Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine – The New York Times

  1. Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine  The New York Times
  2. Prince Harry's 'worst fears' realized in UK security battle  Fox News
  3. As Trump's envoy meets Putin, Prince Harry's visit echoes Europe's embrace of Ukraine  NBC News
  4. 'Further market turmoil' and 'Harry's secret visit'  BBC
  5. Prince Harry meets war victims in unannounced visit to Ukraine  CNN
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South Africa helicopter crash blamed on penguin in cardboard box that hit pilot’s controls – CBS News

  1. South Africa helicopter crash blamed on penguin in cardboard box that hit pilot's controls  CBS News
  2. Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa  BBC
  3. Unsecured Penguin Causes Helicopter Crash After Hitting Pilot's Controls in Freak Accident  People.com
  4. South African helicopter crash blamed on penguin in a box  NBC News
  5. Helicopter Crash Blamed on ‘Unsecured’ Penguin in a Box  VICE
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Noel Clarke ‘precisely the man’ depicted in Guardian’s reporting, high court told

Closing submission from Gavin Millar KC says actor’s legal team tried to portray an ‘elaborate conspiracy theory’

Noel Clarke has been shown to be “precisely the man” depicted in the Guardian’s articles accusing him of sexual misconduct, vindicating its journalism, the high court has heard.

In closing submissions in the former Doctor Who actor’s libel claim against Guardian News and Media (GNM), Gavin Millar KC said Clarke had been forced to come up with an “elaborate conspiracy theory” to try to rebut the “overwhelming evidence” against him.

Over 15 years, he used his power to prey on and harass female colleagues.

He sometimes bullied female colleagues.

He engaged in unwanted sexual contact, kissing, touching or groping.

He engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments.

He was involved in professional misconduct.

He took and shared explicit pictures and videos without consent, including secretly filming a young actor’s naked audition.

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Ukraine allies pledge €21bn in fresh military support to Kyiv – BBC

  1. Ukraine allies pledge €21bn in fresh military support to Kyiv  BBC
  2. Europe pledges new military support for Ukraine as US envoy meets Putin  France 24
  3. Ukraine allies promise €21bn in military support for Kyiv  The Guardian
  4. Allies pledge €21B in weapons for Ukraine while denouncing Russian attacks  politico.eu
  5. Hegseth Attends Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually  The New York Times
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Government scrambles to save British Steel as firm faces crisis within crisis

Union leaders have welcomed moves towards public ownership but it is not an auspicious environment for nationalisation

Blast furnaces have been making steel in Britain for 300 years, ever since they helped start the Industrial Revolution. This weekend, parliament will sit for the first Saturday in decades as it tries to keep the last two furnaces running for a bit longer.

Keir Starmer has recalled MPs to discuss emergency powers to direct steel companies, including British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks, to “preserve capability and ensure public safety”. The move would be short of nationalisation, but it would give the government more influence on the steel industry than at any point since Margaret Thatcher.

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Red Cross chief says Gaza is ‘hell on earth’ as Israeli assault continues – BBC

  1. Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues  BBC
  2. UN chief says Palestinians in Gaza in ‘death loop’, demands end to blockade  Al Jazeera
  3. U.N. says Israel’s aid blockade has opened ‘floodgates of horror’ in Gaza  The Washington Post
  4. Gaza 'hell on earth' as hospital supplies running out, warns head of Red Cross  Reuters
  5. ‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month  CNN
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Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members

‘Average man from Derbyshire’ shocked to find photo of tattoo celebrating child’s birth was used to deport migrants

A British man was shocked to discover that a photo of his tattoo was included in a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to identify alleged members of a notorious Venezuelan criminal gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA).

Earlier this week, 44-year-old Pete Belton, who lives in the English county of Derbyshire, told the BBC that he was stunned to find a photo of his forearm tattoo featured in a DHS document among nine images of tattoos intended to assist in “detecting and identifying” TdA members.

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Labour MPs urge ministers to focus on rebuilding trading relationship with EU

Call to prioritise reset with Europe comes after top adviser to Trump downplays prospect of US tariffs being reduced

Ministers should focus on rebuilding bridges with the EU, Labour politicians have said, after a senior adviser to Donald Trump downplayed the prospect of a breakthrough with the US.

MPs said the government should “prioritise our trading relationship with the EU” and “get a sugar rush of growth” instead of banking on the prospect of preferential treatment from Washington.

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Mexico to send water to Texas farmers as US treaty threat grows

Mexico’s failure to keep up 81-year-old water-sharing treaty has sparked a diplomatic spat with the US

Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted tariff threats by Donald Trump, said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Friday.

Mexico is looking for alternatives to comply with the 81-year-old water-sharing treaty with the US, Sheinbaum said in her regular news conference. A proposal had already been sent to US officials, she said.

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Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Nearly 2m hectares of forests suitable for endangered koalas have been destroyed since the iconic species was declared a threatened species in 2011, according to analysis for Guardian Australia.

The scale of habitat destruction in Queensland and New South Wales – states in which the koala is formally recognised as being at risk of extinction – has continued despite political promises it would be protected.

Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email

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