Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors
Police in Israel have arrested and detained the military’s top legal officer after she admitted leaking footage of soldiers allegedly attacking a Palestinian detainee and then in effect lying about her actions to Israel’s high court.
The military advocate general, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, said in a resignation letter last week that she had authorised publication of the video to defuse attacks on military investigators and prosecutors working on the case.
Continue reading...Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome
The man was trapped for several hours after part of the Torre dei Conti, on the edge of the Roman Forum, gave way.
Man accused of UK train attack charged with 11 counts of attempted murder – Reuters
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Deadly earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan – Vatican News
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ChatGPT owner OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon
The seven-year agreement will see OpenAI gain access to Nvidia graphics processors to train its artificial intelligence models.
Antarctic glacier’s rapid retreat sparks scientific ‘whodunnit’
A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.
Antarctic glacier’s rapid retreat sparks scientific ‘whodunnit’
A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.
Trump backs Cuomo for New York City mayor and threatens to cut funding if Mamdani wins
Opinion polls suggest left-wing candidate Zohran Mamdani is ahead of former state governor Andrew Cuomo for Tuesday’s race.
What to know about the 4 suspects in the Louvre crown jewels heist – Boston.com
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Ukraine: Battle for Pokrovsk intensifies as Russia advances – DW
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Key takeaways from Trump’s 60 Minutes interview
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Israeli military’s ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.
Israeli military’s ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.
Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’ – The Guardian
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Jennifer Lawrence says speaking about Trump would ‘add fuel to a fire that’s ripping the country apart’
Actor who said in 2015 that a Trump presidency would be ‘the end of the world’ says celebrities make no difference to how people vote
Jennifer Lawrence has said she no longer feels it appropriate to speak out against the Trump administration, lest she exacerbate unhelpful debate and further divisions.
“I don’t really know if I should,” said Lawrence in an interview with the New York Times. “During the first Trump administration, I felt like I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. But as we’ve learned, election after election, celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for.
Continue reading...Farage accused of betraying pensioners after triple lock hint in speech Tories say was rambling and incoherent – UK politics live
Reform leader refuses to commit to keeping mechanism that guarantees how pensions are increased
Farage is speaking now. He says another “depressing budget hoves into view”. It will be a budget that “doesn’t have the guts to cut public spending”.
He says Britain has been living under an illusion.
I think for some years we’ve actually been living under an illusion. We’ve not been prepared to face up to just how much of an economic mess we genuinely in.
As we slipped down the global league tables, we kid ourselves that it’s OK, we’ve got GDP growth.
Continue reading...What to Know About the Louvre Heist Investigation – The New York Times
- What to Know About the Louvre Heist Investigation The New York Times
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Horror show: North American box office records lowest monthly total since 1997
Halloween weekend failed to make numbers jump, adding up to the weakest monthly performance – other than during the pandemic – for three decades
Box office earnings in October have crashed to levels not seen since the late 1990s, with Halloween weekend becoming the worst of the year so far.
According to a report in Variety, cinema takings for October in North America totalled $425m (£323m), the lowest figure since October 1997, when it was $385m – not counting October 2020, when North American cinemas only took $63m as moviegoing was severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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