US no-frills pioneer Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
The Florida-based airline is the first major US airline to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since 2011.
UK upheld some arms export licences to Israel to reassure US
Carve-out for F-35 parts prioritised ‘US confidence in UK and Nato’ over risk of rights violations, court documents show
The UK government did not fully suspend export licences to Israel as it would undermine US confidence in the UK and Nato and have a “profound impact” on international peace and security, court documents reveal.
On Monday the UK government returned to the high court in legal action by the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq and the UK-based Global Legal Action Network (Glan) over the decision to continue arms exports to Israel.
Continue reading...EU ministers reject move to freeze dialogue with Israel over Gaza war – Reuters
- EU ministers reject move to freeze dialogue with Israel over Gaza war Reuters
- EU fails to reach unanimous agreement on suspending dialogue with Israel Euronews
- Dutch FM says EU needs to continue dialogue with Israel as Borrell pushes to limit ties The Times of Israel
- EU's Borrell Proposes Suspending Israel Dialogue Over Gaza War Concerns Haaretz
- Top EU diplomat's proposal to halt dialogue with Israel blocked | Daily Sabah Daily Sabah
UNRWA Chief asks: What’s the plan for Palestinian refugees?
Philippe Lazzarini, says there is ‘no plan B’ if Israel bans the agency from supporting Palestinian refugees
C of E may need to rethink archbishop of Canterbury role, senior cleric says
Exclusive: Stephen Cottrell, archbishop of York, says church is in period of reflection after ‘unprecedented crisis’ over abuse cover-up
The Church of England may need to rethink the role of archbishop of Canterbury after its “unprecedented crisis” over an abuse cover-up, Justin Welby’s second-in-command has said.
In an interview with the Guardian, Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York, said he would welcome a woman taking over from Welby. But he warned that the responsibilities of the job may need to be shared more widely in future.
Continue reading...UK hits Iran with new sanctions for supplying missiles to Russia – Yahoo! Voices
Protesters in Georgia’s capital set up a tent camp and demand new elections, wary of Russia – The Associated Press
- Protesters in Georgia's capital set up a tent camp and demand new elections, wary of Russia The Associated Press
- Georgian police clear protesters challenging 'stolen' election BBC.com
- Georgian Police Break Up Opposition Protest Camp in Tbilisi Bloomberg
- Georgia election chief doused in paint as protests continue after divisive parliamentary vote The Associated Press
- Georgia election chief doused in paint after divisive parliamentary vote CNN
Flatulence tax: Denmark agrees deal for livestock emissions levy
It is part of a wider plan to reduce emissions and pollution and restore natural habitat.
Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: children tell of ‘devastation’ caused by their father
Couple’s two sons and daughter beg Dominique Pelicot to reveal if other family members were abused
Gisèle Pelicot’s children have described their “devastation” to learn that their father had drugged their mother and invited dozens of men to rape her, begging him in court to tell the truth about whether he had abused other members of the family.
David Pelicot, 50, the couple’s oldest son, told the court in Avignon on Monday that he believed his sister Caroline Darian, 45, when she said she felt certain that she too had been drugged and abused by Dominique Pelicot, after photos were found on his computer of her asleep in bed in underwear that she did not recognise as her own.
Continue reading...Sudan war: Furious row at UN as Russia blocks peace move – BBC.com
- Sudan war: Furious row at UN as Russia blocks peace move BBC.com
- Russia vetoes Sudan ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council Al Jazeera English
- Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Following Russia’s Veto of a UN Security Council Resolution on Protection of Civilians in Sudan United States Mission to the United Nations
- Burhan rejects avorted UN resolution, says Sudan will not accept external solutions Sudan Tribune
- Sudan: Vote on a Draft Resolution* : What's In Blue Security Council Report
Ecuador declares 60-day state of emergency to help battle wildfires
State of emergency to allow government to send more money, people to help bring blazes under control, minister says.
Letting Ukraine fire missiles into Russia unlikely to have decisive effect
Military and political consequences of allowing Kyiv to use Atacms missiles remain uncertain
It has taken an election defeat in the US and the arrival of 10,000 North Koreans in Ukraine for Joe Biden to finally relent. After two years of asking, Ukraine’s army has been given permission to use US long-range Atacms missiles to strike against targets inside Russia. The military and political consequences remain uncertain.
Russia has been able to bomb targets across all of Ukraine throughout the war. On Sunday it attacked key sites across the country’s power network, forcing Kyiv to implement national electricity rationing as a result of the damage caused. Some missiles were aimed as far west as Lviv and at sites near the border with Moldova, and an energy crisis is closer as a result.
Continue reading...Xi Jinping praises Labour’s economic policy as Keir Starmer discusses human rights concerns
PM questions sanctions against MPs and plight of Jimmy Lai as China’s president says Starmer ‘fixing foundations’
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has heaped praise on Keir Starmer’s economic policy, as the UK prime minister used their first meeting to raise concerns about sanctions on MPs and the treatment of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai.
During their conversation at the G20 summit in Rio, the first meeting between the UK and China’s leaders in six years, Starmer said he would be keen to host a full bilateral meeting with Xi and the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, in Beijing or London as soon as possible, aimed at turning the page on frosty UK-China relations.
Continue reading...Storm Sara: Hundreds of Honduran villages cut off by rain – BBC.com
- Storm Sara: Hundreds of Honduran villages cut off by rain BBC.com
- Southeast: Flood Threat From Sara’s Remnants The Weather Channel
- Tropical Storm Sara’s remnants to bring heavy rain, strong gusts to Florida Panhandle Pensacola News Journal
- Sara dissipates while moving into Gulf of Mexico, tropical moisture will spike Florida rain chances WESH 2 Orlando
- Sara weakens to tropical depression but could still add to Southeast weather woes USA TODAY
Russia vetoes Sudan ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
UK slams Russia for vetoing resolution urging immediate end to hostilities, talks to reach 'national ceasefire'.
‘A coding Mozart’: Seven-year-old gets job offer from Russian IT firm
The software company's boss said Sergey, who teaches coding in online videos, was "a kind of Mozart".
Furious row at UN as Russia blocks Sudan ceasefire move
The UK calls vetoing a ceasefire plan a "disgrace" but Russia says Sudan's sovereignty is being ignored.
Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan
Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countries
Amid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, it can be hard to remember what is at stake. That’s why Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former climate change minister, is calling on global leaders to “keep an eye on the big picture”.
“We’re here for life and death reasons,” Rehman said.
Continue reading...Home Office pressed on EU citizens removed while awaiting approval to stay
Watchdog seeks clarity on legal right to go on holiday or visit family abroad after applicants denied re-entry at UK border
Hopes have been raised for EU citizens who have faced being removed from the UK post-Brexit even while they wait on their applications to stay, after a statutory body wrote to the Home Office demanding clarity on their legal right to go on holiday or visit family abroad.
The move comes after a number of cases came to light involving the removal of EU citizens when they returned to the UK after a visit abroad.
Continue reading...UNIFIL draws criticism for blaming ‘non-state’ actors without naming Hezbollah – JNS.org
- UNIFIL draws criticism for blaming ‘non-state’ actors without naming Hezbollah JNS.org
- The peacekeepers under attack in the Israel-Hizbollah war Financial Times
- Italy protests to Israel over unexploded shell hitting Italian base in Lebanon Reuters
- UNIFIL says peacekeepers fired at 40 times during patrol of southern Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
- Israel continues strikes on Beirut, artillery shell hits UNIFIL HQ China Military