Turkish parliament passes landmark law to advance PKK peace process – Reuters

  1. Turkish parliament passes landmark law to advance PKK peace process  Reuters
  2. Turkiye approves pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK fighters  Al Jazeera
  3. Turkey Moves to Advance Peace Process With P.K.K.  The New York Times
  4. Turkey’s parliament passes landmark law to end conflict with Kurdish militants  Financial Times
  5. Turkey’s parliament opens debate on a pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK militants  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
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Here’s What’s Holding Trump Back From Making a Deal With Iran – Slate

  1. Here’s What’s Holding Trump Back From Making a Deal With Iran  Slate
  2. Trump to Axios: "We are low-keying it" with Iran  Axios
  3. Trump’s Iran strategy depends on economic pain. The pain is mounting  CNN
  4. Trump signals shift to economic pressure as Iran hardens stance over Strait of Hormuz  CNBC
  5. Iranian Demands Disrupt Trump’s Plan to End the War  wsj.com
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Ann Widdecombe police investigate whether accused had role in Farage incident

Police looking into whether Joshua Kerry linked to alleged attempted burglary last year at Reform leader’s then home

Police are investigating whether Joshua Kerry, the man charged with the murder of the former Reform UK and Conservative politician Ann Widdecombe, had any role in an attempted burglary last year at the then London home of Nigel Farage.

Kerry, 28, from Rotherham, was charged with the murder of Widdecombe, 78, who was killed at her Devon home in July, after an investigation by counter-terrorism police.

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Oman trying to contain extensive oil spill from stricken tanker – Al Jazeera

  1. Oman trying to contain extensive oil spill from stricken tanker  Al Jazeera
  2. Oil spill off Oman from tanker under sanctions against Russia spreads over huge area  NBC News
  3. Oman Handles Oil Slick More Than Six Times the Size of Manhattan  Bloomberg.com
  4. Oman says grounded tanker oil spill covers 400 square km  Reuters
  5. Satellite image shows the Caroline Bezengi vessel  lufkindailynews.com
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Colombia becomes second country to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights, joining US – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Colombia becomes second country to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights, joining US  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Colombia’s far-right government recognises Israeli claim over Golan Heights  Al Jazeera
  3. New Colombian government recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights  The Times of Israel
  4. Colombia’s New President Vows Stronger Ties With Israel, Alliance Against Terrorism  VINnews
  5. Israel's Sa'ar Deepens Latin America Ties in Pushback Against Diplomatic Isolation  Yahoo
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Labour peer urges Tories to sack former neo-Nazi who abused her

Badenoch adviser Joshua Bonehill-Paine was found guilty in 2016 of racially aggravated harassment of then MP Luciana Berger

The Labour peer Luciana Berger has urged Kemi Badenoch to “listen to victims” and reverse her decision to give a national advisory role to a former neo-Nazi.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2015 for more than three years after posting antisemitic material online before a planned neo-Nazi rally. In 2016, he was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment for abuse directed at Berger, an MP at the time. He was also the founder and leader of the National British Resistance, a far-right group.

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Flip-flopping Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan but cannot placate all his allies

Israeli prime minister faces incompatible demands from his far-right government ministers and from Donald Trump

Benjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of a US-backed deal for Gaza drew scepticism in Israel, amid reports he was personally hammering out details of a pilot military withdrawal days earlier.

The Israeli prime minister is struggling to balance incompatible demands on Gaza policy from his key domestic and international allies.

