- Dramatic Drone Footage Of Iceland's Latest Volcanic Eruption Shows An Epic Scene From Hell IFLScience
- Volcano erupts in Iceland spewing lava from the ground BBC
- Volcanic eruption in Iceland forces tourists to evacuate Blue Lagoon, as lava flows near town of Grindavik CBS News
- Icelandic volcano erupts again, prompting evacuations at nearby town and Blue Lagoon ABC News
- Lava erupts from gigantic fissure in Iceland following earthquake swarm — and the photos are epic Live Science
Catalogue of failures led to woman’s murder in Bristol care home, coroner finds
Managers described as ‘reckless’ over supervision of Melissa Mathieson’s killer, who had history of sexual violence
A “catalogue of failures” resulted in the murder of a vulnerable young woman who was strangled to death in a care home by a fellow resident with a history of sexual violence, a coroner has concluded.
Senior managers at the care home in Bristol where Melissa Mathieson, 18, died were described as “reckless” by the coroner for not effectively supervising her killer, Jason Conroy.
Continue reading...Romance scam victim travels 700km ‘to marry French beauty queen’ – BBC
Romance scam victim travels 700km ‘to marry French beauty queen’
The Belgian turned up at the home of Sophie Vouzelaud in France only to realise he had been a victim of fraud.
Druze city of Sweida’s street filled with bodies and looted homes – The Jerusalem Post
- Druze city of Sweida's street filled with bodies and looted homes The Jerusalem Post
- Bodies and looted homes: Syria's Druze reeling after Sweida bloodshed Reuters
- In Syria, a cycle of revenge engulfs the Druze city of Sweida Le Monde.fr
- Sweida hospital morgue full, received over 400 bodies since Monday, doctor says The Times of Israel
- Syria to deploy troops to south; Druze say Sweida hospital has become a mass grave Ynetnews
Court orders Bolsonaro to wear ankle tag and puts him under curfew
A court in Brazil also bars the ex-president from using social media and puts him under 24-hour surveillance.
Weather tracker: Heavy monsoon rain leaves many dead in Pakistan – The Guardian
- Weather tracker: Heavy monsoon rain leaves many dead in Pakistan The Guardian
- Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan The New York Times
- Pakistan monsoon rains kill 63 in 24 hours BBC
- Why is Pakistan so vulnerable to deadly flooding? Al Jazeera
- Children make up half of more than 170 killed in Pakistan floods CNN
Man Utd close on Mbeumo deal with medical imminent
Manchester United are on the verge of signing Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford with a medical understood to be imminent.
Germany and EU allies push for asylum crackdown and more deportations – Reuters
- Germany and EU allies push for asylum crackdown and more deportations Reuters
- Alpine Fortress euractiv.com
- Germany and EU allies push for ‘tougher, stricter’ asylum rules Al Jazeera
- EU ministers vow tougher migration policy within bloc Myanmar International TV
- UPDATE: Poland and five EU nations press for asylum crackdown and deportations TVP World
Women who conceived in abusive relationships lose legal challenge over benefits ‘rape clause’
Justice Collins Rice says it is for politicians and not courts to change rules around two-child benefit cap
Two women who conceived their eldest children while they were in violent and controlling relationships have lost a legal challenge to the rules around the two-child benefit cap.
A high court judge said the accounts of the abuse the women faced when they were “vulnerable girls barely out of childhood” were “chilling”.
Continue reading...China protests to Philippines over Taiwan, maritime and security issues – Reuters
Child killed in Minehead school coach crash was 10-year-old boy, police say
Twenty-one passengers were taken to hospital after coach overturned on way back from trip to zoo
Flowers have been left outside a school attended by a 10-year-old boy who died in a coach crash in Somerset on the way home from a trip to the zoo.
Twenty-one passengers were taken to hospital, some with serious injuries, when the coach flipped on to its roof and plunged 20ft down an embankment in Exmoor on Thursday afternoon on its way back to Minehead middle school.
Continue reading...Netanyahu calls Pope Leo after uproar over Israeli attack on Gaza church – Financial Times
- Netanyahu calls Pope Leo after uproar over Israeli attack on Gaza church Financial Times
- Christian leaders make rare visit to Gaza following deadly Israeli church attack CNN
- Netanyahu calls Pope Leo XIV after deadly Israeli strike on Gazan church ABC News
- Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis AP News
- Israel apologizes for deadly strike on Gaza Catholic church after Trump call Politico
Czech president signs law criminalising communist propaganda – Euronews.com
UK police to take no action against Kneecap after ‘terrorism’ investigation
Irish trio calls probe 'state intimidation' after band member taken to court over pro-Palestine message at Glastonbury.
‘A Revolution in Drone Warfare’: As Russian Fiber-Optic Drones Flood the Battlefield, Ukraine Scrambles to Catch Up – The Moscow Times
- ‘A Revolution in Drone Warfare’: As Russian Fiber-Optic Drones Flood the Battlefield, Ukraine Scrambles to Catch Up The Moscow Times
- Ukrainian drones are killing ever more soldiers The Economist
- Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance: What the United States Can Learn from Ukraine CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
- A new type of rifle bullet in Ukraine could give infantry a better way to survive unjammable drone attacks Business Insider
- How the Russian and Ukrainian front lines are shifting, in infographics Le Monde.fr
Spain’s People’s party hit by alleged multimillion cash-for-favours scandal
Claims involve former finance minister Cristóbal Montoro and dealings with gas and other energy companies
Just when Spain’s opposition People’s party thought it had the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez on the ropes over a series of corruption scandals, it has been hit by a controversy of its own over alleged trafficking of influences by Cristóbal Montoro, the former finance minister.
It is alleged that Montoro established the “economic team”, a lawyer’s office linked to the finance ministry, which took kickbacks from gas and other energy companies in return for favourable government policy. It is claimed that between 2008 and 2015 Montoro and 27 other accused, among them senior treasury officials, were paid at least €11m (£9.5m) by big energy companies.
Continue reading...Why is Trump’s MAGA base in revolt over Epstein?
Donald Trump's MAGA base appears to be in revolt over his administration's Epstein findings.
Trump talks tough on Russia, but will he follow through?
Trump’s threats over oil and missiles mark a shift on Ukraine - but without allies, they may be empty talk.
Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time – PBS
- Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time PBS
- ‘Not Trump’s dumping ground’: Outrage over arrival of foreign US deportees in tiny African nation CNN
- 5 immigrants deported by the US to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement ABC News
- Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration The New York Times
- Here are the 3rd-countries where the Trump admin is deporting migrants Axios