Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico

Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says

Hundreds of Indigenous families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico by intense attacks from a local criminal group, including drone bombings, an Indigenous rights organisation said on Monday.

A gang known as Los Ardillos has been carrying out attacks in Guerrero state for years, but they started to intensify last week. Villages were subjected to eight hours of bombings on Saturday, the National Indigenous Congress said, forcing between 800 to 1,000 families to flee to other towns.

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Trump says ceasefire with Iran on ‘life support’ after rejecting peace proposals

US president says he is considering restarting naval escorts in strait of Hormuz in attempt to end Iranian blockade

Donald Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to end the Iranian blockade of the vital waterway.

The US president dismissed Iran’s peace proposals as stupid, and denied he was under any domestic pressure to reach a deal.

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Philippine vice president impeached over suspected wealth and threats – PBS

  1. Philippine vice president impeached over suspected wealth and threats  PBS
  2. Philippine presidential hopeful Sara Duterte impeached for second time  The Guardian
  3. Philippines presidential hopeful Sara Duterte impeached, awaits Senate trial  Reuters
  4. Philippine VP Sara Duterte impeached for a second time  BBC
  5. Sara Duterte, Philippine Vice President, Is Impeached, Again  The New York Times
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Foreign Leader Scolds Crowd at Summit in Awkward Video – The Daily Beast

  1. Foreign Leader Scolds Crowd at Summit in Awkward Video  The Daily Beast
  2. Macron takes the stage uninvited at Africa summit to scold crowd for 'total lack of respect'  Fox News
  3. 'Total lack of respect': Macron interrupts speaker to ask for silence  BBC
  4. African leaders push for risk pricing rethink, fresh investment at France Africa summit  Reuters
  5. Macron at Africa summit seeking allies and a foreign policy less tied to France’s colonial past  The Guardian
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Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims

Stuart Prior quits as scrutiny grows of new councillors accused of racist, antisemitic or anti-Muslim remarks

A Reform UK councillor has resigned days after being elected, after he allegedly celebrated on social media the rape of a Sikh woman in the Midlands, declared white people the “master race” and called Muslim people “rats”.

Stuart Prior was elected as a councillor for Essex county council last Thursday, winning 2,404 votes, the highest total of any candidate in the ward.

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Russia paid North Korea up to $13.8B for help fighting Ukraine, South Korean intelligence says – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Russia paid North Korea up to $13.8B for help fighting Ukraine, South Korean intelligence says  The Kyiv Independent
  2. North Korea Has Reaped $13Bln From Military Aid to Russia, South Korean Intelligence Says  The Moscow Times
  3. North Korea reaps huge economic boost from Ukraine war  Nikkei Asia
  4. North Korea’s battlefield dividend  Lowy Institute
  5. Russia Needs North Korea More Than It Wants to Admit  Korea Economic Institute of America -
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China’s Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station – Space

  1. China's Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station  Space
  2. Tianzhou-10 successfully docks with China Space Station, delivers spacecraft series’ 10th consecutive supply run with innovations  Global Times
  3. China's Tianzhou-10 carries 41 science experiments to space station  news.cgtn.com
  4. Update: China launches Tianzhou-10 cargo craft to send space station supplies  Xinhua
  5. First local payload to support nation's carbon targets reaches Tiangong  chinadailyasia.com
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EU sanctions Russian individuals over forced deportation of Ukrainian children – Euronews.com

  1. EU sanctions Russian individuals over forced deportation of Ukrainian children  Euronews.com
  2. Teen bedroom art installation shines spotlight on Ukraine’s stolen children  The Guardian
  3. EU targets Russians with sanctions over the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children  AP News
  4. Ukrainian children unlawfully deported and forcibly transferred to Russia: EU sanctions 16 individuals and seven entities  consilium.europa.eu
  5. EU, UK sanction Russians over deportations of Ukrainian children  Al Jazeera
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