Can Arabs stop Trump’s Gaza displacement proposal?
Some Arab leaders have met to discuss an alternative plan for the Strip devastated by 15 months of Israeli war.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Australia beat England in record chase
Australia chase 356 to beat England as the Cricket World Cup holders open their Champions Trophy account in Lahore.
Mali to investigate claims soldiers ‘executed’ women and children
Tuareg separatists accuse Russian Wagner fighters and Malian soldiers of killing 24 civilians.
One dead, several wounded after stabbing in eastern France
French President Macron calls the incident 'Islamist terrorism', as the alleged perpetrator is taken in police custody.
Pope Francis had ‘restful night’, Vatican says, morning after respiratory crisis
Pontiff had fallen into critical condition, receiving high flows of oxygen and blood transfusions in hospital as he battles complex lung infection
Pope Francis had a “restful night” in hospital, the Vatican said on Sunday morning, after announcing on Saturday that he was in critical condition following a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis linked to pneumonia and a complex lung infection.
The 88-year-old pope received “high flows” of oxygen to help him breathe, it was announced on Saturday. He also received blood transfusions after tests showed low counts of platelets, which are needed for clotting, the Vatican said in a late update.
Continue reading...California asks US government for billions in fire relief funds
Governor Gavin Newsom said the requested funds will help in immediate and long-term recovery work.
Elon Musk Boosts Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party Again Ahead Of Sunday’s Election – Forbes
- Elon Musk Boosts Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party Again Ahead Of Sunday’s Election Forbes
- What is the AfD, the far-right German party supported by Vance and Musk? The Washington Post
- Economy, immigration, Elon Musk at center of German election; conservative candidate favored to win Fox News
- In German Elections, Musk and Vance Play With Fire By Promoting Extremists U.S. News & World Report
- Fact check: How Elon Musk is meddling in German elections DW (English)
Netanyahu playing ‘dirty games’ to sabotage Gaza truce deal: Hamas
The Palestinian group says the Israeli government is not engaging in negotiations for phase 2 of the truce deal.
Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, family says – ABC News
- Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, family says ABC News
- Israel Confirms Body Returned by Hamas Is That of Shiri Bibas The New York Times
- Their Time Is Up Tablet Magazine
- Israel identifies remains of child hostages but says another body from Hamas is not their mother PBS NewsHour
- 'We will continue to hug Yarden and remember you forever,' Ofri Bibas writes The Jerusalem Post
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan and India prepare blockbuster showdown
Pakistan hope seam attack tip the balance against India in a must-win Champions Trophy clash in Dubai.
French prisoner ‘The Fly’ arrested nine months after deadly van ambush
Two prison officers were killed and three others injured when a vehicle carrying Mohamed Amra was ambushed in May 2024.
French prisoner ‘The Fly’ arrested nine months after deadly van ambush
Two prison officers were killed and three others injured when a vehicle carrying Mohamed Amra was ambushed in May 2024.
Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years
Epicenter of latest outbreak had one of state’s highest immunization exemption rates for 2023-24 school year
The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to at least 90 cases, reaching historic levels, according to officials.
Since late January, 90 cases of measles have been identified in the South Plains region, the state’s department of state health services (DSHS) reported Friday. At least 16 patients have been hospitalized as a result.
Continue reading...Macron says deadly knife attack in eastern France an ‘Islamist terror act’ – FRANCE 24 English
- Macron says deadly knife attack in eastern France an 'Islamist terror act' FRANCE 24 English
- France stabbing: One dead and police officers injured in Mulhouse BBC.com
- Man killed intervening in knife attack on French police officers The Guardian
- 'Islamist terror' knife attack in east France kills one, injures five, media says The Jerusalem Post
- One dead, several wounded after stabbing in eastern France Al Jazeera English
‘Revenge porn’ abusers allowed to keep devices with explicit images
Prosecutors in England and Wales are failing to obtain orders requiring the deletion of intimate content shared without consent, analysis reveals
Perpetrators of “revenge porn” offences are being allowed to keep explicit images of their victims on their devices, after a failure by prosecutors to obtain orders requiring their deletion.
An Observer analysis of court records in intimate image abuse cases has found that orders for the offenders to give up their devices and delete photos and videos are rarely being made. Of 98 cases concluded in the magistrates courts in England and Wales in the past six months, just three resulted in a deprivation order.
Continue reading...Space mission aims to map water on surface of the moon
A probe to be launched this week aims to pinpoint sites of lunar water, which could help plan to colonise the Earth’s satellite
Space engineers are set to launch an unusual mission this week when they send a probe built by UK and US researchers to the moon to map water on its surface. Lunar Trailblazer’s two year mission is scheduled to begin on Thursday when the probe is blasted into space from Florida on a Space X Falcon rocket.
Its goal – to seek out water on the lunar surface – may seem odd given that the moon has traditionally been viewed as an arid, desiccated world. However, scientists have recently uncovered strong hints that it possesses significant quantities of water. It will be the task of Lunar Trailblazer to reveal just how much water there is near the lunar surface and pinpoint its main locations.
Continue reading...UK creative industries set behaviour standards after Strictly and MasterChef rows
An independent standards authority says the industry must learn from recent scandals and create safer working environments
New guidelines will be issued this week for the UK’s creative industries after a series of scandals including reports of inappropriate behaviour by Gregg Wallace and Gino d’Acampo, and bullying allegations on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) will set new standards with the aim of stamping out bullying, harassment and discrimination, and address “power imbalances”.
Continue reading...What will happen when Sir Keir Starmer visits US President Donald Trump? – BBC.com
- What will happen when Sir Keir Starmer visits US President Donald Trump? BBC.com
- What can Keir Starmer say at the White House that Donald Trump might listen to? | Andrew Rawnsley The Guardian
- Macron and Starmer Have Played Trump’s Game Before, but the Rules Are Changing The New York Times
- Macron, Starmer to meet Trump as Europeans flesh out ideas for Ukraine guarantees Reuters
- Don't expect a Love Actually-style moment from the Starmer-Trump meeting Sky News
Trump fires top US general CQ Brown in major Pentagon shake-up
The US president fires CQ Brown without providing a reason and also announced replacement of five top officers.
Three people arrested on suspicion of murder decades after UK man vanished
Two men and a woman arrested in connection with 2002 disappearance of Robert Scott Clive in North Shields
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder more than 20 years after a man went missing in north-east England.
Robert Scott Clive, 30, originally from Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, was living in North Shields when he disappeared on 10 October 2002.
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