Keir Starmer could resign soon, report says UK PM ‘ready to step down’ amid growing turmoil | World News – Hindustan Times

  1. Keir Starmer could resign soon, report says UK PM 'ready to step down' amid growing turmoil | World News  Hindustan Times
  2. Opinion | Keir Starmer and the End of Britain’s Old Certainties  The New York Times
  3. ‘Why are we even doing this?’ The week that left Britain’s PM looking like an interim leader  The Guardian
  4. How Keir Starmer Imploded and Plunged Britain Into More Chaos  Bloomberg.com
  5. Britain’s Health Secretary Streeting resigns as pressure on Starmer grows  Al Jazeera
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Iran’s Seizure of Chinese Security Ship Shows Its Favors for Friends Have Limits – WSJ

  1. Iran’s Seizure of Chinese Security Ship Shows Its Favors for Friends Have Limits  WSJ
  2. 'Floating armoury' ship reportedly seized by Iran  BBC
  3. Ship seized near Strait of Hormuz by ‘unauthorized personnel,’ brought toward Iran  Fox News
  4. Iranians take floating armoury at anchor off Fujairah  Seatrade Maritime News
  5. Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as one ship is seized and another is sunk  PBS
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Félicien Kabuga Dies; Accused of Masterminding Rwanda’s Genocide – The New York Times

  1. Félicien Kabuga Dies; Accused of Masterminding Rwanda’s Genocide  The New York Times
  2. Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga, 93, dies in custody  Reuters
  3. Rwandan genocide suspect dies in custody in The Hague  PBS
  4. Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague  NBC News
  5. Félicien Kabuga, Rwandan accused of financing genocide, has died  The Washington Post
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UK and France extend ‘one in, one out’ small boats pilot scheme until October

Asylum seekers express dismay at continuation of scheme agreed last year that has failed to stop crossings in Channel

The Home Office is extending a controversial scheme to stop asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats, the Guardian has learned.

The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, signed a deal they hailed as “groundbreaking” last July, known as “one in, one out”.

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Canada confirms first hantavirus case in isolation in British Columbia

The person was on board the MV Hondius, the center of the outbreak that has claimed three lives

Canadian officials said on Saturday that one of the four Canadians currently quarantining in British Columbia after being exposed to the hantavirus while on board the cruise ship where the outbreak occurred has presumptively tested positive.

Speaking at news conference, Dr Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, said the individual developed mild symptoms, including fever and headache, two days ago, and that the individual and their partner, who had also been on board the cruise ship where they had been isolating together, were transferred to a hospital in Victoria for assessment and testing.

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IDF infantry platoon commander killed by Hezbollah drone in southern Lebanon – The Times of Israel

  1. IDF infantry platoon commander killed by Hezbollah drone in southern Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  2. Hezbollah claims to have launched drone swarm at IDF base in north  The Times of Israel
  3. Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati killed during combat in southern Lebanon  The Jerusalem Post
  4. IDF officer killed in southern Lebanon, third soldier killed in north this week  Haaretz
  5. Hezbollah’s unjammable drones pose new threat to Israel  The Washington Post
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Former mayor shot dead in central Colombia during election campaign – AP News

  1. Former mayor shot dead in central Colombia during election campaign  AP News
  2. Two presidential campaign staffers killed in Colombia as elections near  Al Jazeera
  3. Former mayor and aide killed in shooting in Colombia weeks before election  CBS News
  4. Former mayor, one staffer of presidential candidate Abelardo de La Espriella shot dead in Colombia  Firstpost
  5. Two members of Colombian right-wing presidential candidate’s campaign killed By Reuters  Investing.com
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Thousands hit London streets for “Unite the Kingdom” march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson – CBS News

  1. Thousands hit London streets for "Unite the Kingdom" march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson  CBS News
  2. Tommy Robinson: Britain’s hard right on the march as tens of thousands descend on London  CNN
  3. Police share breakdown of 43 arrests made during two rival London protests  Sky News
  4. Tommy Robinson tells tens of thousands at London rally to prepare for ‘battle of Britain’  The Guardian
  5. Britain’s deep political divides were plain to see on the streets of London this weekend  The Irish Times
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US stops Poland troop deployment after Germany pullout order – dw.com

  1. US stops Poland troop deployment after Germany pullout order  dw.com
  2. Pentagon officials stunned by Hegseth decision on troops in Poland  Politico
  3. Pentagon informed Army ‘just a couple of days ago’ on decision to halt Poland deployment  Breaking Defense
  4. Trump is cutting the numbers of US troops in Europe. Here’s how  CNN
  5. Pentagon halts deployments to Poland and Germany to cut troop numbers in Europe, AP sources say  AP News
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