Anna Wintour stepping back as US Vogue’s editor-in-chief
Dame Anna, who has been editor-in-chief for 37 years, will continue to hold a senior role at the company.
Iran carries out wave of arrests and executions in wake of Israel conflict
Iranian authorities have carried out arrests and executions of people suspected of links to Israeli intelligence agencies.
Iran carries out wave of arrests and executions in wake of Israel conflict – BBC
- Iran carries out wave of arrests and executions in wake of Israel conflict BBC
- Execution of 3 accused of spying and mass detentions fuel crackdown fears in Iran NBC News
- Iran intensifies internal security crackdown after US, Israel strikes Fox News
- Iran moves to punish ‘spying’ as it proclaims victory over Israel, US Al Jazeera
- Iran intensifies internal security crackdown with executions and mass arrests The Guardian
FACT FOCUS: Posts misrepresent report to falsely claim nearly 400,000 Palestinians are missing – AP News
- FACT FOCUS: Posts misrepresent report to falsely claim nearly 400,000 Palestinians are missing AP News
- Gaza Without Gazans: Only American Pressure Can Stop Israel’s New Endgame Foreign Affairs
- Did a Harvard report reveal 377,000 people are missing in Gaza? No - Truth or Fake France 24
- Israel 'disappeared' 377,000 people in Gaza, half are children The New Arab
- Gaza aid sites risk chaos used to justify killings, report says The New Arab
American absence at climate talks met with regret — and relief – politico.eu
- American absence at climate talks met with regret — and relief politico.eu
- ‘Systematically Failed’: Civil Society’s Latest Attempt to Reform UN Climate Talks Inside Climate News
- Wreckers, money woes and mutirão: 10 things we learned about Cop30 from Bonn climate talks The Guardian
- German minister criticizes outcome of Bonn climate talks Yahoo
- This year’s UN climate talks are already behind — 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil Grist.org
Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney under fire after Labour welfare rebellion
Backbenchers feel PM’s chief of staff missed strength of feeling over cuts – and there are deeper tensions at play
Being the prime minister’s right-hand man is a position of extraordinary power and privilege. But when things start to go wrong, you are directly in the line of fire. So has found Morgan McSweeney, the political mastermind credited with helping Keir Starmer win his election landslide, in recent days as the Labour party has collapsed into moral fury over planned welfare cuts.
The softly spoken Irishman, now Starmer’s chief of staff, has become the lightning rod for the frustration of many Labour rebels who backed a wrecking amendment designed to blow up the big welfare bill next week.
Continue reading...Israeli strike at Gaza market kills 18 Palestinians, doctor and witnesses say
Witnesses said Israeli drones fired at Hamas police members dressed in civilian clothing and wearing masks.
EU told to present options for Israel action, says Lithuanian president – politico.eu
- EU told to present options for Israel action, says Lithuanian president politico.eu
- EU's 27 countries struggle to find a united voice on Gaza BBC
- EU leaders kick Israel partnership down the road despite pressure Euronews.com
- EU leaders call for Gaza ceasefire, discussion on critical Israel report Reuters
- E.U.-Israeli Ties Are Further Strained by Claims of Potential Rights Violations The New York Times
Criminal who helped inspire ‘Stockholm syndrome’ theory dies
Olofsson rose to global notoriety in 1973 after a kidnapping and bank robbery in Norrmalmstorg, central Stockholm.
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns – Breaking Defense
- Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns Breaking Defense
- Pentagon seeks to cancel E-7A procurement instead opting for more E-2Ds FlightGlobal
- “Gambling” with US early warning aircraft? “Hawkeye” instead of “Wedgetail” Militär Aktuell
- DoD Cites E-7 Wedgetail Unit Cost Increase from $588 Million to $724 Million Defense Daily
- DOD: E-7A Cost Growth Led To Cancellation Aviation Week Network
Armenia’s PM offers to expose himself in escalating Church row
The bitter standoff between Nikol Pashinyan and the Church has seen arrests and an alleged coup plot.
Homes burn in Greece as wildfire sweeps through coastal towns – BBC
- Homes burn in Greece as wildfire sweeps through coastal towns BBC
- Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island The New York Times
- Smoke Streams Over the Aegean Sea NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
- Greece wildfires: woman charged with unintentional arson after cigarette allegedly started blaze on Chios The Guardian
- Greece: Wildfire erupts near Athens amid heat wave DW
Homes burn in Greece as wildfire sweeps through coastal towns
The flames quickly spread into residential areas, as Greece experienced its first heatwave of the summer.
Trump is making US intelligence parrot his line on Iran – it echoes Bush’s invasion of Iraq
Tailoring assessments to suit political prejudices undermines their very function and led us to the Iraq war
In the run-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, journalists covering the preparations for war became familiar with the concept of “stovepiping”.
The term described the tactic of pushing intelligence to key political decision makers, bypassing checks and balances within the system.
Continue reading...How Trump’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on Taiwan – The New York Times
- How Trump’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on Taiwan The New York Times
- US strikes on Iran force China to reconsider Donald Trump’s isolationism Financial Times
- US strike on Iran highlights China’s need for strategic bombers, analysts say South China Morning Post
- China analyst: B-2 raid to surge Chinese military intelligence collection on U.S. bombers Washington Times
- B-2 Bomber: China Impressed, India Unfazed By U.S. Strategic Bomber’s Attack On Iranian Sites; Here’ Why EurAsian Times
Iran war and ‘Trump doctrine’ blur China’s multipolar vision – Nikkei Asia
- Iran war and 'Trump doctrine' blur China's multipolar vision Nikkei Asia
- Opinion | Where Was Xi Jinping in Iran’s Hour of Need? WSJ
- Israel-Iran conflict exposed China’s ‘limited leverage’, say analysts Al Jazeera
- Why is China so concerned about Israel-Iran tensions? NPR
- Beijing, a longtime friend of Tehran, turns to cautious diplomacy in Iran’s war with Israel AP News
This Blood Type is So Unique, It’s Found in Only One Person – The Daily Galaxy
- This Blood Type is So Unique, It’s Found in Only One Person The Daily Galaxy
- 'She is the only person in the world compatible with herself' — scientists discover new blood type but it's unique to just one person from Guadeloupe Live Science
- French scientists discover new blood type in Guadeloupe woman CBS News
- Scientists discover 48th blood group after 15 years of research: What ‘Gwada Negative’ means for the worl Times of India
- Scientists Have Discovered a New Blood Type. Only One Person on Earth Has It. Popular Mechanics
Searching for healing: Inside one of the last hospitals in Haiti’s capital
Tabarre Hospital in Port-au-Prince is a sanctuary for trauma survivors. But violence is threatening its existence.
Crush kills 29 pupils taking exams after blast in Central Africa
The explosion occurred at an electrical transformer near where students were taking final exams.
Greece battles wildfire near capital as summer’s first heatwave hits
Coastal blaze triggers evacuation orders, days after state of emergency declared over fires on Aegean island of Chios.