EU to move forward with plans for drone wall amid Russian incursions

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Ministers aim to bolster defences after spate of airspace violations, amid rising momentum for €140bn loan to Ukraine

The EU has agreed to move forward with plans for a drone wall at the heart of its eastern defences as momentum grows for a €140bn loan to Ukraine based on Russian frozen assets.

After a meeting with ministers from 10 mostly central and eastern European member states plus Ukraine, the EU’s defence commissioner, Andrius Kubilius, said a drone wall to protect against incursions from the skies was an immediate priority and core element of the bloc’s eastern flank defences.

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Canada postal workers strike after government orders end to door-to-door delivery

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Union says it’s ‘outraged and appalled’ by government’s order of sweeping changes to the national service

Postal workers in Canada have gone on strike after the government warned of an “existential crisis” and ordered sweeping changes to the national service – including an end to door-to-door delivery within the decade.

The union representing Canada Post employees described the proposed changes as “an attack” on its workers who have struggled to compete with a surge in private courier services.

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Super Typhoon Ragasa rampages through Taiwan, Hong Kong and southern China – The Guardian

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  1. Super Typhoon Ragasa rampages through Taiwan, Hong Kong and southern China  The Guardian
  2. Typhoon Ragasa: How heavy rainfall led to a lake bursting in Taiwan  Reuters
  3. Hong Kong streets flood as powerful Typhoon Ragasa churns toward landfall  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. Weakened Super Typhoon Ragasa heads towards Vietnam after battering China and Hong Kong  The Guardian
  5. VIDEO | Super typhoon slams into twin-headed offshore wind turbine  Recharge News
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At least 19 people die after drinking tainted liquor in Russia, officials say – CBS News

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  1. At least 19 people die after drinking tainted liquor in Russia, officials say  CBS News
  2. Seven dead after drinking bootleg alcohol  The Independent
  3. 19 Killed in Bootleg Alcohol Poisoning in Russia’s Leningrad Region  The Moscow Times
  4. Fake vodka poisoning kills 19 people with one fighting for life as nursery teacher arrested  The Mirror
  5. Death toll from alcohol in Russia reaches 25  Apa.az
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Nasrallah’s son says Hezbollah leader spent final days enraged by Israeli pager strike – The Times of Israel

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  1. Nasrallah’s son says Hezbollah leader spent final days enraged by Israeli pager strike  The Times of Israel
  2. Hezbollah marks one year since Israel killed then-chief Nasrallah  Reuters
  3. Photos show Hezbollah supporters honoring slain leaders Nasrallah and Safieddine despite PM's ban  AP News
  4. Son of Lebanon's slain Hezbollah chief says his father's final days were filled with rage  Yahoo News Canada
  5. A year without Nasrallah: Hezbollah struggles to regain its footing  Ynetnews
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India’s Iconic MiG-21 Blasts Off Into Retirement – The War Zone

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  1. India’s Iconic MiG-21 Blasts Off Into Retirement  The War Zone
  2. MiG-21: Sun sets on India's iconic and controversial Soviet fighter jet  BBC
  3. India retires MiG-21 fighters after six decades as air force stretches to improve fleet  AP News
  4. Explained: What's 'Form 700', Seen At MiG-21 Farewell  NDTV
  5. MiG-21 flies through Indian skies for last time, Rajnath Singh terms it ‘national pride’  The Hindu
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Nicolas Sarkozy’s lawyers will try to ensure time in prison is ‘as short as possible’

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Former French president sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over election campaign funds scheme with Gaddafi regime

Lawyers for the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy have said they will try to ensure he serves as little time in prison as possible, after he was sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to get election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

“We’re going to make sure that his incarceration will be as short as possible,” Sarkozy’s lawyer, Jean-Michel Darrois, told the BFMTV news channel on Friday after he became the first French president to go to jail.

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“China Built A Bridge 2,051 Feet In The Air”: Glass-Bottom Path Terrifies Tourists While World’s Highest Crossing Opens Tomorrow – Rude Baguette

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  1. "China Built A Bridge 2,051 Feet In The Air": Glass-Bottom Path Terrifies Tourists While World's Highest Crossing Opens Tomorrow  Rude Baguette
  2. World’s highest bridge to open to traffic in China’s mountainous southwest  South China Morning Post
  3. World’s Tallest Bridge To Open 625 Meters Above Canyon  Newsweek
  4. World’s tallest bridge is days from opening to traffic  WHSV
  5. Guizhou’s Groundbreaking Suspension Bridge Now Open, Cutting Travel Time Across Huajiang Grand Canyon From Two Hours To Just Minutes  Travel And Tour World
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Israeli loudspeakers broadcast Netanyahu’s speech to UN into Gaza

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Operation prompts outrage as Israeli PM criticises western countries for recognising Palestine as a state and pledges to continue war

Israeli military loudspeaker systems have broadcast Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN into Gaza in an unprecedented operation that immediately prompted controversy and outrage.

In a statement on Friday, an Israeli government spokesperson said: “As part of the public diplomacy effort, the prime minister’s office has directed civilian elements, in cooperation with the [Israel Defense Forces], to place loudspeakers on the backs of trucks on the Israeli side of the Gaza border so that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s historic UN general assembly speech will be heard in the Gaza Strip.”

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Ladakh statehood activist arrested days after violent crackdown by Modi

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Sonam Wangchuk, who has been agitating against the government, was on his way to speak at a press briefing

A renowned environmentalist at the forefront of a protest movement in the Indian region of Ladakh has been arrested amid a wider crackdown on dissent under the prime minister, Narendra Modi.

Sonam Wangchuk, an activist, engineer and inventor, has been leading a lengthy agitation against the Modi government, calling for statehood and greater protections to be granted to his home region of Ladakh. He was arrested on Friday afternoon, on his way to address a press conference.

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