British man accused of trying to drown daughter-in-law in pool in Florida

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Mark Raymond Gibbon, in US on holiday, charged with attempted second-degree murder and battery

A British man has been charged by US police with the attempted murder of his daughter-in-law after allegedly trying to drown her in a swimming pool while on holiday, local authorities have said.

Mark Raymond Gibbon, 62, of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, allegedly tried to drown the 33-year-old woman after they had an argument about his grandchildren in their rental home at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, on Sunday, the Polk county sheriff, Grady Judd, said on X.

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Hamas continues cash salary payments in Gaza despite war – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Hamas continues cash salary payments in Gaza despite war  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Hamas still pays out salaries and rewards supporters  BBC
  3. Hamas using secret cash stockpile, looted aid to pay employees and loyalists — BBC  The Times of Israel
  4. Hamas Is a Terrible Employer  Commentary Magazine
  5. How Hamas secretly moves millions to pay members during the Gaza war  Ynetnews
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Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland – DW

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  1. Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland  DW
  2. Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily  BBC
  3. Italy greenlights plan to build world’s longest suspension bridge  Al Jazeera
  4. Italy Approves Project to Link Sicily to the Mainland by Bridge  The New York Times
  5. Record-breaking bridges: How Italy and China are pushing engineering limits  ABC News
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Former Superman actor Dean Cain reveals he’s becoming an Ice agent to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda

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The actor will be sworn in ‘ASAP’ amid the federal agency’s recruitment drive and unprecedented immigration raids that have sparked protest across the US

Former Superman actor Dean Cain has announced he has signed up to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), in order to support US president Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.

The federal law enforcement agency has aggressively ramped up immigration raids since Trump’s return to the White House and was recently awarded $75bn in extra funding as part of his “big beautiful bill”, which includes billions for hiring an additional 10,000 Ice agents by 2029.

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Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds

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Release of 20 lynx over several years into Kielder Forest area would create population of about 50 animals

Releasing just 20 lynx in Northumberland would be enough to create a healthy wild population, research has found, and most people in the area would support the practice.

Northumberland Wildlife Trust has been working to see if the wild cats, which became extinct in Britain about 1,300 years ago as a result of hunting and habitat loss, could be returned to the area.

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Ham sold in UK found to contain carcinogens 10 years after WHO warning

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Study finds Wiltshire ham products sold by retailers such as Tesco and M&S contain highest level of nitrites

Ham and bacon sold by supermarkets including Tesco, and Marks and Spencer still contain cancer-causing chemicals almost 10 years after the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of their use in processed meats.

Wiltshire ham is the product with the highest concentrations of nitrites, according to analysis that compared it to cooked ham and unsmoked bacon.

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‘Unbelievable’: Body found almost intact after 28 years in Pakistan’s melting glacier – How did it happen – Times of India

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  1. ‘Unbelievable’: Body found almost intact after 28 years in Pakistan's melting glacier - How did it happen  Times of India
  2. Body of man missing for 28 years found in melting glacier  BBC
  3. Intact body of missing father found on melting Pakistan glacier 28 years after he vanished  CBS News
  4. Man missing for 28 years found in glacier in Kohistan  The Express Tribune
  5. Man Who Disappeared 28 Years Ago Found Dead After Falling into Glacier Crack During Snowstorm  People.com
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One dead, 13 injured in France wildfire spanning area greater than Paris – The Washington Post

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  1. One dead, 13 injured in France wildfire spanning area greater than Paris  The Washington Post
  2. Here’s What France’s Largest Blaze in Decades Looks Like  The New York Times
  3. France's biggest wildfire since 1949 moving more slowly but not yet under control  Reuters
  4. Deadly wildfire spreads in southern France  BBC
  5. France’s worst wildfires in 75 years are ‘disaster on unprecedented scale’  The Telegraph
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Myanmar’s acting President Myint Swe dies after a long illness – AP News

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  1. Myanmar’s acting President Myint Swe dies after a long illness  AP News
  2. Myanmar's figurehead president dies after long illness  BBC
  3. U Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar Installed by Military, Dies at 74  The New York Times
  4. Figurehead president of military-ruled Myanmar dies aged 74  Al Jazeera
  5. Myint Swe, president under Myanmar's junta, dies, state broadcaster reports  Reuters
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Anniversary of birth of Irish hero Daniel O’Connell rekindles mystery of missing heart

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250th celebrations renew interest in searching for organ that disappeared from college in Rome

On his deathbed Daniel O’Connell, the man known in his time as “the Liberator” of Ireland, made a request: “My body to Ireland, my heart to Rome and my soul to heaven.”

On Wednesday Ireland marked the 250th anniversary of his birth with speeches and pomp and a nagging question: where is the heart?

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Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians

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Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates

More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict.

A Guardian investigation into the 72-hour attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on North Darfur’s Zamzam camp, the country’s largest for people displaced by the war, found repeated testimony of mass executions and large-scale abductions. Hundreds of civilians remain unaccounted for.

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The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza: Why Punishing Civilians Has Not Yielded Strategic Success – Foreign Affairs

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  1. The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza: Why Punishing Civilians Has Not Yielded Strategic Success  Foreign Affairs
  2. A glimpse of Gaza’s miserable future  The Economist
  3. The Week the World Woke Up to the Genocide in Gaza  The Intercept
  4. Israelis Are Starting to Talk About Famine in Gaza  The New Yorker
  5. Israel’s Gaza War Is One of History’s Worst Crimes Ever  Jacobin
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Penny Wong complained to China about intimidation of exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners

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Exclusive: Foreign affairs minister used July meeting on Asean sidelines to elevate criticism of targeting of Adelaide-based Ted Hui and Melbourne-based Kevin Yam

The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, complained about the targeted intimidation of exiled pro-democracy campaigners from Hong Kong directly to her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, during a bilateral meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

The July meeting was the first face-to-face discussion between the pair since two Hong Kong activists wanted for alleged national security crimes were subjected to anonymous letters offering Australian neighbours $203,000 to inform on them.

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For Gaza’s residents, daily life a Sisyphean struggle for simplest necessities – The Times of Israel

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  1. For Gaza’s residents, daily life a Sisyphean struggle for simplest necessities  The Times of Israel
  2. LIVE: Israel starves 197 Palestinians to death in Gaza  Al Jazeera
  3. What makes Israel’s starvation of Gaza stand apart  vox.com
  4. Gaza father grieving loss of child to malnutrition scrambles to save siblings  Reuters
  5. Hamada Sho: I Can No Longer Feed Kids in Gaza  Time Magazine
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United Airlines says issue that forced grounding of hundreds of US flights resolved

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Ground stops were issued nationwide including at hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Newark and San Francisco

United Airlines has said a technology issue that led to the grounding of flights for a few hours and major delays across its network in the US has been resolved.

“While we expect residual delays, our team is working to restore our normal operations,” the airline said in a statement late on Wednesday.

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Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies aged 88

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The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy and would win seven more over a career that spanned nearly 40 albums

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died aged 88.

Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told the New York Times her father died earlier that day at his home in New Jersey after “an extended illness”.

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