- Russian TikTokers held over drone strike video, and UK 'wealthy exodus' claim checked BBC
- Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire at oil depot in Russia’s former Olympic city, governor says CNN
- Ukraine Claims Drone Attacks on Two Russian Oil Refineries Bloomberg.com
- Russia's Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery halted operations after drone attacks, sources say Reuters
- Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes The Guardian
El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others – The New York Times
- El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others The New York Times
- Nayib Bukele could now rule El Salvador for life The Economist
- El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection, extends presidential terms to 6 years NPR
- El Salvador approves changes to let Bukele extend presidency indefinitely The Washington Post
- El Salvador's Bukele Defends Ending Term Limit Barron's
Why Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Al-Aqsa prayer caused so much anger
Right-wing Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked outrage from nations across the Middle East.
UK politics live: Farage announces defection of Leicestershire’s police and crime commissioner from Tories to Reform UK
Rupert Matthews, elected to post as Conservative in 2021, claims police are ‘fighting crime with one hand tied behind their back’
George Finch, the Reform UK leader of Warwickshire county council, goes next. (Aged 19, he is the youngest council leader in the country.)
He claims the police have opposed his attempts to expose the immigration status of someone arrested in connection with an alleged crime.
It was dirty, run down and had major drug issues. My attitude to the task was assertive and no nonsense. That’s the approach that I will take for my role within Reform UK [advising on crime].
Continue reading...Soulja Boy arrested on suspicion of weapons charges
He was arrested during a traffic stop on suspicion of possession of a firearm while being a felon.
India tie England series in one of greatest Test finales
India beat England by six runs to win fifth Test on its final day at the Oval and level the five-match series at 2-2.
Beijing evacuates residents, expands storm alert as deadly floods keep city on edge – Reuters
- Beijing evacuates residents, expands storm alert as deadly floods keep city on edge Reuters
- Villagers Trapped as Heavy Rains in Beijing Leave Nearly 40 Dead The New York Times
- ‘I can swim’: China husband tells flood rescuers to save wife first, touches hearts South China Morning Post
- Streets turn to rivers as deadly flooding inundates northern Beijing CNN
- Beijing Faces More Torrential Rainfall After Deadly Floods Bloomberg.com
Watch: Florida police officer removes alligator from family’s pool with bare hands
The reptile was retrieved by the officer and buckled into the back of a police car.
More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger, as burial shrouds in short supply – yahoo.com
- More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger, as burial shrouds in short supply yahoo.com
- LIVE: Israeli attacks on Gaza kill over 80, starvation deaths mount Al Jazeera
- In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid NPR
- Israeli forces kill at least 27 at food site while minister’s al-Aqsa visit causes outrage The Guardian
- Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes Human Rights Watch
Rescued British hiker billed €14,225 for ignoring rockslide signs in Dolomites
Local rescue service chief says two helicopters had to be used after man, 60, ventured on to path closed due to risk
A British hiker has been charged more than €14,000 (£12,000) by the Italian mountain rescue service after ignoring danger warnings in the Dolomites.
The man, aged 60, had to be rescued after venturing to the Ferrata Berti, a rocky mountain path at an altitude of 2,500 metres (8,200ft) in the San Vito di Cadore area of the northern Italian peaks where dozens of paths were closed last week because of the high risk of landslides.
Continue reading...Starving Gaza children risking their lives to get food
Children in Gaza are being shot while trying to get food from Israeli- and US-backed GHF.
Five years on from port blast, Pope expresses closeness with people of Beirut – Vatican News
- Five years on from port blast, Pope expresses closeness with people of Beirut Vatican News
- Five years after huge Beirut blast, justice still elusive for victims The Washington Post
- 5 years after Beirut blast, victims struggle to rebuild lives as leaders evade blame PBS
- Beirut Port blast victims say five years later, justice feels a bit closer Al Jazeera
- Five Years After the Beirut Port Explosion—Justice in the Courts Will Not Be Enough for Survivors | Opinion Newsweek
‘Cat-sized’ rat found in Teesside town puts focus on pest control cuts
Rodent said to be 22in (56cm) long from nose to tail found in Normanby, where rat problem is said to be worsening
Cuts to council pest control services are being blamed for a town’s rodent problem, which includes the discovery of a supersize rat said to be 22in (56cm) from nose to tail.
The giant rat, about the length of the carry-on luggage people might be wheeling on to a flight – or, if not on holiday, a desktop monitor – was found inside a person’s home in Normanby, Teesside.
Continue reading...Police plan to arrest anyone supporting Palestine Action at London protest
Source says presence of large crowds would not prevent arrests under terrorism laws
Police are planning to arrest anyone demonstrating in support of Palestine Action this weekend.
The group has been banned under terrorism laws and this weekend a large event protesting against its proscription has been organised by the group Defend Our Juries.
Continue reading...What higher tariffs mean for the U.S. economy. And, Israel’s plan for hostage release – NPR
Suspected gunmen go on trial in Moscow over concert hall terror attack
Islamic State affiliate group have claimed responsibility, though Russian investigators have sought to blame Ukraine
Nineteen people, among them the four suspected gunmen, went on trial in Moscow on Monday over a concert hall attack that claimed 149 lives, one of the worst terrorist attacks in modern Russia.
Four armed men from the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan allegedly stormed the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow on 22 March last year, opening fire and then setting the building alight, injuring hundreds of people.
Continue reading...Swiss president under fire after Trump call leads to US tariffs shock
Karin Keller-Sutter accused of mishandling talks as shares dive after Switzerland hit with 39% tariff
The Swiss stock market has plunged, the cabinet has been holding emergency talks and President Karin Keller-Sutter has been accused of mishandling a vital phone call with the White House after Donald Trump hit the country with a shock 39% export tariff.
Switzerland, home to some of the world’s best-known luxury brands, was left stunned after the US president on Friday imposed one of the highest tariff rates in his global trade reset. Industry associations warned that tens of thousands of jobs were at risk.
Continue reading...Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump
The redistricting would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives.
Plastic causing “disease and death from infancy to old age” that costs $1.5 trillion a year, report warns – CBS News
- Plastic causing "disease and death from infancy to old age" that costs $1.5 trillion a year, report warns CBS News
- Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten global treaty on plastics pollution Reuters
- World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns The Guardian
- Plastic crisis highlighted by Lancet ahead of Global Plastics Treaty NBC News
- Plastics a ‘grave’ danger to health, scientists warn before UN talks Financial Times
Palestinian women on hunger strike to demand body of slain activist
Palestinians in West Bank are unable to mourn 31-year-old Awdah, while the Israeli settler who shot him walks free.