How backchannels and US mediators pulled India and Pakistan back from the brink
India and Pakistan agree to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of cross-border strikes.
Trump to embark on Middle East trip to meet Gulf allies
President eager to discuss trade and investment but no plans to visit Israel amid tensions over Gaza war
Donald Trump this week will embark on the first foreign trip of his second administration with a tour of the Middle East, as he looks to secure investment, trade and technology deals from friendly leaders with deep pockets amid turbulent negotiations around numerous regional conflicts, including Israel’s war in Gaza.
The tour through the Middle East is largely a repeat of his first international trip in 2017, when he was feted in the region as a transactional leader eager to secure quick wins and capable of providing support for the regional monarchies’ economic and geopolitical interests.
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There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza
Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid
Siwar Ashour was born into war and hunger and has known nothing else. She is now in real danger of dying without ever having known a moment of peace or contentment.
The six-month-old Palestinian girl, whose painfully emaciated body symbolised the deliberate starvation of Gaza when she appeared on the BBC this week, was only 2.5kg when she was born on 20 November last year.
Continue reading...There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza – The Guardian
- There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza The Guardian
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- Malnourished children, hospital supplies running low: Impact of 2 months of no aid in Gaza ABC News
- 'No food when I gave birth': Malnutrition rises in Gaza as Israeli blockade enters third month BBC
Can Trump Rename the Persian Gulf? – The New York Times
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The Ukrainian drone pioneer racing Russia’s military machine – Financial Times
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Australia news live: Littleproud says Canavan leadership challenge ‘healthy’; teen caught with knife and fake gun outside AFL match
Nationals leader applauds his colleague for having the courage to put up his hand. Follow today’s news live
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Nationals leader David Littleproud is backing his record to hold on to the party’s top job as he faces a challenge from a fellow Queenslander.
The minor Coalition party faces a leadership tussle after Queensland senator Matt Canavan threw his hat in the ring.
We shouldn’t get upset about democracy taking place.
This is healthy for our democracy.
From my perspective, I still think I have a contribution to make and I want to do so. Someone once said that success isn’t final, failure isn’t fatal and the courage to continue is what matters. Here I am, a Labor MP quoting Churchill on Insiders. That’s where we’ve got to.
Indeed. Can I say, the party has given me great opportunities. Its faith in me, particularly with my faith, allowed me in part to make and break records, I’ve challenged the status quo and conservativism. It provides hope and aspiration for others. I want to be part of that.
Continue reading...Zelensky says Ukraine is ready to meet Russia only if ceasefire agreed
The Ukrainian president reiterates calls for a 30-day ceasefire after Vladimir Putin offered "direct talks".
Trump claims ‘total reset’ in US-China trade relations after tariff talks in Geneva
US president praises ‘very good’ discussions as top US and Chinese officials meet over trade war triggered by Trump’s tariff blitz
Donald Trump has hailed a “total reset” in US-China trade relations after the first day of talks between top American and Chinese officials in Geneva aimed at defusing a trade war sparked by his tariff rollout.
The US president praised the “very good” discussions and deemed them “a total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, manner”.
Continue reading...‘Proud to be young’ – Beauty queen, lawyer and Botswana’s youngest cabinet minister
Lesego Chombo tells the BBC she was appointed by the president before he had even met her.
‘Proud to be young’ – Beauty queen, lawyer and Botswana’s youngest cabinet minister
Lesego Chombo tells the BBC she was appointed by the president before he had even met her.
Along the Canada border, small-town America feels sting of Trump’s trade war
Since the trade war began, crossings between the US and Canada are down some 17%. What has that cost towns such as Port Huron and Michigan?
How to win Eurovision, according to the experts
Eurovision songwriters, judges and more discuss crafting the ideal anthem.
Alcatraz’s last living inmate on Trump’s plan to reopen prison
Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.
Five arrests after more than a tonne of cocaine allegedly found on motorboat off NSW coast
The 1,110 blocks of cocaine on board are worth more than half a billion dollars on the street, police said
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More than a tonne of cocaine has been seized off the east coast of Australia and five men arrested after police raided a suspicious motorboat.
Detectives said they were tipped off about the purchase of a 13-metre-long boat with a large sum of cash in Sydney’s Sutherland shire on 28 April.
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Continue reading...Five fishermen who survived 55 days adrift by drinking rain and parboiling passing fish arrive in Galapagos – CNN
New Jersey mayor to continue fight against Ice detention center after arrest
Newark’s Ras Baraka says court fight against Geo Group will go on despite being jailed and charged with trespassing
Speaking out after his arrest on Tuesday, the Newark mayor Ras Baraka said his city would continue its fight in court against the company that runs an immigration detention facility in New Jersey.
“I know there are some protests that other people are planning, and if I feel obligated to be there, I will,” Baraka told the Rev Al Sharpton on MSNBC Saturday afternoon. “This doesn’t stop the city’s contention with the Geo Group, and we’re going to continue in court with them.”
Continue reading...UK to time limit visas for roles below graduate level under new migration plan
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration as government reacts to growing pressure from Reform UK
Visas for skilled overseas workers will be time-limited for those not taking a graduate-level job, the Home Office has announced.
The measure comes as part of a preview of wider plans being unveiled this week that are designed to reduce net migration to the UK.
Continue reading...Danny Dyer says Harold Pinter’s death sent him into ‘spiral of madness’
Actor tells BBC about his relationship with the playwright, his ‘mentor’, and how he went ‘off the rails’
The actor Danny Dyer said the death of his mentor, the Nobel prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, triggered a “spiral of madness” in his life.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Dyer reflected on how he had stayed at Pinter’s home while performing in his play Celebration. The play opened at London’s Almeida theatre in 2000, before transferring to the Lincoln Center in New York.
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