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Italy police say businessman with ties to Berlusconi is mastermind behind journalist bomb attack – CBS News

  1. Italy police say businessman with ties to Berlusconi is mastermind behind journalist bomb attack  CBS News
  2. Ranucci attack: Valter Lavitola arrested for wanting to "boost the journalist's popularity."  agenzianova.com
  3. Italy arrests former Berlusconi associate over journalist bomb attack  Courthouse News
  4. Valter Lavitola arrested for Ranucci attack, mafia-style tactics challenged  L'Unione Sarda.it
  5. Valter Lavitola Arrested in Ranucci Attack  L'Unione Sarda.it
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Russian Supreme Court Bars Yabloko Party From State Duma Elections – The Moscow Times

  1. Russian Supreme Court Bars Yabloko Party From State Duma Elections  The Moscow Times
  2. Ukraine war briefing: Russia bans voting against the war  The Guardian
  3. Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections  The New York Times
  4. Russia’s top court bars anti-war party from parliamentary vote  NBC News
  5. The Kremlin let Russia’s only anti-war party, Yabloko, onto the ballot to bleed protest votes. But when it started polling at 6%, the Supreme Court stepped in.  Meduza — Новости
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Drought declared in ‘almost three-quarters’ of England, UK government says – Euronews.com

  1. Drought declared in 'almost three-quarters' of England, UK government says  Euronews.com
  2. Could England and Wales ever run out of water?  The Guardian
  3. ‘Green and Pleasant’ No More, England Turns a Parched Brown  The New York Times
  4. As the climate hurts Britain’s wheat farmers, it’s time to adapt  The Economist
  5. From Stonehenge to the Serpentine - satellite images show impact of hot, dry summer  BBC
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‘We have no one’: Palestinians react to Israel’s rejection of Gaza plan – Al Jazeera

  1. ‘We have no one’: Palestinians react to Israel’s rejection of Gaza plan  Al Jazeera
  2. Trump-Netanyahu rift widens as election pressures pull them in opposite directions  The Washington Post
  3. In rejecting Trump’s Gaza plan, Netanyahu reprises a balancing act he has mastered  AP News
  4. Netanyahu’s veto and the limits of American power  Al Jazeera
  5. Netanyahu Walks Tightrope on Trump’s Gaza Disarmament Deal  The New York Times
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Ukraine drone strike on oil refinery deep inside Russia kills at least 13

Attack hundreds of miles from border would be among deadliest of war as Kyiv aims to strangle Russian economy

A Ukrainian drone strike on an industrial city deep inside Russia has killed at least 13 people, according to the local mayor, as Kyiv steps up its campaign of long-range strikes on targets far from the frontline.

Kyiv said it hit the Taneco refinery in the city of Nizhnekamsk, about 750 miles (1,200km) from the Ukrainian border. Footage circulating online appeared to show smoke rising from the refinery.

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How a rare rocket failure led to knock-on effects on China’s space launches – South China Morning Post

  1. How a rare rocket failure led to knock-on effects on China’s space launches  South China Morning Post
  2. China says Long March 7A rocket launch failed after flight anomaly  Reuters
  3. Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after liftoff (photos)  Space
  4. One of China’s workhorse rockets just exploded in flight  arstechnica.com
  5. Chinese Rocket Fails While Launching Communications Satellite  Bloomberg.com
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Despite Mideast wars, 20 million gather in Iraq for Shia pilgrimage – NPR

  1. Despite Mideast wars, 20 million gather in Iraq for Shia pilgrimage  NPR
  2. Shiite Muslims join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid fears of US-Iran escalation  AP News
  3. Senior cleric thanks Iraq for hospitality in Arbaeen  Mehr News Agency
  4. The Biggest Red Banner of Vengeance Rises in Karbala  tehrantimes.com
  5. Iran Operates 1,100 Arbaeen Flights, Serving 141,000 Pilgrims  تسنیم
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US intelligence ‘believes Russia was behind Leipzig airport drone bomb’

German government talks of a ‘new level of danger’ but declines to say who it thinks was responsible for device

American intelligence experts believe Russia was behind an attack on a German airport last week with a drone laden with explosives, US media have reported, as Berlin remained silent on the likely culprit.

Last week’s security emergency prompted the interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, to break off his summer holiday in Italy and rush to the scene in the eastern city of Leipzig, as he spoke of a “new level of danger” for Germany.

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