Lebanon Moves to Disarm Palestinian Groups, a Test Run for Hezbollah – The New York Times

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  1. Lebanon Moves to Disarm Palestinian Groups, a Test Run for Hezbollah  The New York Times
  2. Lebanon will start disarming Palestinian refugee camps in June, official says  The Times of Israel
  3. Lebanese and Palestinian leaders agree that Lebanon won't be used as a launchpad to strike Israel  AP News
  4. Mahmoud Abbas agrees on roadmap to disarm Palestinian factions in Lebanon  Middle East Eye
  5. Lebanon begins drive to defang militant groups  Financial Times
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Four men guilty of Kim Kardashian jewellery heist in Paris

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Three pensioners and a man in his 30s jailed as four others convicted of related charges

Four men have been found guilty of breaking into a luxury residence in Paris and stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from the American reality TV star Kim Kardashian when she attended fashion week in 2016.

Three pensioners and one man in his 30s were convicted of carrying out the armed heist, which was thought to be the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years. Four other people were found guilty of assisting in the plot or related charges. Two people were acquitted of accusations they handed out information about Kardashian’s whereabouts.

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Satellite images show the catastrophic damage to North Korea’s new destroyer that’s lying on its side – Business Insider

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  1. Satellite images show the catastrophic damage to North Korea's new destroyer that's lying on its side  Business Insider
  2. Kim Jong Un’s New Warship Capsizes at Launch Due to ‘Absolute Carelessness’  WSJ
  3. Satellite images reveal North Korea's mangled naval destroyer after failed launch  Fox News
  4. Kim Jong-un Vents Fury After Botched Launch of North Korean Destroyer  The New York Times
  5. Failed Launch and Damage of the Second Guided Missile Destroyer  Beyond Parallel
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Twelve injured after woman stabs people at Hamburg train station

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Police say six victims critically wounded in attack by 39-year-old assailant in Germany’s second-largest city

German police have arrested a woman after at least 12 people were injured in a knife attack at the main station in the northern city of Hamburg.

Some of the injured sustained life-threatening injuries in the stabbing, emergency services said, although the exact number remained unclear.

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Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes

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MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds

Providing every new home with at least one “swift brick” to help endangered cavity-nesting birds has been rejected by Labour at the committee stage of its increasingly controversial planning bill.

The amendment to the bill to ask every developer to provide a £35 hollow brick for swifts, house martins, sparrows and starlings, which was tabled by Labour MP Barry Gardiner, has been rejected by the Labour-dominated committee.

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British students at Harvard report ‘growing anxiety’ over US government attacks

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Trump administration’s effort to ban foreign enrolment could force students to disrupt their studies and careers

British and international students at Harvard report “growing anxiety” over their fate, as the Trump administration’s latest attack on the university could force them to disrupt their studies and careers.

On Thursday, the administration said it would revoke Harvard University’s eligibility to enrol international students, which was later temporarily frozen by a US federal judge on Friday.

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NSW floods: recovery effort begins with 50,000 stranded people urged ‘be patient’

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After fatal flooding and disruption, rain moves south and SES aims to resupply isolated communities. But strong winds will pose new threat

Over 50,000 people remain isolated on the NSW mid-north coast with recovery efforts expected begin on Saturday after the heavy rainfall that has battered the region moved south out of the state.

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) said on Friday that 50,000 people in 15 communities, including Kempsey and Taree, remain isolated by flood waters with 160 active warnings, 39 of which were at emergency warning and 76 at watch and act.

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