“It’s a pity”: Zelensky says Trump gave Putin what he wanted – Axios

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  1. "It's a pity": Zelensky says Trump gave Putin what he wanted  Axios
  2. Zelenskyy says Trump's Alaska summit 'gave Putin what he wanted'  ABC News
  3. Zelenskyy accuses Trump of giving Putin 'what he wanted' at Alaska summit  Fox News
  4. Zelenskyy reaffirms Ukraine will not cede territory, calls for binding security guarantees  Anadolu Ajansı
  5. Zelenskyy says Ukraine wins as long as Putin fails to occupy it  RBC-Ukraine
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Shabana Mahmood to host Five Eyes meeting on people-smuggling

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New home secretary will be joined in London by counterparts from US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand

Shabana Mahmood, the new home secretary, will host a meeting of the Five Eyes security alliance to discuss how to stop people-smuggling, as the number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the channel topped 30,000 in record time on Sunday.

Mahmood is to be joined in London by Kristi Noem, the US secretary of state for homeland security, as well as interior ministers from Australia, Canada and New Zealand – the other member countries of the intelligence-sharing pact.

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Iran will exchange nuclear monitoring for lifted sanctions, says its foreign minister – The Guardian

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  1. Iran will exchange nuclear monitoring for lifted sanctions, says its foreign minister  The Guardian
  2. A message from Tehran to Britain, France and Germany: in your own interests, you should change course  The Guardian
  3. Iran FM Araghchi warns Europe against ‘reckless’ approach to nuclear deal  Al Jazeera
  4. After Israeli, US strikes, Europeans hope snapback threats push Iran to tougher nuclear deal  The Times of Israel
  5. Iran’s imminent nuclear dilemma  The Economist
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Netanyahu says Israel ‘paying the price’ on world stage for war in Gaza – The Times of Israel

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  1. Netanyahu says Israel ‘paying the price’ on world stage for war in Gaza  The Times of Israel
  2. Palestinian death toll in Gaza passes 64,000, officials say, after ceasefire talks break down  PBS
  3. Palestinians Begin a Perilous Flight From Gaza City  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Israel is blasting through Gaza City neighborhoods, but people have nowhere to go  NPR
  5. Israel Targets More Buildings in Gaza City and Warns Residents to Flee  The New York Times
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Republican condemns Vance for ‘despicable’ comments on Venezuelan boat strike

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Rand Paul decries ‘thoughtless’ comment after vice-president defends strike against alleged drug traffickers

The Republican senator who heads the homeland security committee has criticized JD Vance for “despicable” comments apparently in support of extrajudicial military killings.

“Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” the vice-president said in an X post on Saturday, in defense of Tuesday’s US military strike against a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, which killed 11 people the administration alleged were drug traffickers.

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US pilot and influencer released from Chilean air base in Antarctica – BBC

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  1. US pilot and influencer released from Chilean air base in Antarctica  BBC
  2. American Pilot Ethan Guo Is Released After Being Stuck Off Antarctica  The New York Times
  3. American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo released from Antarctic air base after 2 months  NBC News
  4. US pilot and influencer released from Chilean Antarctic detention 2 months after alleged unauthorized landing  Fox News
  5. U.S. influencer pilot Ethan Guo released from Chilean air base in Antarctica 2 months after landing without permission  CBS News
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Iran will exchange nuclear monitoring for lifted sanctions, says its foreign minister

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Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says European nations should engage constructively and not facilitate ‘America’s excesses’

Iran is ready to form a real and lasting agreement that includes strict monitoring and limits on its domestic uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, its foreign minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, has said.

But, writing for the Guardian, he urges the European nations to change course and abandon their plan to snapback a wide array of UN sanctions at the end of the month.

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Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims

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Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decision

The long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales, celebrated by wildlife groups, has drawn a mixed reaction from the state’s Coalition.

The opposition leader, Mark Speakman has hedged his party’s support, saying while he “supports the ambition of protecting koalas”, he was concerned about job losses and the cost of the park.

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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to learn fate at sentence hearing in Victorian supreme court

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Justice Christopher Beale will sentence the triple murderer on Monday, with the hearing to be broadcast live in a state first

Victoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence on Monday morning, with the hearing to be broadcast live in a historic first for the state.

The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.

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Czech police finally catch up with ‘phantom racing car driver’ – BBC

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  1. Czech police finally catch up with 'phantom racing car driver'  BBC
  2. Czech police arrest man for driving racing car on the highway  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  3. ‘Phantom Ferrari’ driver who evaded police for years is finally caught  The Telegraph
  4. Czech police apprehend man driving Ferrari F1-liveried GP2 car on motorway  RaceFans
  5. Formula Racing Car Detained on D4 Highway  Prague Morning
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Sa’ar: Recognizing Palestinian state ‘will push Israel to make unilateral decisions’ – The Times of Israel

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  1. Sa’ar: Recognizing Palestinian state ‘will push Israel to make unilateral decisions’  The Times of Israel
  2. Recognition of Palestinian state is 'disastrous', US ambassador says  BBC
  3. Rift over Palestinian statehood deepens tension between U.S., France  The Washington Post
  4. Rubio: US warned recognizing Palestine would lead to ‘reciprocal’ Israeli response  The Times of Israel
  5. France hits back at US over Gaza accusations  politico.eu
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Couple tell of ordeal when kittens went missing after being left in plane hold

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British newlyweds feared worst when transportation of rescue cats from Greece to Paris went awry

A newlywed couple who married in Greece have said they feared the worst when three kittens they rescued from Crete went missing after being left in the hold of an aeroplane.

They first travelled to the island in September 2023 and found the mother cat, who “had a very distinctive bulging eye that needed to be removed”, Bethany Mulcahy-Stephenson, a veterinary nurse, said.

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Cable broke before Lisbon funicular crash, initial findings show – politico.eu

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  1. Cable broke before Lisbon funicular crash, initial findings show  politico.eu
  2. Cable gave way before deadly Lisbon funicular crash, initial report finds  CNN
  3. Deadly Portugal funicular crash likely due to problems with cable, report says  Reuters
  4. Connecting cable failed in deadly Lisbon streetcar derailment, investigative report says  PBS
  5. College Instructor and Mom of 2 Dies After Cable Car Breaks Loose: 'A Tragic Loss for All of Us'  People.com
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