Charlie Kirk suspect confessed in hidden note to roommate, prosecutors allege
The 22-year-old has been charged with murder and is facing the death penalty if convicted at trial.
SBS resists calls to join EU boycott of Eurovision 2026 if Israel allowed to compete
Israeli media had reported nation had been asked to step aside or compete under a neutral symbol due to controversies over Gaza war
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SBS has indicated it will not follow the lead of a growing number of European Union countries and boycott next year’s Eurovision song contest if Israel is permitted to compete.
The decision on Israel’s inclusion will be made by the contest’s governing body in December, but SBS told the Guardian on Tuesday it intended to participate in the 2026 event in Vienna, regardless of December’s decision.
Continue reading...Russia subjecting abducted Ukrainian children to “forced militarization” at 210 facilities, study finds – CBS News
- Russia subjecting abducted Ukrainian children to "forced militarization" at 210 facilities, study finds CBS News
- Russia Indoctrinates Children From Occupied Ukraine at 210 Sites, Study Says The New York Times
- Ukraine's Stolen Children: Inside Russia's Network of Re-education and Militarization Yale School of Public Health
- Russia has network of 200 camps for ‘brainwashing’ Ukrainian children – report The Guardian
- Russia’s imperial aggression against Ukraine has reached a terrifying level The Telegraph
Thousands of Palestinians flee as Israeli bombs rain down on Gaza City
At least 91 were killed in the city on Tuesday as Israel intensifies its offensive, forcing thousands to flee.
120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds – AP News
- 120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds AP News
- ‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people The Guardian
- More than 140 environmental defenders killed in 2024 DW
- An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared Inside Climate News
- New threats target land and environmental rights defenders Global Witness
‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people – The Guardian
- ‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people The Guardian
- 120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds AP News
- New threats target land and environmental rights defenders Global Witness
- Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much. Grist.org
- An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared Inside Climate News
‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people – The Guardian
- ‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people The Guardian
- 120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds AP News
- New threats target land and environmental rights defenders Global Witness
- Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much. Grist.org
- An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared Inside Climate News
Systemic racism affects maternity care for black women in England, say MPs
Commons committee finds women’s concerns not taken seriously due to bias, stereotyping and racist assumptions
Black women in England are still facing poorer outcomes in their maternity care due to systemic racism, alongside failures in leadership and data collection, according to a group of MPs.
Across the UK, black women are more than twice as likely to die in childbirth compared with their white counterparts, while babies born to black mothers are at an increased risk of stillbirth.
Continue reading...Third of UK parents have sought special needs assessment for their child, survey finds
Parentkind charity also says 33% of parents of children with special educational needs reported financial strain
One in three parents have sought a special needs assessment for their child, according to a survey that reveals a surge in demand for special needs support in schools across the UK.
The figures were released amid mounting apprehension in England over national plans to reform special needs provision amid rising costs and a severe shortage of dedicated special school places.
Continue reading...‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people
Julia Chuñil is one of 146 land defenders who were killed or went missing last year, a third of them from Indigenous communities
One day last November, Julia Chuñil called for her dog, Cholito, and they set off into the woods around her home to search for lost livestock. The animals returned but Chuñil, who was 72 at the time, and Cholito did not.
More than 100 people joined her family in a search lasting weeks in the steep, wet and densely overgrown terrain of Chile’s ancient Valdivian forest. After a month, they even kept an eye on vultures for any grim signs. But they found no trace of Chuñil.
Continue reading...US President Donald Trump arrives in UK for second state visit
The visit comes as the UK and US prepare to sign a landmark technology agreement.
Police clash with French fans, while Palestine flag banned at Real Madrid
Fans were prevented from taking Palestine flags into Real Madrid's stadium on heated night with Marseille fans in Spain.
Mbappe, Real Madrid rally to beat Marseille in UEFA Champions League
Real Madrid come from a goal down with 10-men to defeat Marseille, while Arsenal and Tottenham also open with victories.
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for alleged Charlie Kirk shooter
Authorities charge Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and felony discharge of a firearm.
Romanian prosecutors indict pro-Russian former presidential candidate
Calin Georgescu accused of instigating violence after presidential election was cancelled over alleged Russian meddling.
Nepal Gen-Z protests: Politicians get rich while we suffer – so I helped bring down the government in 48 hours – BBC
- Nepal Gen-Z protests: Politicians get rich while we suffer - so I helped bring down the government in 48 hours BBC
- How a Nation’s Bureaucracy Went Up in Smoke The New York Times
- Why Nepal’s New Power Brokers Should Worry India and China Bloomberg.com
- ‘More egalitarian’: How Nepal’s Gen Z used gaming app Discord to pick PM Al Jazeera
- How Gen Z-led protests are rattling governments across Asia NBC News
Utah prosecutors’ evidence indicates suspected motives of Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter
Tyler Robinson is quoted talking to his partner about having enough of the far-right activist’s ‘hatred’ in texts
Evidence put forth by Utah prosecutors Tuesday offered the clearest indication yet of what they suspect motivated Tyler Robinson to kill far-right provocateur Charlie Kirk.
In seized texts reproduced by prosecutors as they charged the 22-year-old with capital murder and other crimes after his arrest, Robinson is quoted talking to his partner – whom they described as “transitioning genders” – about having enough of Kirk’s “hatred”.
Continue reading...US officers tied us up and pointed guns at us, South Korean engineers tell BBC
Korean workers who were detained in the US say they were treated like criminals and are still in shock.
Donkey recovering after latest arrow attack on wild burros in California
Cupid recovers from surgery after what officials say is latest in half-dozen attacks on donkeys in semi-rural areas
A wild burro dubbed Cupid is recovering from surgery after being shot with an arrow in what officials say is the latest in a series of a half-dozen attacks since June on donkeys that roam semirural areas of inland southern California.
The two-year-old female burro was spotted last Wednesday with a blue arrow protruding from her right shoulder as she wandered with a herd in the foothills of Moreno Valley, about 65 miles (104km) east of Los Angeles.
Continue reading...India joins Russia-Belarus drills amid nuclear weapons launch rehearsal
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends final day of military exercises, which he says involved 100,000 troops.