Ebola-hit DR Congo faces ‘catastrophic collision’ of disease and conflict, WHO warns
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in DR Congo was hampering efforts to stop spread
UK cyberspying chief calls AI ‘an unstoppable force’ and warns about Russia – AP News
- UK cyberspying chief calls AI ‘an unstoppable force’ and warns about Russia AP News
- High-Level British Spy Warns of Expanding Russia Threat The New York Times
- UK and allies have narrowing window to stay ahead in tech race, spy chief says Reuters
- UK spy chief: Time is running out for the West to confront threats from Russia and China CNBC
- Russia is targeting UK’s infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ head to say The Guardian
US building Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for Americans amid outbreak
Some experts criticize White House approach and say not allowing Americans to return to US hurts treatment efforts
The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing them home.
The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the US was setting up a facility in Kenya for Americans to quarantine after Ebola exposure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Continue reading...LEGO Foundation donates $97 million to bring play-based learning to children impacted by conflicts – AP News
Northern Ireland’s former unionist leader faces trial in sexual abuse case involving 2 girls – AP News
- Northern Ireland’s former unionist leader faces trial in sexual abuse case involving 2 girls AP News
- Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: Former DUP leader expressed 'regret' to alleged victim in letter, court hears BBC
- Donaldson wrote of 'regret' to complainant, court hears RTE.ie
- Jeffrey Donaldson abused girls with wife’s knowledge, court told The Times
- Jeffrey Donaldson trial hears alleged sexual abuse victim tell police of nightmares The Guardian
Vatican announces global rosary for peace with Pope Leo XIV – EWTN News
Traders are skeptical of Iran timeline for Strait of Hormuz reopening – CNBC
- Traders are skeptical of Iran timeline for Strait of Hormuz reopening CNBC
- The power struggle in the world’s narrow seas Financial Times
- Even After a Strait of Hormuz Deal, Moving 1,500 Ships Won’t Be Easy The New York Times
- What happens when the war really ends CNN
- Hormuz Is a Warning for the Indo-Pacific Foreign Affairs
Trump accuses Iran of stalling peace deal to ‘out-wait’ him until US midterms
US president tells cabinet Tehran is delaying in hope of better terms after November congressional elections
Donald Trump has accused Iran of trying to stall on making a peace agreement by running down the clock before November’s US midterm elections in the hope of getting better terms.
“They thought they were going to out-wait me, you know, ‘We’ll out wait him, he’s got the midterms,” the US president told a meeting of his cabinet at the White House on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Nearly half a million Russians killed in Ukraine war, UK spy chief says
Anne Keast-Butler says Russian forces are ‘going backwards on the battlefield’ for first time since late 2022
Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion more than four years ago, according to a new estimate from the head of the British spy agency GCHQ.
Anne Keast-Butler, the chief of the electronic intelligence agency, said in her first speech in the job that Russian forces were “going backwards on the battlefield” inside Ukraine for the first time since late 2022.
Continue reading...Watch: Moment rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave
Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week.
‘It’s getting hotter and it’s not stopping’: dealing with the heat in five of Europe’s capitals – The Guardian
- ‘It’s getting hotter and it’s not stopping’: dealing with the heat in five of Europe’s capitals The Guardian
- Record heat for May Financial Times
- Western Europe is roasting in unprecedented spring heat – and it’s not alone Yale Climate Connections
- An exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe NPR
- Buckled jet stream is driving Europe’s record heat. It’s causing turbulent weather in California, too San Francisco Chronicle
Starmer warns of Russian aggression as UK agrees new treaty with Poland – BBC
- Starmer warns of Russian aggression as UK agrees new treaty with Poland BBC
- Britain and Poland are set to sign a big new security treaty The Economist
- Starmer and Tusk sign UK–Poland defence pact amid warnings over Russian threats France 24
- New UK-Poland treaty to focus on defence against Russia, Tusk says Reuters
- UK and Poland sign new defense and migration pact politico.eu
Tourist accused of hurling rock at endangered Hawaiian seal was trying to protect sea turtles, lawyer says
Igor Lytvynchuk is scheduled to appear in court on charges of harassing and attempting to harass a protected animal
The lawyer for a tourist accused of hurling a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal says his client was trying to protect sea turtles and has since been assaulted, threatened and doxed.
