‘Hiroshima survivor stories were painful to draw’
Hiroshima students have spent weeks visualising the stories of survivors from the atomic bomb and turning them into art.
Ireland calls on Haiti to secure release of group kidnapped from local orphanage
An Irish missionary and three-year-old child are among eight people taken by gunmen who stormed the place
Ireland’s foreign ministry has called on Haitian authorities to ensure “everything is done” to secure the release of a group of people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, taken by gunmen who stormed a local orphanage.
Simon Harris, the Irish foreign minister, spoke with his Haitian counterpart overnight, the government said in a statement, during which they agreed to stay in touch on their work to ensure the group is released, including missionary Gena Heraty who oversees the orphanage.
Continue reading...UN says nearly 60,000 displaced by heavy fighting in northern Mozambique
Escalating attacks in Cabo Delgado are taking place amid major cuts in international aid.
13 House Democrats to call on Trump to recognize a Palestinian state – The Washington Post
- 13 House Democrats to call on Trump to recognize a Palestinian state The Washington Post
- House Democrats sign on to letter urging Trump to recognise Palestinian statehood The Guardian
- Rep. Khanna, progressives push for U.S. recognition of Palestinian state Jewish Insider
- House democrats urge Trump administration to recognise Palestinian state, Axios reports Reuters
- Scoop: Gaza is fueling a growing push among Democrats for Palestinian statehood Axios
Lithuania requests NATO help boost its air defenses after second drone crosses border – politico.eu
- Lithuania requests NATO help boost its air defenses after second drone crosses border politico.eu
- Ukraine war briefing: Call for Nato action after Russian drone intrudes on Lithuania The Guardian
- Lithuania asks NATO for more air defences after drones land on its territory Reuters
- Lithuania asks NATO for air defence help after Russian drone incidents Euronews.com
- Lithuania Asks NATO for Air Defense After Russian Drone Scare Bloomberg
Clintons subpoenaed to testify in congressional Epstein investigation
Former top officials from the justice department during the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations were also sent subpoenas.
Son Heung-min makes Los Angeles trip ahead of MLS move from Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min has confirmed he will be leaving the Premier League club this summer.
Funding for English youth clubs aims to keep children off smartphones
Keir Starmer says £88m package will help tackle trend of young people becoming ‘disconnected from their communities’
Youth clubs and after-school activities in England will receive a funding injection of £88m as ministers try to get more children away from smartphones and computer screens.
The package, which Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday, is intended to give pupils access to sport, outdoor activities, art, music, debating and volunteering.
Continue reading...Lib Dems call for urgent regulation of YouTube ads after wave of scams
Party wants video platform to face same scrutiny as broadcasters due to deepfake and investment scams
The Liberal Democrats are calling for urgent regulation of YouTube advertising after scams including deepfakes, impersonated public figures and fraudulent investment claims were found to be spreading on the platform with little oversight.
The party said YouTube’s adverts remain largely unchecked by independent regulators, despite new data from Ofcom showing the platform has overtaken ITV in weekly UK viewership and continues to dominate children’s media consumption.
Continue reading...Nigeria sportswomen dominate again but pay remains an issue
Nigeria's women lifted the AfroBasket and Africa Cup of Nations titles this summer, but pay remains a dirty word.
US judge blocks Trump officials from diverting disaster prevention grants
Government prevented from using money allocated to Bric community program for other purposes
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from diverting funds from a multibillion-dollar grant program designed to protect communities against natural disasters.
US district judge Richard Stearns in Boston issued a preliminary injunction preventing the government from spending money allocated to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (Bric) program for other purposes.
Continue reading...Son of British woman held in Iran speaks to her for first time in 213 days
Joe Bennett says Lindsay Foreman sounded in good spirits despite her and husband being charged with espionage
The son of a British woman being held in Iran on espionage charges has said speaking to her on the phone for the first time in 213 days felt like “five birthdays and 10 Christmases at once”.
Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested on 3 January in Kerman, southern Iran, while travelling through the country from Armenia to Pakistan on a round-the-world motorbike trip.
Continue reading...OpenAI takes on Meta and DeepSeek with free and customisable AI models
Developer of ChatGPT says new tools will be ‘for wide benefit’, echoing announcement by Mark Zuckerberg
OpenAI is taking on Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Chinese rival DeepSeek by launching its own freely available artificial intelligence models.
The ChatGPT developer has announced two “open weight” large language models, which are free to download and can be customised by developers.
Continue reading...Tennessee execution of man with heart device ‘result of pure cowardice’
Byron Black, 69, put to death after legal battle in which lawyers said defibrillator would shock heart repeatedly
Tennessee has executed a man without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when a lethal drug took effect.
Byron Black died at 10.43am, prison officials said. Shortly after the lethal injection started, witnesses said Black told a spiritual adviser in the room that he was hurting badly.
Continue reading...A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky – The Guardian
- A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian
- Rare aerial imagery shows displacement and destruction in Gaza The Washington Post
- Aerial footage filmed by ITV News shows the scale of Gaza's destruction ITVX
- Inside the aid drops on Gaza’s torched ruins - with the starving too weak to fight The Independent
- Watch: Rare overhead footage of Gaza reveals scale of devastation The Journal
Ion Iliescu: Romania’s first democratic leader with a divisive legacy
His three terms saw the tumultuous birth of modern Romania as it moved from communism to democracy.
US attorney general orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe
The Trump administration alleges political foes were behind attempts to falsely tie him to Russia in the run-up to his 2016 presidential win.
Israeli military presents Netanyahu with options for expanding Gaza operation – The Washington Post
- Israeli military presents Netanyahu with options for expanding Gaza operation The Washington Post
- Netanyahu meets security officials as Israel considers full Gaza takeover Reuters
- Israeli goal for Gaza is to 'eliminate Hamas' from power, says Israeli journalist Fox News
- Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object AP News
- Israel's Netanyahu expected to push for plan to 'occupy' Gaza NBC News
Tourists from Malawi and Zambia are first to face $15,000 visa bonds in US
Critics have denounced the bond scheme as a 'legalised shakedown' that profits from vulnerable, lawful travellers.
Twelve-day war: Impact of Iran’s strikes censored by Israel – France 24
- Twelve-day war: Impact of Iran’s strikes censored by Israel France 24
- Iran’s Dangerous Desperation: What Comes After the 12-Day War Foreign Affairs
- Raising Costs to Nuclear Proliferators RealClearDefense
- Asking the Wrong Questions Institute for Policy Studies
- It’s Not About the Bomb The Progressive