EU reset deal puts Britain back on the world stage, says Keir Starmer

UK prime minister heralds a ‘win-win’ but faces criticism for concessions on fishing rights

Keir Starmer has vowed his EU reset deal will deliver cheaper food and energy for British people, heralding a “win-win” as he sealed the high-stakes agreement with concessions on youth visas and fishing.

“Britain is back on the world stage,” the prime minister said after shaking hands on the deal with the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen in London. “It gives us unprecedented access to the EU market, the best of any country … all while sticking to the red lines in our manifesto.”

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Microsoft employee interrupts CEO’s keynote with pro-Palestinian protest

Protester is engineer who worked on Azure software, which enabled Israeli surveillance of Palestinians

A Microsoft employee disrupted a keynote speech by the company’s chief executive with a pro-Palestinian protest at the company’s annual developer conference on Monday.

Joe Lopez, a Microsoft firmware engineer who worked on parts of the company’s cloud-computing platform, Azure, was escorted out the Build conference by security nearly immediately after he confronted Satya Nadella.

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Starmer’s post-Brexit reset offers clear benefits – but there is political risk too

While getting UK-EU deal through parliament should be easy enough, cries of ‘betrayal’ may chime with some voters

There were two moments at the UK-EU summit where it felt as if a corner had truly been turned. It was not on agrifoods, nor youth mobility, defence or fishing.

When Keir Starmer said the UK had changed, the most symbolic evidence of that came in a press release from No 10 that set out the terms of the agreement brokered at Lancaster House.

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IDF discovered Mohammed Sinwar’s secret meeting after Edan Alexander’s release – The Jerusalem Post

  1. IDF discovered Mohammed Sinwar's secret meeting after Edan Alexander's release  The Jerusalem Post
  2. 'Turning point?' Why those pinning hopes on Israel's killing of Hamas leaders are mistaken  Haaretz
  3. Israel begins Gaza ground operation, kills 144 in relentless bombardment  Al Jazeera
  4. Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar’s body said found in Gaza tunnel hit by IDF last week  The Times of Israel
  5. Who Is Muhammad Sinwar, the Hamas Leader Targeted by Israel?  The New York Times
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Trump-Putin call under way, White House says, as US president hopes to reach Ukraine ceasefire – US politics live – The Guardian

  1. Trump-Putin call under way, White House says, as US president hopes to reach Ukraine ceasefire – US politics live  The Guardian
  2. The latest on Trump’s presidency as he speaks to Putin about war in Ukraine  CNN
  3. Putin agrees with Trump to work with Ukraine on memorandum on possible peace accord  Reuters
  4. Live updates: Putin says Russia is ready to work to end fighting in Ukraine after call with Trump  AP News
  5. Trump, Putin talk as Ukraine and Europe push for immediate ceasefire  The Washington Post
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Scientists recommend limits on urban beekeeping to protect Australia’s native bees from honeybees

Introduced bees could be harming native species and risk driving them to extinction, researchers say

Scientists have recommended limits on urban beekeeping after a peer-reviewed study found introduced honeybees could be harming Australian native bees and risked driving them to extinction.

The Australian research, published in Frontiers in Bee Science, found native bees living in areas with high densities of introduced honeybees had fewer female offspring and a higher death rate in their first year of life.

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