Netanyahu: Israel is ‘dissecting the Gaza Strip’
Israeli PM Netanyahu says Israel is "dissecting the Gaza Strip" to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages.
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Peter Dutton is in Western Australia for his first visit to the mining state of this campaign, and has come bearing a $600m announcement for roads which are critical to mining and agriculture.
He will spend the day in WA and Perth, before it’s expected he’ll return to the east coast late tonight or early tomorrow.
All candidates were made aware that if they were not coming tonight then they would be represented by an empty chair. This notice was given in advance.
The Liberals have failed to announce a 2030 or 2035 emissions target, committing only to net zero by 2050. The fate of the climate will be determined by cumulative emissions, so this lack of short or medium term targets is deeply problematic.
Continue reading...US midwest and south faces potentially deadly floods and severe tornadoes
Forecasters say potent storm system moving east could become supercharged and bring ‘life-threatening’ flooding
Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the midwest and south on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned.
There were tornado warnings Wednesday morning near the Missouri cities of Joplin and Columbia – merely the opening acts of what forecasters expect will be a more intense period of violent weather later on Wednesday, as daytime heating combines with an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming into the nation’s midsection from the Gulf.
Continue reading...Netanyahu says IDF carving new corridor across Gaza to cut off Rafah, pressure Hamas – The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu says IDF carving new corridor across Gaza to cut off Rafah, pressure Hamas The Times of Israel
- Israel announces expansion of military operation in Gaza to seize ‘large areas’ of land, ordering residents to leave CNN
- Israeli operation in Gaza expanding to seize 'large areas,' defense minister says ABC News
- Katz says offensive aimed at seizing ‘extensive territory,’ as IDF pounds south Gaza The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu says Israel will establish a new security corridor across Gaza to pressure Hamas AP News
Joe Rogan breaks with Trump, calling Venezuelan deportations ‘horrific’
Influential podcast host and prominent Trump supporter criticizes administration for removal of gay makeup artist
Joe Rogan, the influential podcast host and prominent supporter of Donald Trump, has criticized the president’s administration over the deportation of a professional makeup artist and hairdresser to a prison in El Salvador, calling it “horrific”.
Andry José Hernández Romero, who is gay, had sought asylum in the US, telling officials he faced persecution because of his sexual orientation and political views. But US immigration officers argued the crown tattoos on his wrists were proof he was part of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang, despite Hernández Romero telling them he was not. Last month, he was flown from Texas to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, a facility that his lawyer said was “one of the worst places in the world”. His removal comes as the administration undertakes what Trump has pledged would be a mass deportation campaign.
Continue reading...Beloved Alaska pet reindeer euthanized after cage tampering and possible poison
Star, 8, began to lose weight after someone got inside pen, cut gate locks and sprayed substance over two-month span
A pet reindeer beloved by many in Alaska’s largest city has been euthanized, just weeks after someone tampered with his cage and possibly poisoned him, his caretaker said on Wednesday.
“I don’t have an answer as to why he had to be put down other than it relates back to what happened,” said Albert Whitehead, who cared not only for the eight-year-old reindeer named Star but also the decades-long tradition of having a reindeer in downtown Anchorage.
Continue reading...Danish PM promises to support Greenland against US pressure
Denmark's Mette Frederiksen says her country remains 'Greenland's closest partner' during a three-day trip to Greenland.
Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ arrives with promise of tariffs
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” has arrived in the US, with the president preparing to impose massive tariffs
UK PM blasts incoming US tariffs
As President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs roll out, some global leaders are pushing back.
Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack
Around a quarter of the country's brown bears will be culled after a man was attacked in a forest.
Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack – BBC
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- Slovakia approves cull of 350 bears after man mauled to death in latest fatal attack ABC News
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Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack
Around a quarter of the country's brown bears will be culled after a man was attacked in a forest.
Tesla sales plunge after Elon Musk backlash
The car maker's sales slide has been attributed to competition and controversy around its boss.
UK sanctions pro-Russian group over alleged Moldova vote interference
The United Kingdom targets the Russian-based Evrazia group, accusing it of undermining Moldova’s democracy.
‘No agenda’ in Guardian investigation of Noel Clarke, high court hears
Actor accuses newspaper of libel in articles about his alleged sexual misconduct
There was “no agenda” in the Guardian’s investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Noel Clarke, the high court has heard.
In her second day in the witness box, Lucy Osborne, an investigative correspondent at the Guardian, defended the publication’s reporting in the face of questioning from the former Doctor Who star’s barrister, Philip Williams.
Continue reading...UK government tries to placate opponents of AI copyright bill
Economic impact assessment is one concession aiming to head off opposition from MPs, peers and creatives such as Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard
The UK government is trying to placate peer and Labour backbencher concerns about copyright proposals by pledging to assess the economic impact of its plans.
Creative professionals including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Tom Stoppard and Kate Bush have strongly criticised ministers’ proposals to let artificial intelligence companies train their models on copyright-protected work without permission, unless the rights holder opts out.
Continue reading...Starmer sails through PMQs as Badenoch fails to get out of the blocks again | John Crace
It’s almost as if KemiKaze herself believes Labour’s mantra that the Tories are the source of all hopelessness
There will come a moment when the Labour claim that the Tories are to blame for everything will no longer stick. People will start shaking their heads and reckon that Labour have something to answer for. But we’re not quite there yet. At least not at prime minister’s questions. For half an hour in the Commons every Wednesday the Conservatives remain the villains of the piece.
Partly it’s the size of the Labour majority. The sheer volume of half-witted Labour MPs who are happy to bounce up and down to ask Keir Starmer whether he agrees with them that the Tories left the country in a shocking mess and only the prime minister can save their constituents. The Lib Dems and the SNP are only slightly fiercer critics of the present government. They too hate the Tories more than anyone else.
Continue reading...Dinosaur tracks uncovered at site of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s refuge
Jacobite leader was unknowingly ‘following the footprints’ of megalosaurs after escaping to the Isle of Skye in 1746
When Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the Scottish Highlands after defeat at the Battle of Culloden, his route may have crossed the fossilised footsteps of massive meat-eating dinosaurs, researchers say.
Newly discovered impressions at Prince Charles’s Point on the Isle of Skye, where the Young Pretender is said to have hunkered down in 1746, reveal that megalosaurs, the carnivorous ancestors of the T rex, and enormous plant-eating sauropods gathered at the site when it was a shallow freshwater lagoon.
Continue reading...Gaza bakeries shut and painkillers on ration after month of Israeli blockade – BBC
- Gaza bakeries shut and painkillers on ration after month of Israeli blockade BBC
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- Bakeries close across Gaza as World Food Programme warns food supplies are set to run out in two weeks CNN
Gaza bakeries shut and painkillers on ration after month of Israeli blockade
Many Palestinians say they are going hungry after Israel stopped all aid deliveries to put pressure on Hamas.