- North Korea says it has raised a capsized destroyer upright as it continues repair AP News
- How North Korea Salvaged a Capsized Warship The New York Times
- Mystery Balloons Near Kim Jong Un’s Capsized Warship Puzzle Experts WSJ
- North Korea refloats destroyer that capsized during launch, surprising naval analysts CNN
- Quick Take: Chongjin Destroyer Returned Upright 38 North
Families of children killed in Hillcrest jumping castle incident ‘shattered’ after not guilty verdict
Rosemary Gamble, owner of Taz-Zorb which set up the equipment in Tasmania, had pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with workplace safety laws
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The families of the six children killed in a primary school jumping castle incident are angry after the operator who set up the castle was found not guilty of a workplace safety charge.
Chace Harrison, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Zane Mellor, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan and Peter Dodt died after the incident at Hillcrest primary school in Devonport in December 2021.
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Continue reading...Erin Patterson trial day 28 – as it happened
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Patterson denies telling ex-partner she had important medical news she wanted advice on
Rogers says Simon gave evidence that on 16 July 2023 – two weeks prior to the lunch – Patterson approached him after a church service and said she had some important medical news she wanted advice on and how to break it to the children.
Continue reading...Bouncy castle operator cleared in tragedy that killed six
A court ruled the incident was "due to an unprecedented weather system".
Japanese firm declares lunar mission a failure after crash landing
The failed mission comes two years after the Japanese start-up's first moonshot ended in a crash landing.
War Day 607: Strikes on Hezbollah Underground Sites, IDF Arming Gaza Clan – Anash.org
- War Day 607: Strikes on Hezbollah Underground Sites, IDF Arming Gaza Clan Anash.org
- Lebanon: Israel strikes southern Beirut on eve of Eid Al Adha BBC
- Israel attacks suburbs of Beirut, targeting alleged Hezbollah ‘drone factories’ CNN
- Behind the scenes: How Israeli intel uncovered Hezbollah’s drone network - interview The Jerusalem Post
- Updates: Israel strikes south Beirut as Gaza daily death toll rises to 52 Al Jazeera
Russia attacks Ukraine with missiles and drones – as it happened
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We’re about to wrap up this live coverage for now – thanks for reading. Here’s a recap of what happened this morning.
Russia attacked Ukraine with Russian ballistic missiles and drones during a nighttime attack early on Friday, wounding at least three people, officials said.
Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv, the capital, and falling debris triggered fires across several districts as air defence systems tried to intercept incoming targets, said the Kyiv city administration’s head, Tymur Tkachenko.
Authorities reported damage in several districts and rescue workers were responding at multiple locations. Officials urged residents to seek shelter.
The attacks came after Russia accused Kyiv of state terrorism over its drone operation striking Russian heavy bomber planes at air bases in Siberia and the far north at the weekend and said it would respond as and when its military saw fit.
In Friday’s Russian attacks a fire broke out in a 16-story residential building in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi district and emergency services evacuated three people from the apartment. Rescue operations were continuing. Another fire broke out in a metal warehouse.
A Shahed drone exploded near an apartment building in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region, shattering windows and doors, the regional military administration chief said. Explosions from ballistic missiles were also recorded on the city’s outskirts, Dmytro Bryzhynskyi added.
US president Donald Trump said that during a call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday he urged the Russian president to refrain from retaliating but fully expected Moscow to strike back over Ukraine’s assault on Russian heavy bomber planes.
The UN nuclear safety watchdog’s team at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine heard repeated rounds of gunfire that appeared to be aimed at drones reportedly attacking the site’s training centre, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday. There were no immediate reports of damage to the centre, it said.
German chancellor Friedrich Merz urged Trump in an Oval Office meeting to increase pressure on Russia to end the war.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to “unconditionally support” Russia in the war at a meeting with top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu, Pyongyang state media reported.
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Continue reading...North Korea raises capsized warship after botched launch: Report
Full restoration of the North Korean navy destroyer is expected before a major communist party meeting later this month.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,198
These are the key events on day 1,198 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Trump-Musk feud escalates: What happened? And what comes next?
Elon Musk suggests Donald Trump should be impeached, as US president says the former DOGE adviser 'went CRAZY'.
Eyes on Senate Republicans as Trump and Musk feud over tax and spend bill
Lawmakers still weighing whether to pass ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ at root of rift between US president and tech boss
As the simmering tensions between Donald Trump and his once top adviser, the billionaire Elon Musk, erupted into public view on Thursday, eyes turned to the Republican lawmakers still weighing whether to pass the president’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill”.
It was approved by just a single vote in the House of Representatives with no Democratic support last month, and nonpartisan analysts have found the sweeping legislation could add a whopping $2.4tn-$5tn to the $36.2tn US national debt and make deep cuts to Medicaid and food-assistance programs. Seen as an outline of Trump’s “America first” agenda, the bill would also extend tax cuts, fund beefed-up immigration enforcement and impose new work requirements for enrollees of federal safety net programs.
Continue reading...Judge blocks new Trump bid to deny US entry for Harvard’s foreign students
The Ivy League university has expanded an existing lawsuit to include Trump's latest actions to restrict student body.
Butter madness: New Zealanders turn to churning as price of dairy staple soars
Dairy is the country’s largest export industry, but recent figures from Stats NZ show domestic butter prices have surged 65% and people are getting desperate
New Zealanders are driving cross-country for hours in pursuit of cheap butter while some are ordering it from Australia or even churning their own cream, as the country battles sky-high dairy prices.
Despite dairy being the country’s largest export industry, recent figures from Stats NZ show domestic butter prices surged 65% in the year to March, pushing the average price for 500g to $7.42 (£3.30) – that’s up about $3 from this time last year.
Continue reading...‘Total discrimination’: Chinese students facing US visa ban say their lives are in limbo
Across the US, hundreds of thousands of Chinese students are now uncertain about their academic future and some are considering moving away
Chinese students in the United States are questioning their future in the country after the state department announced last week that it would “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students and enhance scrutiny of future applications from China and Hong Kong.
Chinese students hoping to study at Harvard, the US’s oldest and wealthiest university, are under particular pressure after the Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was banning the school from enrolling new foreign students. The presidential proclamation cited Harvard’s links with China as a particular cause for concern.
Continue reading...Netanyahu confirms Israel arming clans opposed to Hamas in Gaza
Israel has been criticised for giving weapons to a group of "criminals and felons".
Netanyahu confirms Israel arming clans opposed to Hamas in Gaza
Israel has been criticised for giving weapons to a group of "criminals and felons".
People Are ‘Disappearing’ Since Trump Took Office. Here’s What That Means. – HuffPost
- People Are 'Disappearing' Since Trump Took Office. Here's What That Means. HuffPost
- Jayapal Hosts Shadow Hearing on Unlawful Third Country Disappearances Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (.gov)
- Jayapal Demands Information on the Status of Unlawfully Disappeared Immigrants Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (.gov)
Trump administration sanctions International Criminal Court judges
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctioned judges were involved in probes of US and Israeli military actions.
Judge threatens to remove Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs from court for nodding at jury
Music mogul warned to desist from looking and nodding at jury during sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial
The judge in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs threatened to remove the music mogul from court for looking and nodding at the jury during testimony on Thursday.
The court also heard from a woman, under the pseudonym “Jane” and who previously dated Combs, as she began testifying about their relationship and the drug-fueled sexual marathons that she said Combs orchestrated.
Continue reading...Nato chief is determined to give Trump a win with 5% defence spending plan
Some may ask if Mark Rutte's proposal to deter Russian aggression has at least a little to do with appeasing the US president, writes Jonathan Beale.