- Ukraine Seals the Deal for Gripens – But How Much Difference Will It Make in the War? The Moscow Times
- Ukraine war briefing: Gripen fighter jet deal ramps up after Zelenskyy visit to Sweden The Guardian
- Ukraine would gain advantage over Russian glide bombs with Gripen-Meteor combo Defense News
- Gripens: What Impact Will The Swedish Fighter Jet Have In Ukraine? Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Ukraine to buy 20 new Gripen jets, Sweden to donate older jets sooner Reuters
Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa’s Moon plans
Explosion of Blue Origin rocket is a setback for the company and for Nasa's Moon plans.
Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa’s Moon plans
Explosion of Blue Origin rocket is a setback for the company and for Nasa's Moon plans.
Australian court sets August date for ‘mushroom murderer’ appeal hearing
Erin Patterson was found guilty of killing three family members as she served them a lunch laced with poisonous fungi.
Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Building, Officials Say – The New York Times
- Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Building, Officials Say The New York Times
- EU says Russia has crossed 'another line' after drone hits Romanian apartment block BBC
- NATO members condemn Russia after drone slams into Romania apartment building, wounding two CNN
- Drone hits Romania apartment block during Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine NBC News
- Romania deploys F-16s against Russian drone strike on civilian infrastructure Breaking Defense
‘Dangerous colonial occupation’: Israel’s digital West Bank land register
A digital register of land ownership in the West Bank is seen as an escalation of Israel's occupation.
First Thing: Nato ready to defend ‘every inch’ of territory as Russian drone hits Romania
Mark Rutte says Moscow’s ‘reckless behaviour is a danger to us all’ after drone hit apartments during attack on Ukraine. Plus, Paul McCartney on how old bandmates – and Oasis – inspired his nostalgic new album
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The Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said the alliance is “ready to defend every inch” of its territory after a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania, a member state, during an overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine.
What else is happening? Sweden will donate 16 of its existing Gripen fighter jets by next year to Ukraine, which will go on to buy an initial 20 of the latest model, they announced on Thursday, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited an airbase in Uppsala, 70km (45 miles) north of Stockholm.
What did Netanyahu say? The Israeli prime minister, who is struggling for his political survival before elections in the next few months, said: “We are currently squeezing Hamas. We now control 60% of the territory in the strip. You know, we were at 50, we moved to 60. My directive is to move to … 70%.”
Continue reading...Russian drone strike ‘most serious security incident’ in Romania since start of Ukraine war – Europe live
Romanian president leads outrage after drone hits apartment block near border with Ukraine
The incident comes just days after the Czech president, Petr Pavel, has urged Nato to “show its teeth” in response to Russia’s repeated testing of the alliance’s resolve on its eastern flank, suggesting a range of options including switching off its internet, cutting off its banks from global financial systems and shooting down jets that violate allied airspace.
Speaking to the Guardian in Prague last week, Pavel called for “decisive enough, potentially even asymmetric” responses to counter Moscow’s provocative behaviour against the alliance or risk the Kremlin intensifying its actions.
Continue reading...WHO chief visits DRC amidst Ebola crisis
WHO chief visits DRC amidst Ebola crisis and urges international community to increase support.
US-Iran 60-day proposal: What we know
US-Iran memorandum of understanding reportedly covers Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and enriched uranium limits.
Housing asylum seekers in former army barracks ruled unlawful for victims of torture
Judgment outlawing forcing of survivors of trafficking, torture and other forms of violence to share rooms is blow to Shabana Mahmood’s asylum plans
Shabana Mahmood’s plan to house more asylum seekers in former army barracks is facing a major hurdle after the high court ruled on Thursday that a policy change forcing torture victims to share rooms was unlawful.
According to a judgment seen by the Guardian, the government failed in its duties when it forced survivors of trafficking, torture and other serious forms of violence to share rooms with strangers.
Continue reading...Bondi to face closed-door questioning from House committee over Epstein files – US politics
Lawmakers to have fresh chance to dig for information on Trump’s administration’s handling of issue by grilling former attorney-general
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Former attorney-general Pam Bondi is testifying before the US House oversight and reform committee, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the administration’s release of the Epstein files.
A jury in Spokane, Washington found an Afghanistan War veteran and two others guilty of federal conspiracy charges on Thursday for their part in a protest last June outside the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.
New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, said that state health inspectors were denied full access to the privately run Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, where detainees are staging a hunger and labor strike over health and sanitary conditions, and protesters rallying outside have been tased, pepper-sprayed and detained.
