G7 backs Ukraine as Zelenskyy says he wants to end war next year
Ukraine president says Kyiv will do everything possible so war with Russia ends in 2025 'through diplomatic means'.
Ukraine’s secret army in France – The Economist
- Ukraine’s secret army in France The Economist
- Ukrainian troops train for trench warfare near France's WWI battlefields Fox News
- A Ukrainian brigade armed with French light tanks, artillery, and heavy weaponry is about to enter the fight Business Insider
- French task force trains new brigade of Ukrainian fighters Euronews
- France Equips and Trains New Ukrainian Brigade at Critical Point in War Newsweek
Eight dead after stabbing at school in eastern China
A 21-year-old man has been arrested after a stabbing incident in the city of Wuxi, police say.
Essex police defend their investigation of Allison Pearson tweet
Force says Telegraph writer accused of inciting racial hatred, rather than committing a non-crime hate incident as she had claimed
Essex police have defended their decision to investigate the Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over a social media post, saying she is accused of “inciting racial hatred” not of committing a “non-crime hate incident”, as she had claimed.
The row over Pearson’s tweet has been splashed across the front pages of the Times, Telegraph and Mail this week. Leading figures on the right, including the new leader of the Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch, and the former prime minister Boris Johnson, have leapt to her defence.
Continue reading...Rescuers search for survivors after building collapses in Tanzania, killing at least one
Dozens of people remain trapped in underground shops after collapse of multi-storey building in Dar es Salaam
Rescuers were using their bare hands, drills and sledgehammers to reach dozens of people trapped under a building that collapsed in the centre of Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
The multi-storey building in Kariakoo, the East African country’s busiest market, caved in as people were shopping, killing at least one person, the prime minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said.
Continue reading...New Hampshire animal shelter struggles to house 1,000 mice
A man surrendered his rodents recently, and now the shelter is grappling with a rapidly multiplying mouse problem
A New Hampshire animal shelter is grappling with how to handle nearly 1,000 mice that have been turned over in recent days, many of which are pregnant.
Lisa Dennison, executive director of the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, called the situation “crippling” and said the organization is scrambling to care for an overwhelming influx of rapidly reproducing rodents.
Continue reading...Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress mutual concern over North Korean troops – The Associated Press
- Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress mutual concern over North Korean troops The Associated Press
- Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress ‘grave concern’ over North Korean troops The Guardian
- Zelensky thanks Japan for $3B as part of G7 initiative Ukrinform
- Every Day, Ukrainians Prove with Their Courage, with Their Resilience That They Can Stop Russia – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України
- Japanese foreign minister arrives in Kyiv. Kyiv Independent
‘A Russian asset’: Democrats slam Trump’s pick of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
Some of his other nominees – Matt Gaetz for AG and Peter Hegseth for defense head – were also condemned
Democratic lawmakers are slamming Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying their former House colleague is a vocal supporter of Russia who poses a threat to US national intelligence.
Jason Crow, a House Democrat from Colorado and a member of the House intelligence committee, told NBC News that he has “deep questions about where her loyalties lie”.
Continue reading...Eight killed and 17 injured after stabbing incident in China
Incident occurred in eastern city of Wuxi after 21-year-old student went on stabbing spree on Saturday evening
Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing spree in China’s eastern city of Wuxi on Saturday evening, police said.
The incident comes days after a hit-and-run incident in which 35 people were killed and 43 others injured after a car drove into a group of people outside a sports centre in the southern city of Zhuhai.
Continue reading...‘Dreams quashed’: Foreign students and universities fear Australia’s visa cap
A bill limiting the number of foreign students Australia accepts has caused anxiety at home and abroad.
IDF says dozens of masked settlers carried out arson attack on West Bank village – The Times of Israel
- IDF says dozens of masked settlers carried out arson attack on West Bank village The Times of Israel
- US support for Israel fuels illegal settler violence, Gaza genocide: Palestinian Presidency Middle East Monitor
- Israeli Settlers Suspected of Torching Homes, Car in West Bank Village Haaretz
- Israelis set fire to buildings in Palestinian village, claim Palestinians stole their sheep The Jerusalem Post
- Settler Violence Spikes In Occupied West Bank; CCTV Footage Shows Masked Men Throwing Rocks At Home WION
Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups
Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers
Campaigns against assisted dying that claim to be led by healthcare workers and disabled people are being secretly coordinated and paid for by conservative Christian pressure groups, an Observer investigation has found.
