Turkey bans American cruise of LGBTQ+ passengers from docking – USA Today

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  1. Turkey bans American cruise of LGBTQ+ passengers from docking  USA Today
  2. Turkey blocks American LGBTQ+ cruise from docking, citing ‘moral standards’  CNN
  3. A long-planned LGBT cruise has been blocked from stopping in Turkey  The Washington Post
  4. One of İstanbul's oldest gay bars shut down after invitation to 'gay cruise' passengers  Bianet
  5. Patti LuPone “Furious” That LGBTQ+ Cruise Ship Banned From Turkey Ports: “I Am Ready To Perform”  Deadline
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Two Romanians jailed over stabbing of Iranian TV journalist in London

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Judge says evidence indicates attack on Pouria Zeraati outside home was carried out on behalf of Tehran regime

Two Romanians who took part in a “targeted” knife attack on a television journalist in London “on behalf of the Iranian state” have been jailed.

Pouria Zeraati, who worked for the Persian-language channel Iran International, which is critical of the Tehran regime, was left bleeding in the street after being stabbed three times outside his home in Wimbledon.

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Louisiana court halts criminal indictment against state attorney general

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Republican Liz Murrill was indicted for the alleged intimidation of New Orleans elected officials

Louisiana’s highest court has granted a stay of the proceedings in a criminal indictment targeting the state’s attorney general, in the latest twist of a high-stakes political battle between Republican state leaders and Democrats who govern its most famous city, New Orleans.

Liz Murrill, a Republican who is Louisiana’s first female attorney general, was slapped with a 16-count indictment on Thursday by a New Orleans grand jury charging her with intimidation and malfeasance. The charges effectively accused her of trying to intimidate New Orleans officials who fought a law passed by Republican legislators to overhaul the city’s courts.

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UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears

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Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online

Parents should not put photos of their children on public display online, according to landmark guidance issued to tackle the rise of AI-generated sexual abuse material.

The recommendation has come from the National Crime Agency and the Internet Watch Foundation, which fear that most people are unaware of the dangers posed by paedophiles and criminal networks.

They suggest that parents and guardians make their social media accounts private or share pictures of their children through a “close friends” group. The NCA and the IWF stressed they were not telling parents how to behave online, but said they should be aware of the problem and how to tackle it.

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Reform UK-led council fails to attract any sponsors for union flag scheme

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Party had justified plan to hang flags in Nottinghamshire on basis that local businesses would foot £75,000 bill

A £75,000 scheme by a Reform-led council to hang union flags at sites across the county, which the party said would “not cost the taxpayer a single penny” as it would be sponsored by local businesses, has failed to attract a single sponsor, it has emerged.

The plan to attach the flags to brackets on about 180 lamp-posts and other places was agreed in the autumn by Nottinghamshire’s council, won by Nigel Farage’s party in last year’s May elections.

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Does Someone on Polymarket Know That Putin Is Going Down? – Futurism

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  1. Does Someone on Polymarket Know That Putin Is Going Down?  Futurism
  2. Big Polymarket bets have been placed on Putin’s downfall  NBC News
  3. Mystery Polymarket Bettor Stakes Around $400,000 On Putin's Ouster Before End Of Year  Forbes
  4. Gambler bets £300,000 on Putin losing power this year  The Telegraph
  5. OPINION: How Putin Will Fall – Part II: Chronicle of a Coming Coup  Kyiv Post
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Stars assemble in New York City amid preparations for Taylor Swift 4 July wedding

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Singer and fiance Travis Kelce have been coy but festivities are getting under way at Madison Square Garden

The streets of New York City and the first-class lounges of Heathrow and JFK airports were crawling on Friday with celebrities on their way to attend the wedding of the year.

Taylor Swift had kept fans guessing about whether it was her nuptials that had caused the closure of 11 streets in midtown Manhattan and the endless deliveries of flowers, food and decorations to the huge Madison Square Garden arena.

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Polish PM warns critical months ahead in face of Russian threat – BBC

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  1. Polish PM warns critical months ahead in face of Russian threat  BBC
  2. Russia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources say  The Guardian
  3. Poland warns Russia seeks to exploit Ukraine tensions with sabotage operations  Reuters
  4. Poland's deputy prime minister says Russia could launch a "false flag operation" to justify an attack on a NATO state  CBS News
  5. Crazed Putin’s New Invasion Plot Revealed  The Daily Beast
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