- Russia probes ex-minister’s death as body found hours after sacking Al Jazeera
- Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say CNN
- Russia Confirms Death of Minister Hours After Kremlin Dismissed Him The New York Times
- Russian minister found dead hours after being fired, authorities say The Washington Post
- ‘It shocked us too’: Russia reacts to minister's suicide hours after President Putin sacked him Hindustan Times
Russia probes ex-minister’s death as body found hours after sacking
Roman Starovoit was found dead near his car in Moscow region hours after President Putin dismissed him.
Trump says Ukraine will receive more weapons after US pause on shipments
The US president says he is "not happy" with Russia's Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine is "getting hit very hard".
Is Pakistan’s messaging on India convincing anyone?
Journalist Sreenivasan Jain asks Pakistani MP Hina Rabbani Khar whether Islamabad's messaging is falling short.
Is India really winning the narrative war with Pakistan?
Journalist Sreenivasan Jain speaks with Indian MP Milind Deora about India's campaign to isolate Pakistan.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,230
Here are the key events on day 1,230 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Liverpool mobile greengrocer to reach ‘food deserts’ with aid of mapping tool
Exclusive: Government-funded pilot in areas where it’s ‘easier to buy a vape than an apple’ may be extended across UK
A mobile greengrocer will deliver fresh fruit and vegetables in areas of Liverpool where it is “easier to buy a vape than an apple” as part of a new government scheme to tackle food inequality.
Families in social housing will receive visits from the Queen of Greens, a mobile greengrocer in the city, which will be directed to the areas of highest need.
Continue reading...As Dalai Lama Turns 90, Dangerous Questions Loom for Tibet – The Bulwark
- As Dalai Lama Turns 90, Dangerous Questions Loom for Tibet The Bulwark
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- China Criticizes India for Modi’s Birthday Wishes to Dalai Lama Bloomberg
- The real-world impacts of the Dalai Lama’s remarks on his succession France 24
- Dalai Lama hopes to live beyond 130 years, much longer than predicted Reuters
‘They rewrite the ending’: the knife crime play with its own outreach scheme
Sam Edmunds hopes to help young people with his play The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return
Growing up in Luton in the late 90s and early 00s, the playwright Sam Edmunds witnessed an abundance of knife violence that has stayed with him to this day.
“Me and my friends had knives pulled on us on numerous occasions. We once saw someone being chased with a machete at the back of the field by our school. In drama class, I remember a boy went into his bag to get his notebook out and a massive knife fell out. A boy in my brother’s year was stabbed over 10 times on a night out.”
Continue reading...More trials with no jury will disadvantage people of colour, campaigners warn
Charities say more judge-only trials in England and Wales could lead to more miscarriages of justice
Removing the right to a jury trial for more offences would disadvantage people of colour and other minorities and lead to more miscarriages of justice, reformers have warned.
Sir Brian Leveson’s independent review of the criminal courts in England and Wales is expected to be published this week and recommend the creation of intermediate courts, sitting without a jury, to try some offences.
Continue reading...Indonesian volcano spews massive ash cloud as it erupts again
Following a series of eruptions three weeks ago, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has begun spewing hot ash and lava again.
‘Fungi fatale’ and ‘death cap stare’: how the world’s media reported Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict
For more than two months, the Australian mushroom triple-murder trial has gripped the world – here’s how it finished up on the front page
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The murder trial has spawned podcasts, documentaries, thousands of column inches, viral social media posts – and a rapt global audience.
After a week of deliberation, a supreme court jury found Victorian woman Erin Patterson guilty of three counts of murder and one of attempted murder after three guests died and one almost died after eating her homemade beef wellington lunch.
Continue reading...Tuesday briefing: Is a ceasefire in Gaza on the table as Netanyahu and Trump meet in Washington?
In today’s newsletter: As Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump meet at the White House, a look at what is at stake for everyone involved
Good morning. The war in Gaza – which began with the horror of the Hamas slaughter and kidnapping of innocent Israelis on 7 October 2023, and has brought unimaginable death and destruction to the civilian population of Gaza almost every day since – has entered its 21st month.
So far every attempt to end the conflict has failed. But the the fraying patience of the US president, Donald Trump, who has promised to deliver peace to Gaza, has seen Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatch a team of negotiators to Qatar for indirect talks with Hamas, with the Israeli leader expected to come under pressure on this week’s trip to Washington DC to agree to a ceasefire.
Immigration | Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce plans for French police to do more to block small boats crossing the Channel at a summit in London this week, but a wider deal on returning asylum seekers is still up in the air.
Iran | The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said in an interview released on Monday that Israel, which last month fought a 12-day war with Iran, had attempted to assassinate him by bombarding an area in which he was holding a meeting.
Poverty | Children in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty” where deprivation has become normalised, the children’s commissioner has said, as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped.
Environment | Millions of tonnes of treated sewage sludge is spread on farmland across the UK every year despite containing forever chemicals, microplastics and toxic waste. An investigation by the Guardian and Watershed has identified England’s sludge-spreading hotspots and shown where the practice could be damaging rivers.
US news | The Texas senator Ted Cruz ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding – a disaster that critics say was worsened by cuts to meteorology.
Continue reading...Tiny fungus farming beetle from WA could wreak havoc on Sydney’s heritage trees
Invasive shot-hole borer only found in Perth in Australia, but as WA moves from eradication to management of pest, risk of spread is ‘heightened’
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The chief scientist of the Botanic Gardens of Sydney is warning of an imminent and deadly risk to the city’s trees posed by an invasive beetle that has led to the removal of thousands of trees in Perth.
The tiny polyphagous shot-hole borer, which is native to south-east Asia, is a “fungus farmer” that burrows into trees and can spread a fungus that kills the host tree.
Continue reading...First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
Until now, there had only been drugs for older children which carried an overdose risk for the young.
‘Like an academic’: private papers reveal John le Carré’s attention to detail
Exclusive: Oxford’s Bodleian libraries to put archive items on display for first time, celebrating spy author’s ‘tradecraft’
The extent of John le Carré’s meticulous research and attention to detail are among insights into his working methods that will be revealed when the master of spy thrillers’ private archive goes on display for the first time this autumn.
His classic cold war-era espionage novels have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and inspired acclaimed films and television adaptations.
Continue reading...US to send more weapons to Ukraine, Trump says
US president says Ukraine must be able to defend itself and is 'getting hit very hard'.
The Islamic Republic’s New Lease on Life – Foreign Affairs
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- Beyond War and Appeasement: Why the World Must Embrace Iran’s ‘Third Option’ National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
US delays higher tariffs but announces new taxes for some countries
Trump says the US will impose a raft of levies after pausing his Liberation Day tariffs.
Nairobi is locked down as Kenyan police clash with protesters – Politico
- Nairobi is locked down as Kenyan police clash with protesters Politico
- 11 dead and hundreds arrested in Kenya’s anti-government protests CNN
- Saba Saba protests: At least 11 dead in Kenya protests as central Nairobi sealed off BBC
- Kenya human rights watchdog says 10 killed, 29 hurt in anti-government protests Reuters
- Eleven Dead in Kenya Protests as Police Shut Capital City Down Bloomberg