Woman suspected of Monaco bombing found shot dead near Kyiv

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Anastasiia Berezovska was being sought by police over attack that seriously injured a Ukraine-born businessman

A woman suspected of carrying out last week’s bomb attack in Monaco that seriously injured a Ukraine-born business tycoon has been found shot dead near Kyiv, in the latest twist in a case that has shaken the wealthy Mediterranean principality.

Ukrainian prosecutors said on Tuesday the woman had been found with a gunshot wound to the head and that two men had been arrested in connection with the case, including an officer with Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) and a former law enforcement officer.

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What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs

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Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deaths

Elon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of focusing on his companies, Musk has posted frequently on X about the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which he helped dismantle – or, in his words, feed into the woodchipper – last year.

“Elon’s USAID crash-out over the past week has been a thing to behold,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, a former top USAID official who oversaw the agency’s Ebola response in 2014-2015 and the president of Refugees International. “In a way, it’s helpful that Elon is doing this, because it’s putting attention back on the issue of what he did last year.”

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Woman suspected of Monaco bomb attack found dead in Ukraine – BBC

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  1. Woman suspected of Monaco bomb attack found dead in Ukraine  BBC
  2. Monaco bombing attack suspect found shot dead in Ukraine, officials say  CNN
  3. Woman suspected of Monaco bombing found shot dead near Kyiv  The Guardian
  4. Woman suspected in Monaco bomb attack on Ukrainian magnate found dead in Kyiv  CBS News
  5. Woman suspected in Monaco bombing found shot dead near Kyiv, report says  Reuters
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Bank of England plans to ease capital rules despite AI stability fears

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Central bank’s financial policy committee members voice concern on trimming big lenders’ financial buffers

The Bank of England is planning to loosen capital requirements for major UK lenders, even as policymakers expressed concern about the threat to financial stability from rapid AI developments and debt-fuelled stock investments.

The central bank said on Tuesday it was looking to remove and loosen some rules introduced after the 2008 financial crisis that determine the size of the financial cushion required to absorb losses and protect consumers and taxpayers when things go wrong.

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Perth man fighting for life after robot vacuum cleaner explosion

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Lachie Perrem suffered life-threatening injuries after the explosion on Thursday destroyed his share house in Brabham

A Perth man has spent five days fighting for his life after a robot vacuum cleaner explosion set fire to his home.

Lachie Perrem, aged in his 20s, was taken to hospital on Thursday with life-threatening burns from a blaze that left his fiancee and housemates without their home.

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Bombs explode near Damascus hotel housing Macron on Syria visit

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Blasts did not interrupt French president’s visit but are setback for Syrian leaders’ attempt to project stability

Explosions rocked Damascus near the hotel where French president, Emmanuel Macron, was staying on Tuesday, wounding at least 18 people, Syrian authorities said.

Macron was in the presidential palace for a meeting with the Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, when two improvised explosive devices detonated near the Four Seasons hotel where Macron was reported to be staying.

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Israeli officer shown throwing stun grenade into car during West Bank raid

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Border police officer under investigation after CCTV footage shows him shouting at car’s occupants and throwing device

Israeli police have opened an investigation after CCTV footage showed a border police officer throwing a stun grenade into a car carrying young Palestinians during a raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

The footage from Sunday, released by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem, shows an officer approaching a car and shouting at its occupants.

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Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s largest oil refinery as Zelenskyy says Siberia now ‘within reach’ – CNBC

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  1. Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s largest oil refinery as Zelenskyy says Siberia now ‘within reach’  CNBC
  2. Ukraine Says It Hit Russian Ships to Deepen Crimea’s Fuel Crunch  Bloomberg.com
  3. Ukrainian drones hit Russia's largest refinery, in one of deepest strikes yet  Reuters
  4. Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal and nearby port  The Guardian
  5. Watch: Ukraine targets Russia's 'shadow fleet'; hits 8 fuel tankers on Crimea route  The Times of India
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Thames Water creditors ‘will bid for company even if it is nationalised’

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Group of 100 investors still discussing £10bn rescue proposal with officials from regulator Ofwat, says report

Thames Water’s creditors are willing to pursue their bid for the debt-laden company even if the probable next prime minister, Andy Burnham, brings it into temporary nationalisation.

The group of 100 institutional investors, which hold about £14bn of Thames’s senior debt, are still discussing a £10bn rescue proposal for the struggling company with officials from the regulator Ofwat, and they have held meetings in recent days.

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Red scare revived as Trump leads push to attack Democrats as ‘communists’

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In wake of primary wins by leftwing candidates in New York and elsewhere, president has resorted to well-worn tactic

Moments after Donald Trump rang the ceremonial opening bell on Monday, starting the trading day from the Oval Office, 232 miles north on Wall Street, the US senator Ted Cruz celebrated the president’s new savings accounts as his administration’s “New Deal”.

“But instead of having government taking care of everyone,” the Republican senator declared, “Trump accounts are about making every child and every American a capitalist.”

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Female US rower reflects on ‘surreal’ record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii

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Kelsey Pfendler, 32, says she hopes her solo 2,400-mile trek across the mid-Pacific inspires other women to take risks

A Grand Canyon river-rafting guide who recently became the first US woman to row solo from California to Hawaii – traveling in record time – says she hopes her accomplishment inspires other women to push their limits and take risks.

“It’s really motivating to think [that], maybe one day, I will get to see another woman work even harder to do what I did,” Kelsey Pfendler, 32, told ABC’s Good Morning America program on Monday, three days after completing the record-setting journey across the mid-Pacific. “And it would be so special to watch.”

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