Where does Poland’s new president stand on Ukraine?
As some turn on Kyiv, Nawrocki, a nationalist, says Poland and Ukraine must address 'overdue historical issues'.
US ‘is secretly planning to attack China from its South Korea base in the event of a Taiwan invasion’ – Daily Mail
- US 'is secretly planning to attack China from its South Korea base in the event of a Taiwan invasion' Daily Mail
- Pete Hegseth once scared America’s allies. Now he reassures them The Economist
- Strategic Humility — The New Pentagon Doctrine RealClearDefense
- US forces in South Korea pivot to focus on threat of China The Times
- IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2025: Reflections The International Institute for Strategic Studies
At least three killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine
Russia launches widescale assault on six regions of Ukraine, as Kyiv calls for strong international response.
‘I had 30 Lamborghinis’: Pablo Escobar’s top cocaine pilot gives first interview
Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez says Escobar paid him $20m monthly to fly planeloads of coke
A man who eventually became Pablo Escobar’s go-to cocaine pilot has revealed that he first turned down an employment offer from the notorious Colombian drug lord because he was content with the $4m a month he was earning while flying for a competitor.
But, in a new podcast containing what is believed to be his first interview since authorities arrested him at his Florida mansion in 1988, Tirso “TJ” Dominguez recounted how he changed his mind about working for Escobar when the so-called Patrón – or boss – offered him a salary that was five times higher: $20m monthly.
Continue reading...Israel attacks Beirut suburbs on eve of Eid
Israeli air attacks hit buildings in neighbourhoods across southern Beirut on Thursday.
Thailand ready for ‘high-level operation’ in Cambodia border dispute
Thailand's military said it had gathered 'worrisome' indications that Cambodia has stepped up its military readiness.
RCB: Four people arrested in Bengaluru cricket stadium crush – BBC
- RCB: Four people arrested in Bengaluru cricket stadium crush BBC
- "I Want To Stay Here Too": Father Holds On To Grave Of Son Killed In Stampede NDTV
- Bengaluru stampede: Compensation raised to Rs 25 Lakh; KSCA secretary, treasurer resign Times of India
- RCB official challenges arrest as court grants interim relief to KSCA administrators ESPNcricinfo
- Bengaluru stampede: MLC K. Govindaraj sacked from CM’s political secretary post; ADGP Intelligence transferred The Hindu
Australian navy ship accidentally blocks internet and radio across parts of New Zealand
Incident happened as one of the Royal Australian Navy’s largest ships was on its way to Wellington this week
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The Australian defence force (ADF) has conceded that one of its ships inadvertently blocked wireless internet and radio services across swathes of New Zealand’s North and South islands this week.
The incident occurred on Wednesday morning as HMAS Canberra, one of the largest ships in the Royal Australian Navy, was on its way to Wellington, where it ultimately arrived on Thursday.
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Continue reading...Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb
Three emergency workers killed and 20 people wounded as missiles and drones strike Ukrainian capital
Russia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at Kyiv overnight after Vladimir Putin vowed to respond to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb attack on some of the Kremlin’s nuclear-capable bombers.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had launched more than 400 drones and more than 40 missiles at Ukraine, as he urged allies to build pressure on the Kremlin to end its war. Four people were killed, including three emergency workers in Kyiv.
Continue reading...Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ sends ash, lava flowing as hundreds flee
Fiery lava seen flowing from the volcano near the capital as disaster agency issues warning to nearby residents.
‘Two egos going at it’ – Americans react to Trump-Musk feud
Americans have been reacting to the souring relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
NHS England to give urgent help away from A&E to cut ‘corridor care’
Move is part of £450m Wes Streeting plan to tackle long delays and end hospital overcrowding
Hundreds of thousands of patients needing urgent medical help will be treated in settings other than A&E as part of a drive to cut “corridor care” and avoid another NHS winter crisis.
The move is a central plank of a government plan to improve urgent and emergency care in England, tackle the long delays many patients face in A&E and banish overcrowding in hospitals.
Continue reading...The US has checked out. Can Europe stop Putin alone?
As Trump pulls away from Ukraine, Europe must choose: lead the fight - or face the cost of Russian victory.
Australian mushroom lunch cook tells trial meal was ‘special’
Erin Patterson denies intentionally putting toxic fungi into a home-cooked meal to kill her relatives.
Australia mushroom trial: Lunch cook tells trial meal was ‘special’ – BBC
- Australia mushroom trial: Lunch cook tells trial meal was 'special' BBC
- Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial The Guardian
- Australian murder suspect is cross-examined over poisonous mushroom meal NBC News
- Cross-examination of accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson continues — as it happened Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Erin Patterson questioned about weighing deadly mushrooms Yahoo
‘We have a geriatric problem’ – Democrats wrestle with age-old issue
Democrats are wondering what to do with aging candidates after revelations about Joe Biden's health.
Trump travel ban comes as little surprise amid barrage of draconian restrictions
President had cued up ban in January order and, despite exemptions, policy will separate families and harm people fleeing crises
Donald Trump’s first travel ban in 2017 had an immediate, explosive impact – spawning chaos at airports nationwide.
This time around, the panic and chaos was already widespread by the time the president signed his proclamation Wednesday to fully or partially restrict foreign nationals from 19 countries from entering the United States.
Continue reading...EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept reduced rights
Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’
Transgender people must accept a reduction in their rights after the supreme court decision on gender because they “have been lied to over many years” about what their rights actually were, one of the commissioners drawing up the official post-ruling guidance has said.
Speaking at a debate about the repercussions of April’s ruling that “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman, Akua Reindorf said trans people had been misled about their rights and there “has to be a period of correction”.
Continue reading...Noblewoman may have ordered brazen murder of priest outside St Paul’s in 1337
Historian mapping medieval murders has evidence John Ford’s stabbing was revenge hit by impenitent ex-lover
Almost 700 years ago, in a busy London street in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral, a priest called John Ford was brazenly stabbed to death in a crime notable both for its public nature and its ferocity.
It was early evening, just after vespers on 4 May 1337, and the street in Westcheap would have been bustling with passersby. In full view of them all, one man sliced Ford’s throat with an anelace, a foot-long dagger, while two others used long knives to stab him in the belly. Was someone trying to make a very public example of the victim?
Continue reading...Sports Direct pricing practices ‘may be breaking the law’, Which? says
Consumer group makes claims of ‘some questionable and dodgy pricing tactics’ on retailer’s website
Sports Direct could be breaking the law by misleading shoppers into thinking they are getting a good deal, a consumer body has claimed, after it looked at prices of items ranging from trainers to hoodies.
Which? said it had reported the retailer to the Competition and Markets Authority after uncovering what it claimed were “some questionable and dodgy pricing tactics” on its website.
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