- “There is Something Very Different Going on Here”: Archaeologists Keep Finding Gigantic Shoes at This 2000-Year-Old Roman Site The Debrief
- Giant shoes found near Hadrian’s Wall spark mystery around the soldiers of ancient Rome CNN
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Why does Israel want to prolong the war on Gaza?
Israeli columnist Gideon Levy says Israel has ‘no clue’ about dealing with Gaza, besides ongoing death and destruction.
Former Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari dies aged 82
The former military ruler was "converted" to democracy and won the historic 2015 elections.
Forbes: Ukraine’s drone swarms beat Russia—now the US needs satellite swarms before China does – Euromaidan Press
- Forbes: Ukraine’s drone swarms beat Russia—now the US needs satellite swarms before China does Euromaidan Press
- A Never-Ending Supply of Drones Has Frozen the Front Lines in Ukraine The Wall Street Journal
- How drones and video-game techniques are coming together in Ukraine’s war The Economist
- Ukraine Turns to Fishing Nets to Catch Russian Drones The New York Times
- Kyiv to allocate $6.2 million to drone interceptor program Reuters
Trump wants to ‘remake’ Fema, not eliminate it, Kristi Noem says
Noem says president’s response to Texas floods shows how he wants to change US disaster relief agency to help states
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that Donald Trump wants to have the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) “remade” instead of eradicated entirely.
In a new interview on Sunday with NBC, Noem defended the Trump administration’s response to the deadly Texas floods that have killed at least 120 people, saying: “I think the president recognizes that Fema should not exist the way that it always has been. It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.”
Continue reading...‘Serious incident’ at Southend airport after small plane crashes
Emergency services at the scene after Beechcraft B200 aircraft involved in collision at about 4pm on Sunday
A small passenger plane has crashed after taking off in Essex.
The Beechcraft B200 aircraft crashed at about 4pm on Sunday, soon after taking off from Southend airport, and was seen in flames with dark smoke billowing from it, according to photos circulating on social media.
Continue reading...Bishops call on UK government to take action over West Bank settler violence
Senior Church of England clerics want ministers to intensify sanctions and be willing to suspend Israeli trade agreement
Four senior Church of England bishops have called on the UK government to intensify the use of sanctions and to be willing to suspend its trade agreement with Israel over settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
The situation there is “in freefall with increasing levels of settler violence and intimidation against Palestinians”, the bishops say in a letter to the Guardian. The settlers are acting with impunity, they add. “Settler violence is state violence by any other name.”
Continue reading...Gaza officials say children killed in strike as Israeli military admits ‘error’
Six children waiting for water are among those killed in an Israeli air strike, emergency service officials say.
Gaza officials say children killed in strike as Israeli military admits ‘error’
Six children waiting for water are among those killed in an Israeli air strike, emergency service officials say.
Fathers plan legal action to get smartphones banned in England’s schools
Two fathers tell education secretary they will seek judicial review in bid for statutory ban to safeguard children
Two fathers plan to take legal action against the government in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England.
Will Orr-Ewing and Pete Montgomery wrote to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, on Friday warning that they would seek a judicial review. They argue that current guidance, which allows headteachers to decide how smartphones are used, is unlawful and unsafe for children.
Continue reading...Ukraine must get ready for future in which there is no ceasefire with Russia
Recognising Putin is not serious about peace is first step towards ‘strategic neutralisation’ proposed by ex-minister
While Donald Trump – and other western leaders – are taking their time to catch up with reality, it is obvious that Vladimir Putin has no apparent desire to halt the war in Ukraine. A realistic future military and diplomatic strategy for Kyiv has to accept that fact – and formulate a new approach.
The past six months have been dominated by the erroneous assumption that it would be possible for Trump to negotiate a ceasefire, even an armistice. That would be followed by the arrival of an Anglo-French led stabilisation force to secure the future of Ukraine. But Putin has shown no desire to stop attacking.
Continue reading...Trump’s latest tariffs ‘are real’ unless deals improve, economic adviser says
Kevin Hassett says talks are ‘ongoing’ after US president announced 30% tariffs on goods from EU and Mexico
Donald Trump has seen some trade deal offers and thinks they need to be better, Kevin Hassett, the White House economic adviser, said on Sunday, adding that the president will proceed with threatened tariffs on Mexico, the European Union and other countries if they don’t improve.
“Well, these tariffs are real if the president doesn’t get a deal that he thinks is good enough,” Hassett told ABC’s This Week program. “But you know, conversations are ongoing, and we’ll see where the dust settles.“
Continue reading...Secret Service’s ‘cascade of failures’ allowed Trump assassination attempt, report says
Highly critical Senate committee report calls for severe disciplinary action against Secret Service in the future
A new Senate committee report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year, described the events as a “cascade of preventable failures” and called for more severe disciplinary action to be taken with the Secret Service in the future.
In the 31-page, highly critical findings released on Sunday, the Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee lamented the mishandling of communications around the rally and said Trump was denied extra security on the day.
Continue reading...China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off – The Wall Street Journal
Trump defends US Attorney General Pam Bondi over Epstein files
The president hits out at critics accusing Bondi of withholding information about the sex offender.
Texas camp buildings were removed from map showing flood risks, US media reports
The camp where 27 girls died successfully challenged initial risk designations by US regulators, according to reports.
Iranian president lightly wounded while escaping Israeli attack
More details emerge on June assassination attempt on President Masoud Pezeshkian and other officials by Israel.
‘Gross over-reach’: Labor group urges Albanese to reject key parts of antisemitism envoy plan
Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine concerned by Jillian Segal’s recommendation government adopt IHRA’s contested definition of antisemitism
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A “groundswell” of Labor rank-and-file members are urging the government to reject key recommendations from the federal antisemitism envoy, according to an internal lobby group, urging a focus on anti-racism education rather than more contentious ideas such as stripping funding from universities and arts bodies.
Labor Friends of Palestine, an internal campaign group of members and politicians, said it was concerned about anti-Jewish hatred, but would be troubled about wider adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s contested definition of antisemitism, as recommended by Jillian Segal in a wide-ranging plan last week.
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Continue reading...More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction
Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government
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An attempt by the New South Wales government to reintroduce koalas to a forest in the state’s far south has failed after more than half of the moved animals died, including two with signs of septicaemia, and the remaining marsupials were taken into care.
The translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April were not made public by the government, prompting questions about whether something went wrong with the project and calls from the NSW Greens for a review.
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