How Hezbollah Drones Changed Israel’s Strategy in Lebanon – The New York Times

  1. How Hezbollah Drones Changed Israel’s Strategy in Lebanon  The New York Times
  2. Hezbollah's 'game changing' night-hunting weapon punches through Israel's defenses: expert  Fox News
  3. Four IDF Soldiers Wounded in South Lebanon Drone Strike, Military Says  Haaretz
  4. Cheap, deadly and hard to spot: Hezbollah’s drones create urgent security threat for Israel  Jewish Insider
  5. IDF doctor killed, 7 wounded by Hezbollah drone attack in south Lebanon  The Times of Israel
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Ukraine strikes Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery for at least 16th time since start of full-scale war – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Ukraine strikes Russia's Ilsky oil refinery for at least 16th time since start of full-scale war  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Zelenskiy says Ukrainian military can hit Russian logistics throughout occupied areas  Reuters
  3. Russia Moved Tu-142 Aircraft After 15 Years in Storage—Ukraine Hit Them Weeks Later  UNITED24 Media
  4. Kyiv Says Struck Russian Pipeline and Oil Depot  The Moscow Times
  5. Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region ablaze after drone attack  Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
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EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad – NPR

  1. EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad  NPR
  2. EU accused of creating ICE-style immigration enforcement system  The Guardian
  3. Why is the EU establishing return hubs for migrants — and why are they so controversial?  Euronews.com
  4. Hardening views on migrants push Europe toward Trump-like tactics  The Washington Post
  5. EU negotiators agree new migrant return law  politico.eu
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Released Mandelson messages ’embarrassing’, says minister, but defends government record – BBC

  1. Released Mandelson messages 'embarrassing', says minister, but defends government record  BBC
  2. Mandelson files reveal a man for whom betrayal is a way of life | John Crace  The Guardian
  3. Minister missing from Mandelson files recalls ‘nightmare’ of having his phone stolen  politico.eu
  4. UK Publishes New Mandelson Files, Raising Heat on Starmer  Bloomberg.com
  5. UK Releases More Files About Mandelson, Ex-Diplomat With Ties to Epstein  The New York Times
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Released Mandelson messages ’embarrassing’, says minister, but defends government record – BBC

  1. Released Mandelson messages 'embarrassing', says minister, but defends government record  BBC
  2. Mandelson files reveal a man for whom betrayal is a way of life | John Crace  The Guardian
  3. Minister missing from Mandelson files recalls ‘nightmare’ of having his phone stolen  politico.eu
  4. UK Publishes New Mandelson Files, Raising Heat on Starmer  Bloomberg.com
  5. UK Releases More Files About Mandelson, Ex-Diplomat With Ties to Epstein  The New York Times
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UK government has failed Palestinian people, says senior Labour MP

Emily Thornberry criticises Israel’s ‘staggering’ sense of impunity and rebukes Donald Trump for abandoning Gaza

The UK government has let down Palestinian people and failed to make it economically impossible for Israel to continue to act with impunity in the West Bank and Gaza, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Emily Thornberry, has said.

She accused her own government of lacking ambition and wringing its hands on the Palestinian crisis, and she chastised Donald Trump for declaring a ceasefire in Gaza and then walking away, leaving Gazans to live in rubble.

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Plans for ‘floating city’ that would carry 80,000 people dwarfing the finest cruise ships in the world – New York Post

  1. Plans for 'floating city' that would carry 80,000 people dwarfing the finest cruise ships in the world  New York Post
  2. Nearly a mile long and 80,000 on board – welcome to the first floating city  The Telegraph
  3. They are building the largest cruise ship in the world: it will have capacity for 60,000 passengers, shopping centers with pools, and luxury hotels  El Cronista
  4. Freedom Ship Revolutionizes Maritime Travel as the Floating City Set to Host Eighty Thousand Residents and Visitors From Asia, Europe, America, and Beyond: Everything You Need to Know  Travel And Tour World
  5. Largest ‘floating city’ to carry 80,000 people and circle the globe every two years  Daily Express
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Musket balls and a burnt hull: evidence of real pirates of the Caribbean found in Bahamas

Exclusive: First shipwrecks found in Nassau harbour on New Providence, once the hideout of Blackbeard and Calico Jack

The first shipwrecks linked to the real pirates of the Caribbean in the Bahamas have been discovered by an international team co-directed by a British marine archaeologist.

Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham were among pirates who, between the 1690s and 1720s, turned Nassau on the island of New Providence into a hideout where they plotted their next heists on the high seas and divided up their plunder.

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Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft – NPR

  1. Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft  NPR
  2. Haredi protests block traffic across Israel  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Ultra-Orthodox anti-draft mob attacks bereaved mother of IDF soldier in her car  The Times of Israel
  4. Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Protesters Storm Police Station Over Draft Evasion Arrest  Haaretz
  5. Bodycam shows soldier rescued by police from haredi protest amid threats, attacks  Yahoo
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Federal government paid $3.8m in personal protection for then CFMEU administrator

Senate committee also hears Murray Watt needed personal security after sending the union into administration

The federal government has paid millions of dollars in personal protection for the administrators of the CFMEU, and had to organise security for minister Murray Watt after he introduced the legislation that placed the union into administration, it has been revealed.

Under questioning from Liberal senator Jane Hume in the Senate committee on education and employment legislation, it was revealed that the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) has paid millions of dollars to keep the administrators safe.

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EU agrees deal for deporting migrants to third-country ‘return hubs’ – France 24

  1. EU agrees deal for deporting migrants to third-country 'return hubs'  France 24
  2. EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad  NPR
  3. EU accused of creating ICE-style immigration enforcement system  The Guardian
  4. EU reaches deal on 'return hubs' for rejected asylum-seekers  dw.com
  5. Why is the EU establishing return hubs for migrants — and why are they so controversial?  Euronews.com
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