Exclusive: EU to give Frontex new powers to deport migrants from outside Europe – Euronews.com

  1. Exclusive: EU to give Frontex new powers to deport migrants from outside Europe  Euronews.com
  2. Frontex gets power to track migration talk on social media  POLITICO.eu
  3. Commission proposes a stronger Frontex: more resources, a greater role on returns and effective crisis response  Migration and Home Affairs
  4. EU’s border agency to boost powers to return irregular migrants  Financial Times
  5. European Union • Frontex executive director expands his powers  Intelligence Online
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Cartoonist Sues Japan Over New Royal Succession Law – Newser

  1. Cartoonist Sues Japan Over New Royal Succession Law  Newser
  2. Manga artist takes Japan’s new imperial succession law to court over male-only heirs  Japan Today
  3. Revised Imperial House Law comes into effect, but challenges remain  The Japan Times
  4. Japan’s unpopular revision of Imperial law that reinforces male-only succession takes effect  AP News
  5. How Japan's Reforms on Imperial Succession Affect Its Monarchy  Time Magazine
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Mom of 2 who died rescuing sons during Bahamas snorkeling trip is identified – Fox News

  1. Mom of 2 who died rescuing sons during Bahamas snorkeling trip is identified  Fox News
  2. British mother dies while trying to save her sons from strong current in the Bahamas  FOX Weather
  3. British mum Leanne Gregory who died in Bahamas was celebrating wedding anniversary  BBC
  4. Mom Was Celebrating Anniversary When She Drowned Trying to Save Sons  People.com
  5. Mother dies trying to save her 2 sons after they were swept away while snorkeling  KNOE
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Shoppers fill Oxford Street on first traffic-free day – BBC

  1. Shoppers fill Oxford Street on first traffic-free day  BBC
  2. London mayor Sadiq Khan pedestrianises Oxford Street  Financial Times
  3. London's Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, goes pedestrian-only  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. London’s Oxford Street bans traffic as city tries to revitalize a once-grand shopping district  AP News
  5. Shoppers replace buses as London pedestrianizes part of Britain’s ​busiest shopping street  NBC News
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Trump says Norway ‘sucks’ after Nobel loss – The Hill

  1. Trump says Norway ‘sucks’ after Nobel loss  The Hill
  2. Norway Pushes Back After Trump Disparages It Over Nobel Prize Decision  The New York Times
  3. Norway joins the list of countries Trump has abused in vulgar terms  Reuters
  4. Military allies fly side by side as Trump fires verbal salvos at Norway  The Barents Observer
  5. ‘Norway Sucks’: Trump Attacks Country Over Nobel Peace Prize Snub  Forbes
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Demonstrators Break Into Rome’s Colosseum, Protesting Gaza War and Italian Government – Fodors Travel Guide

  1. Demonstrators Break Into Rome’s Colosseum, Protesting Gaza War and Italian Government  Fodors Travel Guide
  2. Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe  NPR
  3. Protests sweep Italian cities amid heavy security presence, some violence reported  Reuters
  4. Thousands march in Italy as protests see isolated clashes with police  Euronews.com
  5. Rome demonstrators storm Colosseum as Europe's youth protests spread  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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From the Mecca defence pact to Tehran talks: Is the Middle East’s security landscape shifting? – Euronews.com

  1. From the Mecca defence pact to Tehran talks: Is the Middle East’s security landscape shifting?  Euronews.com
  2. Iran hosts Saudi Arabia and regional powers as fears grow of return to war  CNN
  3. Saudi defence pact countries push for peace in Tehran as Houthis launch more attacks  Reuters
  4. Oil ticks lower as Saudi defense minister meets with Iran's president in Tehran to de-escalate  CNBC
  5. Flurry of Diplomacy in Iran Amid Reports of U.S. and Israeli Plans to Renew War  The New York Times
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UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze

Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days.

A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city.

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Former Israeli PM emerges as wildcard in high-stakes election with Middle East’s future at stake – Fox News

  1. Former Israeli PM emerges as wildcard in high-stakes election with Middle East's future at stake  Fox News
  2. Bennett’s B’Yachad offers Israel a path to national renewal  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Bennett-Lapid list pitches unity ahead of Knesset election  JNS.org
  4. Middle Israel: Why Naftali Bennett should be Israel's next prime minister - opinion  The Jerusalem Post
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Audi boss under fire in Germany for Trump rally appearance

Gernot Döllner criticised for in-person announcement of major investment in US days before midterm elections

The head of the luxury carmaker Audi is under fire in Germany for appearing at a rally with Donald Trump just days before the US midterm elections, to announce billions of dollars of investment in battleground state Georgia.

Gernot Döllner joined Trump on stage after the US president gave a speech criticised by the head of an elected body of employees at Audi’s parent company, Volkswagen, as being full of “racism, sexism, transphobia [and] contempt for democracy”.

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