- After 3 years of full-scale war in Ukraine, Europe finally lays out road map to detox from Russian oil and gas The Kyiv Independent
- Europe will never return to Russian gas, European Commission insists The Guardian
- G7 needs to raise pressure on Russia, von der Leyen says Reuters
- EU Proposes Ban on Russian Oil, Gas Imports by End 2027 WSJ
- EU plans to squeeze out Russian gas with tough new rules politico.eu
Could US attack Iran’s Fordow nuclear site? Military movements offer a clue
Refuelling aircraft were tracked heading east, potentially to support B-2 jets carrying bunker-buster bombs
The US has stepped up its military presence in the Middle East since the weekend but has left certain details vague to preserve operational ambiguity for Donald Trump as he considers whether the US will intervene in the Israel-Iran war.
Critically, there has been no new information about the deployment of B-2 bombers that would be used to attack Iran’s deep-lying nuclear enrichment site at Fordow with 13.6-tonne (30,000lb) bunker-buster bombs, designed to penetrate 60 metres of rock.
Continue reading...Jeff Bezos ‘not welcome here’ – Venice activists on plan to disrupt his wedding
The Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez are due to tie the knot next week - as activists say Venice is being turned into an "asset" for the rich and famous.
Russia’s deadliest attack on Kyiv for months flattens part of apartment block
Ukrainian officials say a drone smashed into the building, leaving a number of people dead and wounded.
Murray Watt ‘personally lobbied’ Unesco over barring of WA rock art from world heritage list
The environment minister says the report on the Murujuga petroglyphs has been ‘clearly influenced’ by environment campaigners
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Australia’s environment minister, Murray Watt, has lobbied national Unesco ambassadors in a bid to overturn a recommendation that ancient rock art in Western Australia’s north-west should not receive world heritage listing unless nearby industrial facilities shut down.
Delegations from the Australian government and the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, a body established to represent five traditional Indigenous language groups, plan to attend a Unesco meeting in Paris next month to argue for an immediate world heritage listing for the Murujuga cultural landscape.
Continue reading...Walk for truth: hundreds of people join 486km trek from Portland to Melbourne for reconciliation
Yoorrook Justice commissioner walked from the site of first settlement in Victoria to state parliament to promote truth-telling about Australian history
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Travis Lovett began his 486km journey with a single step and a long-held hope to bring the people of Victoria with him on a journey through the state’s colonial past.
It’s a traumatic past that Lovett has been peering into for the past three years through his work as a commissioner and co-chair on the Yoorrook Justice Commission, the county’s first formal, Indigenous-led truth-telling process.
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Continue reading...Australians could be spared excessive power bills as Labor looks to stamp out price gouging
Chris Bowen to announce review of default market offer, which guides what retailers can charge households and businesses
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Households could be spared unreasonable power bill rises in the future as the Albanese government looks to stamp out price gouging after repeated price hikes.
In an address to the Australian Energy Week on Wednesday, Chris Bowen is expected to announce a review of the default market offer (DMO), which sets a benchmark price for residential and small business electricity bills.
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Continue reading...Israeli intelligence buildings targeted as Iran claims direct hit
Video of an Iranian attack on and near Israeli intelligence buildings near Tel Aviv has been circulating online.
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts, alert at highest level – Al Jazeera
- Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts, alert at highest level Al Jazeera
- Alert raised to the highest level after Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts AP News
- Indonesia issues highest alert as Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupts BBC
- Mount Lewotobi Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, Spewing Ash Miles High The New York Times
- Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews 11 kilometre high ash cloud after eruption Reuters
Spanish minister rules out cyber-attack as cause of April blackout, after expert report
System failure caused by network’s inability to control grid voltage said to be behind outage in Spain and Portugal
The unprecedented blackout that brought the Iberian peninsula to a standstill at the end of April was caused by surging voltages triggering “a chain reaction of disconnections” that shut down the power network, an expert report commissioned by the Spanish government has found.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, the country’s environment minister, Sara Aagesen, ruled out a cyber-attack as the cause of the outage on 28 April, saying it had been down to a “multifactorial” system failure caused by the network’s inability to control grid voltage.
Continue reading...New charges accuse Bolsonaro of running spy ring from Brazil’s presidential palace
Former president has denied wrongdoing as federal police accuse him of overseeing a spy network targeting rivals
Federal police have formally accused Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, of presiding over an illegal spying network which allegedly snooped on political rivals, journalists and environmentalists during his administration.
Bolsonaro is already facing the prospect of jail time over his alleged role in masterminding a military coup plot designed to help him keep power after losing the 2022 election to the leftwing veteran Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. There is broad consensus among analysts that Bolsonaro’s conviction is a foregone conclusion and the 70-year-old populist is expected to face arrest in the coming months once a supreme court trial concludes.
Continue reading...Why Russia hesitates to help Iran in conflict with Israel – DW
- Why Russia hesitates to help Iran in conflict with Israel DW
- Russia Stands Aside as Israel Attacks Iran The New York Times
- How will Russia respond to the Israel-Iran conflict? Al Jazeera
- A Strategic Partnership, Not a Military Alliance: Russia’s Role in the Israel-Iran Conflict The Moscow Times
- Russia's Shoigu visits North Korea on 'special assignment' from Putin The Kyiv Independent
Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say
It is potentially the deadliest of the almost daily shootings that have been taking place recently near aid distribution sites.
Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say
It is potentially the deadliest of the almost daily shootings that have been taking place recently near aid distribution sites.
‘I want to get home’: Thousands of Britons trapped in Israel as conflict with Iran rages
Since the conflict with Iran broke out, Israel's airspace has been closed and all flights suspended
Colombian senator in ‘extremely critical condition’ after being shot
The presidential hopeful was badly injured in a targeted attack on 7 June.
Uganda leader signs new law allowing military trials for civilians
A previous law that activists said was used to silence opponents was struck down by the Supreme Court.
Israel kills another top Iranian commander as conflict escalates – politico.eu
- Israel kills another top Iranian commander as conflict escalates politico.eu
- Israel says it killed a top Iranian general as Trump warns people to flee Iranian capital AP News
- Israel-Iran live updates: Trump says 'we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran' NBC News
- How Israel Took Control of Iran’s Skies Time Magazine
- Israel Says It Killed a Top Iranian Military Leader as Trump Calls for Iran’s Surrender The New York Times
The teen who filmed the Air India crash video the world saw
Aryan Asari just wanted to film planes flying in the sky - but he ended up capturing one of the country's biggest air crashes.
The teen who filmed the Air India crash video the world saw
Aryan Asari just wanted to film planes flying in the sky - but he ended up capturing one of the country's biggest air crashes.