Bride’s fury after Instagram stunt wedding turns out to be real
The woman got married to her partner as she believed it would boost his social media following.
Israeli Hostage Hamza Ziyadne Is Declared Killed in Gaza – The New York Times
- Israeli Hostage Hamza Ziyadne Is Declared Killed in Gaza The New York Times
- Israel identifies body of hostage recovered from Gaza, days after father’s remains were found CNN
- IDF confirms death of hostage Hamza Ziyadne, day after father Youssef laid to rest The Times of Israel
- Israel Says Dead Hostage Found Beside the Bodies of His Captors in Gaza The Wall Street Journal
- Mourners bury Israeli hostage found dead this week in Gaza VOA Asia
Israeli soldiers hide in white van to arrest Palestinian man
Security camera video captured the moment Israeli forces hiding in a commercial vehicle arrested a Palestinian man.
England captain Buttler should be spared Afghanistan boycott decision
Former England bowler Steve Harmison says any decision to boycott playing Afghanistan must not land with the captain.
Trump sentencing to proceed in New York after Supreme Court rejects appeal
Two conservative justices join three liberal members in a 5-4 decision to clear the way for the sentencing.
‘Don’t hide behind America’: Turkey angered by possible French presence on Syrian border – Middle East Eye
- 'Don't hide behind America': Turkey angered by possible French presence on Syrian border Middle East Eye
- Turkiye threatens military action against Kurdish forces in Syria Al Jazeera English
- Erdoğan reiterates Turkish support for Syria's territorial integrity Euronews
- Erdoğan says Turkey ready to intervene if Syria splits POLITICO Europe
- Turkey Says Syria Should Be Given Chance to Address Kurdish Militant Presence U.S. News & World Report
What Musk’s grooming gangs posts tell us about the far right – openDemocracy
- What Musk’s grooming gangs posts tell us about the far right openDemocracy
- Elon Musk’s Latest Terrifying Foray Into British Politics The New Yorker
- British politics are not Elon Musk’s to toy with | Letters The Guardian
- What Elon Musk’s tweets about sex abuse reveal about British politics The Economist
- What Is the U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Scandal Seized On by Elon Musk? The New York Times
South Africa police find 26 naked Ethiopians held by suspected traffickers
Three people arrested after group escapes Johannesburg house by breaking a window and burglar bar
South African police have rescued 26 Ethiopians from a suspected human trafficking ring in Johannesburg after the group broke a window and burglar bar to escape from a house where they were being held naked.
Three people were arrested on suspicion of people trafficking and possessing an illegal firearm on Thursday night after neighbours in the Sandringham suburb heard the commotion and tipped off the police, the Hawks serious crime unit said in a statement. Police urged the public to report any other escaped naked people in the area.
Continue reading...Kenya court rules that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional
The judgment has been welcomed as an important shift in perceptions by human rights and mental health groups
A Kenyan judge has declared as unconstitutional sections of the country’s laws that criminalise attempted suicide. In a landmark ruling on Thursday, Judge Lawrence Mugambi of the country’s high court stated that section 226 of the penal code contradicts the constitution by punishing those with mental health issues over which they may have little or no control.
While the constitution says in article 43 that a person has the right to the “highest attainable standard of health”, criminal law states that “any person who attempts to kill himself is guilty of a misdemeanour and is subject to imprisonment of up to two years, a fine, or both”, with the minimum age of prosecution for the offence set at eight years old.
Continue reading...Japan hammer attack at Tokyo university leaves 8 people wounded, media report – CBS News
- Japan hammer attack at Tokyo university leaves 8 people wounded, media report CBS News
- Hammer attack injures eight students at Tokyo university The Guardian
- Student arrested following alleged hammer attack at Japanese university campus Yahoo! Voices
- Police arrest student suspected of hammer attack at a Tokyo university The Associated Press
- Woman held after bludgeoning eight with hammer at university campus in Tokyo The Japan Times
Ontario leader warns of ‘pain’ for US if Trump imposes tariffs on Canada
Premier of most populous province says rhetoric clouds trade relationship worth hundreds of billions of dollars
The United States will “feel pain” if Donald Trump doesn’t back down from his threat to impose steep tariffs on its northern neighbour, the leader of Canada’s most populous province has warned.
After a tumultuous week that left Canadian leaders flailing for a coherent national response to Trump’s provocations – including the suggestion that the US would annex its closest ally – the Ontario premier, Doug Ford, told the Guardian: “We will never be for sale.”
Continue reading...Israeli military confirms identity of hostage killed in Gaza – NBC News
- Israeli military confirms identity of hostage killed in Gaza NBC News
- New agony for Israel’s hostage families as Gaza ceasefire talks drag on The Washington Post
- Israeli Hostage Hamza Ziyadne Is Declared Killed in Gaza The New York Times
- Israeli military confirms hostage killed alongside father in Gaza Reuters
- IDF confirms death of hostage Hamza Ziyadne, day after father Youssef laid to rest The Times of Israel
Trump says meeting with Putin being arranged
The US president-elect has said previously that he wants to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
NATO won’t back Trump’s new defence spending target but will raise its sights – Reuters
- NATO won't back Trump's new defence spending target but will raise its sights Reuters
- Opinion | Trump’s New NATO Spending Target The Wall Street Journal
- UK foreign policy chief says Trump is right to urge higher military spending from NATO The Associated Press
- Europe splits on Trump’s call to dramatically boost defense spending POLITICO Europe
- Trump call to up defense spending to 5% rattles NATO allies DW (English)
Israeli settlers commit arson and vandalism in spate of West Bank attacks
Settlers burn Palestinian farm shed and spray racist slogans in Hebrew on the outskirts of Khirbet Abu Falah.
The World’s Largest Pilgrimage Is a Stage for India’s Hindu Right – Bloomberg
- The World’s Largest Pilgrimage Is a Stage for India’s Hindu Right Bloomberg
- Mega management: Why Western universities are studying Mahakumbh The Economic Times
- Ram Madhav writes: Kumbh Mela isn’t just about a religious gathering – it’s a time to look at the larger problems facing us The Indian Express
- Mahakumbh 2025 Pryagraj: Not just mythology, there is ancient science behind it India Today
- Brahmins, Mughal yogis, British propaganda–How Kumbh Mela became world’s greatest gathering ThePrint
How these suburban moms in Ukraine manage grief by training to down Russian drones – NPR
Q&A: The CIA chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast – NPR
Venezuelan opposition leader arrested on eve of Maduro swearing-in
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested after appearing in public for the first time in months.
Before and after images of LA buildings compared
BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt compares before and after pictures of the city showing the scale of the LA fires.