- The goal is the return of 6 living hostages this week: This is the prime minister's dilemma Ynetnews
- Gaza hostage deal: Netanyahu orders Israeli team to head to Cairo for ceasefire talks The Jerusalem Post
- Netanyahu cagey on Israel’s next steps as Trump deadline to free all hostages passes The Times of Israel
- US says talks about phase two of Gaza ceasefire to continue this week Yahoo
- Israeli Team to Join Cease-fire Talks in Cairo Monday, Security Cabinet to Discuss Deal's Stage 2 Haaretz
Europe to be excluded from Russia-Ukraine peace talks, US envoy confirms
US confirms Europe excluded from Ukraine peace talks aimed at ending Russia's war.
Mother, daughter die after being injured in Munich car ramming
A two-year-old girl and her mother have died from injuries suffered in car-ramming attack earlier this week in Munich.
Trump Is Rushing Toward a Deal With Putin, Leaving Europe in the Dust – Bloomberg
US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers
Agencies say Trump’s latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts and create crises at national parks
The US Forest Service is firing about 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service is terminating about 1,000 workers under Donald Trump’s push to cut federal spending and bureaucracy, according to a report on Friday.
The terminations target employees who are in their probationary employment periods, which includes anyone hired less than a year ago, according to Reuters, and will affect sites such as the Appalachian trail, Yellowstone, the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr and the Sequoia national forest.
Continue reading...Isolated Indigenous man returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest after brief contact – The Associated Press
Police search for suspect after woman shot dead at Kent pub
Vehicle and firearm recovered at Dartford crossing after woman in 40s killed in Knockholt
A woman in her 40s has died after a shooting at a Kent pub, police have said.
She was shot at the Three Horseshoes in the village of Knockholt on Valentine’s Day evening, Kent police said.
Continue reading...Lebanon claims over 25 arrested for attack on UNIFIL convoy that wounded peacekeepers – The Times of Israel
- Lebanon claims over 25 arrested for attack on UNIFIL convoy that wounded peacekeepers The Times of Israel
- Senior UN peacekeeper injured in convoy attack in Lebanon BBC.com
- UN peacekeeping mission deputy commander injured after convoy attacked in Beirut Reuters
- Lebanon says 25 arrested after attack on UN peacekeepers The Times of Israel
- Lebanon: UN vehicle torched as Hezbollah supporters protest DW (English)
Hamas, Israel exchange captives and prisoners amid fragile ceasefire
Hamas released three captives in Gaza and Israel freed hundreds of Palestinians.
Sydney’s archaic sewerage system a ‘significant’ source of microplastic pollution, CSIRO finds
Malabar wastewater plant discharges 5.4bn to 120bn of microplastics each day, report says, prompting calls for more advanced treatment processes
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It is not just human waste that is being pumped into the ocean off Sydney’s popular beaches due to the city’s unusual and archaic sewerage system – government scientists have confirmed billions of microplastics are also polluting the water.
A CSIRO report, released in 2020 but not reported on until now, found the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) at Malabar discharged an estimated 5.4bn to 120bn of microplastics into the ocean each day.
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Continue reading...Thousands take part in London rally against Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
The protest comes after Hamas handed over three male Israeli captives as part of the ceasefire agreement
‘We can’t change our leader again’: Tories despair at Badenoch’s poor PMQs performances
Allies want to give Conservative leader more time, but many insist her approach to Keir Starmer needs total overhaul
Kemi Badenoch is being urged to overhaul her approach to prime minister’s questions and bring in more experienced advisers to prepare for the weekly political joust, amid criticisms of her approach to taking on Keir Starmer.
Some MPs are complaining that their fledgling leader is raising the wrong topics and picking unconvincing lines of attack against the prime minister at PMQs, which is her most prominent opportunity to make the political weather. Others have been concerned about the level of support for her from colleagues during the exchanges.
Continue reading...How realistic is the African Union’s call for reparatory justice?
African leaders are seeking reparations from former colonial powers at a summit in Ethiopia.
Rachel Reeves has three options to dodge an economic crisis and all are unthinkable
As her £9.9bn of headroom evaporates, chancellor will have to raise taxes, cut spending or break ‘iron-clad’ fiscal rules
When Rachel Reeves stood up in the House of Commons on budget day on 30 October as this country’s first woman chancellor, she was brimming with pride: “To girls and young women everywhere, I say: Let there be no ceiling on your ambition, your hopes and your dreams.”
Four months on, however, there are few women or men, young or old, at Westminster, who would envy Reeves’s lot in charge of the country’s finances. The bind she finds herself in is more the stuff of a chancellor’s nightmares than dreams.
Continue reading...Two-year-old girl and her mother die from Munich car attack injuries
Afghan man was arrested on suspicion of deliberately driving car into trade union demonstration on Thursday
A two-year-old girl and her mother died on Saturday from injuries suffered in the car-ramming attack in Munich on Thursday that left 37 others injured, police said.
“Unfortunately, we have to confirm the deaths today of the two-year-old child and her 37-year-old mother,” a police spokesperson told AFP.
Continue reading...Mother and child die from injuries after Munich car attack
The 37-year-old woman and two-year-old child are the first fatalities from Thursday's attack.
China courts frazzled Europe as Western alliance wavers – South China Morning Post
- China courts frazzled Europe as Western alliance wavers South China Morning Post
- China seeks stronger cooperation with Germany and EU Reuters
- Sound Sino-European Ties Are Desired by the World, Chinese Foreign Ministry Says U.S. News & World Report
- Beijing: World looking for stable EU-China ties baha news
- Wang Yi: China to deepen cooperation with France in various fields chinadailyhk
China courts frazzled Europe as Western alliance wavers – South China Morning Post
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Stubb: US gave Europe ‘questionnaire’ on Ukraine security guarantees – Euronews
- Stubb: US gave Europe 'questionnaire' on Ukraine security guarantees Euronews
- Exclusive: US asks Europeans what they need for Ukraine security guarantees Reuters
- US demands Europe sets out arms and troops support for postwar Ukraine Financial Times
- Official denies Ukraine will participate in Russia-US meeting in Saudi Arabia. Kyiv Independent
- US to mediate Russia, Ukraine peace talks without Europe — but demands plans on post-war support New York Post
Doctors order ‘absolute rest’ for Pope Francis due to respiratory infection – NPR
- Doctors order 'absolute rest' for Pope Francis due to respiratory infection NPR
- Pope Francis showing 'some' improvement amid hospitalization for bronchitis, Vatican says ABC News
- 88-year-old Pope Francis admitted to hospital for bronchitis CNN
- Pope Francis will remain in hospital, Vatican says Fox News
- Eye Opener: Pope Francis remains hospitalized CBS News