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Who are the two Gaza flotilla activists abducted by Israel? – Al Jazeera
- Who are the two Gaza flotilla activists abducted by Israel? Al Jazeera
- Gaza aid flotilla activists appear in Israeli court after abduction Al Jazeera
- Activists’ detention deepens Spain-Israel tensions as aid group says men have begun hunger strike AP News
- Sinking the ‘condom flotilla’: How Israel took control of the Global Sumud Flotilla narrative The Jerusalem Post
- Court extends detention of 2 Gaza flotilla activists accused of Hamas links The Times of Israel
Who are the two Gaza flotilla activists abducted by Israel?
Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila were among 175 Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel.
Heathrow in talks with airlines to end row that could delay third runway
Airport seeks deal with BA owner, Virgin and billionaire local landowner, who has own expansion plan, over cost and service issues
Heathrow’s new chair has opened talks with airlines and the billionaire local landowner Surinder Arora to defuse a row that threatens to further delay the £49bn plan to build a third runway at Europe’s busiest airport.
Philip Jansen, who was appointed at the start of the year, is understood to have held meetings with the airport’s carriers and with Arora, who has been promoting his own £25bn expansion scheme, in the hope of finding the middle ground in a row over cost and service issues.
Continue reading...Russian strikes kill 10 as Zelensky says Ukraine hits oil tankers and terminal
Fatalities have been reported around Ukraine as Kyiv says Russian "shadow fleet" tankers were hit by drones.
Russian strikes kill 10 as Zelensky says Ukraine hits oil tankers and terminal – BBC
- Russian strikes kill 10 as Zelensky says Ukraine hits oil tankers and terminal BBC
- Russia pounds Ukraine with drones in daytime attack Reuters
- 4 Killed, Oil Tankers Hit in Russian and Ukrainian Drone Strikes The Moscow Times
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: 10 killed after Putin’s forces launch drone and missile strikes across Ukrainian cities The Independent
- Russian attacks kill 10, injure over 70 in Ukraine over past day The Kyiv Independent
Republicans ‘concerned’ after Trump threatens to withdraw more US troops from Germany
US announced withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers last week after German chancellor said US was being ‘humiliated’ by Iran
Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw more US troops from Germany after stunning European leaders and some senior members of his own party by last week announcing the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers from Germany.
The move left 30,000 US troops still in the country, according to CNN. But Trump threatened on Saturday that more cuts were coming. “We are going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” he told reporters on Saturday.
Continue reading...US to cut troops in Germany as Iran war spat deepens
US-German relations are straining as a spat deepens between President Trump and Chancellor Merz over the war on Iran.
‘No strategy’ behind Trump’s withdrawal of NATO troops from Germany, sources say – Euronews.com
- 'No strategy' behind Trump's withdrawal of NATO troops from Germany, sources say Euronews.com
- The loss of 5,000 US troops in Germany is just the tip of the challenge facing Europe CNN
- The U.S. Military Drawdown in Europe Has Only Just Begun Time Magazine
- Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal ‘anticipated', Spain and Italy could be next NPR
- Chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees Release Statement on... U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (.gov)
Trump Rebuked for Bypassing Congress With $8.6 Billion Weapons Sale to Israel and Gulf Allies – Common Dreams
- Trump Rebuked for Bypassing Congress With $8.6 Billion Weapons Sale to Israel and Gulf Allies Common Dreams
- U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners The New York Times
- US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies Al Jazeera
- The Iran War Remains Unpopular—Unless You’re a Weapons Contractor Mother Jones
- Israel Acquiring Low-cost Systems From U.S. to Intercept Drones Haaretz
Overtourism: Too much of a good thing? – CBS News
- Overtourism: Too much of a good thing? CBS News
- Sunday Morning Turns Tourist Pressure Into A Global Reckoning, Venice, Amsterdam And Paris Show The Cost Qoo Media
- MASS TOURISM AND THE TRAVELER DILEMMA: EXPLORING THE WORLD WITHOUT HARM Tourism Review News
- 8 Destinations Travel Experts Say to Skip This Summer TravelPirates
- How Are Popular Travel Destinations Like Santorini, Venice, And Barcelona Struggling With Over tourism, And What Can You Do As A Responsible Traveler To Protect These Iconic Places? Travel And Tour World
Archaeologists Discover 80-Ton Stones Beneath the Sea, Believed to Be Remains of One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – The Daily Galaxy
Starmer adviser held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech bosses
Exclusive: Varun Chandra’s talks with Google, Meta, Apple and others raise fears of ‘lobbying behind closed doors’
An influential government adviser close to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech executives, the Guardian can reveal.
