British soldiers using sex workers in Kenya despite ban, inquiry finds
Chief of Defence Staff Sir Roly Walker says the army is committed to stopping sexual exploitation.
Couple Dies After Getting Swept Out to Sea While Taking Selfies – PetaPixel
- Couple Dies After Getting Swept Out to Sea While Taking Selfies PetaPixel
- Wildfire menaces major Greek city as heatwave grips Europe BBC
- ‘We’re being cooked alive:’ Europe burns as temperatures soar above 100 degrees CNN
- Wildfires scorch Greece as heatwave grips parts of Europe Al Jazeera
- Couple Dies After Getting Swept Out to Sea During Strong Winds at Popular Tourist Spot people.com
South Korea’s former first lady arrested after court issues warrant on corruption charges
Kim Keon Hee in custody on three charges while husband Yoon Suk Yeol detained over attempt to impose martial law
South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee, the wife of the impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested on corruption charges, a special prosecutor leading a wide-reaching probe said.
The arrest, which came after a Seoul central district court ruling, creates an unprecedented situation in which both members of a former presidential couple are simultaneously in custody.
Continue reading...Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo for talks on comprehensive Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal – Ynetnews
- Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo for talks on comprehensive Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal Ynetnews
- UN chief puts Israel ‘on notice’ for sexual violence blacklist; Hamas to be added for first time The Times of Israel
- White House envoy Witkoff meets Qatari prime minister to discuss plan to end Gaza war Axios
- Israel bombards Gaza City overnight; Hamas leader due in Cairo in bid to salvage ceasefire talks Reuters
- Qatar, Egypt formulating new Gaza ceasefire-hostage plan The Jerusalem Post
Philippine coast guard video shows Chinese ships collide while chasing Philippine boat in disputed waters – CBS News
- Philippine coast guard video shows Chinese ships collide while chasing Philippine boat in disputed waters CBS News
- Chinese ‘overkill’ in dispute with Philippines damaged two Chinese ships. Why it could have been much worse CNN
- Philippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collision Captured on Video The New York Times
- China rams own warship while chasing Philippine vessel BBC
- Chinese ships crash in chase with Filipino patrol boat in the South China Sea NBC News
A driver faces up to $110,000 in fines for speeding on a Swiss street. But he can afford it – ABC News
Trump officials move to sanction lawyer who tried to block client’s deportation
Justice department accuses Joshua Schroeder of ‘reckless misrepresentations’ and seeks financial penalties
The US Department of Justice is seeking sanctions against a lawyer who sought to block the deportation of his client, in another sign the Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to enact mass deportations.
Earlier this year, Joshua Schroeder, a California-based attorney, was able to briefly delay the deportation of his client, a Hmong man from Laos, through several court filings.
Continue reading...Treasury targeting inheritance tax reforms to help plug UK deficit
Exclusive: Chancellor also looking at tweaks to capital gains tax to try to bridge £40bn-plus spending gap before budget
The Treasury is looking at ways to raise more money from inheritance tax amid growing pressure on the country’s finances ahead of the autumn budget, sources have told the Guardian.
Officials have been tasked with examining whether tightening rules on the gifting of money and assets could be one way of addressing a gap between revenue and spending that is estimated to reach more than £40bn.
Continue reading...National guard arrives in DC as mayors warn of Trump power grab
The US president deployed troops after taking control of DC police, sparking fears of similar moves elsewhere
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington DC, has pledged to work “side by side” with the federal government as national guard troops arrive at their headquarters in the capital.
The show of force came after Donald Trump announced that he was sending the national guard into the capital and putting city police under federal control, even though the violent crime rate is at a 30-year low.
Continue reading...U.S. teen influencer still stranded in Antarctic weeks after landing plane without permission – CBS News
- U.S. teen influencer still stranded in Antarctic weeks after landing plane without permission CBS News
- American teen pilot detained in Antarctica while raising money for cancer on solo trip Fox News
- US teen influencer has been stranded in the Chilean Antarctic since landing without permission AP News
- American teen pilot agrees to donation to suspend proceedings in Antarctica landing case USA Today
- U.S. teen strikes deal to leave Chilean Antarctica after landing arrest Alaska's News Source
Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza, killing 89 Palestinians in 24 hours
At least 15 people queueing for food among the deaths, and five people reported to have died from starvation
Israel has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global outcry over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City had intensified in the three days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved plans to expand the war in the territory.
