Israel strikes Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, state television says – Politico
- Israel strikes Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, state television says Politico
- Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran’s nuclear deal AP News
- Anxiety grips Gulf Arab states over threat of nuclear contamination and reprisals from Iran CNN
- Israeli official says 'it was a mistake' to say Bushehr was hit Reuters
- Israel attacks Iran’s Arak reactor as Iranian missile hits Israeli hospital Al Jazeera
Trump approves Iran attack plan but has not made final decision, reports say
US president says "nobody knows what I'm going to do" as he weighs strike on Iran.
Mapping strikes in the Israel-Iran conflict – The Washington Post
- Mapping strikes in the Israel-Iran conflict The Washington Post
- Iranian Civilians Are Killed in Israeli Strikes, Including a Poet and an Equestrian The New York Times
- Israeli president denies pursuing regime change in Iran — goal is to 'remove' nuclear program CNBC
- What Iran’s reprisals against Israel reveal of its ballistic missile capabilities France 24
- Trump says 'we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran' NBC News
Israel hammers Iranian centrifuge production site, says regime ‘crossed every red line’ – Fox News
- Israel hammers Iranian centrifuge production site, says regime 'crossed every red line' Fox News
- Live updates: Israel-Iran conflict, Trump weighs US options on sixth day CNN
- IDF Conducts Series of Strikes in Tehran After Missiles, Drones Launched From Iran Haaretz
- Updates: Israel, Iran continue missile attacks; 144 killed in Gaza Al Jazeera
- IAEA confirms IDF hits at Karaj, Tehran uranium enrichment sites The Jerusalem Post
Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn – BBC
- Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn BBC
- 1.5 degree warming threshold could be breached in about 3 years, scientists warn The Hill
- Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn The Guardian
- Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come AP News
- Guest post: Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising Carbon Brief
New Zealand halts millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over deals struck with China
Wellington says it has paused payment of some funding until Pacific island nation takes steps to ‘repair the relationship and restore trust’
New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials from the New Zealand foreign minister’s office has said.
New Zealand, which is the Cook Islands biggest funder, won’t consider any new money for the nation until the relationship improves, a spokesperson for foreign minister Winston Peters told the Associated Press on Thursday.
Continue reading...Devastating crash threatens Air India’s ambitious turnaround
The tragedy happened as Air India was on the "final climb phrase" of its brand transformation after the Tata buyout
Cambodia bans fruit imports and soap operas from Thailand as border dispute sours
The border dispute has led to a surge in nationalist sentiment and tit-for-tat actions by both governments
Cambodia has banned imports of fruit and vegetables from Thailand, the latest escalation in a series of retaliatory actions sparked by a long-running border dispute between the South-east Asian neighbours.
Tensions flared in May when troops briefly exchanged fire at a contested area of the border, killing a Cambodian soldier.
Continue reading...Putin says Israel agreed to ensure security of Russians working at Iran nuclear plant – The Times of Israel
- Putin says Israel agreed to ensure security of Russians working at Iran nuclear plant The Times of Israel
- Iranian regime collapse would be serious blow for Russia The Guardian
- Putin says he does not want to discuss the possible Israeli-U.S. killing of Iran's supreme leader Reuters
- Russia fears another loss in Middle East from Iran's conflict with Israel BBC
- Why Isn’t Russia Defending Iran? The Atlantic
News Corp boss earns $42m as highest-paid CEO of Australian-listed company
Analysis shows local chiefs earning 55 times more than average workers in Australia amid call to keep watch for ‘egregious’ bonuses
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News Corp’s chief executive has become the highest-paid CEO of an Australian-listed company, a new analysis of CEO pay has found.
CEOs of ASX-listed companies are still being paid 55 times more than average workers in Australia but the gap is yet to widen to extremes seen overseas, according to the annual analysis from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).
Continue reading...UK watchdog criticises ‘offensive’ portrayal of older people in adverts
ASA report finds many use negative stereotypes and highlights concerns about targeting of end-of-life services
An elderly man fires off a tirade at a child who has asked “grandad” to return a mud-covered football that has landed on his gleaming car. He is then seen eating a microwave dinner for one and chuckling, with the now-deflated ball pinned to the table next to him by a large kitchen knife.
The TV advert for the Scotland-based Strathmore Foods, maker of the McIntosh of Strathmore ready meals stocked by most big supermarket chains, has been identified in a report by the UK advertising watchdog as showing an “offensive” portrayal of older people – by stereotyping them as grumpy and intolerant, and implying many are lonely and isolated.
