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Attempt to form Austria’s first government led by far right collapses – Reuters
- Attempt to form Austria's first government led by far right collapses Reuters
- Austrian Coalition Talks Collapse, Averting, for Now, a Far-Right Chancellor The New York Times
- Austria's political crisis deepens as far right fails to form government BBC.com
- Austria goes back to the drawing board after far right fails to form government Reuters
- Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse The Guardian
Art as survival: Gaza’s creators transform pain into protest
Amid Israel's scorched earth campaign in Gaza, young artists are trying to turn pain into hope.
Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence and Nato
The US defence secretary tells Europe to spend more and take responsibility for Ukraine's future defence.
London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement – BBC.com
Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists – The Associated Press
- Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists The Associated Press
- Nonstop Quakes Leave a Tourist Island Empty and Its Residents on Edge The New York Times
- Seismic activity moving northeastward Kathimerini English Edition
- Greece earthquakes: Aftershocks hit Santorini and surrounding islands BBC.com
- Greek island of Santorini sees strongest quake yet in weeks of highly unusual seismic swarm ABC News
US defence chief signals major shift in Ukraine support in first NATO meet
NATO membership for Ukraine 'not realistic' and Kyiv must abandon hopes of returning to pre-2014 borders, Hegseth says.
Half of French island in Indian Ocean burnt by wildfire
A wildfire has burnt through 55% of Amsterdam Island, a French foreign territory in the Indian Ocean.
Sacking of Christian school worker over posts about LGBTQ+ lessons unlawful, court rules
Kristie Higgs was dismissed after sharing posts on plans to teach equalities programme at her son’s C of E school
A Christian school worker who was sacked after she shared Facebook posts raising concerns about lessons in LGBTQ+ relationships for primary schoolchildren has won her battle in the court of appeal.
Kristie Higgs was dismissed from her role as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager at Farmor’s, a secondary school in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 after an anonymous complaint from a parent at the school.
Continue reading...Democratic Senator accuses FBI head nominee Kash Patel of orchestrating agency purge
Patel’s alleged purge of FBI calls into question if he perjured himself at his Senate confirmation hearing
A senior Democrat has accused Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s controversial nominee as FBI director, of having already secretly orchestrated a purge of the bureau’s agents even as senators debate whether to confirm him in the post.
Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate judiciary committee, said he had “highly credible information” that Patel had given orders to sack senior personnel when he had no power to do so as a private citizen – directly contradicting testimony he had given at a confirmation hearing.
Continue reading...Nottingham attacks public inquiry to begin within weeks, Starmer says
Judge-led statutory inquiry announced into killings of three people by Valdo Calocane in June 2023
A judge-led public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks will start in “a matter of weeks”, Keir Starmer has told the families of the three people killed and the injured survivors.
At a meeting at No 10 on Wednesday, the prime minister said the inquiry would scrutinise a “number of different agencies” and a retired judge would soon be appointed to lead the process.
Continue reading...U.N. Calls Bangladesh Protest Crackdown a Possible Crime Against Humanity – The New York Times
- U.N. Calls Bangladesh Protest Crackdown a Possible Crime Against Humanity The New York Times
- UN rights office estimates up to 1,400 killed in crackdown on protests in Bangladesh CNN
- Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says BBC.com
- Human rights abuses inflicted on Bangladesh Hindus: UN The Times of India
- Bangladesh protests probe reveals top leaders led brutal repression UN News
Starmer ‘not telling truth’ over Gaza family asylum decision, claims Badenoch, after PMQs clash – as it happened
Opposition leader says PM was wrong when he said that the decision was taken under the last government
After PMQs there will be an urgent question in the Commons, tabled by the Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine, on “the potential security implications of the involvement of Chinese companies including Mingyang in energy infrastructure projects”. After that Dan Jarvis, the security minister, will make a statement to mark the publication of the report into Prevent’s dealings with Ali Harbi Ali, the man who killed the Conservative MP David Amess.
Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan police commissioner, has blamed Home Office foot-dragging for a failure to change the rules to allow forces to sack officers who fail vetting procedures, Matthew Weaver reports.
Continue reading...Palestinian mother returns to destroyed home in North Gaza
This is the moment a Palestinian mother broke down as she returned to her home in North Gaza without her husband.
Trump says he has spoken to Putin and agreed to negotiate Ukraine ceasefire
US president says he called Russian leader and agreed to have teams start negotiations immediately
Donald Trump has said that he and Vladimir Putin have spoken directly and agreed to begin negotiations to broker a ceasefire to the war in Ukraine.
In a social media post, Trump said that held a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with Putin and that they agreed to “have our respective teams start negotiations immediately”.
Continue reading...Austria: Far-right Freedom Party coalition talks collapse – DW (English)
- Austria: Far-right Freedom Party coalition talks collapse DW (English)
- Austria's political crisis deepens as far right fails to form government BBC.com
- Austrian Coalition Talks Collapse, Averting, for Now, a Far-Right Chancellor The New York Times
- Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse The Guardian
- Pressure grows on Austrian conservatives to end coalition talks with far right Reuters
Egypt to offer Trump Gaza reconstruction plan without Palestinian displacement – ABC News
- Egypt to offer Trump Gaza reconstruction plan without Palestinian displacement ABC News
- Arab States Wake Up to Fact That Trump Means What He Says on Gaza The Wall Street Journal
- Egypt’s Sisi to stay away from White House if Gaza displacement on agenda South China Morning Post
- Egypt reportedly releases details on plan to rebuild Gaza; there's no mention of 'cooperation' with the US Fox News
- Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdelatty Department of State
Russia’s Putin holds phone call with Syria’s Sharaa – Reuters
- Russia's Putin holds phone call with Syria's Sharaa Reuters
- Syria’s leader, Russia’s Putin make first contact since al-Assad’s fall Al Jazeera English
- Syria Leader Stresses ‘Strong Strategic Ties’ in Call With Russia’s Putin The Moscow Times
- Russia's Vladimir Putin holds phone call with Syrian president The Jerusalem Post
- Russia's Putin and Syria's Sharaa hold first call since Assad fall Al-Monitor
Many Palestinian doctors are either dead, jailed or displaced, US doctors tell UN – ABC News
- Many Palestinian doctors are either dead, jailed or displaced, US doctors tell UN ABC News
- In North Gaza, the health system has been reduced to ashes Doctors Without Borders (MSF-USA)
- Aid worker says medical machines appear to have been ‘deliberately destroyed’ in Gaza hospital – as it happened The Guardian
- Northern Gaza clinic inundated with people in need of medical help: MSF Middle East Eye
- Gazan medical devices ‘deliberately destroyed’ by Israel, says aid charity Inkl
Hamas faces hard choice over next hostage release as ceasefire falters
Delay will probably mean return to fighting, but releasing more hostages could force talks on next stage of ceasefire
Hamas is facing hard choices as the Israeli military bolsters troop numbers in and around the Gaza Strip and the three-week-old ceasefire falters.
The Palestinian militant group unexpectedly announced on Monday that it was postponing the next planned release of three Israeli hostages over the weekend, citing alleged Israeli violations of the truce: delaying the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza, blocking the arrival of aid and attacking civilians. It stressed, however, that it wants the ceasefire to continue, emphasising that mediators had five days before the handover to ensure Israel “complies and compensates for the past weeks”.
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