At least six of the nine featured musical acts recruited to play on the National Mall in Washington DC this summer, in a concert series planned by the Trump administration to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary, have dropped out of the concert series, just one day after the lineup was announced.
US vice-president JD Vance on Thursday told reporters that Washington was “not there yet” with Iran but he said the parties were close, adding that the US was in a position where it could substantially set back Tehran’s nuclear program. Earlier, Iran’s Tasnim news agency, citing a source close to the negotiating team, said the text of a potential memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two countries had not yet been finalised or confirmed.
Continue reading...Swiss ‘terrorist’ who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ before train station stabbing ‘needs help,’ dad says – New York Post
- Swiss ‘terrorist’ who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ before train station stabbing ‘needs help,’ dad says New York Post
- Switzerland stabbing: Attacker injures three with knife at Swiss train station CNN
- 'Terrorist' knife attack wounds three at Swiss train station Le Monde.fr
- Man arrested after three injured in stabbing at Swiss train station BBC
- Man stabs 3 people at Swiss train station in what authorities call an ‘act of terror’ NBC News
Kenyan court suspends US Ebola quarantine facility plan
The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.
Labour faces union backlash after minister says living wage extension to over-18s not certain before election – as it happened
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Ministers are proposing new laws to crack down on damage to undersea cables amid “hostile activity by Russia”, the Press Association reports. PA says:
Tougher penalties for ship owners and operators who recklessly damage underwater infrastructure will be set out in a white paper later this year, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said.
Acts of sabotage linked to a hostile state already carries life imprisonment for the most serious cases but undersea malicious activity sometimes operates in a “grey zone” which is difficult to prosecute, DSIT said.
It’s astonishing that Reform have admitted they knew about Kenyon’s social media accounts. Nigel Farage needs to urgently explain to the public why, if his party was aware of his online history, he was happy to put forward a candidate who has made vile degrading comments about women, multiple homophobic posts and spread dangerous false narratives about the Manchester Arena bombing.
I am rough around the edges. I have made mistakes in my life. I’m not perfect. Nobody is. Not a single person in the world is perfect. I think everybody does say things that eventually they regret.
It was a crude attempt at a joke to probably about 50 followers.
No offence was meant, and it’s not something I’d do now.
I think I’ve addressed the issue. I think that no offence was meant and it wasn’t a direct comment to her. If you go into any building site in the area or any public barracks, I think you’d hear a hundred times worse said.
Continue reading...How the end of the nuclear file could reshape Iran, and the region
A generation of nuclear ambition shaped the Islamic republic. Its end could undo the damage.
Russian Supply Route To Crimea Under Fire Control, Ukraine Says – Kyiv Post
- Russian Supply Route To Crimea Under Fire Control, Ukraine Says Kyiv Post
- Ukraine using AI drones to strike vital convoys supplying Russian troops BBC
- Ukraine war reaches 'a new phase', where Kyiv has the advantage Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Ukrainian AI Drones Are Tearing Into Russian Logistics Forbes
- Ukraine hammers Russia’s land corridor to Crimea politico.eu
WHO puts Ebola outbreak death rate at ‘huge’ 30-50% as chief arrives in DRC
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for ceasefire among armed groups to help avoid deaths from preventable disease
The death rate of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is between 30% and 50%, the World Health Organization has said, as its head arrived in the country to support efforts to contain the disease.
Anaïs Legand, from the WHO’s high threat pathogens team, said the revised death rate estimate is based on confirmed cases. “It’s huge. It means that up to five out of 10 people are likely to die,” Legand told reporters in Geneva.
Continue reading...Pope Leo calls for ‘openness’ to church reform that respects tradition – National Catholic Reporter
- Pope Leo calls for 'openness' to church reform that respects tradition National Catholic Reporter
- Pope urges priests to respect ‘norms of the liturgy’ to avoid confusion at Mass EWTN News
- Pope at Audience: Liturgical tradition and renewal drive evangelization Vatican News
- The liturgy sustains the faithful, renewing them in their faith, mission, pope says The Catholic Sun
- Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given May 27, 2026 The Catholic Times
A visual guide to Ethiopia’s ethnic groups and conflict areas – Al Jazeera
- A visual guide to Ethiopia’s ethnic groups and conflict areas Al Jazeera
- The imperial vision of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed The Economist
- Ethiopia: International community must act to safeguard press freedom ahead of national election Amnesty International
- Crises in Amhara, Tigray cloud Ethiopia's election 2026 dw.com
- Ethiopian leader Abiy's party set to dominate elections despite insecurity Reuters