Oil prices end higher after drone attack on Russian pipeline – MarketWatch

  1. Oil prices end higher after drone attack on Russian pipeline  MarketWatch
  2. Oil prices extend gains after Ukraine drone strike hits Kazakh supply  CNBC
  3. Putin suggests Western involvement in Ukrainian attack on CPC oil infrastructure  Reuters
  4. Kazakhstan Seeks Talks With Ukraine After Drones Attack Oil Pipe  Bloomberg
  5. Reported drone strike against Russian oil refinery in Samara Oblast causes fire  Kyiv Independent
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Thames Water secures £3bn lifeline after court ruling – BBC.com

  1. Thames Water secures £3bn lifeline after court ruling  BBC.com
  2. How will approval of £3bn emergency debt package help Thames Water avoid collapse?  The Guardian
  3. Thames Water Emergency Rescue Loan Approved by London Judge  Bloomberg
  4. Thames Water multi-billion pound debt lifeline approved by High Court  Sky News
  5. Time to put Thames Water out of its misery  Financial Times
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Vatican cancels more Holy Year events as pope remains hospitalized with respiratory infection – The Associated Press

  1. Vatican cancels more Holy Year events as pope remains hospitalized with respiratory infection  The Associated Press
  2. Vatican Cancels Pope Francis’ Appointments as Health Concerns Grow  The Wall Street Journal
  3. What to know about the pope’s hospitalization  Yahoo
  4. Pope’s condition is 'stable' and he does not have a fever  Vatican News
  5. Video Pope Francis hospitalized amid 'complex clinical picture'  ABC News
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DeepSeek ‘shared user data’ with TikTok owner ByteDance – BBC.com

  1. DeepSeek 'shared user data' with TikTok owner ByteDance  BBC.com
  2. South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App  The New York Times
  3. DeepSeek sent user data to ByteDance, says South Korean privacy watchdog  Light Reading
  4. Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI apps paused in South Korea over privacy concerns  The Associated Press
  5. New downloads of DeepSeek suspended in South Korea, data protection agency says  Reuters
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Russia launches massive drone strike on Ukraine as it begins talks with US – ABC News

  1. Russia launches massive drone strike on Ukraine as it begins talks with US  ABC News
  2. Large Russian drone attack injures civilians in central Ukraine, official says  Reuters
  3. Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 3, injure 8 over past day  Kyiv Independent
  4. Ukrainian air defense forces destroy over 850 enemy drones, missiles in past week  Ukrinform
  5. Russia launches large-scale drone attack on Ukraine ahead of peace talks  Straight Arrow News
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Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’

The singer is being charged with defamation of the far-right Italian prime minister leader while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023

Placebo frontman Brian Molko is being charged with defamation after appearing to call the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, a “piece of shit, fascist, racist” in Italian while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023.

In August 2023, Meloni sued Molko over the comments. Prosecutors subsequently opened an investigation into the claims and have charged Molko with “contempt of the institutions”.

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Sadiq Khan says ‘Brexit was a mistake’ and closer EU ties could counter Trump tariffs

London mayor to tell meeting that mobility scheme would benefit young people and economy

Sadiq Khan will tell EU diplomats “Brexit was a mistake” and renew his backing for a youth mobility scheme as he argues strengthened ties with the bloc would help offset Donald Trump’s threatened tariff regime.

At a meeting on Tuesday, the mayor of London will tell delegates that Britain’s withdrawal from the trading bloc “continues to have a negative impact”, and he will promise to make the case for “being bold” in efforts to seek closer alignment.

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Israel demands complete demilitarization of Gaza, minister says – Ynetnews

  1. Israel demands complete demilitarization of Gaza, minister says  Ynetnews
  2. LIVE: Israel to receive four captives’ bodies from Gaza on Thursday  Al Jazeera English
  3. Netanyahu confidant Dermer to replace Mossad chief as head of Israeli hostage negotiating team  The Times of Israel
  4. Middle East crisis live: Hamas says it will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday  The Guardian
  5. Israel to begin talks on next phase of Gaza ceasefire, Hamas says it will release 6 living hostages  CBS News
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