Israel intercepts missile fired from Yemen – Reuters

  1. Israel intercepts missile fired from Yemen  Reuters
  2. Houthis take responsibility for ballistic missile launch, claim airport targeted  The Times of Israel
  3. Israel says it attacked Houthi targets in Yemen’s Hodeidah port  Al Jazeera
  4. Israeli Air Force strikes Houthi-controlled Hodeida port in Yemen  Haaretz
  5. World News in Brief: Houthi-Israel tensions, Sudan cholera cases rise, deadly attacks in Ukraine  UN News
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China kindergarten poisoning: Investigation finds cover-up as six arrested – BBC

  1. China kindergarten poisoning: Investigation finds cover-up as six arrested  BBC
  2. Arrests in China after more than 230 kindergarten children poisoned by lead paint in food  theguardian.com
  3. Chinese Officials Helped Cover Up Lead Poisoning of Children, Report Says  The New York Times
  4. Seventeen investigated after nearly 250 children poisoned by lead in their food  Sky News
  5. Chinese lead poisoning scandal raises fresh questions over local governance  South China Morning Post
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Cenotaph wreath rules were changed to placate unionists, Blair-era files show

Archives reveal political manoeuvring to ensure DUP’s inclusion in 2004 Remembrance Sunday ceremony

Tony Blair’s government altered the rules on party leaders laying wreaths at the Cenotaph to keep unionists onboard with Northern Ireland’s peace process, newly released files show.

The decision was taken in the run-up to the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in 2004 to change rules drawn up in 1984 that meant leaders of parties who won at least six seats at the previous general election could lay a wreath.

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Brazil court freezes Bolsonaro son’s assets as Trump’s tariffs appear to backfire

Eduardo Bolsonaro is suspected of using money to lobby US president on behalf of his father, Jair, who faces arrest for apparent flouting of social media ban

A Brazilian supreme court judge has ordered that the bank accounts and assets of Jair Bolsonaro’s congressman son be frozen, as a political crisis – pitting Brazil’s far-right former president and Donald Trump against the current administration – intensified.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes – who has spearheaded a series of supreme court investigations into Bolsonaro – targeted the finances of Eduardo Bolsonaro, the ex-president’s third son, as a result of police suspicions that money being sent to him by his father was bankrolling his efforts to lobby the Trump administration to help Bolsonaro avoid punishment for an alleged coup attempt after the 2022 election.

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Heavy rains expected as Tropical Storm Wipha approaches Vietnam’s northern coast – Reuters

  1. Heavy rains expected as Tropical Storm Wipha approaches Vietnam's northern coast  Reuters
  2. Storm Wipha hits northern Vietnam with strong winds and heavy rain  AP News
  3. Vietnam races to prepare for Typhoon Wipha as Philippines suffers storm deaths  Yahoo Home
  4. Tropical Storm Wipha makes landfall in Vietnam; heavy rains persist in Philippines  Reuters
  5. Typhoon Wipha makes landfall in southern China after battering Hong Kong  Al Jazeera
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The for-profit companies behind Israeli-U.S. nonprofit Gaza aid plan – The Washington Post

  1. The for-profit companies behind Israeli-U.S. nonprofit Gaza aid plan  The Washington Post
  2. Why Israel’s Chaotic New Food Program in Gaza Has Turned So Deadly  The Wall Street Journal
  3. US-backed org sounds the alarm over abandoned aid for Gaza, calls for UN collaboration  Fox News
  4. Inside the aid-seeker ‘kill zone’ Israel created in Gaza  Al Jazeera
  5. Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story  theguardian.com
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Cold front to dump ‘decent dose’ of rain on drought-affected parts of south-east Australia

Parched areas of South Australia, northern Victoria and south-western NSW to receive relief later this week

Drought-affected areas in south-eastern Australia can expect a “decent dose” of rain when a cold front arrives later this week, with some places likely to see the best rain of the year so far.

With one low-pressure system already delivering windy and wet conditions to the south-east on Tuesday, a second front – currently sitting off Western Australia – was expected to sweep across the country from Wednesday to Sunday, bringing a welcome band of rain to parched areas of South Australia, northern Victoria and south-western New South Wales.

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