Authority in Board of Peace is structured around Trump, not its members, legal experts say – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Authority in Board of Peace is structured around Trump, not its members, legal experts say  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Donald Trump’s own private UN  Financial Times
  3. Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Presses Hamas on Disarmament, Officials Say  The New York Times
  4. Meet the companies and billionaires looking to make a massive profit off Trump’s plans in Gaza  Mondoweiss
  5. A Piece of Gold in Gaza  Countercurrents.org
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‘I’ve been to Ukraine 13 times – the last was definitely the hardest’ – BBC

  1. 'I've been to Ukraine 13 times - the last was definitely the hardest'  BBC
  2. Ukrainians were shocked by Russia’s war. Now many are numb and hopeless  Al Jazeera
  3. ‘Systemic Degradation’: How 4 Years of Occupation Have Devastated the Economy of Eastern Ukraine  The Moscow Times
  4. Life is harsh and dangerous in Russian-run parts of Ukraine, activists and former residents say  Associated Press News
  5. What It’s Like to Live in Ukraine, 4 Years Since Russia’s Invasion  Time Magazine
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South Africa says most of a group of 17 men lured into fighting for Russia set to return home – Yahoo

  1. South Africa says most of a group of 17 men lured into fighting for Russia set to return home  Yahoo
  2. Ramaphosa thanks Putin for release of South Africans lured into Russia-Ukraine war  BBC
  3. South Africa secures return of 11 men ‘lured’ into Russia-Ukraine war  Al Jazeera
  4. South Africa secures release of 11 nationals lured to Russia to fight against Ukraine  AP News
  5. Ramaphosa Thanks Putin for Release of South Africans Lured to Fight in Ukraine  The Moscow Times
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China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds – Reuters

  1. China military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds  Reuters
  2. How Xi's military purges could hamper China's ability to fight  NBC News
  3. How China’s Xi Purged His ‘Big Brother’ to Achieve Absolute Power  WSJ
  4. Xi’s purges of Chinese military run deep, raising questions of readiness, think tank says  CNN
  5. The Purges Within China’s Military Are Even Deeper Than You Think  ChinaPower Project
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Legal changes under consideration to remove former Prince Andrew from line of succession – Associated Press News

  1. Legal changes under consideration to remove former Prince Andrew from line of succession  Associated Press News
  2. ‘We’ve been paying for happy endings for Andrew for years’: the inside story of a royal disgrace, by his biographer  The Guardian
  3. As Andrew fell, Queen Elizabeth II held out hope, and Charles and William fumed  The Washington Post
  4. Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession  BBC
  5. Flying the flag for London Fashion Week  Financial Times
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Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’

Not enough support for freed victims, say aid agencies, with growing numbers sleeping on the streets, unable to travel home without passports or money

Charities and aid workers have called for urgent international government support for victims of south-east Asia’s deadly scam compounds, following a damning report by Amnesty International.

The numbers of survivors of cyberscam “farms” left destitute and abandoned on the city streets of Cambodia and Myanmar is an “international crisis”, according to the research published in January.

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Military helicopter crashes into market in central Iran, killing four – Euronews.com

  1. Military helicopter crashes into market in central Iran, killing four  Euronews.com
  2. Iran army helicopter crashes into market, killing 2 pilots and 2 merchants  Al Jazeera
  3. Iranian military helicopter crashes into fruit market, four dead  Reuters
  4. Iran military helicopter crashes into central fruit and vegetable market, reportedly killing 4  Associated Press News
  5. Army helicopter crashes in central Iran, killing at least 2 — state media  The Times of Israel
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