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Renewable energy will boost national security and protect UK from sabotage, minister says
Widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels are harder to target than fossil fuel power stations, Michael Shanks says
Renewable energy will boost the UK’s national security and make the country more resilient against potential aggression or sabotage, the government’s energy minister has said.
Michael Shanks said widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels were much harder to target than large-scale fossil fuel power stations. They are also not vulnerable to supply shocks, such as the current oil crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran and the soaring gas prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Mali defence minister killed amid flurry of insurgent attacks
Car bomb kills Sadio Camara at home during coordinated assaults by rebel groups including West African al-Qaida affiliate
Mali’s defence minister was killed in an attack on his residence, the government said on Sunday, a high-profile fatality during coordinated assaults staged the previous day by insurgents including the West African affiliate of al-Qaida.
A car laden with explosives driven by a suicide attacker drove into Sadio Camara’s residence in the town of Kati, the spokesperson, Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, said in a statement read out on state television. A firefight ensued, and Camara sustained injuries from which he later died in a hospital, Coulibaly said, adding that Mali would observe two days of mourning.
Continue reading...The hidden target in US war on Iran may be China – ایران اینترنشنال
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Benjamin Netanyahu meets Christians serving in IDF amid controversy in southern Lebanon – The Jerusalem Post
- Benjamin Netanyahu meets Christians serving in IDF amid controversy in southern Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
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Global military spending rises 2.9% despite US decline over Ukraine freeze – Reuters
- Global military spending rises 2.9% despite US decline over Ukraine freeze Reuters
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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon amid ongoing ceasefire – BBC
- Israeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon amid ongoing ceasefire BBC
- Israeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon as Israel warns residents to leave towns beyond 'buffer zone' Reuters
- Netanyahu orders army to 'vigorously attack' Hezbollah in Lebanon BBC
- Israel issues forced evacuation orders for southern Lebanon in escalation Al Jazeera
- Lebanon health ministry says Israeli strikes kill 14 in deadliest day since ceasefire began The Guardian
Syria begins first trial for ousted Assad, allies – France 24
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- Syria opens first public trial of former Assad regime official Atef Najib The Jerusalem Post
Malian defense chief is killed in attack that saw jihadis and rebels seize towns and military bases – AP News
- Malian defense chief is killed in attack that saw jihadis and rebels seize towns and military bases AP News
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- Mali defence minister killed amid flurry of insurgent attacks The Guardian
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- Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Launch Major Attacks on Cities Across Mali The New York Times
Israeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon as Israel warns residents to leave towns beyond ‘buffer zone’ – Reuters
- Israeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon as Israel warns residents to leave towns beyond 'buffer zone' Reuters
- Netanyahu orders army to 'vigorously attack' Hezbollah in Lebanon BBC
- Israel issues forced evacuation orders for southern Lebanon in escalation Al Jazeera
- Israel says it will attack Hezbollah 'forcefully' as four killed in strikes on southern Lebanon Reuters
- Israeli strikes kill 14, wounds 37 in Lebanon Honolulu Star-Advertiser
What to Know About U.S.-Iran Peace Talks – The New York Times
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- Iran war: What’s happening on day 58 as Tehran-Washington talks stall? Al Jazeera
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Mali defence minister killed as country hit by wave of rebel attacks
Iran’s foreign minister leaves Pakistan, heads to Russia for more talks
No headway in Middle East peace efforts as US and Iran refuse to yield
Deepening sense of deadlock despite regional diplomacy as Washington and Tehran show no signs of compromise
Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US faded further on Sunday, amid a deepening sense of deadlock in the nearly two-month-long conflict despite intense regional diplomatic activity.
Washington and Tehran appear unwilling to moderate rhetoric or make concessions, and there are no negotiations scheduled that might bring the war to a definitive end.
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