Russian mercenary sentenced to life by Finnish court for war crimes in Ukraine – BBC.com

  1. Russian mercenary sentenced to life by Finnish court for war crimes in Ukraine  BBC.com
  2. Finland Court Finds Russian Mercenary Guilty of War Crimes in Ukraine  The New York Times
  3. Court in Finland sentences Rusich group commander to life imprisonment for war crimes in Ukraine  Ukrainska Pravda
  4. Finland sentences Russian neo-Nazi mercenary Yan Petrovsky to life for war crimes in Ukraine  Kyiv Independent
  5. Russian jailed for life in Finland for Ukraine war crimes  Reuters
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G7 ministers unite to back Ukraine and warn Russia of sanctions – Reuters

  1. G7 ministers unite to back Ukraine and warn Russia of sanctions  Reuters
  2. Canada Finds Solidarity at G-7 in Push Against Trump’s 51st State Idea  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Allies preserve unity even as Trump’s tariffs and Canada taunts overshadow G7 meeting  The Seattle Times
  4. Top diplomats from G7 countries meet in Canada as Trump threatens more tariffs on US allies  The Associated Press
  5. Allies Wrap up a G7 Meeting Overshadowed by Trump's Tariffs and Canada Taunts  U.S. News & World Report
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Hamas says it agreed to release American hostage, return four others’ bodies – Axios

  1. Hamas says it agreed to release American hostage, return four others' bodies  Axios
  2. Hamas says it is prepared to release American-Israeli hostage and bodies of four dual nationals  CNN
  3. Hamas says it will release Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage  The Washington Post
  4. Israel slams Hamas ‘manipulation’ after it says it will free 1 living, 4 slain hostages  The Times of Israel
  5. LIVE: Hamas agrees to free Israeli-American captive to move Gaza truce  Al Jazeera English
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Get the app, consider capacity and be ready for behavioural change: top tips on installing a home battery

Guardian readers share what they wish they had known before taking the plunge

So you’re finally ready to install a battery at home. There is much to consider – from cost and capacity to the behavioural changes that can boost efficiency. Here, Guardian readers make it easy by sharing their experiences and offering key pieces of advice for how to get the most out of it.

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Water Balloons and Bollywood, India covers itself with color on Holi festival – NBC News

  1. Water Balloons and Bollywood, India covers itself with color on Holi festival  NBC News
  2. Holi 2025: India comes alive with the festival of colours  BBC.com
  3. Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors  The Associated Press
  4. Gulaal, thandai and happy faces | Holi 2025 in pics  Hindustan Times
  5. 7 countries that celebrate Holi just like India  The Times of India
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Putin makes clear Russia will only play ball with Ukraine by his rules

While carefully avoiding an outright rejection of US ceasefire proposals, Moscow is playing for time

For once, the US president and European leaders were on the same page.

Grasping for a familiar metaphor, a chorus of western heads of state declared this week that “the ball was in Russia’s court” after Ukraine agreed in talks with the US on Tuesday to an immediate 30-day ceasefire.

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China criticises Hong Kong firm’s sale of majority stake in Panama ports

Commentary urged CK Hutchison to ‘think twice’ about ‘what position and side they are on’ in sale to US investors

China has criticised the sale of the business that controls ports in Panama to US investors, saying the Hong Kong-based parent company should “think twice” and that the $22.8bn deal is “power politics” that is not in the country’s national interest.

Shares in the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison fell more than 6% on Friday after a critical commentary appeared in the Beijing-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong.

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Germany’s Friedrich Merz agrees spending deal with Greens – Financial Times

  1. Germany’s Friedrich Merz agrees spending deal with Greens  Financial Times
  2. Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More  The New York Times
  3. "Germany is back": Merz secures key support for debt deal  Reuters
  4. German stocks lift European markets higher after lawmakers reportedly agree to spending boost; Kering down 11%  CNBC
  5. Germany’s Merz secures breakthrough on gargantuan spending plan  POLITICO Europe
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Taiwan calls China a ‘hostile foreign force’ and ramps up security – Euronews

  1. Taiwan calls China a 'hostile foreign force' and ramps up security  Euronews
  2. Taiwan's leader says tougher measures needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration and spying  The Associated Press
  3. Taiwan’s president labels China a ‘foreign hostile force’ and ramps up security measures citing ‘infiltration’  The Guardian
  4. Taiwan’s president seeks to bring back military courts  Financial Times
  5. Taiwan Cracks Down on Chinese ‘Gray Zone’ Espionage  The Wall Street Journal
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Weather tracker: Cyclone Jude causes chaos in Mozambique

More than 200mm of rain fell in 24 hours, destroying 900 homes and leaving 40,000 people without power

Cyclone Jude was the third cyclone to hit Mozambique this season. First spotted as a depression last Friday to the south-west of the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, it intensified over the next few days to a moderate tropical storm, affecting northern Madagascar on Saturday and killing at least one person.

Jude strengthened into a tropical cyclone as it tracked westwards over the Mozambique Channel, where sea surface temperatures of close to 30C provided the heat and moisture necessary to fuel the cyclone.

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Taiwan’s president labels China a ‘foreign hostile force’ and ramps up security measures citing ‘infiltration’ – The Guardian

  1. Taiwan’s president labels China a ‘foreign hostile force’ and ramps up security measures citing ‘infiltration’  The Guardian
  2. Taiwan calls China 'foreign hostile force' and vows tough measures  BBC.com
  3. Taiwan’s president seeks to bring back military courts  Financial Times
  4. Taiwan's leader says tougher measures needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration and spying  The Associated Press
  5. Taiwan Cracks Down on Chinese ‘Gray Zone’ Espionage  The Wall Street Journal
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