- A Philippine fighter jet and 2 pilots are missing on a mission against insurgents The Associated Press
- Philippine fighter jet carrying 2 pilots goes missing during mission against insurgents in southern province Fox News
- Philippine fighter jet goes missing during combat mission, search operation under way The Times of India
- Philippine fighter jet and two pilots missing after rebel mission Euronews
- Philippine fighter jet goes missing while on a mission against insurgents in a southern province Yahoo
EU proposes €800 billion defense plan to ‘rearm Europe’ – DW (English)
- EU proposes €800 billion defense plan to 'rearm Europe' DW (English)
- $840 Billion Plan To 'Rearm Europe' Announced Newsweek
- Von Der Leyen Unveils Sweeping Plan to Boost E.U. Military Spending. The New York Times
- Europe considers a major defense spending package as Trump signals disengagement NPR
- EU chief unveils €800bn plan to ‘rearm’ Europe The Guardian
Israeli captives’ families fight with Knesset security guards
Violent clashes erupted at Israel’s parliament between families of Israeli captives in Gaza and Knesset security guards.
What happens to Palestinian women in Israeli prisons?
"There are moments where you're sitting there and you would just try to remember how your family looks like."
Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia ‘will be executed,’ former Pyongyang soldier tells ABC News – ABC News
- Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia 'will be executed,' former Pyongyang soldier tells ABC News ABC News
- Exclusive | Captured North Koreans Describe Fighting for Russia in a War They Didn’t Understand The Wall Street Journal
- Families of North Korean troops in Ukraine ‘will be executed’ if soldiers captured The Independent
- North Korean POWs unaware of their location in Russia’s Kursk region - media Espreso. Global
- North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine were told they were fighting against South Koreans MSN
Chile’s perfect skies for stargazing under threat from giant chemical plant
Astronomers deeply concerned that darkest, clearest skies in world will be compromised by proposed facility nearby
In the Atacama desert, the driest non-polar region on Earth, the sky shines when the sun sets.
Up in the arid hills 130km south of the Chilean city of Antofagasta, comets burn brightly and flawless trails of stars and nebulae streak the night sky.
Continue reading...Middle East crisis: Arab leaders consider Egypt’s plans to clear rubble and bombs and rebuild Gaza Strip – as it happened
Egypt proposes reconstruction of territory to create ‘sustainable, green and walkable’ housing and urban areas
An Arab summit draft communique on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for Gaza’s future and called on the international community and financial institutions to provide support for the plan quickly.
Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP Tuesday that disarming is a red line for his movement and other Palestinian militant groups in negotiations to extend the fragile Gaza ceasefire.
Continue reading...UK ban on zero-hours contracts ‘to include agency workers’
Government to expand coverage of employment rights bill, according to report
Agency workers will reportedly be included in a ban on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts as part of changes to the UK government’s employment bill.
Under the new rules, employers will have to offer agency workers a contract that guarantees a minimum number of hours every week, the BBC reported.
Continue reading...Pause in US military aid makes peace for Ukraine ‘more distant’, says France – Europe live
Benjamin Haddad, French junior minister, says decision to suspend arms to Ukraine ‘strengthens the hand of the aggressor’
European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen has been making a statement about European defence spending in Brussels, in which she has signalled that Europe is ready to massively increase defence spending.
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Continue reading...Anthony Albanese condemns ‘abhorrent’ threat made to Sydney mosque as NSW police investigate
President of Australian Islamic House says he is ‘profoundly concerned by this threat’
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Anthony Albanese has condemned a threat made against a mosque in south-west Sydney that referenced the Christchurch terror attack as “abhorrent”, as the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, confirmed police were conducting a “major investigation”.
NSW police on Tuesday evening confirmed they were investigating after the Australian Islamic House – Masjid Al-Bayt Al-Islami in Edmondson Park reported an online threat made against it on Instagram.
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Continue reading...Trump announces US crypto reserve: What it is, and why it matters
The announcement over the weekend sent crypto markets into an upwards frenzy following a recent weeks-long slump.
US unlikely to “put any pressure” on Israel to stick to ceasefire deal
Update on the ceasefire deal
Trump confirms new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
New US tariffs are in force against Canada, Mexico and China after President Donald Trump confirmed they would go ahead.
Amid US rift and Saudi rivalry, UAE offers Zelenskyy economic lifeline – Al-Monitor
- Amid US rift and Saudi rivalry, UAE offers Zelenskyy economic lifeline Al-Monitor
- Iran spooked by Turkey’s overtures to Kurds, rising role in Syria, Iraq Al-Monitor
- Turkey-Iran tensions soar over Tehran's ties with Syrian Kurds Middle East Eye
- Iranians outraged as Turkey warns action in Syria will boomerang for Iran Amwaj.media
- Iran summoned Turkey's ambassador following Ankara's warning regarding Syria The Jerusalem Post
India’s north-south divide over Modi’s plan to redraw constituencies – Reuters India
- India's north-south divide over Modi's plan to redraw constituencies Reuters India
- "Delimitation Based On 1971 Census...": Tamil Nadu All-Party Meet To PM Modi NDTV
- 'Stop Hindi imposition on us': Stalin intensifies attack on Centre over language row The Times of India
- Delimitation row: T.N. all-party meeting calls for status quo on the number of Lok Sabha seats for the next 30 years The Hindu
- ‘Slave to RSS’: DMK attacks BJP for boycotting MK Stalin's delimitation meeting Hindustan Times
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,104
These are the key developments on day 1,104 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Communities warned to prepare as weather system takes right turn – as it happened
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- ‘Be prepared’: Tropical Cyclone Alfred changes direction and heads towards Queensland coast
- When and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?
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Why should Australia trust president Donald Trump, given how he’s treated Ukraine’s president at the Oval Office? Richard Marles said the government’s focus was on supporting Ukraine:
That’s where Australia lies. That’s the decision that we have to make. And Ukraine can absolutely rely on Australia’s ongoing support in their defence, and we will work with international partners.
We’ve obviously worked with the United States over the last three years, and we’ll continue to do that, but we’ve worked with the United Kingdom, and we’ll continue to do that as well, and with European partners, and look at the best way in which we can provide support.
We have established a timeline with [the] Ukrainian government about the delivery of those tanks to Ukraine. Now, for operational reasons, won’t go into the detail of that timeline.
Continue reading...‘Be prepared’: Tropical Cyclone Alfred changes direction and heads towards Queensland coast
Weather system bears down on south-east Queensland with BoM forecasting landfall between Brisbane and Sunshine Coast
- When and where is Tropical Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred has made a dramatic right turn, and is now “heading towards the Queensland coast”, the state’s premier has warned.
Alfred had been gradually heading in a generally southerly direction for 12 days, but changed course on Tuesday as expected.
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Continue reading...‘He was completely alone’: Hostage’s father shares son’s harrowing ordeal – Ynetnews
- ‘He was completely alone’: Hostage’s father shares son's harrowing ordeal Ynetnews
- Released From Hamas Captivity, a Hostage Finds His Family Gone The New York Times
- Freed hostage Eli Sharabi to meet Trump this week, brother says The Times of Israel
- Israeli former hostage recounts hearing, on his release, of wife and daughters’ deaths CNN International
- Alone in tunnel with little food, brackish water: Omer Shem Tov's family on his captivity Haaretz
Most adults, a third of children will be overweight or obese by 2050: Study
Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an 'unprecedented global epidemic'.