The No 10 business aide Varun Chandra discussed regulatory changes, AI and Donald Trump’s second administration with tech corporations during confidential meetings between October 2024 and October 2025. In one meeting he offered to help a top executive meet the prime minister directly.
Continue reading...Lost ‘cloud’ of artist who wrapped the Reichstag to be created in UK gallery
Exclusive: Scale model found in Christo’s studio leads to London realisation of internally lit Air Package on a Ceiling
Christo once wrapped up the Reichstag, suspended a curtain across a Colorado valley and covered up the Pont Neuf in Paris. Now, six years after the artist’s death, a London gallery is to create a monumental installation he designed in 1968, using a detailed scale model and drawings that had been presumed lost until their chance discovery.
Christo had imagined a vast, internally illuminated suspended form, like a cloud, but technical constraints meant the plan was never brought to fruition.
Continue reading...That Millionaire-Funded Whale Rescue Worked – Newser
- That Millionaire-Funded Whale Rescue Worked Newser
- Timmy the Stranded Whale Is Released After an Elaborate Rescue The New York Times
- Rescuers release humpback whale that was stranded off German coast The Guardian
- Timmy the stranded humpback whale rescued and returns to the ocean Global News
- The Unlikely Rescue of Timmy, the Stranded Whale The New Yorker
US’s Rubio to visit Italy after Trump’s spats with Meloni, Pope Leo – politico.eu
- US’s Rubio to visit Italy after Trump’s spats with Meloni, Pope Leo politico.eu
- Marco Rubio to visit Rome, reportedly to ‘thaw’ US relations with Pope and Meloni The Guardian
- Top US diplomat Rubio to meet with Pope Leo on Thursday, source says Reuters
- Rubio to visit Italy, Vatican amid troop drawdown call, tension with Trump, Pope Leo: reports Fox News
- Rubio Plans Italy Visit After Trump’s Clashes With Meloni, Pope Bloomberg.com
Sudanese woman and 16-year-old girl reportedly die trying to cross Channel
Two were found dead in the early hours of Sunday in boat carrying about 82 people, several of whom were injured
Two female Sudanese asylum seekers have died trying to cross the Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, off the coast of Boulogne.
According to some reports, one was a teenager aged 16 and the other a woman in her 20s. They were found dead in the boat, which had run aground on the beach of Neufchâtel-Hardelot, according to Christophe Marx, the secretary general of the Pas-de-Calais Prefecture.
Continue reading...Two women die trying to cross Channel in small boat – BBC
- Two women die trying to cross Channel in small boat BBC
- 2 dead and 16 injured in attempted channel crossing from France to UK ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Sudanese woman and 16-year-old girl reportedly die trying to cross Channel The Guardian
- Migrants who died in Channel small boat were 16-year-old girl and woman, says charity Sky News
- Two women die in attempted Channel crossing from France to UK Al Jazeera
Two US service members missing after military exercises in Morocco
Search and rescue operation launched after service members reported missing near south-western city of Tan Tan
Two US service members are missing in south-western Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (Africom) said on Sunday.
The US, Morocco and other countries participating in the African Lion exercise have launched a search and rescue operation, Africom said.
Continue reading...US military says two service members taking part in Morocco drills missing
AFRICOM says search and rescue operations under way in southwestern Morocco during African Lion exercise.