Strong aftershock hits Afghanistan after quake kills more than 1,400
Many remain trapped under rubble as rescuers use helicopters in remote areas hit by recent landslides.
Graham Linehan Arrested After X Posts – Deadline
- Graham Linehan Arrested After X Posts Deadline
- 'Fury' over Father Ted creator arrest and 'nervy bond markets' BBC
- UK comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested over social media posts criticizing trans activists Fox News
- Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested over posts on transgender issues The Guardian
- Comedian Graham Linehan arrested over trans tweets The Times
Modi’s warm meeting with Xi shows impact of Trump’s ‘tariff tantrum’
China seizes on opportunity for geopolitical realignment after India was hit with one of US’s harshest trade penalties
They stood together like old friends, heads thrown back in jovial laughter, clutching one another’s hands affectionately. Except this was no ordinary gathering of three men, but a meeting of three of the most powerful non-western leaders: Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi.
The overt displays of intimacy were widely regarded by observers as a telling message of defiance aimed at their western counterparts, in particular Donald Trump, who just a few days earlier had slapped India with 50% import tariffs, among the harshest of the US president’s trade penalties.
Continue reading...Xi Jinping’s anti-American party – The Economist
- Xi Jinping’s anti-American party The Economist
- India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That. The New York Times
- Trump's rebuke, Xi's handshake, Putin's oil: India's foreign policy test BBC
- Opinion | Trump’s white-knuckling with India could backfire The Washington Post
- Opinion: Opinion | To Survive Trump, India Needs More Than Just Handshakes With Xi And Putin NDTV
Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water
Latest attack comes as Israel’s military urges people to leave Gaza City with 60,000 more reservists to be called up
At least nine people, including five children, have been killed in an Israeli strike while fetching water in al-Mawasi, an area of southern Gaza which Israel has designated as a safe zone, health officials said.
A doctor from al-Nasser hospital shared a picture of the children’s bodies in the hospital, as well as a picture of water jugs left in a pool of blood at the site of the attack on Tuesday.
Continue reading...As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide – NPR
- As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide NPR
- Landslide Kills Hundreds in Sudan The New York Times
- Sudan landslide: A collapsing mountain and bodies still buried under rubble in Darfur BBC
- Pope Leo XIV appeals to international community to respond to crisis in Sudan Vatican News
- About 100 bodies recovered from landslide-hit village in Darfur as pope urges help AP News
‘Anonymity Online Is Going to Die’: What Age-Verification Laws Could Look Like in the U.S. – Rolling Stone
- ‘Anonymity Online Is Going to Die’: What Age-Verification Laws Could Look Like in the U.S. Rolling Stone
- Behind the Passwords Alternative: Passkeys - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts The Wall Street Journal
- Global movement to protect kids online fuels a wave of AI safety tech CNBC
- ‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences The Washington Post
- Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom AP News
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo charity makes undisclosed donation to the Australia Institute
Exclusive: The progressive thinktank, which has championed a ‘real zero’ emissions policy, says it protects privacy of donors to avoid them being targeted
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Andrew Forrest’s charity has made an undisclosed donation to the Australia Institute, raising transparency concerns about the funding of influential advocacy groups.
The donation to the progressive thinktank, which has been confirmed by several sources familiar with the deal but not authorised to comment, highlights differing disclosure standards across the research and advocacy sector.
Continue reading...There are just 150 of these creamy-flowered shrubs left in the world – and a Victorian fire break could destroy dozens
More than 40 round-leaf pomaderris discovered by environmental community group inside the area earmarked for fire break in July
A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris were thought left in the world in 2021 and now a planned firebreak in Victoria could destroy dozens of the plants.
The critically endangered shrub, which bursts into cascades of creamy flowers, is known to exist in only a handful of locations in central Victoria’s hill country.
Continue reading...Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn
Greens senator David Shoebridge accuses Tony Burke of ‘doing his Peter Dutton impression, dog-whistling and punching down on migrants’
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Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by the Albanese government’s proposed powers to strip basic legal protections from the noncitizens it plans to deport to Nauru, refugee lawyers warn.
The proposed federal powers, revealed last Wednesday, are expected to pass parliament this week with the Coalition’s support at a snap two-hour committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday night.
