- North Korea soldiers, weapons helped Russia at critical moment in war on Ukraine Reuters
- North Korea Is Making Billions From Russia's War on Ukraine Newsweek
- Ukraine official: North Korean troops in Kursk fully master modern tactics nhk.or.jp
- 'They do not surrender': Ukraine commander details fight with North Koreans in Russia ABC News
- The Battlefield Lessons North Korea Has Learned Fighting Ukraine - WSJ WSJ
Millions tune in to 24-hour livestream of moose migrating in Sweden – Euronews.com
- Millions tune in to 24-hour livestream of moose migrating in Sweden Euronews.com
- Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration The Guardian
- The ‘Great Moose Migration’ Livestream Captivates Sweden The New York Times
- Millions tune in for 24-hour live coverage of Sweden’s epic moose migration AP News
- Stop doomscrolling and watch the 'Great Moose Migration' livestream Yahoo
Singapore announces general election on May 3, dissolves parliament – CNBC
- Singapore announces general election on May 3, dissolves parliament CNBC
- GE2025: Parliament dissolved ahead of General Election; Nomination Day on Apr 23 CNA
- Singapore heads into election as tariff worries build: 5 things to know Nikkei Asia
- WP kickstarts GE2025 campaign with slogan ‘Working for Singapore’ The Straits Times
- Singapore to hold general election on 3 May BBC
Disarming Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group no longer inconceivable, analysts say – The Times of Israel
- Disarming Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group no longer inconceivable, analysts say The Times of Israel
- Lebanon supports return to 1949 Armistice Agreement with Israel, Lebanese president says The Jerusalem Post
- Hezbollah withdraws from majority of military sites in southern Lebanon Middle East Eye
- JC Israel Briefing Day 557: A new ceasefire proposal – but little relief for hostage families The Jewish Chronicle
- Nuclear Deal or Not, Hezbollah Must Disarm Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Algeria’s expulsion of French officials ‘will have consequences’, French FM says – France 24
- Algeria's expulsion of French officials 'will have consequences', French FM says France 24
- French row with Algeria escalates further with tit-for-tat expulsions BBC
- France-Algeria Spat Escalates With Diplomatic Staff Expelled Bloomberg
- France Says It Will Expel 12 Algerian Officials as Tensions Rise The New York Times
- France considers response after Algeria expels 12 embassy staff The Guardian
Victoria’s curriculum authority board sacked after VCE exam bungle
Education minister Ben Carroll says VCAA overhaul will aim to give families, students and schools full confidence in exams
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The entire board of Victoria’s curriculum authority has been sacked after a review into the state’s VCE cheat sheet bungle last year.
The blunder, during last year’s year 12 exams in Victoria, saw the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) accidentally publish exam content weeks before students sat for the tests. The review found the sample cover pages containing exam content had been viewed about 6,000 times.
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Continue reading...Lawyers for Australian student who lost eye during IDF raid in West Bank doubt Israel will investigate
Foreign minister Penny Wong has demanded full review into wounding of Ranem Abu-Izneid in November but legal team claim there have been ‘no updates’
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Lawyers for an Australian dentistry student who lost her eye after being struck by shrapnel in the occupied West Bank say they doubt Israel is investigating the matter despite the foreign minister, Penny Wong, demanding a comprehensive probe.
Palestinian-Australian student Ranem Abu-Izneid, 20, was sheltering with her friend on 15 November 2024 at Al-Quds University in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, when she says a bullet fired by Israeli forces penetrated the window. She later lost her right eye.
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Continue reading...Tuesday briefing: How Donald Trump has left Ukrainian civilians in greater danger than ever
In today’s newsletter: In describing the bombing of the city of Sumy as a “mistake” and sidelining dissenting voices, the White House’s passivity towards Russia questions its commitment to peace
Good morning. Russia claimed that its ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy was aimed at Ukrainian army commanders. But the truth is that the attack’s brutal toll was exacted against ordinary people.
The deaths of at least 34 people made it the worst single attack on civilians in Ukraine this year. But the most Donald Trump would say was that he had been told it was a “mistake”. It appears unlikely he will take up Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s invitation, issued yesterday, to visit Ukraine and see the consequences of the invasion for himself.
British Steel | Senior Labour figures have urged the government to review Chinese investment in UK infrastructure in the wake of the British Steel crisis. Downing Street and the Treasury said they believed the row to be an isolated commercial dispute, even though the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has not ruled out deliberate Chinese sabotage of the Scunthorpe plant.
Sudan | Sudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction by the international community, NGOs and the UN have said, as the country’s civil war enters its third year. The UK is hosting ministers from 20 countries in London on Tuesday in an attempt to restart stalled peace talks.
Politics | The former Conservative MP Craig Williams is among 15 people, including several other senior Tories, charged by the Gambling Commission for alleged cheating connected to bets based on the date of the 2024 UK general election.
UK news | Bin workers have “overwhelmingly” rejected a deal that would have ended an all-out strike in Birmingham, during which bin bags have piled up in the streets and the city has faced an influx of rats.
Space | Six women safely completed a trip to the edge of outer space on a rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos, the Amazon co-founder. The crew included Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, and the pop star Katy Perry, who said on landing that she was “really feeling that divine feminine right now”.
