Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, says No 10 – BBC

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  1. Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, says No 10  BBC
  2. China's plan for 'mega' embassy in London faces further delay  ABC News
  3. UK delays decision for third time on China's plan for Europe's largest embassy  Reuters
  4. China ‘Strongly Deplores’ Second UK Delay on Embassy Decision  Bloomberg.com
  5. UK government delays decision on China’s super-embassy until January  The Guardian
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Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community

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US president’s xenophobic rant comes amid reports of stepped-up effort to deport Somalis in Minneapolis-St Paul

Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is reportedly increasing immigration enforcement against undocumented Somalis in Minnesota.

In a xenophobic rant during a cabinet meeting, Trump went off on Somalis and Ilhan Omar, the representative who is from Somalia and is a US citizen. He said Somalia “stinks” and is “no good for a reason”.

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Trump threatens strikes on any country he claims makes drugs for US

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Trump signals imminent land strikes in Venezuela, blaming a navy admiral for a deadly September attack

Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that any country he believes is making drugs destined illegally for the US is vulnerable to a military attack.

The US president’s comments came during a question-and-answer session at the White House at which he also said military strikes on land targets inside Venezuela, which he has accused of narco-terrorism, would “start very soon”.

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Stranger Things season 5 breaks Netflix viewership record

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New episodes of sci-fi series achieve 59.6m views in first five days of release, a new record for an English language show

The upside-down is still the right way for Netflix – Stranger Things 5 is now the company’s biggest English-language debut ever.

The fifth season of the streaming company’s flagship sci-fi series achieved 59.6m views in its first five days on the platform, making for the best premiere week for an English-language series ever on Netflix, and the third biggest debut overall behind the second and third seasons of the Korean sensation Squid Game.

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Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin

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Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and Kushner

Vladimir Putin has accused European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening.

Moments before the closed-door meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, Putin made a series of hard-edged remarks. Speaking to reporters, he accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and said that “European demands” on ending the war in Ukraine were “not acceptable to Russia”.

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German military says thousands of rounds of ammunition were stolen from parked vehicle last week – CNN

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  1. German military says thousands of rounds of ammunition were stolen from parked vehicle last week  CNN
  2. Thousands of rounds of German army ammunition stolen from lorry  BBC
  3. Germany: Bundeswehr ammo delivery ransacked by thieves  dw.com
  4. Live ammunition, smoke grenades stolen from German military  The Jerusalem Post
  5. A large shipment of ammunition slated for the German armed forces was stolen last week from a contractor's truck, authorities said Tuesday. An army spokesperson confirmed the theft to news agency AFP, revealing the ammunition disappeared from the trailer  facebook.com
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Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims

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Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC

George Cottrell, a close associate of Nigel Farage and a key figure in Reform UK’s inner circle, acted as a front for a major gambling syndicate that was “given control” of his betting accounts, a high court document alleges.

Cottrell acted as a stalking horse for a syndicate involving one of the world’s most successful gamblers, Tony Bloom, it is claimed in the public documents, filed at the high court.

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Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal

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Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms

Families stranded on their rooftops. Homes buried by fast-flowing mud. Jagged brown craters scarring lush green hillsides.

The scenes are the result of a series of cyclones and storms in a heavy monsoon season that have struck Asia with torrential rains, gutting essential infrastructure and reshaping landscapes. The violent weather has killed at least 1,200 people in the past week and forced a million to flee without knowing whether their homes will still be standing when they go back.

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