French students continue protests, saying ministers’ pledges not enough

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Schools blockaded again across country as teenagers and teachers demand more investment and ‘concrete measures’ to improve conditions

High school students have again blockaded schools and marched through cities across France, promising to continue their campaign despite government pledges to address the grievances underlying 10 days of protests that have left hundreds injured.

Large crowds took to the streets on Thursday for mainly peaceful demonstrations in cities including Lille, Rennes, Nantes, Lyon, Toulon and Marseille, while in Paris a large procession marched through the city centre to the Place de la Bastille.

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Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass at RAF base – BBC

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  1. Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass at RAF base  BBC
  2. Two men arrested after breaking into UK airbase used by US, counterterrorism police say  CNN
  3. 2 foreign nationals breach UK base housing key US, NATO intel hub amid $556M expansion  Fox News
  4. Two Latvians Arrested After Break-In at U.K. Military Base  WSJ
  5. UK: Two Latvian men arrested for breaking into RAF base  DW.com
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Two Latvian men arrested at RAF base in Cambridgeshire used by US military

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Men aged 32 and 36 detained on suspicion of trespass, causing criminal damage and entering a prohibited place

Two Latvian men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday after they were discovered inside the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a Cambridgeshire base used by the US military and Nato for intelligence operations.

The men, 32 and 36, were picked up at 2am inside the base, in an investigation that began four hours earlier when military police discovered an abandoned vehicle outside the facility.

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A lake pilgrimage and a quiet car ride to the beach: last hours of sisters who took own lives in Brighton

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Inquest hears details of how three women spent their final days but why they ended their lives may never be known

Jane Adetoro and her younger sisters, Christina and Rebecca Walters, were “the closest sisters and the best friends”, according to their family. Devoted to their father, Joseph, whom they messaged every day, the adult siblings lived quiet lives in the flat they shared in west London and would do everything together.

When they died in May this year, it was no different. Early in the morning of 13 May, the sisters’ bodies were recovered from the sea in Brighton, hours after a taxi had dropped the three women at the beachfront.

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Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem

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Consulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the city

Israel’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was primarily designed to deter London from imposing sanctions on settlements in occupied Palestine. But it also served the current government’s ambitions to fully annex Jerusalem as a national capital, diplomatic and legal experts said.

The UK mission to the city has an unusual diplomatic status, which dates back to before the founding of the state of Israel, rooted in a vision of Jerusalem as a neutral enclave under international control.

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Teacher at elite $33K private school groomed, sexually assaulted boy on class trip: cops – New York Post

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  1. Teacher at elite $33K private school groomed, sexually assaulted boy on class trip: cops  New York Post
  2. Former Australian Teacher Charged With Grooming and Sexually Assaulting a Student Under 16  Yahoo
  3. Greek-Australian teacher accused of abusing a student at a Sydney school and on a reef trip  Greek City Times
  4. Teacher accused of sexually assaulting student multiple times including on school trip  Daily Express
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Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful – AP News

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  1. Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful  AP News
  2. Warrants used to search Andrew's homes were unlawful, court says  BBC
  3. Ex-Prince Andrew Not Completely Off the Hook Despite Legal Win — Report  Yahoo
  4. Former Prince Andrew wins legal dispute over search warrants after Epstein-linked misconduct arrest  NBC News
  5. Search warrants used in Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor raids were unlawful, court rules  The Guardian
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Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray

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Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war

Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from government forces, raising the risk that renewed internal conflict in Ethiopia could trigger an all-out regional war between the neighbouring countries.

Military vehicles carrying soldiers drove across Eritrea’s southern border into Tigray on Wednesday, reaching the town of Adigrat 25 miles (40km) south, according to civilian witnesses, a militia commander and the conflict monitoring group Acled.

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Florida judge allows lawsuit against Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ to move forward

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Parviz Sabeti denies allegations he led Savak intelligence agency under shah and directed torture of thousands

The alleged “chief torturer” for the deposed Shah of Iran is a step closer to trial for human rights abuses after a Florida federal judge rejected his demand to halt a lawsuit brought by three former political prisoners.

Parviz Sabeti, who was reported last year to have lived in a quiet upscale central Florida community, is accused of being the former head of Savak, the shah’s secret police and intelligence agency. The plaintiffs say they discovered his whereabouts only after a photo of Sabeti at a 2023 protest against the Iranian government was posted on social media by his daughter.

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Russian Airstrike on Bus Stop Kills at Least 30 in Ukraine – WSJ

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  1. Russian Airstrike on Bus Stop Kills at Least 30 in Ukraine  WSJ
  2. Russian strike kills at least 33 in eastern Ukraine in deadliest single attack this year  CNN
  3. Russian strike on Ukrainian public buses leaves dozens dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv  PBS
  4. More killed in Kramatorsk as Russia targets Ukraine’s transportation system  Al Jazeera
  5. At least 30 dead in Russian bus strike as Moscow closes in on Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’  The Washington Post
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Ukraine says it hit Russia’s largest oil refinery – Reuters

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  1. Ukraine says it hit Russia's largest oil refinery  Reuters
  2. Ukraine claims to have taken out more than half of Russia’s oil refining capacity  AP News
  3. Ukraine's Zelenskiy says intelligence shows Russia is preparing massive attack  Reuters
  4. ‘No rules now’ — Putin’s war of open lawlessness is already targeting Europe  The Hill
  5. Ukraine's defence forces strike Omsk Oil Refinery 2,500 km from border using upgraded FP-1 drones  Українська правда
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Booms and flight disruptions in Riyadh as Saudi-Houthi war escalates – CNBC

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  1. Booms and flight disruptions in Riyadh as Saudi-Houthi war escalates  CNBC
  2. Iran war live: 3 Saudi citizens killed in attacks on Riyadh airport  Al Jazeera
  3. Saudia Airlines employee, two others killed in Houthi attack on Riyadh airport yesterday  The Times of Israel
  4. Plane damaged at Riyadh airport as Houthis escalate attacks, sources say  Reuters
  5. Explosions heard in Saudi capital and Riyadh airport, and other Mideast developments  AP News
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Search Warrants Used To Seize Property From Ex-Prince Andrew Were Unlawful, Judge Finds – HuffPost

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  1. Search Warrants Used To Seize Property From Ex-Prince Andrew Were Unlawful, Judge Finds  HuffPost
  2. Charles Reportedly ‘Hopping Mad’ Over Andrew’s Legal Win as His Brother Demands for the King the ‘Admit’ He Was ‘Wrong’  Yahoo
  3. Warrants used to search Andrew's homes were unlawful, court says  BBC
  4. Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful  AP News
  5. Ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed after police accept legal error  Reuters
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