Continue reading...Xi Jinping urges Vietnam to oppose Donald Trump’s tariff ‘bullying’ – Financial Times
- Xi Jinping urges Vietnam to oppose Donald Trump’s tariff ‘bullying’ Financial Times
- China's Xi urges Vietnam to oppose 'bullying' as Trump mulls more tariffs BBC
- China, Vietnam sign deals as Xi visits Hanoi amid US tariff tensions Reuters
- Xi makes a case for free trade, presenting China as a source of 'stability and certainty' ABC News
- Xi Jinping goes on charm offensive as Asia reels from tariff whiplash NBC News
Australian PM voices concern after report Russia requested access to Indonesia air force base
Anthony Albanese says ‘obviously do not want to see Russian influence in our region’, and analysts say it is unlikely the unusual request would be granted
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has said officials are seeking further information after a report emerged that Russia is seeking to base military aircraft in Indonesia’s remote Papua region, on Australia’s northern doorstep.
Albanese said on Tuesday: “We obviously do not want to see Russian influence in our region, very clearly.
Continue reading...Peter Dutton says he will help his children with a house deposit ‘at some stage’
Both major parties spruik housing policies, with Anthony Albanese saying critics may not have read all the detail of Labor’s plan
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Peter Dutton says he will help his son with a housing deposit “at some stage”, a day after dodging questions about whether he would use his family wealth and salary to assist his children to get into the market.
Dutton on Monday brought his 20-year-old son, Harry, on the campaign trail to talk about the difficulties of saving for a home. Harry said he and his sister, Rebecca, had both been “saving like mad” to scrape together deposits of their own.
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Continue reading...Man’s body pulled from water after car hits wife and plunges them both into Parramatta River
The 74-year-old woman is in hospital after being rescued by a man working nearby at Greenwich in Sydney’s north
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A retired married couple were at their regular fishing spot in Sydney’s north when the man struck his wife with the car before both plunged into the water.
The 74-year-old woman was rescued from the Parramatta River in Greenwich by a man working nearby, and was in Royal North Shore hospital with non-life-threatening injuries where she was being supported by family and friends.
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Continue reading...The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school. Low-paid carpet weaving is now their lifeline
The BBC speaks to young women who are now working to support their families in one of few jobs they are allowed to do.
Attack on officers raises questions about separation centres at jails in England
The country’s three special units at high-security prisons are in spotlight after Hashem Abedi’s assault against staff
With its high, ugly, grey concrete perimeter walls HMP Frankland looks as grim from the outside as you would expect for a place nicknamed “Monster Mansion”.
Since it was opened in 1983 on the leafy outskirts of Durham – near a 13th-century priory used for centuries as a holiday retreat for Benedictine monks – its inmates have included Peter Sutcliffe, Harold Shipman and Charles Bronson.
Continue reading...Sudan’s years of war – BBC smuggles in phones to reveal hunger and fear
Rare accounts of life in el-Fasher - the last major city in Darfur controlled by the Sudanese army.
Harvard University defies Trump’s demands, faces $2.3bn in funding cuts
The Ivy League school becomes first US university to defy Trump administration's demands after campus protests.
Fan hands himself in after bottle thrown at Van der Poel during Paris-Roubaix
- Dutchman struck on his way to victory in famous race
- Alpecin-Deceuninck and UCI join with condemnation
French justice officials have launched an investigation after Mathieu van der Poel had a plastic bottle hurled at his face during his triumphant ride to a third consecutive Paris-Roubaix victory on Sunday.
“An investigation was opened into the charge of violence with a weapon in order to identify and arrest the perpetrator,” said the Lille prosecutor Carole Etienne on X. The Dutch Alpecin-Deceuninck rider was struck while powering solo over a cobbled section with 33km remaining in the prestigious one-day classic, often called “The Hell of the North”.
Continue reading...Hamas ‘studying’ Israeli ceasefire proposal, demand to disarm a ‘red line’
Hamas says latest Israeli ceasefire proposal demanding the Palestinian group disarm crosses 'a million red lines'.
EU explores legal options for ending Russian gas deals – Financial Times
- EU explores legal options for ending Russian gas deals Financial Times
- Postwar Russian energy return ‘illusory,’ Belgium says politico.eu
- EU mulls plan to let importers break Russian gas contracts without penalties The Guardian
- Back to Russian gas? Trump-wary EU has energy security dilemma Reuters
- EU Plans to Unveil Road Map in May to Phase Out Russian Fuel Bloomberg
EU will struggle to fill gap left by USAID as European countries cut their budgets
NGOs warn of ‘some difficult years’ ahead as increasing humanitarian needs meet shrinking finances
The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has captured headlines, but “very regrettable” reductions in European aid budgets are also contributing to a void in support for some of the poorest people in the world’s most fragile states, according to MEPs and NGOs.
Isabella Lövin, a deputy chair of the European parliament’s development committee, said USAID cuts would have “very dramatic consequences around the world”. But she also criticised recent decisions by EU member states to reduce their aid budgets as “very regrettable” and “wrong”. It would be impossible for the EU to fill the gap, she added.
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