How Europe is trying to shield Ukraine from Trump
European leaders are in Kyiv for the anniversary of the Ukraine war while Starmer and Macron prepare to visit the US.
Warmongers and authoritarians suffocating global human rights, warns UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasises alarming human rights abuses in Ukraine, Palestine, and DRC.
Why is Ukraine negotiating a minerals deal with the US?
A minister says nearly all key details have been finalised for a deal giving the US access to the country's minerals.
Video: Italian fighter jets intercept American Airlines passenger plane
An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome after unspecified security concerns.
Musk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestorm
Apparently baseless claim that $21m was given to help voter turnout seized on by Trump and Modi government
Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” has been accused of setting off a political firestorm in India after it claimed that the US government had been sending millions of dollars to support the Indian elections.
In a list published on Musk’s social media platform X last week, Doge, a special group that Donald Trump created, claimed that a $21m grant distributed by USAid – the US agency for international development – to help “voter turnout in India” had been cancelled, as part of the president’s sweeping cuts to foreign aid.
Continue reading...EU suspends select Syria sanctions to encourage democratic development
Brussels says it seeks to encourage democracy as restrictions dealing with energy, transport and banking lifted.
Elon Musk Congratulates Germany’s Far-Right Party AfD After Election Result – Deadline
- Elon Musk Congratulates Germany’s Far-Right Party AfD After Election Result Deadline
- Elon Musk Congratulates AfD Leader on Germany’s Election Results The New York Times
- Elon Musk puts his finger on the scale in German elections MSNBC
- Germany: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe and calls for unity following CDU/CSU election success– live The Guardian
- Elon Musk's X supported far-right German party celebrating historic election gains USA TODAY
Albanese ‘confident’ US would come to Australia’s defence in event of attack
PM tells Q&A that US relationship is ‘rock solid’ as he fields questions on cost of living, housing and antisemitism
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Anthony Albanese says he is confident that the US would defend Australia if it were to come under attack, despite the change in leadership in the US, but that Australia needed to look after its own security and would make its own decisions on foreign policy, including on support for Ukraine.
The comments came on a special edition of the ABC’s Q&A on Monday night, in which the prime minister took questions from members of the public on foreign affairs, the cost of living crisis, housing and social cohesion, in a bid to win over voters ahead of the election being called.
Continue reading...UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ over Israeli settler violence in West Bank – The Times of Israel
- UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ over Israeli settler violence in West Bank The Times of Israel
- Israel sends tanks to the West Bank for the first time in 20 years. Here’s why that’s significant CNN
- West Bank Palestinians fear Gaza-style clearance as Israel squeezes Jenin camp Reuters
- Updates: Israel steps up West Bank raids; Netanyahu accused of sabotage Al Jazeera English
- Israel expels residents of three West Bank refugee camps BBC.com
Starmer says Putin ‘does not hold all the cards’ in Ukraine despite Trump claim – POLITICO Europe
- Starmer says Putin ‘does not hold all the cards’ in Ukraine despite Trump claim POLITICO Europe
- UK announces sweeping package of sanctions against Russia Reuters
- UK announces largest sanctions package against Russia since 2022 GOV.UK
- Starmer announces UK's largest package of Russia sanctions, confirms readiness to deploy peacekeepers in Ukraine Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine-Russia war: US and North Korea reject UN motion condemning Putin’s invasion The Independent
Israel deploys tanks as assault on occupied West Bank intensifies
Tanks are advancing in Jenin, and Palestinian infrastructure and livelihoods are being destroyed in the West Bank.
Pope Francis health: A timeline and what we know so far
The pope is currently fighting pneumonia in his lungs and is also experiencing some signs of kidney failure.
Israel to refuse entry of Pro-Hamas EU lawmaker – Israel Hayom
- Israel to refuse entry of Pro-Hamas EU lawmaker Israel Hayom
- EU delegation nixes trip to Jerusalem, West Bank after Israel banned 4 participants The Times of Israel
- Israel refuses entry to EU lawmaker accused of promoting boycotts of the country ABC News
- 2 MEPs denied entry to Israel POLITICO Europe
- SF MEP Boylan refused entry to Israel during EU visit RTÉ News
Pope critical but ‘in good humour’ in hospital
The pontiff is in good humour and eating normally though he remains "critical", Vatican sources say.
M23 militia’s advance in eastern DRC has killed 7,000 since January, UN told
DRC prime minister tells human rights council fighting has left about 450,000 without shelter after camps destroyed
About 7,000 people have died in fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels started renewed advances in January, the DRC’s prime minister has said.
At a high-level meeting of the UN’s human rights council in Geneva on Monday, Judith Suminwa Tuluka also said the war had left about 450,000 people without shelter after the destruction of 90 displacement camps.
Continue reading...As Russia’s war reaches milestone, Ukrainians count their personal losses
Ukrainian survivors remember their many tragedies three years after Russia's invasion began.
EU eases sanctions on Syria – POLITICO Europe
- EU eases sanctions on Syria POLITICO Europe
- Syria Has Its Biggest Trading Partner Back—but Not the U.S. The Wall Street Journal
- EU suspends sanctions against Syria including on energy, banking Reuters
- EU lifts Assad-era sanctions on Syria’s banking, transport and energy sectors The Times of Israel
- EU eases sanctions on Syria's major economic sectors FRANCE 24 English
German election: Who won, who lost and what’s next?
Christian Democrats came first. But the far right and the left were the biggest gainers.
Far-right surges in German election but set to be frozen out of coalition
Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats will enter coalition talks to form a government after winning the most votes.
Thousands of children in England accused of witchcraft in past decade
Figures emerge as Kindoki Witch Boy film tells true story of Mardoche Yembi who underwent an exorcism as a child
Thousands of children in England have been accused of witchcraft over the past decade, according to new figures that come alongside a film released on Monday.
Faith-based abuse is a worldwide phenomenon but experts found 14,000 social work assessments linked to witchcraft accusations since 2015. In the year running to March 2024 alone, there were 2,180 assessments linked to witchcraft.
Children accused of witchcraft can call Childline on 0800 1111 or NSPCC on 0808 800 500.
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