SpaceX limits Starlink operations in Ukraine, disrupting military missions, presidential aide says – Reuters

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  1. SpaceX limits Starlink operations in Ukraine, disrupting military missions, presidential aide says  Reuters
  2. Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted  The Guardian
  3. Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack  Financial Times
  4. Zelenskyy adviser: Starlink operations restricted in Ukraine overnight  Euronews.com
  5. Starlink’s operation was restricted this night - former adviser to the Minister of Defense  Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
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Pressured at home, EU leaders weigh China trade steps – Reuters

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  1. Pressured at home, EU leaders weigh China trade steps  Reuters
  2. With China Facing More Trade Barriers, It Can’t Afford to Lose Europe  WSJ
  3. Germany to Push EU to Impose Caps on More Chinese Imports  Bloomberg.com
  4. China Shock 2.0: Europe's trade policy is missing the strategic question  Kiel Institute for the World Economy
  5. China says it is willing to work with EU to boost stability of trade ties  Reuters
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Australian industry reliant on gas for ‘foreseeable future’, resources minister tells press club

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Madeleine King says national gas reservation scheme, expected to come into effect from 2028, will reduce power prices

The resources minister, Madeleine King, says Australian industry will be reliant on gas for the “foreseeable future”, and that the national gas reservation scheme will push down power prices.

But the Western Australian MP did not put a price tag on the cost of gas under the proposal – as the former opposition leader Peter Dutton once did – nor predict when households and businesses would start to see that financial relief.

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Leaders of India’s Cockroach party jailed for violating ban on protest site

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Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das will spend spend five days in prison for entering Delhi’s Jantar Mantar – a historic protest site that has been closed by authorities

Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement have been sent to jail for five days for violating a ban on protests at a site in central Delhi.

A court ordered that Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, leaders of the Cockroach Janata party (CJP) movement, spend five days in Delhi’s Tihar prison for jumping over police barricades, holding up slogans and waving the Indian flag at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.

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Trump posts video of man being attacked by tiger – The Washington Post

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  1. Trump posts video of man being attacked by tiger  The Washington Post
  2. Family pays tribute to 'warm and engaging' man killed in tiger attack  BBC
  3. Trump sparks outrage for posting AI video of himself wrestling Yorkshire tiger than killed a man  Yahoo
  4. Trump Posts Videos Of Violent Animal Attacks In Warning To Never 'Mess With Nature'  Forbes
  5. Man killed by tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park named  The Guardian
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Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return – The New York Times

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  1. Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return  The New York Times
  2. Trump Squeezes Ukraine, Again  The New York Times
  3. Trump’s Ukraine Ultimatum: Peace Plan or Capitulation?  Kyiv Post
  4. Trump Just Can’t Figure Out How to Make Peace in Ukraine  Bloomberg.com
  5. Trump hands victories to Putin, who offers more war in return | Analysis  The Seattle Times
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Tim Kennedy shot in Congo while working as military contractor, Reuters reports – NewsNation

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  1. Tim Kennedy shot in Congo while working as military contractor, Reuters reports  NewsNation
  2. A Deadly Firefight Exposes Erik Prince’s New Shadow War in Congo  The New York Times
  3. Maga mercenary’s ambush exposes the dirty fight for Africa’s minerals  The Times
  4. Army Special Forces Veteran, Ex-UFC Fighter Tim Kennedy Shot 3 Times in Congo Ambush: Report  Military.com
  5. UFC vet Tim Kennedy hospitalized after reportedly being shot 3 times in deadly Congo ambush  Yahoo Sports
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High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs – Responsible Statecraft

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  1. High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs  Responsible Statecraft
  2. Ethiopian troops enter town on border with Eritrea, stoking war fears  Reuters
  3. From Allies to Enemies: Ethiopia and Eritrea Edge Toward War  The New York Times
  4. Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the brink of another conflict  The Economist
  5. Fear of a war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, 28 years after their last, has been ignited as armies from both sides get uncomfortably close to each other  Business Insider Africa
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Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post

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Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year

Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post.

Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad. She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court.

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