BP makes its biggest oil and gas discovery in 25 years off coast of Brazil

Company to carry out more tests on its Santos basin find as it continues shift from renewables back to fossil fuels

BP has made its largest oil and gas discovery of the past 25 years off the coast of Brazil as it continues to shift its focus away from renewables and back to fossil fuels.

The Santos basin oil and gas discovery, which is located in deep waters, is the company’s 10th oil discovery of the year and could be its largest since its discovery at the Shah Deniz gasfield in Azerbaijan in 1999.

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‘They do not teach us what we need’: Inside the expansion of religious schools for girls across Afghanistan – CNN

  1. ‘They do not teach us what we need’: Inside the expansion of religious schools for girls across Afghanistan  CNN
  2. Strengthening accountability to women and girls in Afghanistan, July 2025  ReliefWeb
  3. Rights Experts to Brief Press on Aid Cuts and Taliban Gender Persecution  KabulNow
  4. Denied childhood, denied dreams: Afghanistan’s girls need the world to act  Kuwait Times
  5. A Nation in Silence: The Escalating Violence Against Women in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan  Hasht-e Subh Daily
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South Korea removes loudspeakers on border with North – DW

  1. South Korea removes loudspeakers on border with North  DW
  2. South Korea starts removing anti-North Korean loudspeakers on border  Reuters
  3. South Korea begins removing border propaganda speakers in conciliatory gesture toward North  AP News
  4. South Korea removes speakers used to blast K-pop music and propaganda across North Korea border  Sky News
  5. K-pop, weather news, and scraping metal: Behind the sounds unleashed at the Korean border  The Indian Express
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South Korea begins removing loudspeakers at North Korean border – ABC News

  1. South Korea begins removing loudspeakers at North Korean border  ABC News
  2. South Korea begins removing border propaganda speakers in conciliatory gesture toward North  AP News
  3. South Korea removes speakers used to blast K-pop music and propaganda across North Korea border  Sky News
  4. South Korea starts removing anti-North Korean loudspeakers on border  Reuters
  5. South Korea begins removing loudspeakers on border with North to reduce tensions  The Guardian
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Sall Grover begins federal court appeal against Roxanne Tickle’s gender discrimination case win

Lawyers for founder of Giggle for Girls app says ‘special measure’ under Sex Discrimination Act allows for ‘women-only safe space’

Giggle for Girls and Sall Grover have begun their appeal to overturn a landmark court decision that found the women-only social media app and its CEO had unlawfully discriminated against Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman.

On Monday, the full court of the federal court heard that Grover’s team believes the app – designed as a “women-only safe space” – constituted a “special measure” under the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA), which allows discrimination with the aim of redressing historical disadvantage between men and women.

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Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, killing more than 60 – BBC

  1. Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, killing more than 60  BBC
  2. More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen  The New York Times
  3. More than 140 migrants believed dead as boat capsizes off Yemen  The Guardian
  4. More than 65 refugees and migrants die in boat sinking off Yemeni coast  Al Jazeera
  5. At least 68 African migrants killed after boat capsizes off Yemen coast, U.N. says  NPR
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Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, killing more than 60 – BBC

  1. Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, killing more than 60  BBC
  2. More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen  The New York Times
  3. More than 140 migrants believed dead as boat capsizes off Yemen  The Guardian
  4. More than 65 refugees and migrants die in boat sinking off Yemeni coast  Al Jazeera
  5. At least 68 African migrants killed after boat capsizes off Yemen coast, U.N. says  NPR
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The New York Times Does Not Fear Trump… But Bret Stephens Is Another Matter – CounterPunch.org

  1. The New York Times Does Not Fear Trump… But Bret Stephens Is Another Matter  CounterPunch.org
  2. In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide  The New York Times
  3. The Victim Identity Israel Built Over Generations Now Fuels Its Denial of Genocide in Gaza  Haaretz
  4. B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel: Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip  B'Tselem
  5. With ‘broken heart,’ author David Grossman calls Israeli actions in Gaza ‘genocide’  The Times of Israel
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‘Treaty Betrayed’: US Senate Decries Russia’s Violations of Helsinki Final Act – Kyiv Post

  1. ‘Treaty Betrayed’: US Senate Decries Russia’s Violations of Helsinki Final Act  Kyiv Post
  2. Pope marks 50th anniversary of Cold War-era deal on security and human rights  AP News
  3. As the Helsinki Accords Turn 50, Russia Has Broken All 10 Core Principles  UNITED24 Media
  4. The Helsinki accord was a masterpiece of European diplomacy. Fifty years on, we need its spirit more than ever  The Guardian
  5. Fyodor Lukyanov: Europes last security project is quietly collapsing  Big News Network.com
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‘Treaty Betrayed’: US Senate Decries Russia’s Violations of Helsinki Final Act – Kyiv Post

  1. ‘Treaty Betrayed’: US Senate Decries Russia’s Violations of Helsinki Final Act  Kyiv Post
  2. Pope marks 50th anniversary of Cold War-era deal on security and human rights  AP News
  3. Explainer: The Helsinki Process and the Transformation of Europe  Kyiv Post
  4. As the Helsinki Accords Turn 50, Russia Has Broken All 10 Core Principles  UNITED24 Media
  5. The Helsinki accord was a masterpiece of European diplomacy. Fifty years on, we need its spirit more than ever  The Guardian
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Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions – NPR

  1. Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions  NPR
  2. Tensions high as new violence spirals in Syria’s Suwayda despite ceasefire  Al Jazeera
  3. Renewed clashes in Syria's Druze-majority Sweida kill four people, monitor says  France 24
  4. Armed groups attack security force personnel in Syria's Sweida, killing one, state TV reports  Reuters
  5. Exclusive: Shocking images reveal scale of devastation in Syria’s Druze heartland  Ynetnews
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