COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.
COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.
Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon
Three towns attacked despite truce with Hezbollah in what Israeli military says was effort to prevent group rearming
The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon in what it described as an attempt to prevent Hezbollah rearming.
Israeli warplanes struck the towns of Kfar Dounine, Tayr Debba and Zawtar al-Sharqiya on Thursday, about an hour after issuing evacuation warnings to residents. No deaths had been reported at the time of publishing.
Continue reading...SOAS University ‘concerned’ by reports of Sami Hamdi’s detention in the US
SOAS University, of which Hamdi is an alumnus, urge 'US authorities to ensure full transparency and due process'.
‘We need help’: devastated Jamaican communities still await aid after Hurricane Melissa – The Guardian
- ‘We need help’: devastated Jamaican communities still await aid after Hurricane Melissa The Guardian
- Jamaica devastation: Reggae legends call on public for help BBC
- ‘It’s devastating’: Montgomery County Council member with Jamaican roots leads hurricane relief efforts WTOP
- Grim death toll rises in Jamaica, as nation grapples with disaster left behind by historic Hurricane Melissa FOX Weather
- Morales: Human toll from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica so far just the tip of the iceberg NBC 6 South Florida
Lammy says he was right not to discuss mistakenly freed prisoner at PMQs
Justice secretary says he did not have ‘all the detail’ at the time and there is ‘mountain to climb’ on prisons crisis
David Lammy has said the government has “a mountain to climb” to tackle the prisons crisis and insisted he was “not equipped with all the detail” when questioned in parliament the previous day about a mistaken prisoner release.
After a fraudster mistakenly freed from prison handed himself in on Thursday, the justice secretary said he had been right not to provide details to MPs at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday about the release of a sex offender who remains at large.
Continue reading...Famed Florentine diamond surfaces in Canada after century-long disappearance
Empress Zita brought stone to Canada as Nazis took over Europe in 1940s and it remained in bank vault ever since
At the height of the Battle of Britain, when the UK government needed a secret location to store 186,332 gold bars, it turned to Canada.
Shipped across the Atlantic and stored beneath a hastily constructed vault in Montreal, Operation Fish became known both for the vast amounts of gold involved – and the immense secrecy that followed.
Continue reading...Frontline report: Ukrainian defenders turn Russian offensive into “graveyard for armor and manpower” near Pokrovsk – Euromaidan Press
- Frontline report: Ukrainian defenders turn Russian offensive into "graveyard for armor and manpower" near Pokrovsk Euromaidan Press
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,352 Al Jazeera
- War update: Russian troops suffer losses in Pokrovsk sector, 93 clashes on front line Ukrinform
- Tuesday, November 4. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Forbes
- In Donbas, Ukrainian troops fight off endless Russian assaults CBC
RSF says it agrees to mediators’ ceasefire proposal in Sudan war
Paramilitary says it will accept a ceasefire proposed by the Quad mediators - the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE.
Lucy Powell says Labour must stand by promise not to raise key taxes
New deputy leader also calls on government to lift two-child benefit cap urgently and in full
Labour should stand by its manifesto commitment not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT, its deputy leader, Lucy Powell, has said in a challenge that will put pressure on Rachel Reeves.
With the Treasury examining whether to raise income tax to plug a £30bn fiscal hole, Powell said it was “really important we stand by the promises we were elected on and do what we said we would do”.
Continue reading...Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire
International mediators broker three-month halt to civil war as further evidence emerges of mass civilian killings
A Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing thousands of unarmed civilians in an ethnically motivated massacre has agreed to a truce.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is facing mounting criticism over apparent war crimes committed by its fighters in the city of El Fasher last month, said it had agreed to a “humanitarian ceasefire” put forward by the quad countries of the US, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Continue reading...FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is – The Verge
- FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is The Verge
- FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site 404 Media
- Archive.today: FBI Demands Data from Provider Tucows heise online
- The FBI Is Targeting the Popular Anti-Paywall Site Archive.Today Lifehacker
- FBI investigating identity of owner of web fishprint service 'archive.today' GIGAZINE
Israel pounds southern Lebanon with drone, airstrikes
Video shows Israeli drones launching airstrikes in southern Lebanon Thursday. At least one person was killed in Toura.
Ukraine jails Russian soldier for life for executing prisoner of war – Financial Times
- Ukraine jails Russian soldier for life for executing prisoner of war Financial Times
- Russian soldier jailed for life after being found guilty of shooting dead Ukrainian PoW, in unprecedented ruling CNN
- Russian soldier sentenced to life in jail in unprecedented Ukrainian trial BBC
- Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian court jails Russian soldier for killing PoW in landmark sentence The Guardian
- Ukraine jails Russian soldier for life for killing POW in first such ruling Reuters
JD Vance Lands in an Unholy Mess as ICE Barbie Goon Trashes the Pope – The Daily Beast
- JD Vance Lands in an Unholy Mess as ICE Barbie Goon Trashes the Pope The Daily Beast
- Pope Leo offers his strongest criticism of Trump yet BBC
- Pope Leo calls for "deep reflection" over treatment of migrants after hearing communion denied at Broadview ICE facility CBS News
- Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected Vatican News
- Pope Leo Says ‘Spiritual Needs’ Of Migrants In US Not Being Met Forbes
Busiest US airports face flight reductions because of government shutdown
Flight capacity will be cut at major airports as air traffic controllers report issues with fatigue amid staff shortages.
Chinese Astronauts Trapped on Tiangong Station After Debris Collision – extremetech.com
- Chinese Astronauts Trapped on Tiangong Station After Debris Collision extremetech.com
- Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsule Live Science
- China Delays Return of Astronauts After Debris May Have Hit Spacecraft The New York Times
- A Piece of Space Junk Hit Their Ride Home. What Does This Mean for Space Exploration? Scientific American
- Calls for Musk to rescue stranded astronauts News.com.au
Bolivia’s ex-president who oversaw bloody crackdown on protesters freed from prison
Release follows supreme court ruling that overturned Jeanine Áñez’s conviction for allegedly staging coup to seize power
The former interim president who oversaw a bloody crackdown on protesters in Bolivia has been freed from prison after almost five years, following a supreme court ruling that overturned her conviction for allegedly staging a coup to seize power.
Jeanine Áñez, 58, left the Miraflores women’s orientation centre in La Paz on Thursday, saying that “the monster had to go” for her to walk free – a reference to the end of nearly two decades of rule by the leftwing Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party.
Continue reading...Russian soldier sentenced to life in jail in unprecedented Ukrainian trial
In the first ruling of its kind, Dmitry Kurashov was found guilty of killing an unarmed Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered.
Russian soldier sentenced to life in jail in unprecedented Ukrainian trial
In the first ruling of its kind, Dmitry Kurashov was found guilty of killing an unarmed Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered.