“Caution Against Double Standards”: India On NATO’s Russia Trade Warning – NDTV

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  1. "Caution Against Double Standards": India On NATO's Russia Trade Warning  NDTV
  2. India can secure oil even if Russian imports sanctioned, minister says  Reuters
  3. Ukraine peace deal: India hits out at Nato chief's sanction warning over trade with Russia; warns against  Times of India
  4. NATO Chief Warns China, India and Brazil Over Russia Links  Bloomberg
  5. Energy first: India rejects Nato chief's sanctions threat over Russia oil trade  India Today
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Risk of undersea cable attacks backed by Russia and China likely to rise, report warns

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Spate of incidents in Baltic Sea and around Taiwan are harbinger for further disruptive activity, cybersecurity firm says

The risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan, according to a report.

Submarine cables account for 99% of the world’s intercontinental data traffic and have been affected by incidents with suspected state support over the past 18 months.

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Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz sign UK-Germany friendship and cooperation treaty – UK politics live

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UK PM and German chancellor sign first bilateral agreement between the UK and Germany since the second world war

While Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.

There is a live feed here.

Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused?

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Mark Latham’s alleged behaviour in parliament is a sign of a toxic political culture for women – and that’s a much bigger problem to fix

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Chris Minns and his opposition counterpart are the only ones who can drive broader change and improve workplace culture

Over the past few years, political leaders around Australia have been called out for tolerating poor behaviour – mostly by male politicians and staff directed at their female colleagues.

This time, the focus is on New South Wales MP Mark Latham.

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Children under seven should not drink slushies containing glycerol, says regulator

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Food Standards Agency warns that the drinks can cause decreased consciousness and low blood sugar

Children under seven should not drink slushies containing glycerol because of the serious health risks they can cause, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said.

Glycerol is a naturally occurring alcohol and sugar substitute that helps slushies maintain their texture by preventing liquid from freezing solid.

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Russia must be ready to strike West if it escalates Ukraine war, Medvedev says – Reuters

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  1. Russia must be ready to strike West if it escalates Ukraine war, Medvedev says  Reuters
  2. Russia threatens West with ‘preemptive strikes’ as NATO looks to deliver Patriots 'as quickly as possible'  Fox News
  3. Russia's Medvedev says preemptive strikes against the West could be needed, TASS reports  Yahoo
  4. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky and Trump consider drone ‘mega-deal’ as Russia steps up attacks  The Independent
  5. Russia must be ready to strike the West if it escalates the war in Ukraine, Kremlin says  New York Post
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UK unemployment rises and wage growth slows as jobs market ‘weakens’

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ONS data shows jobless rate climbing to highest rate since June 2021 with growth in average earnings slowing to 5%.

Unemployment climbed and wage growth slowed in the three months to May, according to official figures that will pressure the Bank of England to cut interest rates next month.

Data from the Office for National Statistics, released on Thursday, showed that Britain’s official unemployment rate rose to 4.7% in the three months to May, up 0.1% from April to reach the highest level since June 2021.

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Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law

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President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities

Brazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists as the most significant setback for the country’s environmental legislation in the past 40 years.

The new law – widely referred to as the “devastation bill” and already approved by the senate in May – passed in congress in the early hours of Thursday by 267 votes to 116, despite opposition from more than 350 organisations and social movements.

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