US lawmakers urge stricter monitoring of medically assisted suicide in hospices

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Bipartisan group warns HHS that older adults and people with disabilities risk being pressured to end their lives

Lawmakers urged the health and human services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Thursday to establish strict hospice reporting rules to prevent discrimination and coercion in medically assisted suicide.

The bipartisan group of members of Congress warned that older adults, people with disabilities, or those with disaffected caregivers face a particular risk of being pressured to end their lives.

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Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest

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Father Ted co-creator detained by armed officers at Heathrow airport last year over gender-critical posts on X

The Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been paid £25,000 in compensation by the Metropolitan police and received an apology after his arrest over his gender-critical social media posts.

Linehan, 57, was detained by armed officers at Heathrow airport last September after a 10-hour flight from Arizona.

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Republican Rebukes Trump Over ‘Foolish’ Greenland Comments at NATO – Newsweek

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  1. Republican Rebukes Trump Over ‘Foolish’ Greenland Comments at NATO  Newsweek
  2. Why Trump wants Greenland  PBS
  3. Denmark Says It Will Defend ‘Every Inch’ of NATO as Trump Eyes Greenland Again  The New York Times
  4. Nato’s carnival of Trumpian caprice  Financial Times
  5. Get the Facts: What makes Greenland so valuable — and why President Trump is interested  WBAL-TV
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Daphne Caruana Galizia screamed in panic before explosion that killed her, court hears

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Businessman stands trial over death of Maltese journalist killed by bomb in her car after she reported on corruption

Moments before the explosion that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia, the journalist screamed in panic, a witness has told the trial of the man accused of ordering her murder.

Caruana Galizia was killed in 2017 by a remotely detonated bomb placed under the driver’s seat of her car, after writing a series of reports on political and financial corruption in Malta. The government’s handling of the investigation led to mass protests and ultimately to the resignation of the Maltese prime minister, Joseph Muscat.

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Burnham apologises for Labour’s initial response to Gaza war – BBC

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  1. Burnham apologises for Labour's initial response to Gaza war  BBC
  2. Burnham’s apology over Gaza marks ‘reset moment’ as Labour seeks to win back progressive voters  The Guardian
  3. UK Labour’s Burnham apologises for response to Israel’s Gaza violence  Al Jazeera
  4. Burnham apologises for Starmer’s actions on Israel  The Telegraph
  5. Britain’s likely next PM says Gaza suffering is ‘a scar’ and weighs Israel sanctions  Ynetnews
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NY mom’s tragic last post with boyfriend she met at pro-Palestine march revealed as he is ID’d as suspect in her Ireland murder – New York Post

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  1. NY mom’s tragic last post with boyfriend she met at pro-Palestine march revealed as he is ID’d as suspect in her Ireland murder  New York Post
  2. Jamey Carney: Murder investigation launched after woman's body discovered  BBC
  3. NY mom Jamey Carney suffocated to death in Ireland home before alleged killer Ahmad Alsaqer fled  New York Post
  4. American mother murdered in Irish tourist town as international manhunt targets alleged asylum seeker  Fox News
  5. US woman murdered in Killarney died from suffocation, postmortem finds  The Irish Times
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Flight school pilot Leandro Andres Bertazzo jumps to his death midair, leaving student to land plane in Argentina – ABC7 Los Angeles

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  1. Flight school pilot Leandro Andres Bertazzo jumps to his death midair, leaving student to land plane in Argentina  ABC7 Los Angeles
  2. Student pilot forced to land plane solo after instructor allegedly jumped midair to his death: Investigators  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. Chilling Details Emerge After Pilot Jumps Out of Plane to His Death Mid-Flight  The Daily Beast
  4. Argentinian flight instructor jumps to death from plane, 22-year-old student forced to land alone  Fox News
  5. Student pilot lands safely after instructor jumps out of plane mid-flight  LiveNOW from FOX
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Putin’s Last Roll of the Dice – Newsweek

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  1. Putin’s Last Roll of the Dice  Newsweek
  2. Russians start to pay a price for Putin’s war  The Economist
  3. I have visited Russia every year since the Ukraine war began. The mood has changed  The Independent
  4. 'Imperial obsession and reckless escalation: Vladimir Putin has never appeared so trapped by his fantasies'  Le Monde.fr
  5. Russia’s triumphant tone shifts as Ukraine deploys ‘asymmetrical tactics’  Al Jazeera
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Nato leaders surprised by Turkish president’s gift of guns after summit

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns

What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit.

Keir Starmer was the first to mention the highly unusual gift presented by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to his guests. On the flight back from Ankara, where Nato leaders had gathered for two days, the British prime minister said he and others had received a revolver engraved with their names.

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Furore in Nigeria over fake federal agency set up in government HQ

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President orders investigation after fictitious body given funding, triggering renewed scrutiny of alleged corruption

A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3bn naira (£700,000) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africa’s largest democracy in the run-up to a general election set for January.

The fake agency came to light last October when Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, wrote to the police alleging that his signature, along with official seals and reference numbers, had been forged by Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who was claiming to have been appointed by the presidency to head the presidential foreign intervention promotion council (PFIPC).

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Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’

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Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel

Andy Burnham has apologised for Labour’s initial response to Israel’s military action in Gaza, saying the party “didn’t get it right” and needs to “do better” under his leadership signalling a significant shift in the UK’s approach to the Middle East.

The prime minister-in-waiting told the Guardian he would put more pressure on the Israeli government, including through further sanctions on individuals and entities, as well as a potential ban on the trade of goods with illegal settlements.

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