- Exclusive: Ukraine's Zelenskiy says proposal of associate EU membership 'unfair' Reuters
- Zelenskyy says ‘time is right’ for Ukraine to start process of joining EU Al Jazeera
- Zelenskyy: Ukraine must have "full and equal" place in EU Українська правда
- Germany urges the EU to offer Ukraine ‘associate membership’ and boost talks with Russia AP News
- 'Associate membership' risks leaving Ukraine in limbo, Ireland warns after Merz pitches bold plan Euronews
France bans Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after ‘unspeakable’ flotilla detainee taunts – AP News
- France bans Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after ‘unspeakable’ flotilla detainee taunts AP News
- France Bans Israeli Minister Over Treatment of Detained Flotilla Activists The New York Times
- Freed Gaza flotilla activists accuse Israeli forces of sexual violence and abuse while in custody CNN
- Israel’s Human Wrecking Ball The Atlantic
- Flotilla activists describe beatings, tasers and mistreatment by Israeli forces Politico
Zelensky warns of possible Russian Oreshnik missile attack on Ukraine – The Kyiv Independent
- Zelensky warns of possible Russian Oreshnik missile attack on Ukraine The Kyiv Independent
- Zelenskyy says intelligence indicates Russia might be preparing to use Oreshnik hypersonic missile ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Russia preparing strike on Ukraine using hypersonic 'Oreshnik' missile, Zelenskiy says Reuters
- Ukraine, U.S. Embassy Warn of Possible Major Russian Airstrike The Moscow Times
- US embassy in Ukraine warns of 'potentially significant air attack' that could happen in next 24 hours Fox News
Iran sends ‘mixed’ messages as Pakistani mediators depart Tehran
Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has reportedly departed Iran after holding multiple meetings.
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals
Britain has created a new breed of political prisoners through the systematic incarceration of people acting to prevent climate breakdown and the annihilation of Gaza, a report claims.
The research by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the protest group Defend Our Juries says that custodial sentences for acts of direct action or civil disobedience were once rare but are now being imposed with increasing length and frequency.
Continue reading...Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza leave behind heavy destruction
Overnight Israeli strikes devastated the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in central Gaza despite an ongoing ceasefire.
US Secretary of State kicks off India visit, invites Modi to White House
US-Israel war with Iran among issues looming large as Rubio expected to seek to mend in ties with New Delhi.
Mamelodi Sundowns vs AS FAR Rabat: CAF Champions League final preview
South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns are seeking to end a below-par season on a high when they face AS FAR Rabat in Morocco.
Iran, US Signal Progress in Peace Talks as Issues Unresolved – Bloomberg.com
- Iran, US Signal Progress in Peace Talks as Issues Unresolved Bloomberg.com
- Rubio reports 'slight progress' in Iran talks as Pakistan renews efforts to mediate a peace deal AP News
- U.S., Iran signal peace progress — but remain at odds over enriched uranium, Strait of Hormuz tolls CNBC
- Iran, US and Pakistan report progress in talks on ending war France 24
- Iran war: 'Slight progress' in peace talks, Rubio says DW.com
Israeli forces arrest two children in occupied West Bank village
Israeli soldiers arrest two Palestinian children during a raid on al-Mughayyir village in the occupied West Bank.
More than 500 children die in measles outbreak in Bangladesh
Most cases recorded by doctors among children aged between six months and five years.
GLA considering investigation into Zack Polanski over houseboat council tax
Official assessing formal complaint into Green party leader’s potential ‘breach of conduct’ as assembly member
London assembly officials are weighing up whether to launch an investigation into Zack Polanski after he admitted he may have failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a houseboat in the capital.
The Green party leader has faced questions over whether the houseboat, moored in east London, was his primary residence. A spokesperson for his party had described the situation as an “unintentional mistake” and said Polanski had “immediately taken steps” to pay any tax owed.
Continue reading...F1 great Prost ‘injured as masked gang raid home’
Four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured when a masked gang raided his home near Geneva, Swiss media reports.
India’s parody ‘cockroach party’ claims website has been blocked
The satirical group has gained millions of followers as "the voice of the lazy and unemployed".
Three dead and 18 first responders sickened by apparent fentanyl exposure in New Mexico
First responders hospitalized and decontaminated after four people were found apparently overdosing
Three people died and 18 first responders were sickened by exposure to fentanyl in a rural New Mexico home this week, New Mexico state police said.
Police initially found four people unconscious at the home in Mountainair, 90 miles (145km) east of Albuquerque. Two were declared dead at the scene and a third died at a hospital.
Continue reading...Five police officers, 13 year-old boy killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
Attack on a police post in northern Gaza comes as dozens of people were wounded in Israeli attacks in the past 48 hours.
White House pauses removal of detainees to DRC as Ebola outbreak widens
But Trump administration will not return detainees deported to third countries in disease-stricken region
The Trump administration will temporarily pause the removal of refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a spiraling Ebola outbreak, according to reporting by Politico, but experts say the move won’t help prevent the spread of the disease.
At least one woman is now in limbo after officials moved her to Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, and now say they won’t bring her back because of the Ebola travel ban – despite a judge’s order for her return.
Continue reading...Judge dismisses lawsuit brought by author Michael Wolff against Melania Trump – The Guardian
- Judge dismisses lawsuit brought by author Michael Wolff against Melania Trump The Guardian
- My Melania Legal Battle Has Only Just Begun: Wolff The Daily Beast
- Melania Trump wins dismissal of Michael Wolff’s anti-SLAPP suit Courthouse News
- Judge throws out author Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against Melania Trump NBC News
- ‘Abusively presented spat’: Judge dismisses author Michael Wolff’s suit against Melania Trump The Hill
French mum and partner held until trial after sons abandoned by road in Portugal
The couple, who allegedly left the woman's sons on a roadside in southern Portugal, will remain in custody.
Trump’s justice department scrubs its website of news releases about January 6 defendants
Department of Justice acknowledges removal of information about criminal cases related to 2021 US Capitol rioters
The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the 6 January 2021 Capitol attack, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda”.
The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically rewrite the history of the assault on the US Capitol, when hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to halt the congressional certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
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