Continue reading...English universities barred from enforcing blanket bans on student protests
Office for Students guidance urges ‘very strong’ approach to permitting lawful speech on campus
Universities in England will no longer be able to enforce blanket bans on student protests under sweeping new guidance that urges a “very strong” approach to permitting lawful speech on campus.
The detailed regulations set out for the first time how universities should deal with inflammatory disputes, such as those between the University of Cambridge and students over the war in Gaza, and rows over academics who hold controversial but legal opinions, such as the gender-critical professor Kathleen Stock.
The guidance issued by the Office for Students (OfS) will make it harder for universities to penalise students and staff for anything other than unlawful speech or harassment.
Academics should not be pressed to support particular views.
Protests should not be restricted for supporting legal viewpoints.
Students or staff should not be “encouraged to report others” for lawful speech.
Universities must “secure freedom of speech” for visiting speakers.
Continue reading...‘Wake-up call’ for Australian universities as 70% suffer a fall in latest global ranking
Australia still had two universities, the University of Melbourne and University of NSW, in the top 20 of the QS World University Rankings
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Dozens of Australia’s top universities have dropped in a global ranking amid a “turbulent year” for higher education, as attacks from Donald Trump’s second administration exacerbated years of disruption for the embattled sector.
The University of Melbourne, Australia’s highest performer, dropped seven places to 19th in the QS World University Rankings, run by the global higher education specialist Quacquarelli Symonds, while the University of Sydney dropped from 18th in the world to 25th.
Continue reading...Flavour of gin and tonic could be impacted by climate change, study finds
Volatile weather patterns may be altering taste of juniper berries – a key botanical in the spirit – scientists say
The flavour of a gin and tonic may be impacted by climate change, scientists have found.
Volatile weather patterns, made more likely by climate breakdown, could change the taste of juniper berries, which are the key botanical that give gin its distinctive taste.
Continue reading...Israel at War Day 621 IDF: Two Missiles Downed in Latest Barrage From Iran, Two Drones Downed in Jordan Valley – Haaretz
- Israel at War Day 621 IDF: Two Missiles Downed in Latest Barrage From Iran, Two Drones Downed in Jordan Valley Haaretz
- June 18: Netanyahu convenes cabinet as Israel awaits US decision on joining Iran fight The Times of Israel
- Israel-Iran conflict: How ballistic missiles work and where can they reach? Al Jazeera
- Iranian Strikes Kill at Least 8 in Israel, Including 4 in Petah Tikva The New York Times
- What to know about Iran’s missiles and Israel’s air defence system Euronews.com
Macron launches European ‘initiative’ to resolve Iran-Israel crisis – politico.eu
- Macron launches European ‘initiative’ to resolve Iran-Israel crisis politico.eu
- Macron urges Israel to end strikes on targets not related to nuclear, ballistic programs, pushing for EU peace initiative The Times of Israel
- Israel-Iran War Day 5: Regime change in Iran would spark 'chaos', Macron warns France 24
- "Biggest Error Would Be To...": What Macron Said on Army Action Against Iran NDTV
- Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and says US won’t kill supreme leader ‘for now’ – latest updates The Guardian
Rodney Scott confirmed as head of CBP by US Senate despite ‘cover-up’ claim
Senate backs Trump’s nominee to lead Customs and Border Protection despite accusation by former official
The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rodney Scott as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), despite a former top official accusing him of orchestrating a “cover-up” over the death of a man detained while trying to enter the country from Mexico.
Scott was confirmed on a party-line vote, with 51 Republicans in favor and 46 Democrats opposed, along with three absences.
Continue reading...Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn – The Guardian
- Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn The Guardian
- Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn BBC
- Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come AP News
- Earth set to exhaust ‘carbon budget’ within 3 years as Paris hopes fade Financial Times
- Climate indicators 'moving in wrong direction' - report RTE.ie
Scottish government faces legal action over failure to implement biological sex ruling
Campaign group accuses Holyrood of ‘intolerable’ delays to new policies required after landmark case
The Scottish government has been given a deadline to implement the UK supreme court’s ruling on biological sex across all public bodies or face further legal challenges.
Sex Matters, the UK-wide gender-critical campaign group, has threatened legal action in 14 days if ministers continue “intolerable” delays to new policies and guidance required by April’s landmark ruling that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 does not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates.
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