Turkey says it could help meet Saudi military needs under defence pact – Reuters

  1. Turkey says it could help meet Saudi military needs under defence pact  Reuters
  2. Turkiye backs Saudi Arabia’s security amid escalating Houthi attacks: FM  Al Jazeera
  3. World’s 9th strongest military backs Saudi Arabia after Houthi drone attack near Mecca as Yemen militants forge deeper ties with an African terror group  Business Insider Africa
  4. Taking on the Houthis? Turkey could pay a steep price  Middle East Eye
  5. Fidan announces creation of Mecca Alliance headquarters — Anadolu Agency  UA.NEWS
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Victorian Labor promises new offences to close domestic and family violence ‘loopholes’

Premier Ben Carroll vows to legislate new form of manslaughter and increase maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonment

A re-elected Victorian Labor government will create two new Australian-first offences aimed at closing “loopholes” it says have allowed perpetrators of family violence to escape punishment.

On Sunday, the premier, Ben Carroll, will announce an election commitment to legislate a new form of manslaughter covering cases in which a person takes their own life as a result of family violence, as well as a new offence covering perpetrators abandoning a victim in need of medical care.

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Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century – AP News

  1. Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century  AP News
  2. Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years  nationalgeographic.com
  3. Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, living in Bolivia and the first named in over a century  PBS
  4. New wild cat species discovered after hiding in plain sight for more than a century  foxweather.com
  5. New tiger cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century  Al Jazeera
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California warns of measles exposure in six counties from unvaccinated train passenger

Health authorities work to notify people who were exposed to person who traveled through at least six counties

California public health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure spanning multiple counties after an infected and unvaccinated passenger traveled through the state via Amtrak trains and thruway buses.

The warning comes as the US faces its largest measles resurgence in more than three decades, fueled largely by growing vaccine hesitancy.

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After deaths of nine women, South Africans gather to run, mourn and demand change – Reuters

  1. After deaths of nine women, South Africans gather to run, mourn and demand change  Reuters
  2. Ekurhuleni killings: Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa  BBC
  3. Nine bodies found in South Africa raise fears of serial murder, femicide  The Washington Post
  4. South Africa ‘feels like a prison’ for women amid spate of femicides  NPR
  5. Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know  Al Jazeera
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Golden retriever brings toys to the intruder who breaks into his house – AP News

  1. Golden retriever brings toys to the intruder who breaks into his house  AP News
  2. Back to school in Gaza: Learning in tents after years of disruption  Al Jazeera
  3. Gaza Students Return to In-Person Schooling for First Time in Three Years  U.S. News & World Report
  4. Gaza children return to school after years of war and displacement  africanews.com
  5. The teachers and pupils fighting to learn for the future amid ongoing Gaza genocide  inkl
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