Russia warns US, South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea – Yahoo

  1. Russia warns US, South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea  Yahoo
  2. Russia's Lavrov meets North Korea's Kim, praises ties as 'invincible brotherhood'  Reuters
  3. Russia’s Lavrov meets Kim Jong Un in North Korea with Ukraine war at fore  Al Jazeera
  4. Russia Sends North Korea's Nukes Signal to US Allies  Newsweek
  5. Russia’s Lavrov in North Korea for Latest High-Level Visit  Bloomberg
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Slovakia aims for agreement by Tuesday on end of Russian gas supplies, sanctions – Reuters

  1. Slovakia aims for agreement by Tuesday on end of Russian gas supplies, sanctions  Reuters
  2. EU Edges Closer to New Price-Cap Regime for Russian Oil Trade  Bloomberg
  3. Slovakia’s Fico eyes deal Tuesday on EU’s Russian gas ban and sanctions package  politico.eu
  4. Slovakia maintains veto on new package of EU sanctions against Russia  Euronews.com
  5. Floating Oil Caps and EU Energy Infrastructure: A Strategic Shift for Investors  AInvest
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2 dead as Russia attacks Ukraine overnight with almost 600 drones, Kyiv says – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  1. 2 dead as Russia attacks Ukraine overnight with almost 600 drones, Kyiv says  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Russian drone, cruise missile and bomb attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine  AP News
  3. Russia attacks west Ukraine with drones and missiles, kills two  Reuters
  4. Russia Bombards Ukraine as U.S. Frustration Mounts  The New York Times
  5. Russian strikes kill 13 across Ukraine, as Putin attacks previously safe cities as part of new strategy  New York Post
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Sweden set to rent cells in Estonian jails as it runs out of room for its prisoners

Centre-right government rejects long-established national policies focused on rehabilitation and reintegration

Sweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places in Estonian jails to help house its rapidly expanding prison population.

The move to outsource prison places is one of a slew of policies aimed at transforming the Swedish criminal justice system as the centre-right government struggles to tackle gang violence and prisons warn of overcrowding.

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The Killing Fields execution site and two former Khmer Rouge prisons added to Unesco heritage list

The three Cambodian sites’ inscription coincides with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power of the brutal regime

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by Unesco to its world heritage list.

The three locations were inscribed to the list by the UN cultural agency on Friday during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris.

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Sydney family of detained Palestinian woman plead with home affairs minister over visa cancellation

‘We need our auntie back, we need her freedom,’ says cousin of Maha Almassri, who was moved to Villawood detention centre after pre-dawn raid

The family of a Palestinian grandmother detained in Sydney by immigration authorities after a pre-dawn raid have pleaded with the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, for answers about her visa cancellation and “real representation” to secure her freedom.

Maha Almassri, 61, was on Thursday morning awoken by border force officers at her son’s home in western Sydney. She had fled Gaza in February 2024 and entered Australia on a visitor visa shortly afterwards. She was granted a bridging visa in June 2024 after applying for a protection visa.

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Father given £1,173 refund from nursery in England after ‘top-up’ fees investigation

Preschool establishment asked for extra compulsory fee for ‘consumables’ – but it should have been free

A nursery has refunded a father almost £1,200 after an investigation found he had been charged mandatory “top-up” fees for hours of childcare that should have been free.

Tiago Gomes’s daughter was eligible for government-funded childcare at the Lake House day nursery and preschool in Bristol but he was told that he must pay an extra compulsory fee for “consumables”.

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Nearly 60 Labour MPs call for UK to immediately recognise Palestinian state

Exclusive: MPs say in letter Gaza is being ethnically cleansed as Israeli defence minister plans ‘forcible transfer’

Nearly 60 Labour MPs have demanded the UK immediately recognises Palestine as a state, after Israel’s defence minister announced plans to force all residents of Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah.

The MPs, who include centrist and leftwing backbenchers, sent a letter to David Lammy on Thursday warning they believed Gaza was being ethnically cleansed.

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MPs and political candidates face ‘industrial’ levels of abuse, minister says

Exclusive: Young people deterred from politics, Rushanara Ali warns, as government plans stricter punishments

MPs and political candidates are facing “industrial” levels of intimidation and harassment, a minister has warned, as the government outlines plans for stricter punishments for those found guilty of abuse.

Rushanara Ali, the minister for democracy, said her colleagues were suffering worse harassment than ever before and warned this was deterring many young people from becoming politically active.

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