Greta Thunberg says French students are being “robbed” amid nationwide prot
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined demonstrating high school students in France as protests continue to grow.
African Union holds Kigali talks as fighting continues in eastern DRC
Three former African presidents discussed security commitments, refugee protection and regional cooperation.
Australia bowl out South Africa to win first cricket Test in Durban
Hazlewood's 6-49 helped the visitors clean up the South African batting, securing the win before tea on day five.
Fear grips Taiz as Houthi rebels tighten siege of Yemen’s 3rd largest city – AP News
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- Houthis on brink of seizing their biggest scalp The Telegraph
- Deadly Houthi attacks in Yemen’s Taiz as government forces advance in Marib Al Jazeera
- Yemen’s Taiz running out of food, fuel and medicine as Houthi siege deepens Arab News
- In Yemen's Taiz, shelling worsens and prices spiral Reuters
Yemeni families’ search for missing loved ones hindered by new fighting
Hundreds of people have gone missing in Yemen, with families not knowing whether they were killed in fighting or detained.
Angry at Trump’s Russian diesel deal? Here’s how you can help Ukraine bomb Russia – The Kyiv Independent
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- How Ukraine uses precision drone strikes to hobble Russian oil refineries The Washington Post
- Another oil storage tank explodes at refinery terminal near Rostov – video Українська правда
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Watch: Emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution released
A series of calls, obtained by the Associated Press, reveal emergency services were delayed in reaching Pike.
Watch: Emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution released
A series of calls, obtained by the Associated Press, reveal emergency services were delayed in reaching Pike.
Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi shows why artillery still matters in a drone fight – Business Insider
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- Ukraine says it frees more territory in Donetsk region counteroffensive Reuters
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- Operation Vivaldi: Ukrainian Defence Forces liberate three more settlements in Donetsk region Ukrinform
- Ukraine Gains Ground Near Sumy as Russian Offensives Fail to Break Through Elsewhere UNITED24 Media
How protests have shaped India: From anti-Hindi agitation to farm laws
Activists challenging India's government over electoral roll controversies have a long legacy of protest to draw on.
Katie Zacharia Holds First WH Press Briefing, New Allegations Roil Ken Paxton’s Campaign: Live Updates – HuffPost
Pill, Restraint, All-Male Cabin Crew: flydubai Case Takes New Turn – NDTV
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- Attacker in FlyDubai Flight Meant to Crash Into Israeli Airport, Emiratis Say The New York Times
- UAE says Omani flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv flight Reuters
- Melbourne man ‘strongly rejects’ links to flydubai attack suspect Al Jazeera
- Rescue expert warns FlyDubai hijacking attempt shows US, allies are ‘playing checkers’ against terror threat Fox News
India’s $87bn river-linking plan leaves villagers fighting for their homes
Villagers in India say they would rather die than leave their homes as they protest a billion dollar government project
Super El Niño sets another record as it strengthens to ‘unprecedented levels’
El Niño has continued to strengthen, with several key measures now in record territory. Simon King explores how it compares to previous events.
‘My son was killed’: France faces backlash over police firearms bill
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Trump targets Ilhan Omar at rally following raid on her home – US politics live
President says Somalia, birthplace of the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman, is ‘one of the worst countries on the planet’
Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds.
As Trump’s family business pulls in record money from new ventures helped by his policies, the survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that when it comes to allegations that Trump is profiting from the presidency, about six in 10 US adults believe he is either illegally profiting or doing something unethical but not illegal.
Continue reading...View / Xi’s ‘death watch’ will become a global spectacle – Semafor
Andy Burnham will take Britain back into European Union, Neil Kinnock claims – UK politics live
Former Labour leader says he believes the prime minister has an ‘authentic commitment’ to taking the UK back into the EU
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, has said he does not agree with his colleague Suella Braverman’s assertion that black people cannot be English.
Asked about her views in an interview on Sky News, Yusuf said:
In my view Ashley Cole is the best English fullback in history, and I won’t take any other position. So in my view, Ashley Cole is English. I think the argument that he’s not English doesn’t hold water with me.
Nasser Hussain, who I grew up watching when I went to the cricket, the idea that those people aren’t English is an alien concept to me.
I would respectfully disagree with people, who make the opposite argument.
To say I’m English is to take a ‘laissez-faire, anything-goes’ attitude to ethnicity, citizenship and identity. It also denies me my Asian heritage. The liberals (many of them in today’s Conservative party) take this cosmopolitan approach to Englishness. They’re terrified of being called racist so they say that anyone, as long as they’re born here, can be English.
I take the conservative approach. Englishness is an ethnicity. There have been English people for centuries and we need to recognise this more if we are to start taking a more muscular approach to citizenship and nationality. And no, it’s not racist to say this.
Continue reading...Ian McKellen to star in UK premiere of ‘mixed reality’ play – but not in person
Audiences in Manchester will be asked to wear smart glasses for An Ark, which debuted in New York this year
Ian McKellen will star in a groundbreaking new play that gets its UK premiere in Manchester next spring. But the veteran actor will not set foot on stage.
The Lord of the Rings star is taking part in An Ark, a “mixed reality” play that had its debut in New York earlier this year. Theatregoers are asked to wear smart glasses, which project the actors into the room.
Continue reading...First Thing: Democratic leaders condemn federal raid on Ilhan Omar as she vows not to be silenced
Minnesota congresswoman criticized raid as attempt by Trump administration ‘to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement’. Plus what is to be done about the world record in the women’s marathon?
Good morning. Ilhan Omar has said she will not be silenced after federal agents raided her home. In a social media post, the Minnesota congresswoman criticized the raid as an attempt by the Trump administration “to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement”.
Donald Trump and key allies have accused Omar of fraud related to her family’s immigration history, fantasizing openly about denaturalizing her and expelling her from the country. Omar said in her post: “This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.”
How have Ilhan Omar’s Democratic colleagues reacted to the raid? House Democratic leaders, including minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, party whip Katherine Clark and caucus chair Pete Aguilar, issued a joint statement excoriating the president for the search, calling it “deeply disturbing”. The Democratic leaders vowed to “deliver full accountability for the rogue abuse of power” from the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security.
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