Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine
Takahiro Shiraishi made contact with his victims on social media then lured them to his apartment.
Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine – BBC
- Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine BBC
- Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people NPR
- ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine in Japan reportedly executed The Guardian
- Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people CNN
- Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022 Reuters
Watch: Stars arrive in Venice for Jeff Bezos wedding
Celebrities were seen in water taxis on Venice's canals in the lead up to the lavish multi-million dollar ceremony.
Canada passes law fast-tracking ‘nation building’ projects to counter Trump
The government hopes the legislation will reduce dependence on the US, but has drawn criticism from environmental groups.
Canada passes law fast-tracking ‘nation building’ projects to counter Trump
The government hopes the legislation will reduce dependence on the US, but has drawn criticism from environmental groups.
EU leaders try to out-bully Trump, floating world trade club without US – politico.eu
- EU leaders try to out-bully Trump, floating world trade club without US politico.eu
- EU leaders on WTO: We need to ‘come up with something else’ CNN
- Von der Leyen proposes setting up EU-led alternative to WTO Financial Times
- Von der Leyen touts EU-led alternative to mired WTO Euronews.com
- Germany's Merz: Von der Leyen suggested Europeans build a new trade organisation Forex Factory
Ceasefire in Iran gives rise to new calls for a deal to end Gaza war – The Washington Post
- Ceasefire in Iran gives rise to new calls for a deal to end Gaza war The Washington Post
- There Is Only One Way to End the Gaza War and Prevent Future Bloodbaths Haaretz
- The fighting has stopped between Israel and Iran. Families of hostages now hope for a deal in Gaza AP News
- Hostage families hope Iran truce yields Gaza deal: ‘Hamas is at its weakest point’ The Times of Israel
- While the world watched Iran and Israel, what happened in Gaza? Al Jazeera
Iran Update, June 26, 2025 – Institute for the Study of War
- Iran Update, June 26, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Is the 12-day Israel-Iran war really over – and who gained what? Al Jazeera
- Trump rebukes Israel-Iran ceasefire violations; classified briefing delayed amid nuclear program questions NBC News
- Evening recap Middle East Eye
- Iran News in Brief – June 27, 2025 National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash – Reuters
- Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash Reuters
- Investigators begin analyzing black boxes from fatal Air India crash The Washington Post
- India denies entry to UN aviation investigator in Air India crash probe, say sources The Economic Times
- Air India C.E.O.’s Remarks After Plane Crash Draw Scrutiny The New York Times
- Air India crash authorities give first major update on recovery of black box data The Independent
India denies entry to UN aviation investigator in Air India crash probe, say sources – Reuters
- India denies entry to UN aviation investigator in Air India crash probe, say sources Reuters
- Air India: India begins downloading data from recorders of crashed Dreamliner BBC
- Flight Recorder Work Offers Hope For Air India Probe Progress Aviation Week Network
- Aviation Oversight Flaws: Air India Crash Was a Consequence, Not an Accident Deccan Herald
- Air India crash authorities give first major update on recovery of black box data The Independent
Home owned by Brad Pitt broken into in Los Angeles
LA police say suspects broke in through the front window, ransacked the home and fled with property
Police are investigating a break-in at a home reportedly owned by Brad Pitt, who has been on a globe-spanning promo tour for his new movie, F1, after three people allegedly “ransacked” the property.
The Los Angeles police department confirmed they responded to a break-in Wednesday night at a house on the 2300 block of North Edgemont Street in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Continue reading...Lalo Schifrin, composer of Mission: Impossible theme and more than 100 film and TV scores, dies aged 93
The Argentinian composer also wrote the scores for Cool Hand Luke and Dirty Harry, and wrote one of the biggest-selling works in the history of classical music
Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for Mission: Impossible and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, has died aged 93.
Schifrin’s sons, William and Ryan, confirmed the composer died on Thursday of complications from pneumonia.
Continue reading...Trump makes case for ‘big, beautiful bill’ and cranks up pressure on Republicans
President calls for passage of signature tax bill but it’s not yet clear whether Senate Republicans have sufficient votes
Donald Trump convened congressional leaders and cabinet secretaries at the White House on Thursday to make the case for passage of his marquee tax-and-spending bill, but it remains to be seen whether his pep talk will resolve a developing logjam that could threaten its passage through the Senate.
The president’s intervention comes as the Senate majority leader, John Thune, mulls an initial vote on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, before a 4 July deadline Trump has imposed to have the legislation ready for his signature.
Continue reading...BBC inside Iran state TV building hit by Israeli missile strike
The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from the ruins of an Iranian state TV building hit during the conflict with Israel.
‘They brainwashed my son’: the families of PKK fighters waiting for 40-year conflict to end
The families of PKK fighters speak of their hopes and fears after the group announced it was disbanding.
Are East African governments uniting to silence dissent?
Cases of repression in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have fuelled concerns about possible collaboration.
The art of Trump’s ceasefire Could Iran’s regime change come from within? – UnHerd
- The art of Trump’s ceasefire Could Iran’s regime change come from within? UnHerd
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- Opinion | What Bombs Can’t Do in Iran The New York Times
- Experts Agree: Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated The White House (.gov)
- If not a war, what has Trump started? CNN
Police identify seven as main suspects in Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry
More than 45 individuals being investigated in relation to widespread miscarriage of justice
The police criminal inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is investigating more than 45 individuals, with seven formally identified as main suspects.
The investigation, which the police described as unprecedented in size and scale, is the first to examine potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice by those who made “key decisions” on Post Office investigations and supporting prosecutions of branch-owner operators.
Continue reading...People dying early of cancer costs UK economy £10.3bn a year, study finds
Cancer Research UK says this is more than any other health condition and 350,000 years of productivity are lost
People dying early of cancer costs the UK economy £10.3bn a year, more than any other health condition, a study has revealed.
That is the total cost of the 350,000 years of lost productivity recorded across Britain every year because adults have died prematurely of the disease, according to Cancer Research UK (CRUK).
Continue reading...One in four young people in England have mental health condition, NHS survey finds
Rates are higher in young women as in young men and mental ill health up across age groups, study shows
Sharp rises in rates of anxiety, depression and other disorders have led to one in four young people in England having a common mental health condition, an NHS survey shows, with young women more likely to report them than young men.
The study found that rates of such conditions in 16- to 24-year-olds have risen by more than a third in a decade, from 18.9% in 2014 to 25.8% in 2024.
More than a fifth (22.6%) of adults aged 16 to 64 have a common mental health condition, up from 18.9% in 2014.
More than one in four adults (25.2%) reported having had suicidal thoughts during their lifetime, including about a third of 16- 24-year-olds (31.5%) and 25- to 34-year-olds (32.9%).
Self-harm rates have quadrupled since 2000 and risen from 6.4% in 2014 to 10.3% in 2024, with the highest rates among 16- to 24-year-olds at 24.6%, especially young women at 31.7%.
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