- Bayesian: Diver dies working on tycoon's sunken superyacht BBC
- Diver dies during salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht The Guardian
- Diver dies in preliminary operations to recover Lynch's yacht Reuters
- 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.
Continue reading...US considers special status for Greenland amid Trump push for control
Officials float idea of compact of free association (Cofa), used by US to keep close ties with Pacific Island nations
US officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America’s sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States has used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations, according to two US officials and another person familiar with the discussions.
Under the plan being considered, the Trump administration would propose to Greenland’s leaders that the island enter into a so-called compact of free association, or Cofa, with the United States.
Continue reading...Russia celebrates 80th anniversary of Victory Day with grand parade
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany with a grand parade in Moscow’s Red Square.
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk ordered released from ICE detention
The doctoral student, targeted for pro-Palestine article, recounts being 'afraid' and 'crying' during her detention.
Plan to fast-track appeals of some UK asylum seekers could face legal backlash
Move to speed up appeals of people in government-funded hotels could be challenged on discrimination grounds, officials warn
A plan to fast-track the appeals of asylum seekers living in government-funded hotels could face multiple legal challenges on the grounds of discrimination, the government has said.
A 24-week legal deadline on appeal decisions for those staying in hotel rooms is being introduced in an attempt to fulfil a Labour manifesto promise to end a practice that costs the taxpayer billions of pounds a year.
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.
Simon Mann, mercenary behind failed ‘wonga coup’, dies aged 72
Former SAS officer led a group of 70 who attempted to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s president
Simon Mann, an Eton and Sandhurst-educated ex-SAS officer, who led a botched coup involving Margaret Thatcher’s son to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, has died aged 72.
Mann led a group of 70 fellow mercenaries who were arrested in Zimbabwe in 2004 for attempting to topple Equatorial Guinea’s despotic president, Teodoro Obiang.
Continue reading...‘I don’t have the cash to pay for these tariffs’: US small biz suffers
US small businesses are being financially stressed by Trump's tariffs amidst already slim margins.
Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change
President Sheinbaum argues Trump's executive order applies only to the US portion of the continental shelf.
Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change
President Sheinbaum argues Trump's executive order applies only to the US portion of the continental shelf.
Israel intercepts missile launched by Yemen’s Houthis
The incident comes days after Oman said it mediated a ceasefire deal between the US and the Houthi group.
Iranian man arrested in London as part of counter-terrorism investigation
Two addresses in north-west London searched after three other Iranians detained in same investigation last Saturday
A 31-year-old Iranian man has been arrested in north-west London under the National Security Act 2023 as part of a counter-terrorism policing investigation in which three other Iranian men were detained, the Metropolitan police have said.
The man was detained on Friday morning and searches were carried out at two addresses in the area.
Continue reading...Ukraine, Hungary each expel two diplomats in espionage row – Reuters
- Ukraine, Hungary each expel two diplomats in espionage row Reuters
- Ukraine says it has uncovered Hungarian spy network working in border region CNN
- Ukraine says it has busted Hungarian spy ring collecting military data The Guardian
- Ukraine accuses Hungary of spying on it; Budapest expels diplomats The Washington Post
- Ukraine security service exposes suspected Hungarian military intelligence spy network Euronews.com
Election of an American pope a “shock to many”
Cesar Baldelomar talks about the shock election of Pope Leo XIV from Chicago and its impact on the Catholic Church.
Hegseth cancels Israel trip to join Trump on Air Force One – Axios
- Hegseth cancels Israel trip to join Trump on Air Force One Axios
- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cancels scheduled visit to Israel, sources tells the 'Post' The Jerusalem Post
- Hegseth said to cancel reported plan to visit Israel in coming days The Times of Israel
- US defense secretary scraps visit to Israel: Reports Al Arabiya English
- The @SecDef, Pete Hegseth, is joining President Trump's trip to the Middle East next week. X
Immigrants set for Libya deportation sat on tarmac for hours, attorney says
Any Trump administration efforts to send non-Libyans to the north African country would violate a prior court order
Immigrants in Texas who were told they would be deported to Libya sat on a military airfield tarmac for hours on Wednesday, unsure of what would happen next, an attorney for one of the men has said.
The attorney, Tin Thanh Nguyen, told the news agency Reuters that his client, a Vietnamese construction worker from Los Angeles, was among the immigrants woken in the early morning hours and bussed from an immigration detention center in Pearsall, Texas, to an airfield where a military aircraft awaited them.
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