Signal leak put lives of military personnel ‘at stake,’ says House Democrat – NPR

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  1. Signal leak put lives of military personnel 'at stake,' says House Democrat  NPR
  2. Democrats push to emphasize 'fight' post-Signal scandal, but is that enough?: ANALYSIS  ABC News
  3. Yes, Pete Hegseth Should Be Fired for What He Texted — and for Lying About It  National Review
  4. Jeffries calls for firing Hegseth over war plans group chat  POLITICO
  5. House Democrat: Hegseth shared classified info to make up for ‘personal inadequacies’  The Hill
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Flight bookings between Canada and US down 70% amid Trump tariff war

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Airline capacity between two countries reduced through October 2025 as high-profile incidents of Ice arrests on rise

Airline travel between Canada and the US is “collapsing” amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, with flight bookings between the two countries down by over 70%, newly released data suggests.

According to data from the aviation analytics company OAG, airline capacity between Canada and the US has been reduced through October 2025, with the biggest cuts occurring between the months of July and August, which is considered peak travel season. Passenger bookings on Canada to US routes are currently down by over 70% compared to the same period last year.

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“The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children – Drop Site News

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  1. “The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children  Drop Site News
  2. There are more child amputees in Gaza than anywhere else in the world. What can the future hold for them?  The Guardian
  3. Gaza’s stolen childhood: The thousands of children Israel killed  Al Jazeera English
  4. He Was an Ordinary Boy. Then Israel’s Bombs Came.  The Nation
  5. Fr. Faltas: Children in Gaza deserve ‘precious gift of peace’  Vatican News - English
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Putin is playing games with you, Starmer and Macron warn Trump – POLITICO Europe

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  1. Putin is playing games with you, Starmer and Macron warn Trump  POLITICO Europe
  2. European leaders say now not the time to lift sanctions on Russia in clear message to Trump  CNN
  3. Russia Warns Europe Is Blocking Trump's Black Sea Truce  Newsweek
  4. Starmer says sanctions should increase on Russia to secure Ukraine peace  BBC.com
  5. European leaders agree now ‘not the time’ to lift sanctions against Russia  The Guardian
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Germany Got $1 Trillion for Free, Deutsche Bank Chairman Says – Bloomberg

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  1. Germany Got $1 Trillion for Free, Deutsche Bank Chairman Says  Bloomberg
  2. How Germany's Bundeswehr could spend billions of euros  DW (English)
  3. Merz's spending splurge risks blowback among German conservatives  Reuters
  4. Germany's fiscal stimulus redraws eurozone economic map  Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking
  5. Germany is back: Berlin is betting on strength, not just diplomacy  Ukrainian World Congress
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Federal election ‘will be won or lost in the suburbs’, Chalmers says

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Treasurer is scathing of Coalition’s pledge to repeal Labor’s tax cuts but admits he is ‘very concerned’ about global trade war

The federal election will be a battle of the suburbs, the treasurer says, declaring Labor’s budget and economic plan is focused squarely on the outer suburban areas which may decide the next prime minister.

In an interview with Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast, Jim Chalmers also dismissed Peter Dutton’s budget reply centrepiece, a temporary fuel excise cut, as providing “no ongoing help with the cost of living”.

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Labor’s grassroots environmental group dismayed by rushed bill protecting salmon industry

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The Labor Environment Action Network says it won’t ‘sugar coat’ its reaction after working ‘so hard’ on obtaining commitment for EPA

Labor’s grassroots environment action network has told its members it does not support legislation that Anthony Albanese rushed through parliament this week to protect salmon farming in Tasmania, describing it as “frustrating and disappointing”.

In an email on Thursday, the Labor Environment Action Network (Lean) said it would not “sugar coat” its reaction to a bill that was introduced to end a formal government reconsideration of whether an expansion of fish farming in Macquarie Harbour, on the state’s west coast, in 2012 was properly approved.

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Muslim groups reject push for new Islamophobia definition at Australian universities

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Groups call for a unified anti-racism standard and say separate definition would ‘shield’ universities from criticism of the antisemitism definition

A coalition of Muslim and Palestinian organisations have rejected a push by universities to adopt a new definition of Islamophobia, arguing it would “shield” the institutions from criticism of their contentious new antisemitism definition, and that a unified standard that rejects all racism is what is needed.

Last month, Australia’s universities confirmed they would unilaterally enforce a new definition of antisemitism on campuses after an inquiry recommended higher education providers “closely align” with the contentious International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition.

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Stinging deaths, back yard poisons and billions spent: model predicts Australia’s fire ants future

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Exclusive: Cost blow-out has experts worried people will use ‘huge’ volumes of pesticides to protect themselves from ‘tiny killers’

Australian households will spend $1.03bn every year to suppress fire ants and cover related medical and veterinary costs, with about 570,800 people needing medical attention and 30 likely deaths from the invasive pest’s stings, new modelling shows.

The Australia Institute research breaks down the impact of red imported fire ants (Rifa) by electorate, with the seats of Durack and O’Connor in Western Australia, Mayo in South Australia and Blair in Queensland the hardest hit if the ants become endemic.

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Blair: $1.7m in medical costs, $1.5m in vet costs and $5.1m in household pesticide costs.

Dickson: $1.4m in medical costs, $1.2m in vet costs and $4m in household pesticide costs.

Ryan: $1.5m in medical costs, $1.3m in vet costs and $3.4m in household pesticide costs.

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Sirens sound in Jerusalem, central Israel after missiles launched from Yemen – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Sirens sound in Jerusalem, central Israel after missiles launched from Yemen  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Sirens sound in central Israel, Jerusalem as 2 ballistic missiles launched from Yemen; both said intercepted  The Times of Israel
  3. Houthis remain undeterred as missile attacks continue to bedevil Israel, US - analysis  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Trump Administration’s Actions Made Houthi Terrorists Pay  The White House
  5. Israel intercepts two missiles launched by Yemen's Houthis  Reuters
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There’s no rulebook for deep-sea mining. Companies want to push forward anyway – NPR

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  1. There's no rulebook for deep-sea mining. Companies want to push forward anyway  NPR
  2. Deep sea mining impacts visible for 'many decades'  Phys.org
  3. Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone  The Conversation
  4. Deep sea mining impacts still felt forty years on, study shows  Reuters
  5. Deep-sea mining impacts marine life for decades  Earth.com
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