Continue reading...Mould, vermin and ceiling leaks: German police say they work in ‘embarrassing’ conditions
Union calls for increased spending to revamp vehicles and station houses that it says are an insult to officers’ dignity
Germany’s biggest police union has complained about the dilapidated state of hundreds of police stations across the country and a fleet of aged vehicles, saying conditions are a threat to officers’ health and an insult to their dignity.
“Decades-old toilet bowls, mould in the offices, vermin, broken heating units and holes in the ceiling that let the rain in,” said Hagen Husgen of the GdP union, citing just a few of the complaints his organisation had received from members.
Continue reading...US court says Trump’s Doge team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data
Court refuses to block ‘department of government efficiency’ from accessing data such as citizenship status
A US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans.
The Virginia-based fourth US circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 decision said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the US Department of Education, treasury department, and office of personnel management.
Continue reading...Israel put on notice over sexual violence claims, UN says – The Jerusalem Post
- Israel put on notice over sexual violence claims, UN says The Jerusalem Post
- UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces Al Jazeera
- UN chief puts Israel, Russia 'on notice' over conflict-related sexual violence accusations Reuters
- UN will add Hamas to blacklist of groups that commit sexual violence as weapon of war Ynetnews
- Israel says UN chief warned it could be listed in upcoming sexual violence report KEZI
Ukraine’s borders must not be changed by force, EU leaders say
The EU says "the people of Ukraine must have the freedom to decide their future".
YouTube Stars Killed in Horror Off-Road Car Accident – The Daily Beast
- YouTube Stars Killed in Horror Off-Road Car Accident The Daily Beast
- Influencer couple killed in Canadian mountain crash Fox News
- B.C. couple behind popular offroading YouTube channel Toyota World Runners die in crash CBC
- Stacey Tourout and Matthew Yeomans, Off-Roading YouTube Couple, Die in Tragic Car Accident E! Online
- Influencer couple known for off-roading travel adventures die in crash New York Post
Wildfires rage across southern Europe as temperatures top 40C
The heatwave has led to red alerts being issued in parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans.
WA Museum partnership with Woodside criticised as record-breaking marine heatwave decimates coral reefs
A report finding 75% of coral is bleached or dead along a 1,500km stretch of WA coastline is released as fossil fuel giant inks partnership extension
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The WA Greens and the state’s peak conservation body have condemned the extension of a research partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside, as the state reels from a record-breaking marine heatwave that has killed corals over a 1,500km stretch of ocean.
The five-year continuation of the “longstanding collaboration”, in which the gas giant supports the museum’s biodiversity research along the WA coastline, would allow for further targeted research along the Gascoyne coast, according to announcements.
Continue reading...Australia’s borrowers may have to wait weeks for Reserve Bank’s rate cut to reduce their mortgage
NAB said it would wait 13 days to pass on the 0.25% cut to borrowers, while Westpac announced it would wait 14 days
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Mortgage rates will slide after the Reserve Bank announced a third interest rate cut of the year – but borrowers with some major banks may have to wait weeks for relief.
Lenders have lined up to reduce their rates by 0.25%, with 20 banks – including each of the big four – announcing on Tuesday that they will pass on the cuts but only two of them doing so immediately.
Continue reading...Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say
Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millennia
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Critics of Australia’s Aukus submarine deal say the government has given itself the power to nominate any place in Australia as a potential nuclear waste dump, without proper consultation with communities and indigenous landowners.
Australia has agreed to take sole responsibility for the management, security and storage of all nuclear waste from its fleet of proposed nuclear-powered submarines, including the spent fuel from the submarines’ reactors – high-level nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millennia once the submarines are decommissioned from the early 2050s.
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