Putin takes aim at UK in anti-Nato game of fear – EUobserver

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  1. Putin takes aim at UK in anti-Nato game of fear  EUobserver
  2. UK 'supports Ukraine 100%', Burnham says, after Russia's drone warning  BBC
  3. Russia is threatening escalation against Britain: Here’s how they could do it  The Telegraph
  4. Russia's Lavrov says Britain risks being seen as party to Ukraine war  Reuters
  5. ‘Putin has repeatedly threatened the UK and Nato over Ukraine – but he is too weak to follow through’  The Independent
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Fishermen found alive floating on cooler 150 miles off Mexico 5 days after going missing – CBS News

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  1. Fishermen found alive floating on cooler 150 miles off Mexico 5 days after going missing  CBS News
  2. Fishermen miraculously found alive in giant cooler after 5 days lost at sea  New York Post
  3. Missing fishermen found inside giant cooler after being stranded at sea for days  the-sun.com
  4. Navy finds missing fishermen floating in cooler 130 miles off coast of Chiapas  Riviera Maya News
  5. Fishermen missing for 5 days found alive floating on cooler in Pacific  AOL.com
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The Nazi shipwrecks emerging from the Danube – BBC

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  1. The Nazi shipwrecks emerging from the Danube  BBC
  2. A historic boat emerges in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry from drought and heat  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. Famed century-old ship dubbed "Sava's Titanic" emerges in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry  CBS News
  4. Drought reveals 100-year-old boat in Serbia and ancient Roman bridge in Italy  Sky News
  5. Drought on Serbia's Sava River reveals long-lost WWII shipwreck  Yahoo
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Kazakhstan prepares to vote in a cosmetic election – The Economist

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  1. Kazakhstan prepares to vote in a cosmetic election  The Economist
  2. Kazakhstan to hold snap election expected to tighten president's control  Reuters
  3. Kazakhstan’s First Kurultai Campaign Puts Competing Policy Priorities in Focus  The Astana Times
  4. Kazakhstan, Moldova discuss cooperation in electoral field  Qazinform
  5. Kazakhstan to hold first parliamentary election under new constitution  ConstitutionNet
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Pirates hijack cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia’s coast, official says – AP News

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  1. Pirates hijack cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia’s coast, official says  AP News
  2. One beneficiary of the Iran war? Pirates.  Politico
  3. Somali pirate menace returns as U.S.-Iran war stokes regional chaos and saps enforcement resources  CNBC
  4. Tanker off Yemen boarded by armed people, diverted towards Somalia, UKMTO says  Reuters
  5. Gunmen seize tanker off Yemen amid resurgence of Somali piracy  Al Jazeera
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Swiss tourist given year in jail for insulting Bali religious day – Euronews.com

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  1. Swiss tourist given year in jail for insulting Bali religious day  Euronews.com
  2. Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence  BBC
  3. Tourist Gets 1-Year Prison Sentence After Defying Bali’s Day of Silence  Fodors Travel Guide
  4. Swiss tourist sentenced to a year in jail for insulting Bali’s sacred Day of Silence  AP News
  5. Swiss tourist jailed for insulting Bali sacred day  SWI swissinfo.ch
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‘You have got to go’: former NSW minister tells Icac ‘something strange at play’ when she was sacked by Perrottet

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Eleni Petinos tells inquiry her sacking as a minister in Dominic Perrottet’s government was potentially motivated by her reluctance to get rid of the building commissioner

The former New South Wales fair trading minister Eleni Petinos has given evidence at a corruption inquiry that she may have been used by fellow Liberals to try to get rid of the building commissioner David Chandler, recounting numerous attempts in 2022 to persuade her he was “dodgy” and should be sacked.

She has also told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) inquiry that her subsequent sacking as a minister in the Dominic Perrottet government in July 2022 – allegedly for bullying staff – was unfair and potentially motivated by her reluctance to sack the building commissioner.

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