Why Ukraine Fell Down the Agenda at the NATO Summit – The New York Times

  1. Why Ukraine Fell Down the Agenda at the NATO Summit  The New York Times
  2. Nato has just surrendered Ukraine to Putin  The Telegraph
  3. NATO Leaders’ Price for Supporting Ukraine Is Their Self-Respect  Bloomberg.com
  4. Did Trump just dump the Ukraine War into the Europeans' lap?  Responsible Statecraft
  5. All NATO, including US, 'totally committed' to keeping Ukraine in fight, Rutte says  Reuters
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Netanyahu thanks Trump for public call to cancel his corruption trial

Others accuse US president of interfering in Israel’s judicial system after he said case against PM was a ‘witch hunt’

Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Donald Trump after the US president publicly called for the Israeli prime minister’s long-running corruption trial to be cancelled.

Trump on Wednesday posted a lengthy diatribe against the trial, which could lead to a prison sentence for his ally, describing a “ridiculous witch hunt” that was an “unheard of … horror show” and showering praise on Netanyahu for his leadership of Israel during the short war with Iran that was ended by a ceasefire earlier this week.

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Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island – The New York Times

  1. Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island  The New York Times
  2. Homes burn in Greece as wildfire sweeps through coastal towns  BBC
  3. Greece wildfires: woman charged with unintentional arson after cigarette allegedly started blaze on Chios  The Guardian
  4. Wildfire prompts evacuations near Athens as summer's first heat wave hits Greece  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Greece battles wildfire in coastal town near capital  Reuters
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Don’t read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet – Responsible Statecraft

  1. Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet  Responsible Statecraft
  2. What the Iran Strikes Reveal About MAGA  The New Yorker
  3. Trump voters cheer Iran strikes after prominent MAGA figures warned against attack  The Times of Israel
  4. The politics of the U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities: Here's what to watch next  NPR
  5. MAGA supporters more likely to back Iran strikes than traditional Republicans: Poll  The Hill
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Shubhanshu Shukla: Astronaut becomes first Indian to set foot on ISS – BBC

  1. Shubhanshu Shukla: Astronaut becomes first Indian to set foot on ISS  BBC
  2. ‘Aspirations of 1.4 billion’: India celebrates as first International Space Station mission gets underway  CNN
  3. Axiom Mission 4 Astronauts Dock to Station Inside Dragon  NASA (.gov)
  4. Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on a privately funded trip to the space station  AP News
  5. Space travel alters worldview, makes clear planet belongs to everyone: India's first spaceman Rakesh Shar  Times of India
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Orban claims 95% oppose Ukraine’s EU accession in disputed Hungary referendum – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Orban claims 95% oppose Ukraine's EU accession in disputed Hungary referendum  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Polish minister calls on Hungary to ask Transcarpathian Hungarians' opinion on Ukraine's EU accession  Українська правда
  3. Hungary's Veto Casts Shadow Over EU Enlargement Talks  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  4. NATO Divided: Orbán Speaks Truth, Sánchez Tries To Please Everyone  The European Conservative
  5. Hungary holds the line on Ukraine’s EU bid veto after negative referendum  Euractiv
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I fought in Ukraine and here’s why FPV drones kind of suck – Hacker News

  1. I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck  Hacker News
  2. I Fought in Ukraine and Here’s Why FPV Drones Kind of Suck  War on the Rocks
  3. Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all  The Guardian
  4. Ukraine intelligence chief gives new details on Spiderweb drone operation  The Washington Post
  5. America Is Behind in Drone Warfare. It’s Time to Catch Up.  RealClearDefense
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Cassius Turvey’s murder has ‘torn at the very fabric of our society’, his mother tells court

Heinous and ‘racially motivated’ attack on Indigenous teenager left mother and community traumatised, court hears

The murder of an Indigenous teenager who was chased into bushland and beaten with a metal pole during a heinous racist attack has shattered lives and left a community living in fear, his heartbroken mother has said.

Cassius Turvey, a Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after he was deliberately struck on the head in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.

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Shell has ‘no intention’ of making offer to buy BP after £60bn takeover rumours

Statement to stock market follows media reports of early talks with BP to create a £200bn UK oil company

Shell has said it has “no intention” of making an offer for the rival fossil fuel company BP after speculation it had been planning a £60bn takeover, ruling out a formal approach for the next six months.

In an official statement to markets on Thursday, the company doubled down on the previous day’s denials that it was planning a bid, after media reports that it was in early talks with its competitor to create a £200bn UK oil supermajor.

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Former Venezuelan spymaster pleads guilty to US drug trafficking charges – Al Jazeera

  1. Former Venezuelan spymaster pleads guilty to US drug trafficking charges  Al Jazeera
  2. Venezuela's ex-spymaster pleads guilty to US drug trafficking charges  Reuters
  3. Ex-Venezuela spy chief "El Pollo" pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges including narco-terrorism  CBS News
  4. US: Ex-Venezuelan general pleads guilty to drug trafficking  dw.com
  5. Former Venezuela spymaster pleads guilty to narcoterrorism charge ahead of trial  livingstonenterprise.net
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Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes, may spare real estate tycoon – AP News

  1. Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes, may spare real estate tycoon  AP News
  2. Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon’s life  CNN
  3. Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan escapes death penalty  South China Morning Post
  4. Vietnam ends death penalty for crimes against the state, bribery, drugs  Al Jazeera
  5. Vietnam Tycoon Lan to Avoid Death Penalty After Law Change  Bloomberg
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Student allegedly hacked Western Sydney University to get discounted parking and alter academic results

Police allege the woman’s hacking escalated to allegedly threatening to sell confidential student data on the dark web

A former Western Sydney University student allegedly waged a four-year hacking campaign on the institution which began as an attempt to secure discounted parking on campus and culminated in her threatening the sale of student information on the dark web.

The 27-year-old was arrested on Wednesday and charged with 20 offences including accessing or modifying restricted data on a computer, dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception, and unauthorised modification of data with intent to cause impairment.

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Iranian new Majid air defense system downs Israeli IAI Heron – BulgarianMilitary.com

  1. Iranian new Majid air defense system downs Israeli IAI Heron  BulgarianMilitary.com
  2. Israel's Air Force intercepted hundreds of Iranian drones during war  The Jerusalem Post
  3. IDF downs 2 drones likely launched from Iran before ceasefire  The Times of Israel
  4. Israel using ground-based Barak air-defence system  Janes
  5. Israeli Navy intercepts over 15 Iranian drones: Watch how the UAVs were tackled  Mint
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Northern Ireland nationalists fear focus on reconciliation stalling push for unity referendum

Goal of reconciliation has become ‘undisguised unionist veto’, some argue amid dwindling momentum for vote

In Northern Ireland, it used to be the one goal that everyone could agree on: reconciliation. Whether the region stayed in the UK or united with Ireland, all sides acknowledged the need to heal wounds from the Troubles and to bridge differences between Catholics and Protestants.

Even those who riled the other side invoked reconciliation. How could they not? It was self-evidently a good thing.

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Nearly a third of Tuvalu citizens enter ballot for climate-linked visa to relocate to Australia

Thousands from Pacific island nation under threat from rising seas enter ballot that awards visas to 280 citizens a year world-first deal

Almost a third of citizens in the Pacific nation of Tuvalu are seeking a landmark visa in the context of climate change to live in Australia as rising seas threaten their palm-fringed shores, official figures show.

Australia is offering visas to 280 Tuvalu citizens each year under a climate migration deal Canberra has billed as “the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world”.

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