- Emmanuel Macron’s Staff Can ‘Smell the President’ Before He Enters a Room Due to His Dior Eau Sauvage The Daily Beast
- Macron’s fragrance overpowering aides in Elysée Palace The Telegraph
- Tone it down, Macron – men drowning in fragrance is a total turnoff The Independent
- Macron’s ‘industrial levels’ of fragrance overpowering aides in Elysee Palace, book claims AOL.com
- Emmanuel Macron wears ‘industrial amounts’ of Dior cologne, freshens up ‘at all hours of the day’: Report Hindustan Times
Turkish foreign minister says Ankara wants no conflict with Israel in Syria – Middle East Eye
- Turkish foreign minister says Ankara wants no conflict with Israel in Syria Middle East Eye
- Exclusive: Israel hit Syrian bases scoped by Turkey, sources say Reuters
- Turkey moves to take control of Syria’s strategic T4 air base: Sources Middle East Eye
- Israel opposes Turkish military presence near Syrian border, seeks no conflict — official The Times of Israel
- Israel thrives on conflict, biggest threat to regional peace: Türkiye | Daily Sabah Daily Sabah
Trump tariffs could lead to a new world order: Economist Ha-Joon Chang
What’s next for the US and global economy after Trump’s new tariffs? Redi Tlhabi talks with economist Ha-Joon Chang.
‘Death is becoming very imminent now’
“And as I speak, this is the sound of huge explosions.”
White House fires National Security Agency chief
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who met with Trump on Wednesday, said Gen Timothy Haugh was fired because he was "disloyal".
Thai arrest warrant issued for US academic under ban on insulting royalty
Paul Chambers, a university lecturer, to face police interview on Tuesday under lese-majeste and computer crime laws.
Pentagon watchdog probing Hegseth’s Signal app use
The probe will examine whether the defence secretary complied with policy when he used the commercial messaging app.
Ronen Bar: PM demanded Shin Bet rule he coudn’t testify in trial for ‘security reasons’ – Haaretz
- Ronen Bar: PM demanded Shin Bet rule he coudn't testify in trial for 'security reasons' Haaretz
- Shin Bet chief says PM urged him to tell trial judges it wasn’t safe for him to testify The Times of Israel
- Israel's institutions are under pressure after another week of multiple crises The Jerusalem Post
- From Qatargate to the Shin Bet, Netanyahu's Version Lacks Even a Kernel of Truth Haaretz
- Netanyahu Takes On Israel’s Deep State Tablet Magazine
EU hypocrisy on parade as Netanyahu goes to Hungary without a peep – Responsible Statecraft
- EU hypocrisy on parade as Netanyahu goes to Hungary without a peep Responsible Statecraft
- The Sordid Scandal Behind Netanyahu's Weekend Trip to See Viktor Orbán Haaretz
- Hungary Says It Will Exit ICC as Netanyahu Visits The New York Times
- What is the International Criminal Court and how can a member country like Hungary leave? AP News
- Trump speaks to Orbán and Netanyahu on Hungary's withdrawal from ICC Axios
The trade surplus that Trump never mentions
US has a trade surplus from export of services which experts say are now vulnerable to global tariffs.
Starmer to hold talks with other global leaders to discuss response to Trump tariffs, says No 10 – UK politics live
UK prime minister to speak to international leaders this weekend to ‘maintain stability and strengthen our partnerships abroad’
Trump claims Starmer ‘very happy’ about tariffs
Downing Street has refused to confirm President Trump’s claim that Keir Starmer was “very happy” about the treatment the UK is getting under the new US global tariff regime. (See 9.32am.) Asked about the president’s words at the morning lobby briefing, the PM’s spokesperson said that the government had already set out its position yesterday and that it was “disappointed” by the US tariff policy.
Livia Tossici-Bolt has been sentenced at Poole magistrates’ court to a conditional discharge for two years for two charges of breaching a “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth, PA Media reports. See 11.22am.
Continue reading...China hits back at Trump tariffs with 34% tax on US goods, export curbs
Beijing says it will impose additional 34 percent tax on US goods from next week in retaliation to Washington's tariffs.
The Lamps Are Going Out Around Us – The Bulwark
Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault
Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police
The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault, the Metropolitan police have said.
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India’s opposition says will challenge Muslim properties bill in top court
Amendments to 1995 law governing waqf endowments would add non-Muslims to boards that manage such properties.
The surprising casualties of Benjamin Netanyahu’s torrent of terror
Bibi has abandoned the remaining Israeli captives in the evangelical pursuit of Trump's sick plan.
She’s a waitress raised on a farm – can Rebecca Cooke win a key Wisconsin seat?
Moderate Democrat believes she can unseat Republican Derrick Van Orden, who was at the Capitol on January 6
Wisconsin’s third congressional district has voted for Donald Trump every time he’s been on the ballot, but the moderate Democrat Rebecca Cooke, a waitress who grew up on a dairy farm, thinks she can flip the state’s most competitive seat next year.
Last year, Cooke outperformed other Democrats when she tried to unseat incumbent Derrick Van Orden, a retired US Navy Seal who attended the January 6 “Stop the Steal
” rally at the Capitol and shouted “lies” during Joe Biden’s 2024 state of the union address. She lost the race by less than three points.
Japan-owned UK glass factory could shut if no buyer found, risking 250 jobs
Closure of Nippon Electric Glass plant would put further pressure on Rachel Reeves’s industrial strategy
A glass factory in Wigan that produces fibreglass for electric cars and wind turbines faces closure and the loss of 250 jobs unless its Japanese owner can find a new partner or a buyer.
In the latest blow to Britain’s industrial base, Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) announced a “strategic review” of its composites business Electric Glass Fiber UK (EGF), which it expects to last approximately two months, putting about 250 jobs at risk.
Continue reading...Democrats decry reported dismissal of NSA director Tim Haugh
Lawmakers say dismissing head of US Cyber Command puts country at risk at a time of ‘unprecedented cyber threats’
Top congressional Democrats are protesting against the reported firing of Gen Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe”.
Haugh and his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, have been dismissed from their roles, the Washington Post reported late on Thursday, with CNN reporting likewise, both outlets citing multiple unnamed officials and other senior sources close to the matter who had requested anonymity.
Continue reading...Anti-abortion campaigner convicted of breaching buffer zone outside UK clinic
Livia Tossici-Bolt given conditional discharge and ordered to pay £20,000 costs in case that drew US state department concern
An activist whose case had been cited by the US state department over “freedom of expression” concerns in the UK has been convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic.
Livia Tossici-Bolt, an anti-abortion campaigner, went on trial at Poole magistrates court last month accused of breaching a public spaces protection order on two days in March 2023 near to a clinic in Bournemouth. On Friday she was found guilty of two charges of breaching the order.
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