Police detain Indian opposition leader Gandhi as protests continue to grow
Detained while picketing PM's residence, Gandhi demands Modi's resignation for 'destroying the future of India's youth'.
Civilians faced attacks, abuse in joint US-Ecuador operations, HRW says
Report presents evidence civilian farmers, fisherman were caught up in anti-drug crime operations from January to March.
New British prime minister gains early defense win with Canada fighter jet tie-up – Defense News
- New British prime minister gains early defense win with Canada fighter jet tie-up Defense News
- GCAP officially expands, and other news from day 2 at Farnborough Breaking Defense
- Canada to join Japan-Italy-U.K. fighter project as first observer nation The Japan Times
- Canada joins GCAP military aircraft pact Axios
- Canada Joins GCAP As An Observer Aviation Week
Two French firefighters die tackling blaze near Bordeaux airport
The blaze close to the parking lots at Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is said to have originated from a brush fire.
Former Met police chief admits force failed to properly control spycops unit
Paul Condon tells inquiry there was ‘appalling behaviour by individual officers’ but that greater fault was systemic
A former Metropolitan police commissioner has admitted that the force failed over decades to properly control a controversial undercover unit that committed “horrendous” abuses, the spycops inquiry has heard.
Paul Condon said he was appalled by the wrongdoing of the unit, which spent 40 years spying on tens of thousands of political activists.
Continue reading...Godzilla v Kong actor Kaylee Hottle dies aged 18
The deaf actor, who played a major role in Godzilla v Kong and its 2024 sequel, was killed in a car crash in Maryland
Kaylee Hottle, who played a major role in Godzilla v Kong and the sequel Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, has died at the age of 18.
Her death was confirmed by her father, Joshua, in a video shared on Facebook. The stream was in American Sign Language (ASL) as the Hottle family is all deaf. “I am taking a flight that I never would like to take,” is the name of the video.
Continue reading...India’s Cockroach movement protesters show no sign of backing down
Thousands of people again on the streets of Delhi calling for education reforms despite police violence on Monday
Taru had come to the protest prepared this time. In one hand was an anti-government poster and in the other was a bicycle helmet. “We need to have protection in case Delhi police beat us up again,” said the 25-year-old, who stood among her friends. “We are not scared of them and we won’t run away, no matter what they do. We’ll stay here till they listen.”
On Tuesday, central Delhi still thronged with thousands of protesters, as an unprecedented expression of dissent against the powerful ruling Narendra Modi government showed no sign of abating.
Continue reading...Trump says US will ‘take care’ of Houthis if Red Sea strait blocked – The Hill
- Trump says US will ‘take care’ of Houthis if Red Sea strait blocked The Hill
- Tankers with Saudi crude turn back as Houthis open new front in US-Iran war Reuters
- Houthis Threaten Red Sea Blockade, Putting Oil Market at Greater Risk The New York Times
- The Houthis may soon discover the limits of Saudi strategic patience Al Jazeera
- Ships bound for Saudi Arabia turn around in sign of new Red Sea blockade The Washington Post
Brazil’s Amazon sees sharp decline in size of area burned in 2025
The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.
Turkish opposition leader to create breakaway party to take on Erdoğan – Financial Times
- Turkish opposition leader to create breakaway party to take on Erdoğan Financial Times
- Turkey's opposition leader to form new party to challenge Erdogan Reuters
- Deposed Turkish opposition leader plans new party Al Jazeera
- Turkey's main opposition party leader Ozgur Ozel announces resignation from CHP The Jerusalem Post
- Turkish deposed opposition leader plans to create a new party to take on Erdogan AP News
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 12, including family of six, medics say
Firas al-Masri, his wife and their four children died in one attack, which the Israeli military says targeted a Hamas operative.
Raskin Launches Investigation Into Evidence Epstein Was ‘Foreign Agent’ Working to Influence Trump Policies – Common Dreams
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- Democrats probe Epstein's ties with foreign governments Axios
- Raskin seeks documents into Jeffrey Epstein’s foreign contacts Politico
- House Democrats launch investigation into whether Jeffrey Epstein acted as a foreign agent CNN
- Raskin argues Epstein emails show lobbying on behalf of foreign governments The Hill
Ann Widdecombe was hit on head 21 times with hammer, prosecutors say – BBC
- Ann Widdecombe was hit on head 21 times with hammer, prosecutors say BBC
- UK politician Ann Widdecombe was struck 21 times with a hammer, court hears CNN
- Murdered ex-minister was struck on head with hammer 21 times, U.K. court told NBC News
- Man, 28, charged with murder of former MP Ann Widdecombe The Guardian
- British Politician Ann Widdecombe Was Murdered with a Hammer, Prosecutors Say The New York Times
Russian warship carries out rare live-fire exercise 45 miles off UK coast
New defence secretary Wes Streeting denounces drill by Neustrashimy as ‘performative and irresponsible’
A Russian warship fired its main cannon in a short notice test 45 miles south of Plymouth on Monday, the day Andy Burnham was appointed as prime minister.
The Neustrashimy suddenly announced it intended to fire its guns in the morning and requested that a British warship, which had been tracking it, retreat a couple of miles to a safe distance.
Continue reading...Spanish hotel chain ceases operations in Cuba under pressure from Washington
Meliá group says Donald Trump’s sanctions make it ‘impossible’ to keep any of its 34 sites open
A Spanish hotel chain is to cease all operations in Cuba at the end of the week due to “major difficulties” in doing business on the island under growing pressure from Washington.
The latest US sanctions make it “impossible, de facto and de jure, to maintain even minimal operational stability”, the Meliá group explained in a statement on Tuesday to the Spanish stock market regulator.
Continue reading...Zendaya faces backlash for wearing ancient Iranian jewellery at Odyssey event
Film star promotes Christopher Nolan film epic wearing gold artefacts dating back almost 3,000 years
The Odyssey is a story about a Greek king’s long journey home. But a pair of earrings worn on the new film adaptation’s press tour – and their long separation from their homeland – is sparking controversy.
At a photocall in London, Zendaya, who plays the goddess Athena in the Christopher Nolan film, wore a pair of earrings fashioned from Iranian artefacts dating back to 700BC.
Continue reading...The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors
Exclusive: Report from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversight
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The Queensland government has buried the findings of its own working group of domestic violence victim-survivors, after their report was heavily critical of police responses and called for a “civilian review mechanism” to escalate complaints about police.
The Liberal National government has repeatedly said it would “put victims at the heart” of the state’s justice policies.
Continue reading...Why Iran is risking so much over the Strait of Hormuz
None of the choices facing Iran’s leaders offer a clear path to victory, as the conflict with the US continues.
US identifies soldier killed destroying downed Iranian drone in Iraq
Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton died during controlled detonation, bringing total of US personnel killed in war to 17
The US military has identified an army soldier killed recently during a “controlled detonation” of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
According to a press release from the US defense department on Tuesday morning, the 30-year-old Swinton was supporting overseas contingency operations in Iraq – and he was “killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial System” on Saturday at Erbil airbase in northern Iraq.
Continue reading...Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world
The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has saved 26m lives globally, but slashing of funds and dismantling of USAID have forced clinics to shut in dozens of countries
No part of the United States’ anti-HIV programme has escaped unscathed from Donald Trump’s funding cuts, despite pledges from the administration to protect care that saved lives around the world, a new report has found.
Funding cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) have caused “severe and devastating” disruption globally, with thousands of staff laid off and many clinics closed, according to research being presented next week at the 26th International Aids Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It warns that changes in US policy risk reversing progress in the fight against HIV/Aids.
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