Prominent athlete tells Alan Jones trial he sent shirtless photo before unwanted kiss he wished ‘never happened’

Former 2GB and 2UE broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges

An alleged victim of Alan Jones has told a Sydney court that an unwanted kiss from the former shock jock more than a decade ago is seared in his memory and he wished it never happened.

The ex-sportsman, known as complainant M, agreed during cross-examination by the defence that he sent Jones a shirtless photo of him in Paris some months before the alleged kiss.

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Russia’s Attacks on Europe Are Getting More Brazen and More Dangerous – Bloomberg.com

  1. Russia’s Attacks on Europe Are Getting More Brazen and More Dangerous  Bloomberg.com
  2. Russia is escalating its attacks on Europe. The risk of a misstep is growing every day  CNN
  3. NATO’s internal debate on Russian aggression  The Economist
  4. Nato is concerned about the threat from Russia. But it isn’t panicking – yet  The Conversation
  5. EU should have established mechanism to counter Russian threats back in 2014 – Czech security expert  Ukrinform
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Thursday briefing: Yemen’s war continues to threaten oil supplies– but what about its people?

In today’s newsletter: The Houthi advance along the Red Sea coast raised fears for global trade and energy supplies, while more than 100,000 Yemenis have been displaced by the fighting

Good morning. The lightning advance of Houthi militants along the west coast of Yemen over the past week has prompted fears of a spiralling conflict in the region and a new oil supply crisis.

For families living in the Middle East’s poorest country, the most significant fighting between the Iran-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces in years is a crisis upon a catastrophe, with escalating civilian casualties and at least 100,000 displaced in recent days.

UK politics | Key allies of Andy Burnham have warned the prime minister not to back down over his promises to put water companies under public control, after details emerged about the prime minister’s plan to give mayors more oversight of the industry.

Environment | Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found.

Health | Women with the same medical condition as men are less likely to be offered treatment such as surgery, a stent or a strong painkiller, research has found.

Europe | The UK government’s EU reset summit will be delayed again unless the bloc agrees to discuss legislation that could lock British business out of parts of EU industry, government sources have said.

UK news | Police searching for a three-year-old boy who went missing from a playground on the Suffolk-Essex border have found a body.

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E.U.-Canada Ambitions Face Reality Check as Trump Bristles – The New York Times

  1. E.U.-Canada Ambitions Face Reality Check as Trump Bristles  The New York Times
  2. Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union.  The New York Times
  3. Trump threatens 'serious tariffs' on EU over proposal to make Canada 'associate member'  BBC
  4. Opinion | Canada’s great European misadventure  The Washington Post
  5. Trump calls EU offer to Canada of associate membership ‘laughable’, while threatening tariffs  The Guardian
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Number of ships transiting Strait of Hormuz falls to three on Wednesday, data shows – Reuters

  1. Number of ships transiting Strait of Hormuz falls to three on Wednesday, data shows  Reuters
  2. US military claims Strait of Hormuz remains open amid ongoing blockade  Al Jazeera
  3. Hormuz traffic plunges ahead of Iran-China talks  Iran International
  4. Energy markets under chokepoint stress: The 2026 Hormuz shock  CEPR
  5. US energy secretary claims 18 million barrels of oil flowed through Gulf yesterday  timesofisrael.com
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How Saudi Arabia’s anti-Houthi strategy crashed and burned – Responsible Statecraft

  1. How Saudi Arabia's anti-Houthi strategy crashed and burned  Responsible Statecraft
  2. Iran war live: UN mission says US likely committed war crimes in Iran  Al Jazeera
  3. How Yemen's Houthis went from a small mountain militia to a big regional threat  Reuters
  4. Why Yemen’s Houthis have only grown stronger through years of war  AP News
  5. ‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast  cnn.com
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