One dead after protests against KFC branches in Pakistan
Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have claimed KFC is a symbol of the United States and its ally Israel.
Trump’s ‘lone ranger’: How Steve Witkoff became the de facto point man on America’s foreign policy challenges – CNN
- Trump’s ‘lone ranger’: How Steve Witkoff became the de facto point man on America’s foreign policy challenges CNN
- Team Trump is slouching toward Armageddon The Hill
- Steve Witkoff is embarrassingly out of his depth dealing with Putin The Telegraph
- Trump Friend and ‘Envoy for Everything’ Steve Witkoff Embarks on High-Wire Diplomacy WSJ
- Top Trump aides rush to defend Witkoff after CNN profile on ‘lone ranger’ Mideast envoy The Times of Israel
Barcelona vs Celta Vigo – LaLiga preview: Team news, how to follow, stream
Barcelona's challenge for a quadruple this season could be hampered by the schedule as Celta Vigo provide latest test.
Trump says US may ‘pass’ on helping end war if Russia, Ukraine resist deal
Ukraine has agreed to a full temporary ceasefire and accused Russia of stalling on a truce agreement.
Why did ICE deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
What does Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case say about the future of immigration under Trump?
‘How do I live like this?’ asks Gaza boy who lost arms in Israeli attack
An image of Mahmoud Ajjour, 9, who was severely wounded in an Israeli strike, won World Press Photo of the Year award.
Crews restore power to nearly all after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico – AP News
- Crews restore power to nearly all after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico AP News
- Puerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening? USA Today
- A look at why an island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico and what caused it AP News
- Most Power Is Restored in Puerto Rico After Islandwide Blackout The New York Times
- Puerto Rico goes completely dark after another islandwide power outage NBC News
Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon Ukraine peace talks
Trump said he could stop war in 24 hours, but team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’
One key to a successful negotiation is always being willing to walk away from the table. But it isn’t clear whether the Trump administration has threatened to give up on a Russia-Ukraine peace deal as a negotiating tactic or simply because it lacks the concentration for a complicated negotiation – a shortcoming that has dogged the administration’s foreign policy through its first three months in office.
Standing on a tarmac in Paris, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, issued a threat that the US could simply “move on” from mediating the biggest military conflict in Europe since the second world war. That would be the latest about-face for an administration that has already taken a back seat on negotiating a peace in Gaza and retreated on implementing worldwide tariffs that shook financial markets around the globe earlier this month.
Continue reading...Russia jails 19-year old for condemning its war in Ukraine
Daria Kozyreva used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest Russia's war on Ukraine.
Detained Welsh tourist tells experience in US border – BBC
Trump’s second state visit to UK to be disrupted by ‘even bigger’ protests
Stop Trump coalition to dust off blimp, hoping demonstrations will surpass those during US president’s 2019 visit
Donald Trump’s second visit to the UK later this year will be disrupted by “even bigger” protests than those that coincided with his state visit in his first term, campaigners have vowed.
On Thursday Trump let slip that he expects to visit the UK in September, after Keir Starmer handed him a personal invitation from King Charles III during his visit to the White House in February.
Continue reading...Italian opposition file complaint over far-right party’s use of ‘racist’ AI images
Centre-left parties slam ‘racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic’ faked images posted on social media by League party
Opposition parties in Italy have complained to the communications watchdog about a series of AI-generated images published on social media by deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s far-right party, calling them “racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic”, the Guardian has learned.
The centre-left Democratic party (PD), with the Greens and Left Alliance, filed a complaint on Thursday with Agcom, the Italian communications regulatory authority, alleging the fake images used by the League contained “almost all categories of hate speech”.
Continue reading...Green party candidate tries to evict Labour opponent from property
Labour says move is hypocrisy since Greens support ban on no-fault evictions such as one served on Labour candidate and her family
A Green party council candidate is attempting to evict his Labour opponent from a house he owns using a no-fault notice, despite his party supporting a ban on exactly such kinds of eviction.
William Pedley, who is standing for the Greens in the Victoria ward of North Northamptonshire council, has served a section 21 notice on his tenant and political rival Kelly Duddridge, who has lived in the property for 10 years.
Continue reading...Robbie Williams says he feels ‘panic’ when fans approach in public
Pop star posts on Instagram about his fright and ‘discomfort’ when asked for photos and autographs
Robbie Williams has spoken of the “discomfort” and “panic” he feels when he is approached for photos and autographs by fans.
In a post on Instagram, the pop star said he was able to “mask” the reality that social interactions frighten him.
Continue reading...Super spicy! Jack Black’s Minecraft song Steve’s Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit
At 34 seconds, the spectacularly silly song from A Minecraft Movie beats the previous record by two seconds
Actor and musician Jack Black has made UK chart history, with the shortest ever song to reach the Top 40: his novelty track Steve’s Lava Chicken is just 34 seconds long.
The spectacularly silly song reaches No 21 this week, and is taken from A Minecraft Movie, the video game spin-off film, which has earned $570m (£430m) so far at the global box office – and caused cinemas to be overrun by the game’s young and high-energy fanbase.
Continue reading...Russia wounds over 100 with new cluster supersonic missile on Ukraine’s Kharkiv – politico.eu
- Russia wounds over 100 with new cluster supersonic missile on Ukraine’s Kharkiv politico.eu
- Russian missile attack kills one, wounds 112 in Ukraine's Kharkiv, officials say Reuters
- Swarmed By Drones, Ukrainian Troops Fight To Hold Ground Near Kupyansk Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- 11 killed, 124 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day The Kyiv Independent
- At least two killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Sumy Al Jazeera
Man Utd career summed up by ‘Maddest game’ – Maguire
Manchester United scored two goals in two minutes in the closing stages of their Europa League quarterfinal with Lyon.
At least two killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon
Israel has continued to conduct near-daily strikes in Lebanon despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah last November.
ICE Barbie’s Alleged Lover’s Brazen Power Grab Laid Bare – The Daily Beast
Body of Kidnapped Australian Mom-of-2 Believed to Found In Burned-Out Car: Police – TooFab
- Body of Kidnapped Australian Mom-of-2 Believed to Found In Burned-Out Car: Police TooFab
- A Mom-of-2 Was Kidnapped by 5 Home Invaders. Police Believe They Just Found Her Body in a Burned-Out Car People.com
- Boy remains in coma after woman's body found in burnt-out car in Sydney's south-west Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- ‘Someone’s about to die’: Woman kidnapped, child bashed, before body found in burnt-out car The Sydney Morning Herald
- ‘Level of violence unheard of’: police suspect body in burnt-out car in Sydney was allegedly kidnapped woman The Guardian