Russia holds downsized Victory Day parade – Al Jazeera

  1. Russia holds downsized Victory Day parade  Al Jazeera
  2. Russia holds scaled-down Victory Day parade as temporary ceasefire in Ukraine war takes effect  CNN
  3. Putin Presides Over Downsized Military Parade as Ukraine War Drags On  WSJ
  4. Putin Marks Pared-Down Victory Day Parade in Moscow After Zelensky Gives ‘Permission’  Time Magazine
  5. Putin attends scaled-back WW2 victory parade as worries deepen over Ukraine war  Reuters
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MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Keir Starmer set to face challenge as former minister says she will trigger race if no cabinet minister comes forward

MPs from Labour’s left are expected to urge Ed Miliband to consider a leadership bid in the coming days, as Keir Starmer faced the prospect of a definite challenge from his MPs next week.

Following grim results for Labour in elections on Thursday, former minister Catherine West said that if no cabinet ministers went public by Monday, she would launch a bid to end the impasse.

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Two men convicted over filming of antisemitic TikTok videos in London

Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, guilty of religiously aggravated harassment

Two men have been convicted of religiously aggravated harassment after filming antisemitic TikTok videos in north London.

Officers were called to reports of a hate crime involving a group of men allegedly harassing members of the Jewish community on Clapton Common at about 9pm on Thursday, the Metropolitan police said. Officers arrested five men in Hackney after the incident, it added.

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Deadly Israeli Strikes Erode Cease-Fire in Lebanon – The New York Times

  1. Deadly Israeli Strikes Erode Cease-Fire in Lebanon  The New York Times
  2. Lebanese Mourn Eight Members of One Family Killed in Israeli Strike  The New York Times
  3. Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed 39  BBC
  4. Lebanon says two Hezbollah-linked paramedics killed by Israeli strikes in south  The Times of Israel
  5. Israeli drone strikes near Beirut kill 4 and southern airstrikes kill at least 13  AP News
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Dozens of Venice Biennale Artists Withdraw From Awards En Masse – Hyperallergic

  1. Dozens of Venice Biennale Artists Withdraw From Awards En Masse  Hyperallergic
  2. Without Its Expert Jury, Venice Biennale Lets the Public Choose Its Prize Winners  The New York Times
  3. Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation  AP News
  4. At the Venice Biennale I saw anger at Russia and Israel – and its leadership pretending everything was fine  The Guardian
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Want to track the apocalypse? One theory: Follow the billionaires’ jets. – The Washington Post

  1. Want to track the apocalypse? One theory: Follow the billionaires’ jets.  The Washington Post
  2. Can Tracking Private Jets Predict an Imminent Apocalypse? One Site Thinks So  Gizmodo
  3. This Website Will Let You Know When Rich People Are Fleeing the Apocalypse  VICE
  4. Is the apocalypse now? One man is tracking flights by the rich to find out  Straight Arrow News - SAN
  5. 'Apocalypse Early Warning System': Man tracks private jets to determine global emergency level  The Cool Down
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‘I’ll talk to work on Monday’: what happens when a ‘paper candidate’ actually wins?

Tyrone Scott, who didn’t think he had a hope in the election, wants to help the Greens rebuild ‘community cohesion’ in Hackney

You would expect most political candidates who pull off a shock win to celebrate their victory, maybe with a glass of bubbly and excitement for the challenges of elected office ahead. But on Friday, as thousands of new councillors celebrated their triumphs, some surprise victors were less than pleased.

Green party handlers apologised to one newly elected councillor in Finsbury Park, north London, put down as a “paper candidate”, who pulled off an unexpected win. “You’re going to be great, we’ll support you,” they said, according to the Islington Tribune.

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