team bringing one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s to life
A writing team led by the One Day author, David Nicholls, and that includes Caitlin Moran is bringing Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ to the small screen in a 10-part BBC One adaptation of the classic tale of teenage life in British suburbia.
Nicholls, who described the book as “a classic piece of comic writing and an incredible piece of ventriloquism on Sue Townsend’s part”, will adapt the book that produced one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s.
Continue reading...New international student enrollments in US plunge this year, data shows
Enrollment fell 17%, the largest drop in a decade aside from the pandemic, amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
The number of international students enrolling in US colleges and universities plunged this year as the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown on higher education began to bite, data released on Monday reveals.
New international student enrollment fell 17% in the current academic year, the largest drop in more than a decade aside from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a fall snapshot published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
Continue reading...France investigating Vinted over alleged links to pornographic content
Some sellers were found to be luring viewers to their personal pages on adult platforms such as OnlyFans.
Ethiopia confirms three Marburg deaths as outbreak sparks regional alarm
Health authorities isolate more than 100 contacts as deadly hemorrhagic virus detected near South Sudan border.
South Africa to refuse charter flights of Palestinians over fears of ‘cleansing agenda’
Israel says South Africa had previously agreed to receive the 153 Palestinians who arrived last week.
Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years
Archive director in Germany says ‘missing piece of puzzle’ now in place to verify authorship after decades of research
Two long-lost organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach have been performed in Germany, roughly 320 years after the composer wrote them as a teenage music teacher.
Entitled Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179, the pieces were added to the official catalogue of Bach’s works on Monday and played in public for the first time in three centuries inside Leipzig’s St Thomas Church, where Bach is buried.
Continue reading...US Supreme Court to weigh ‘metering’ of asylum claims at US-Mexico border
The Trump administration has sought to restrict asylum claims at the US border, alleging abuse within the system.
New blow for Louvre as structural problem forces gallery closure
Campana Gallery is temporarily shut due to weaknesses in beams supporting floor above
The Louvre has temporarily closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building.
The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics, will be shut while investigations are conducted into “certain beams supporting the floors of the second floor” above it, a statement issued on Monday said.
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