Continue reading...Andriy Parubiy: Suspect admits killing Ukrainian lawmaker, says it was ‘revenge’ against authorities – CNN
- Andriy Parubiy: Suspect admits killing Ukrainian lawmaker, says it was ‘revenge’ against authorities CNN
- Disguised gunman who assassinated prominent Ukraine politician is linked to Russia, Kyiv says CBS News
- Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker The New York Times
- Arrest after fatal shooting of Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy BBC
- Hundreds mourn pro-Western Ukrainian politician who was gunned down in the street AP News
Burkina Faso’s parliament votes to outlaw homosexual acts
People could face up to five years in prison for breaking the new measure once signed into law.
Treasury Intensifies Pressure on Iranian Oil Smuggling and Sanctions Evasion Schemes in Iraq – U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)
- Treasury Intensifies Pressure on Iranian Oil Smuggling and Sanctions Evasion Schemes in Iraq U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)
- Oil settles up 1% after US imposes sanctions targeting Iranian oil Reuters
- US Targets Iraqi Tycoon in Latest Move Against Iran Oil Exports Bloomberg.com
- US sanctions network for transporting Iranian oil as nuclear talks remain stalled The Times of Israel
- Oil prices hold on to gains from US sanctions Yahoo Finance
Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at UN and sanction Israel – as it happened
Foreign minister says move is not aimed at Israeli people but ‘ensuring their government respects international and humanitarian law’. This live blog is closed
At least 63,633 Palestinian people have been killed and 160,914 others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
At least 76 Palestinian people, including 12 aid seekers, were killed in the last 24 hours alone, the ministry said.
Continue reading...Pressure rises on Reeves as government borrowing costs hit 27-year high
Chancellor will face more limited fiscal headroom at budget after yield on 30-year bond increases to 5.723%
Britain’s long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, before the autumn budget.
The yield, or interest rate, on 30-year UK government debt hit 5.723% on Tuesday. That is its highest level since 1998, indicating that it will cost the UK more to borrow from the markets, above the previous 27-year high of 5.649% set in April.
Continue reading...Trump illegally deployed national guard during LA Ice protests, judge rules
Judge said administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany Ice agents on immigration raids
A judge has ruled the Trump administration’s use of national guard troops during southern California immigration enforcement protests is illegal.
Judge Charles Breyer ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump’s administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids. The judge did not require the remaining troops withdrawn, however.
Continue reading...Texas man charged after 11-year-old boy shot dead while playing doorbell prank
Leon Gonzalo Jr, 42, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the Houston shooting
A 42-year-old man in Texas has been charged with murder after the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy who was playing a doorbell prank in Houston on Saturday night, authorities said.
The shooting occurred at around 11pm on Saturday, according to Houston authorities, when the boy and his friends were in their neighborhood reportedly playing a game of “ding dong ditch” – an old childhood prank involving ringing a doorbell and running away.
Continue reading...‘Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live
Home secretary earlier suggested warehouses could be used instead of hotels, while PM will urge ministers to go ‘further and faster’ on immigration in Tuesday meeting
Lamb says the Greens are “the antidote to Reform”.
That gets a big round of applause.
We’re a home for all those people across the country holding their heads in their hands as the Labour government lets them down again and again and again, whether it is switching from the aid budget or from people with disabilities and not bringing in taxes … we need.
And that is why, in reaction, a new Green wave is sweeping the country as people turn to us.
It’s already become a bit of a cliche, but we are really moving into a multi-party system, with the Greens poised to help create the next government.
And, like all the best cliches, it has the distinct advantage of also being for true.
Continue reading...Palestine Action: five arrested in England before protest against group’s ban
Defend Our Juries confirms event will go ahead as 1,000 people pledge to take part in defiance of counter-terrorism laws
More than 1,000 people have pledged to risk arrest this Saturday at a fresh protest against a ban on the group Palestine Action, as police detained five spokespeople for the event’s organisers.
Tim Crosland, a former government lawyer who is one of the co-founders of the Defend Our Juries group, was among those arrested hours before he was due to address a press conference on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Xi welcomes Putin and other world leaders to China – in pictures – The Guardian
- Xi welcomes Putin and other world leaders to China – in pictures The Guardian
- Putin hails ties with China as Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing on eve of parade The Guardian
- Putin and Xi deepen ties as Iran, North Korea leaders visit Beijing Fox News
- Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping begin talks in Beijing BBC
- Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing The New York Times