Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration

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Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail

A live artillery shell exploded prematurely during a marines live-fire demonstration that launched over a southern California freeway in celebration of the military branch’s 250th anniversary, raining shrapnel down on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and a motorcycle that was part of JD Vance’s detail, according to a police report.

The New York Times reported that fragments that fell from the 155mm shell landed on vehicles parked on a ramp on Interstate 5 – a major artery through southern California – which governor Gavin Newsom had ordered closed after learning that military officials had no plans to close the freeway.

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Thieves steal treasured jewelry from Louvre in 7-minute daylight heist – The Washington Post

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  1. Thieves steal treasured jewelry from Louvre in 7-minute daylight heist  The Washington Post
  2. Louvre Robbers Take ‘Priceless’ French Jewels  The New York Times
  3. Jewelry heist at the Louvre is latest problem to beset France’s most famous museum  CNN
  4. Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum  AP News
  5. Masked thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewels from the Louvre Museum  NPR
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Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations: An apology call and a moment of human connection – CBS News

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  1. Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations: An apology call and a moment of human connection  CBS News
  2. The ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared Kushner’s Gaza ceasefire deal  The Guardian
  3. Witkoff says he connected with Hamas leader al-Hayya over shared experience of losing a son  The Times of Israel
  4. ‘A Big Day’: How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal  The New York Times
  5. Scoop: Direct meeting between Trump envoys and Hamas leaders sealed Gaza deal  Axios
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Florida politician faces backlash over calls for mass deportation of Indians

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Chandler Langevin faced censure from Palm Bay council and calls to resign from series of posts condemned as ‘vile’

A city councilmember in Florida is facing backlash from national Indian American organizations, members of Congress, and local residents after posting a series of social media messages that insulted Indian people living in the US and called for them to be deported en masse.

Chandler Langevin, a Palm Bay council member elected last year, made derogatory comments about Indian people across several posts on the social media platform X over roughly three weeks this fall. He claimed that Indians come to America to “drain our pockets” before returning to India, “or worse … to stay”.

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Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire – NPR

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  1. Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire  NPR
  2. Renewed fighting tests Gaza ceasefire and Israel briefly halts aid  AP News
  3. Two IDF soldiers killed amid 'severe' ceasefire violation, 'it's not the last,' analyst says  Fox News
  4. Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend  NBC News
  5. Live: Israel launches ‘wave’ of air strikes on Gaza as truce teeters  Al Jazeera
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Landslide win for pro-EU Turkish Cypriot candidate raises hopes for peace

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Veteran leftwinger Tufan Erhürman wins after campaign on reviving stalled talks to reunify island

Turkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus.

Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island, defeated the incumbent nationalist, Ersin Tatar, by nearly 27 percentage points – a landslide win that surprised even his most ardent supporters.

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George Santos says prison sentence was ‘disproportionate’ but ‘large slice of humble pie’

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Disgraced former congressman who was meant to serve seven years for fraud and identity lashes out at critics

Disgraced former US congressman George Santos said on Sunday that his prison sentence had been “disproportionate”, but that he had been served “a very large slice of humble pie”, while lashing out at his critics in his first interview since Donald Trump commuted his sentence.

Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, Santos said he was “all politicked out”, and called for his former campaign staffer, Sam Miele, to also receive a commutation.

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North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border – CBS News

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  1. North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border  CBS News
  2. South Korea arrests North Korean soldier for crossing fortified border  Al Jazeera
  3. North Korean soldier held by Seoul after crossing land border  CNA
  4. North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across heavily fortified border  The Guardian
  5. North Korean soldier crosses DMZ, defects to South: Seoul  South China Morning Post
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