Prime Minister Andy Burnham comes with defense and national security implications – Breaking Defense

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  1. Prime Minister Andy Burnham comes with defense and national security implications  Breaking Defense
  2. Andy Burnham will need a Moscow test as well as Makerfield test, says ex-military chief  BBC
  3. Burnham’s Rise Revives Talk of War Bonds to Fund the UK Military  Bloomberg.com
  4. My advice to Andy Burnham as a former head of the armed forces  The Times
  5. Admiral warns Burnham not to let UK look ‘like a soft touch’  The Telegraph
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Yes, Europe’s heat waves are deadlier than American gun violence – Fortune

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  1. Yes, Europe’s heat waves are deadlier than American gun violence  Fortune
  2. ‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?  The Guardian
  3. Europe’s Come-to-AC Moment  The Atlantic
  4. European summers are getting brutally hot. So why is air conditioning so rare?  CNN
  5. Why keeping Europe cool need not be a luxury  Financial Times
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Canada Throws A Curveball As It Signals Interest In Joining GCAP Sixth-Gen Fighter Program – TWZ

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  1. Canada Throws A Curveball As It Signals Interest In Joining GCAP Sixth-Gen Fighter Program  TWZ
  2. Canada, Japan consider critical minerals joint stockpiling in hunt for China alternatives  Reuters
  3. In Japan, Canadian defense minister expresses interest in GCAP sixth-gen fighter project  Breaking Defense
  4. Canada to Send Warships to Indo-Pacific, Defense Minister Says  Bloomberg.com
  5. Canada sends trade mission to Japan in diversification effort  The Japan Times
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Britain’s next leader faces a big call on North Sea drilling. Donald Trump is watching. – politico.eu

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  1. Britain’s next leader faces a big call on North Sea drilling. Donald Trump is watching.  politico.eu
  2. Polanski and unions warn Burnham against backsliding on climate action  The Guardian
  3. Breakingviews - UK’s back-to-front net zero plan requires a revamp  Reuters
  4. What happened to Keir Starmer’s ‘clean energy superpower’ plan?  Financial Times
  5. ‘Visionary’ Miliband and onshore wind: What a 2022 podcast tells us about Andy Burnham's green views  ENDS Report
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Carney announces contest to revamp uninhabitable Canadian PM residence

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Various issues – including a rodent infestation and mould – have left the historic, sprawling Ottawa estate empty

10 Downing Street has two things: mice and a chief mouser. For more than a decade, an officially recognized feline has kept rodent infestation in the British prime minister’s residence to a minimum.

Over a similar period, the official residence of Canada’s prime minister has seen an unchecked explosion of rodents.

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In Viral Post, Russian Veteran Warns Putin Of Mutiny, Then Walks Back Threat – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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  1. In Viral Post, Russian Veteran Warns Putin Of Mutiny, Then Walks Back Threat  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  2. Kremlin says it will look into 'strange' video alleging army torture  Reuters
  3. Vladimir Putin Humiliated as Troops Threaten to ‘Turn Their Weapons’ on Him  The Daily Beast
  4. In a viral video, a Russian soldier threatens Putin with an army mutiny. He says disgruntled military and security officials came to him and asked him to serve as their messenger.  Meduza
  5. Kremlin Aware of Viral Video Threatening Armed Uprising Over Alleged Abuses in Army  The Moscow Times
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How transparent are the royals being about money? – BBC

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  1. How transparent are the royals being about money?  BBC
  2. Three unusual things about the King's tax bill  BBC
  3. King Charles III Has Paid More Than $39.6 Million in Taxes, Palace Discloses in a U.K. First  The New York Times
  4. The Guardian view on royal tax secrecy: it survives King Charles’s latest disclosure | Editorial  The Guardian
  5. King Charles reveals his personal tax bill. Spoiler alert: He’s very rich.  The Washington Post
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Here we Joh again? The spectre of Bjelke-Petersen still looms large over Queensland

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The LNP’s unapologetic moves on crime, transgender healthcare and police-led suppression of protests are a throwback to days many thought had come and gone

A sign stopped Aunty Sandra King in her tracks. The elder of the Yagara, Quandamooka and Bundjalung people, now in her 70s, spoke at a protest last month against plans to build an Olympic stadium in the heart of Brisbane’s Victoria Park.

In the crowd a man held aloft a homemade placard with the words “I Preferred Joh”.

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