Hunter missing in Japan as spate of bear attacks triggers emergency to be declared in northern town

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Search for missing man comes after series of attacks across Japan this month in which at least two people have died

Authorities in Japan are searching for a hunter who went missing on a mountain in Hokkaido near where a brown bear was recently spotted, amid a spate of deadly attacks by the animals that has triggered the declaration of a bear emergency in one town.

The hunter was reported missing by a friend on Mt Esan on Tuesday afternoon in the northern island of Hokkaido after he failed to return home. A rifle believed to belong to the missing man was found on the side of a mountain road, and bloodstains were discovered nearby. A large brown bear was seen near the road on Saturday.

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Small plane hijacked in Canada, suspect arrested on landing at Vancouver airport – Tribune India

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  1. Small plane hijacked in Canada, suspect arrested on landing at Vancouver airport  Tribune India
  2. Stolen small plane circles Vancouver airport as controllers ground flights and pilots abort landings  CNN
  3. Pilot arrested as hijacking of small plane in Victoria causes delays, diversions at YVR  Vancouver Sun
  4. One arrested at Vancouver airport after plane hijacked from Victoria Flying Club  CHEK News
  5. Flights grounded at Vancouver Airport after small plane allegedly 'hijacked,' RCMP say  CBC
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Germany’s 16 states locked in row over dates of school summer holidays

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Two southern states cling to past ruling that children are needed for harvest and claim the latest, most favoured slot

Germany’s 16 states are locked in a fierce row over when they are able to take their summer school holidays, with the southernmost two accused of permanently hogging the best slots on the grounds that their children are required to help bring in the harvest.

Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are resisting calls from the other 14 federal states to join the long-held national rotation system of school summer holidays that the other states take part in.

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Houthi-linked dealers sell arms on X and WhatsApp, report says

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Traders affiliated to Iran-backed rebel group found to have been running weapon stores on social media for years

Arms dealers affiliated with Houthi militants in Yemen are using X and Meta platforms to traffic weapons – some US-made – in apparent violation of the social media firms’ policies, a report has revealed.

The Houthis, an Iran-backed group of rebels who have controlled swathes of Yemen since 2014, are designated as a terrorist organisation by the US, Canada and other countries.

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Adelita Grijalva wins Arizona Democratic primary for House seat

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Grijalva beat Gen Z activist Deja Foxx in the race and will succeed her late father, Raúl Grijalva, in the role

Adelita Grijalva won the Democratic House primary in Arizona to succeed her father, beating a young social media activist in a closely watched election seen as a test of the party’s generational divide.

Raúl Grijalva, a longtime congressman in southern Arizona, died from cancer earlier this year and left a vacancy in the state’s seventh district. The younger Grijalva, a 54-year-old who served for 20 years on a Tucson school board, has been a Pima county supervisor since 2020.

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Duo sentenced to four years for ‘moronic’ killing of tree in England – The Washington Post

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  1. Duo sentenced to four years for ‘moronic’ killing of tree in England  The Washington Post
  2. Men sentenced to over 4 years in prison for cutting down iconic tree  Yahoo
  3. Great-gran's 200-mile trip to Sycamore Gap case  BBC
  4. Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison  The New York Times
  5. Sycamore Gap pair jailed for four years and three months – as it happened  The Guardian
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Senate Republicans advance Trump bill to cancel $9bn in approved spending

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President is looking to clawback money from public media and foreign aid programs to seemingly control US debt

Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9bn in previously approved spending, overcoming concerns about what the rescissions could mean for impoverished people around the globe and for public radio and television stations in their home states.

JD Vance broke the tie on the procedural vote, allowing the measure to advance, 51-50.

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‘An insult’: Malaysians slam nomination of ‘alpha-male’ Nick Adams as US ambassador

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Adams’ comments about Israel have provoked particular concern in Malaysia, a staunch supporter of Palestine

Former government ministers and youth politicians in Muslim-majority Malaysia have slammed a decision to nominate right-wing influencer Nick Adams as US ambassador to the country, calling it an insult to the nation.

Donald Trump announced last week that Nick Adams, a self-proclaimed “alpha male”, had been announced as ambassador to Malaysia, praising him as a “incredible patriot”.

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