Two men arrested in Utah after incendiary device found under news vehicle

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Men could face terrorism-related and weapons charges after officials say device ‘had been lit but failed to function’

Authorities in Utah say two men have been arrested on suspicion of placing an incendiary device under a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City. The bomb didn’t go off.

Police and fire department bomb squads responded on Friday when a suspicious device was found under the vehicle parked near an occupied building.

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Man arrested over ‘racially motivated’ rape of woman in West Midlands

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British-born Sikh woman in her 20s tells police a racist remark was made during assault in Oldbury

A man has been arrested after a Sikh woman said she had been left “deeply affected” by what police are treating as a racially motivated rape in the West Midlands.

The woman, described as a British-born Sikh in her 20s, told police a racist remark was made to her during the assault in the Tame Road area of Oldbury on Tuesday morning.

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German Far Right Gains in Bellwether Election, but Fails to Sweep – The New York Times

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  1. German Far Right Gains in Bellwether Election, but Fails to Sweep  The New York Times
  2. Germany: Merz's CDU set to win in NRW, AfD makes big gains  DW
  3. Far-right AfD’s vote triples in elections in German bellwether state  The Guardian
  4. Far right set to make electoral gains in Germany’s most populous state  Financial Times
  5. Far right gains stronger foothold in western Germany  politico.eu
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Pope Leo Says He Cannot Broker a Peace Deal for Ukraine – The New York Times

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  1. Pope Leo Says He Cannot Broker a Peace Deal for Ukraine  The New York Times
  2. Pope Francis drops statement on Vatican mediation in Ukraine war  RBC-Ukraine
  3. Pope focuses on children as Mideast, Europe conflicts worsen  aleteia.org
  4. From Syria to Ukraine: The shadow of 2013 on papal peace initiatives  The Catholic Thing
  5. Pope Leo XIV on Vatican’s Role in Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Peace Dialogue Over Mediation  Букви
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Utah campus open carry permit under fresh scrutiny after Kirk shooting

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HB 128, passed in August, allows people with the proper permit to openly carry firearms on college campuses

As authorities at the federal and state levels parse the details of the fatal shooting of far-right activist Charlie Kirk at a university in Utah, a recently passed state bill that allows people with concealed-carry permits to carry firearms openly on college campuses has drawn fresh scrutiny.

Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses. The law allowed people with the proper permit to carry them openly.

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Arab-Islamic summit to warn Israeli attacks threaten normalisation of ties, draft resolution shows – Reuters

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  1. Arab-Islamic summit to warn Israeli attacks threaten normalisation of ties, draft resolution shows  Reuters
  2. Trump: Israel must be ‘very, very careful’ in its approach to America’s ‘great ally’ Qatar  The Times of Israel
  3. Arab Ministers Meet on Response to Israeli Attack in Qatar  The New York Times
  4. How Israel's bombing impacts Qatar's role as mediator in the war with Hamas  NPR
  5. Netanyahu gambled by targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. It appears to have backfired  AP News
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Guy Pearce and Annie Lennox join call to end ‘normalised horror’ for children in Gaza

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Stars read Michael Rosen’s 2014 poem Don’t Mention the Children in film released by Save the Children

Guy Pearce, Annie Lennox and Vanessa Redgrave are among the celebrities calling for an end to the “normalised horror” of children being killed in Gaza, as part of new short film.

Released by Save the Children and Choose Love, it features the stars reciting the words to a poem by Michael Rosen. Titled Don’t Mention the Children, the poem was written in 2014 in response to a Guardian article about the Israeli government banning a radio advert naming children killed in Gaza. It begins:

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