Maps show how far smoke from Canadian wildfires has spread – The Washington Post

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  1. Maps show how far smoke from Canadian wildfires has spread  The Washington Post
  2. Smoke knows no boundaries: What Canada's fires mean for the U.S. in the future  NPR
  3. Canada hit by rise in ‘zombie fires’ that can survive the winter  Financial Times
  4. John Vaillant: Mark Carney should understand better than anyone why Canada is burning. Here’s how he can change course.  Toronto Star
  5. Smoke from intense Canadian wildfires reaches Europe  Euronews.com
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Bargain Hunt expert jailed for offences under Terrorism Act

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Oghenochuko Ojiri given two-and-a-half-year sentence over failure to report art sales to suspected Hezbollah funder

A BBC Bargain Hunt art expert who failed to report a series of high-value art sales to a man suspected of financing the militant group Hezbollah has been jailed for two and a half years.

Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, sold artworks worth a total of about £140,000 to Nazem Ahmad, a man designated by US authorities as a suspected financier for the Lebanese organisation, a court hearing was told last month.

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4 IDF soldiers killed, 5 wounded after booby-trapped south Gaza building collapses – The Times of Israel

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  1. 4 IDF soldiers killed, 5 wounded after booby-trapped south Gaza building collapses  The Times of Israel
  2. After soldiers killed, IDF says troops have no choice but to enter Gaza buildings to check for tunnels  The Times of Israel
  3. Israel’s sports world pays tribute to fallen soldiers Yoav Raver and Chen Gross  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Four Israeli Soldiers Killed in Building Collapse in Gaza's Khan Yunis  Haaretz
  5. Israeli military says four soldiers killed in Gaza, will draft 10,000 more troops  France 24
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Behind the scenes: How Israeli intel uncovered Hezbollah’s drone network – interview – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Behind the scenes: How Israeli intel uncovered Hezbollah’s drone network - interview  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Updates: Israel strikes south Beirut as Gaza daily death toll rises to 52  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel Bombs Beirut Outskirts, Citing Hezbollah Drone Workshops  The New York Times
  4. Israeli military strikes Beirut's southern suburbs  Reuters
  5. Lebanon: Israel strikes southern Beirut on eve of Eid Al Adha  BBC
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Overcrowding forces halt to Gaza aid distribution, Eid holiday marked by violence – Reuters

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  1. Overcrowding forces halt to Gaza aid distribution, Eid holiday marked by violence  Reuters
  2. LIVE: Israel commits ‘massacre’ in Gaza City, 66 killed across the Strip  Al Jazeera
  3. Hamas threats force halt in Gaza food aid distribution, GHF says  The Jerusalem Post
  4. ‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting  CNN
  5. Videos Show Chaos Around Israeli-Backed Gaza Food Sites  The New York Times
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What unites countries under Trump’s travel ban is American imperialism – The Guardian

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  1. What unites countries under Trump’s travel ban is American imperialism  The Guardian
  2. Trump Is Wearing America Down  The Atlantic
  3. Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  The White House (.gov)
  4. Trump’s travel ban could drive some African countries closer to U.S. adversaries  MSNBC News
  5. Trump travel ban rattles immigrant communities across U.S.  The Washington Post
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Confusion and chaos reign in Tasmanian parliament with no endgame in sight

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A vote of no-confidence in Jeremy Rockliff’s government has pushed the state to the brink of an election that all the major players agree is a bad idea

Craig Garland, the fisherman turned maverick independent MP from Tasmania’s north-western corner, summed it up best when he told state parliament on Thursday morning he was “a bit confused”.

Garland wasn’t confused about what he was doing – he calmly backed a no-confidence motion in the Liberal premier, Jeremy Rockliff. But he expressed doubts about how the Tasmanian parliament got here, and what lay ahead.

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Should Sydney’s light rail carriages be modified after second death in two years?

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Police believe man was crossing track between two carriages when struck, sparking safety debate

For the second time in two years, a pedestrian has died after being struck by a tram on Sydney’s light rail.

New South Wales police said they found a man under a tram carriage in Surry Hills on Thursday afternoon. Paramedics treated him at the scene, but he died.

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India vows to keep up development in Kashmir after tourist attack – Reuters

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  1. India vows to keep up development in Kashmir after tourist attack  Reuters
  2. An Engineering Marvel, Decades in the Making: A Rail Line to Kashmir  The New York Times
  3. Mirwaiz urges PM Modi to bridge ‘dil ki doori’ by releasing Kashmiri prisoners, Mufti echoes him  Times of India
  4. Chenab bridge: Narendra Modi inaugurates world's highest single-arch railway bridge  BBC
  5. Kashmir to Kanyakumari no longer just a slogan: LG Sinha  Times of India
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Netanyahu defends arming Palestinian clans accused of ties with jihadist groups

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PM says it ‘saves lives of Israeli soldiers’, after accusations government is giving weapons to ‘criminals and felons’

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has admitted arming clans in Gaza that he says are opposed to Hamas, after allegations that members of these criminal gangs looted humanitarian aid and have ties to jihadist groups.

The admission came after Israeli media reports quoted defence sources as saying Netanyahu had authorised giving weapons to a clan reportedly led by a man known as Yasser Abu Shabab, a Rafah resident from a Bedouin family, known locally for his involvement in criminal activity. Israel allegedly provided Abu Shabab’s group, which calls itself the “Anti-Terror Service”, with Kalashnikov assault rifles, including weapons seized from Hamas.

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