- Rio authorities identify bodies as protests denounce deadly police raids Reuters
- Thousands join protests in Rio favela after deadliest ever police raid The Guardian
- Capturing the scale of Rio's deadly police raids Reuters
- Cops decapitate teen gangster, display head like ‘trophy’ in Brazil’s deadliest drug raid New York Post
- Rio favelas left reeling after lethal gang raid as families bury the dead ABC News
Madrid regional government co-funding Woody Allen’s new film – but it must feature ‘Madrid’ in the title
Regional authority is investing €1.5m in the project but has stipulations about featuring ‘identifiable locations’ on screen and the film premiering at an international film festival
The Madrid regional government is hoping to harness the power of film tourism by investing €1.5m (£1.3m) in a new Woody Allen movie that will be shot in and around the Spanish capital and which will be contractually obliged to feature the word “Madrid” in its title.
Regional authorities are confident the 89-year-old film-maker’s next project could do for Madrid what Roman Holiday did for Rome tourism in the early 1950s, and what Sex and the City and Emily in Paris have more recently done to increase visitor numbers to New York and the French capital.
Continue reading...Latvian vote to pull out of treaty on protecting women from violence prompts outcry
Several thousand people protested against the vote, and it is now up to the president to decide the next step.
Hurricane death toll rises as Jamaica aid effort struggles
The devastating storm claimed nearly 50 lives when it swept Haiti and Jamaica this week.
Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Zelenskyy says – AP News
- Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Zelenskyy says AP News
- Defence of Donbas town a priority, Zelensky says, as special forces deployed BBC
- Ukraine lands special forces in embattled Pokrovsk, sources say Reuters
- Ukraine says 170,000 Russian troops deployed in Donetsk DW
- As battle for Ukraine’s Pokrovsk heats up, Putin touts nuclear-powered arms Al Jazeera
Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report
Party will take lead in first round of talks to form coalition government after securing most votes
The Dutch liberal-progressive party D66 won the most votes in Wednesday’s general election, the news agency ANP has reported, putting its 38-year-old leader, Rob Jetten, on course to become the youngest prime minister in the Netherlands.
While the last few thousand votes are still being counted, Dutch media reported on Friday that Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration, anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) could no longer win.
Continue reading...Trump administration’s Europe troop drawdown fuels concern amid NATO allies, draws fire even from Republicans – CBS News
- Trump administration's Europe troop drawdown fuels concern amid NATO allies, draws fire even from Republicans CBS News
- Pentagon cuts troops in Eastern Europe, prompting rare pushback by GOP lawmakers ABC News
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About 700 killed in Tanzania election protests, opposition says
Demonstrators took to streets after president’s main challengers were excluded from ballot
About 700 people have been killed during three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party has said.
Protests erupted on election day on Wednesday over what demonstrators said was the stifling of the opposition after the exclusion of key candidates from the presidential ballot.
Continue reading...IDF’s top lawyer quits; says she approved leak of detainee abuse video – The Times of Israel
- IDF’s top lawyer quits; says she approved leak of detainee abuse video The Times of Israel
- Israeli military's top lawyer resigns over leak of video allegedly showing abuse of Palestinian detainee BBC
- Israel’s Top Military Lawyer Steps Down Amid Leak Controversy The Wall Street Journal
- Israel’s military prosecutor admits she leaked video of soldiers assaulting a Palestinian detainee The Hill
- How the Gaza Detainee Abuse Footage Leak Fuels the Israeli Right's War on the 'Deep State' Haaretz
Addicts who opted to be banned from gambling in Australia targeted to bet with overseas firms
Media regulator condemns ‘deeply concerning’ third-party websites that seek to entice bets from self-declared addicts
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Offshore gambling companies are using third-party websites to entice Australian addicts to resume betting, even after gamblers have placed voluntary restrictions on themselves.
The new trend, targeting those registered with the federal government’s BetStop service, has been condemned as “deeply concerning and opportunistic” by the media regulator, which has begun contacting the websites to “make them aware of Australia’s interactive gambling laws”.
Continue reading...Six arrested after €12m armed raid on gold refining lab in France
Robbery in Lyon left five employees slightly injured after explosion in latest high-profile incident to hit country
Six people have been arrested after thieves used explosives and military-grade weapons to break into a laboratory in Lyon that deals with precious metals, including gold, in the latest, brazen daytime heist to hit France.
Police said that the minutes-long raid, which took place on Thursday, had briefly allowed thieves to get away with an estimated €12m (£10.5m) in loot. At the time, 28 employees were present at Laboratoires Pourquery, five of whom were slightly injured.
Continue reading...China launches Shenzhou 21 mission, carrying 3 taikonauts – and 4 mice – to replace space station crew – CBS News
- China launches Shenzhou 21 mission, carrying 3 taikonauts - and 4 mice - to replace space station crew CBS News
- China sends its youngest astronaut to 'Heavenly Palace' space station Reuters
- China sends astronauts — and mice — on its latest space station mission AP News
- China targets 2026 for first Long March 10 launch, new lunar crew spacecraft flight SpaceNews
- China reveals crew for Shenzhou 21 mission to Tiangong Space Station, including nation's youngest astronaut (video) Space
Watch: Train smashes into truck at Dutch level crossing
Five people sustained minor injuries but nobody was seriously hurt in the incident in Meteren.
No spoils of war: Syria’s new ruler lays down the law to loyalists – Reuters
- No spoils of war: Syria's new ruler lays down the law to loyalists Reuters
- Syria’s Sharaa shuts brother’s office, seizes luxury cars in anti-corruption drive Türkiye Today
- Syria's new era: Navigating predicaments under President Sharaa's leadership theweek.in
- Sharaa's Struggle: Navigating Power and Corruption in Post-War Syria Devdiscourse
- Reuters: al-Sharaa seeks to prevent a repeat of the Assad-era corruption model - Enab Baladi Enab Baladi
US strikes on alleged drug boats violate law, UN human rights chief says
Volker Türk said the strikes were "unacceptable" and urged Washington to halt them immediately.
China’s Xi promises to protect free trade at APEC as Trump snubs major summit – AP News
Cameroon opposition leader Tchiroma says loyal soldiers escorted him to safety – Reuters
- Cameroon opposition leader Tchiroma says loyal soldiers escorted him to safety Reuters
- Cameroon election: Paul Biya, the leader who never loses BBC
- In Cameroon, the world's oldest leader claims victory — again NPR
- Opposition leader's call for shutdown already observed in northern city africanews.com
- Paul Biya, World’s Oldest President, Extends Rule Over Cameroon The New York Times
Sixty years after tourist stole skull from cathedral, he sends it back
"It's not something you expect," says Franz Zehetner, who opened the parcel addressed to Vienna's St Stephen's Cathedral.
One month into a US government shutdown – how it’s going so far
The US government has been shut down for 30 days. Al Jazeera visualises where things stand right now.
Sudanese fleeing RSF violence experiencing “extreme suffering”
Mary Brace on the shocking levels of suffering seen in people fleeing RSF violence in el-Fasher in northern Darfur.