The “grassroots” campaigns have been central to the debate on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales before a landmark vote by MPs this month.
Continue reading...Op True Promise III: Iran Ready To ‘Attack’ Israel For 3rd Time? Comes After Reported “Destruction” Of ‘Top Secret’ Nuke Facility – EurAsian Times
- Op True Promise III: Iran Ready To ‘Attack’ Israel For 3rd Time? Comes After Reported “Destruction” Of ‘Top Secret’ Nuke Facility EurAsian Times
- Scoop: Israel destroyed active nuclear weapons research facility in Iran, officials say Axios
- Israel hit nuke weapons research site in Iran last month, set back program — report The Times of Israel
- Report Confirms Israel Struck Active Iranian Nuclear Weapon Site Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Israeli strike on Iran's Parchin facility disrupts key nuclear bomb development capabilities The Jerusalem Post
Tory Foreign Office minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business
Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in the country
A Conservative minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office used an official visit to Azerbaijan to promote the interests of a billionaire party donor.
Leo Docherty, the Tory MP for Aldershot until 30 May, visited a showroom for JCB machinery in February 2023 and climbed behind the wheel of one the company’s diggers to “help promote UK products in Azerbaijan”. He later posted a photo on X of the visit, tagging the company’s official account.
Continue reading...The ‘foolproof’ election forecaster who predicted Trump would lose – what went wrong?
Allan Lichtman’s forecast model was meant to be foolproof. He explains to David Smith what was different this time
Surely not even Nostradamus could get it right all of the time.
Allan Lichtman had correctly forecast the result of nine of the past 10 US presidential elections (and even the one he didn’t, in 2000, he insists was stolen from Al Gore). His predictive model of “13 keys” to the White House was emulated around the world and seemed all but indestructible.
Continue reading...Russia wants Kursk back before negotiations. Ukraine isn’t budging. – The Washington Post
- Russia wants Kursk back before negotiations. Ukraine isn’t budging. The Washington Post
- Language barriers and inexperience may hamper North Korean troops on Russia’s battlefield NBC News
- Kursk War Map Reveals Ukrainian Advances Despite Major Russian Deployment Newsweek
- 50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says The New York Times
- What Putin hopes to achieve in Ukraine before Trump enters the White House Kyiv Independent
UN climate chief asks G20 leaders for boost as COP29 finance talks lag – Reuters
Murder investigation launched after body found in car boot in east London
Police said unnamed woman, believed to be from Corby, could have been victim of ‘targeted incident’
Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman’s body was discovered in a car boot in east London.
The woman, who has not been named but is understood to be from Corby, Northamptonshire, could be the victim of a “targeted incident”, police said.
Continue reading...Half a million evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines – CNN
- Half a million evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines CNN
- Signal No. 5 up in Catanduanes as 'Pepito' intensifies further ABS-CBN News
- Typhoon Man-yi Brings ‘Life-Threatening’ Storm to Philippines The New York Times
- Philippines urges residents to flee as super typhoon Man-Yi strengthens on approach Reuters
- More than 650,000 people flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi hits Philippines The Guardian
In Kursk region, Russian army lost 17 units of equipment during attempted assault – Ukrinform
- In Kursk region, Russian army lost 17 units of equipment during attempted assault Ukrinform
- Counterattacking Amid The Chaos In Kursk, Ukrainian Troops ‘Destroyed’ Russian Marines From A Brigade That’s ‘Bleeding’ Forbes
- Russians lose 17 vehicles amid mine explosion in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast – video Ukrainska Pravda
- Russia suffers its deadliest day of the war as it fails to retake region held by Ukrainians New York Post
- In Kharkiv region, 3rd Brigade eliminates 39 Russians in ambush Militarnyi