US Air Force’s massive 53-aircraft runway exercise ‘sends a message you can’t ignore’ to rivals like China – Business Insider
- US Air Force's massive 53-aircraft runway exercise 'sends a message you can't ignore' to rivals like China Business Insider
- Beverly Herd 25-2: Kadena AB demonstrates Indo-Pacific readiness with joint elephant walk af.mil
- US Stages Massive Show of Force at Frontline Base in Pacific Newsweek
- US Air Force and Navy parade dozens of warplanes in Pacific 'elephant walk' USA Today
- Kadena Sends ‘Message You Can’t Ignore’ with Huge Elephant Walk Air & Space Forces Magazine
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat
Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war
The former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”.
Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top diplomat from 2019 to 2024, and president of the European parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticised the bloc’s failure to use all the means at its disposal to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough.
Continue reading...World could be witnessing ‘another Nakba’ in Palestine, UN committee warns
Israel's priority is a 'wider colonial expansion', the committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories said.
Leaders of UK, France, Germany and Poland to visit Ukraine in joint show of support
Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk to make symbolic visit day after Putin parade
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland are due in Kyiv on Saturday for a symbolic visit to Ukraine, a day after Vladimir Putin hosted a set-piece military parade on Red Square. The visit comes as the US warned of intelligence about a big impending air attack on Ukraine.
Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk are expected to arrive in Kyiv early on Saturday and will meet the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a show of support for Ukraine, Downing Street said in a statement issued late on Friday.
Continue reading...South Africa criticises US plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugees
Reports say the first set of white South Africans could arrive in the US next week.
US reports second air traffic control outage at New Jersey airport
The Trump administration is facing pressure to modernise air traffic control systems and hire more staff.
India, Pakistan exchange claims over drone strikes
India and Pakistan have been trading drone and artillery strikes in some of the most intense fighting in nearly 30 years
Mexico is suing Google over ‘Gulf of America’ label, Sheinbaum says
Mexico has called on Google to not change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for US users, despite Trump's executive order.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid: El Clasico La Liga start time, team news, lineups
Al Jazeera takes a look at the fourth El Clasico of the season, and one that is set to be pivotal for the La Liga title.
Head of Royal Navy suspended pending investigation
Adm Sir Ben Key has been asked to ‘step back’ as first sea lord, after MoD said he had departed for ‘private reasons’
The head of the Royal Navy has been suspended pending an investigation.
Adm Sir Ben Key has been asked to “step back” as first sea lord, sources at the MoD confirmed on Friday.
Continue reading...Mohsen Mahdawi tells Al Jazeera why he refuses to be afraid
Palestinian peace activist Mohsen Mahdawi recounted his arrest and imprisonment to Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey.
Gunmen kill 30 during ‘vicious’ attack in southeast Nigeria: Rights group
Attack in Imo State 'shows callous disregard for the sanctity of life', rights group Amnesty International says.
Mayor of Newark arrested for trespassing at Ice detention center
Ras Baraka, who has spoken out against Trump’s immigration policies, was at the center with Democratic members of Congress
The mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was arrested for trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center in New Jersey on Friday as Democratic members of Congress also attempted to conduct what they say was a visit to the controversial facility to conduct “federal oversight”.
News of Baraka’s arrest at Delaney Hall was reported on X by Alina Habba, the acting US attorney for the district of New Jersey, and a former personal attorney and adviser to Donald Trump.
Continue reading...Giving weight loss jabs could bolster UK economy by £4.5bn a year, study says
Providing semaglutide for all those eligible may bring productivity gains as people are able to work more
Giving weight loss jabs to everyone eligible for them could boost the UK economy by £4.5bn, according to research.
Worldwide, about 3.8 billion people over 25 and just under 750 million children and young people are forecast to be overweight or obese by 2050. In England, 26.5% of adults are obese, while across the UK 4.6 million are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Continue reading...Bayesian: Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht – BBC
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- Diver dies during salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht The Guardian
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- Top secret files which sunk with Bayesian yacht raided by MI6 in James Bond style mission: report New York Post
- Diver dies in preliminary operations to recover tech tycoon’s sunken superyacht CNN
Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht
A salvage operation is under way to recover the Bayesian which sank off the Italian coast last August.
What might follow from Pope Leo XIV’s election?
The 69-year-old is the first cardinal from US to lead the world's largest Christian church.
Ex-model testifies in Harvey Weinstein retrial about alleged sexual assault
Kaja Sokola says disgraced movie mogul forced her to touch his genitals in Manhattan apartment when she was 16
A former model has told a New York court that the disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced”.
Kaja Sokola told jurors at Weinstein’s retrial that he put his hand inside her underwear and made her touch his genitals at his Manhattan apartment in 2002 when she was 16.
Continue reading...White House to take choice of Pentagon chief of staff out of Hegseth’s hands
Exclusive: The intervention to marginalize Ricky Buria is aimed at insulating the Pentagon from any more missteps
Exasperated by the turmoil that has dogged Pete Hegseth’s office in recent weeks, the White House will block the US defense secretary’s choice of chief of staff and select a candidate of its own, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Hegseth had suggested giving the chief of staff position to Marine Col Ricky Buria after the first person in the role, Joe Kasper, left last month in the wake of a contentious leak investigation that brought the ouster of three other senior aides.
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