Igor Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is scheduled to appear in court in Honolulu on Wednesday on charges of harassing and attempting to harass a protected animal.
Continue reading...New Mandelson revelations cast doubt on claim vetting decision was borderline, Thornberry says – as it happened
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Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, posted this on social media about Tony Blair’s latest intervention this morning.
Tony Blair.
What the billionaire class have paid for.
Spot the difference between “Tony Blair says” and “Nigel Farage says”
Continue reading...The WHO Said Not to Do It. Uganda Just Did – Newser
- The WHO Said Not to Do It. Uganda Just Did Newser
- Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare Ebola type are surging AP News
- Uganda shuts DR Congo border as Ebola outbreak continues to grow CIDRAP
- Ugandan health officials report new Ebola virus infections, bringing cases to 7 PBS
- DR Congo’s neighbors impose Covid-style measures in push to limit Ebola’s spread NBC News
Brexiters peddled ‘nationalistic pish’, said Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate
Robert Kenyon castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project on rugby league forum in 2016
Reform UK’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection has castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project promoted by politicians who “peddled the nationalistic pish”, raising more doubts about his commitment to Nigel Farage’s signature achievement.
The comments by Robert Kenyon, unearthed on a defunct rugby league forum and first reported by the Telegraph, follow the emergence of another post in which he said people would be wrong to assume he had voted for Brexit.
Continue reading...Woman shot dead outside Sheffield bar had ‘biggest heart’, say family
Relatives pay tribute to Shanice Brookes, 30, a charity worker and mum who had ‘energy you could never forget’
The family of a woman who was an innocent bystander when she was fatally shot outside a bar in Sheffield city centre at the weekend have paid tribute to her.
South Yorkshire police on Wednesday named the victim as Shanice Brookes, a 30-year-old charity worker. Her family described Brookes, who lived in Sheffield, as “one of a kind” with the “biggest heart” and “energy you could never forget”.
Continue reading...Is a shift “in favor of Ukrainian forces” behind a Russian warning to foreigners in Kyiv? – CBS News
- Is a shift "in favor of Ukrainian forces" behind a Russian warning to foreigners in Kyiv? CBS News
- Russia Tells US to Evacuate Its Diplomats and Citizens From Kyiv Bloomberg.com
- Russia hits Ukraine with Oreshnik missile in one of war's biggest attacks on Kyiv Reuters
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 25, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russia maintains attacks on Ukraine, as Kyiv is warned to brace for a possible major barrage AP News
Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine Since Start Of All-Out War, British Intelligence Says – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine Since Start Of All-Out War, British Intelligence Says Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine war, British intelligence agency says CBS News
- Nearly half a million Russians killed in Ukraine war, UK spy chief says The Guardian
- Russian military loses 1,160 troops in war against Ukraine over past 24 hours Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
- Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war, GCHQ says BBC
‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin
After winning the Grand Prix at Cannes film festival, the exiled auteur sent a direct message to the Russian president urging him to stop the war
Accoladed director Andrey Zvyagintsev has sent a direct message to Vladimir Putin urging him to start listening to the Russian people and end the “senseless” war in Ukraine, continuing a war of words between Russia’s most revered living film-maker and the Kremlin that started at the Cannes film festival awards ceremony over the weekend.
“Except for the limbs torn off from your fellow citizens in the name of an illusory goal, except for the massacre of young people that the country needs to build life and the future – nothing good is on the horizon if we don’t stop,” the exiled auteur said in a message sent to the Russian president’s press secretary through official channels on Tuesday.
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