Rare bronze and iron age log boats reveal details of Cambridgeshire prehistory

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Well-preserved oak and maple boats used for transport and fishing to be displayed in Peterborough

After lying undisturbed in mud for more than 3,000 years, three rare bronze and iron age log boats have emerged to offer fresh insights into prehistoric life.

The boats were among nine discovered in a Cambridgeshire quarry 13 years ago – the largest group of prehistoric boats found in the same UK site. Most were well preserved, with one still able to float despite its long incarceration.

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Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Manny Godard – CNN

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  1. Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Manny Godard  CNN
  2. Israel says militants in Gaza have handed over to the Red Cross a body believed to be a hostage  NBC News
  3. Settlers Set West Bank Mosque On Fire, Palestinian Media Reports | LIVE BLOG  i24NEWS
  4. Hamas Hands Over Body of Hadar Goldin, Israeli Soldier Held Since 2014  The New York Times
  5. 'Counter-proposal Inspired by U.S.': Russia Floats UN Resolution on Gaza  Haaretz
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Report: Trump pressing Saudi crown prince to ink deal with Israel following Gaza truce – The Times of Israel

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  1. Report: Trump pressing Saudi crown prince to ink deal with Israel following Gaza truce  The Times of Israel
  2. Scoop: Trump told MBS he expects Saudi-Israel normalization with Gaza war over  Axios
  3. Saudi Prince to Meet With Trump in US After Weeks of Tense Talks  Bloomberg.com
  4. Saudis to host investment summit in DC’s Kennedy Center during crown prince’s visit, sources say  WTOP
  5. Former Middle East Envoy: A Renewed US-Saudi Alliance for a Changing Middle East | Opinion  Newsweek
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Molly Ticehurst’s ex-boyfriend pleads guilty to 2024 murder that ignited national anti-DV campaign

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Death of 28-year-old childhood educator in Forbes, NSW, intensified a national campaign against domestic and gendered violence

The former boyfriend of Molly Ticehurst has pleaded guilty to her domestic violence murder and made other admissions.

Daniel Billings appeared via audio-video link in Forbes local court, in central western New South Wales, on Friday morning to enter the plea.

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Your Party receives ‘small portion’ of withheld supporters’ donations

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Row continues between camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, whose company holds hundreds of thousands of pounds of party funds

The leftwing Your Party, set up by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, is embroiled in another public row over donations to the party.

A statement from Corbyn along with Shockat Adam MP, Adnan Hussain MP, Ayoub Khan MP and Iqbal Mohamed MP states that hundreds of thousands of pounds were donated to the party “by supporters in good faith, but have since remained beyond its reach”, which they describe as being “extremely frustrating and disheartening”.

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Donald Trump pardons UK billionaire and former Tottenham owner Joe Lewis

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Lewis was fined $5m and given three years probation by New York judge over ‘brazen’ insider trading scheme

Joe Lewis, the British billionaire and former owner of Tottenham Hotspur FC, has been pardoned by Donald Trump over a 2024 conviction for his part in a “brazen” insider trading scheme.

Lewis, 88, was fined $5m (£3.8m) and given three years probation by a New York judge last year but was spared jail time after pleading guilty to involvement in a plan that prosecutors said was designed to enrich his friends, lovers and employees.

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Remembering Armero: Colombia’s town buried in tragedy – NPR

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  1. Remembering Armero: Colombia's town buried in tragedy  NPR
  2. Colombia’s ‘lost children’ remain open wound 40 years after deadly volcanic eruption  Reuters
  3. Searching for Survivors 40 Years After One of Latin America’s Deadliest Disasters  NPR
  4. Parents search for children missing since a volcanic eruption in Colombia 40 years ago  AP News
  5. Lessons from the Armero disaster and beyond  Nature
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Democrat Eric Swalwell faces federal criminal inquiry for alleged mortgage fraud

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Latest target of Trump’s retribution campaign says ‘only thing I am surprised about is that it took him this long’

The Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell is the latest target of Trump’s retribution campaign against his critics, the congressman confirmed on Thursday.

NBC News reports that Swalwell is facing a federal criminal investigation for alleged mortgage fraud, just as three other Democratic officials have faced in recent months. The outlet says the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency sent a letter to the attorney general claiming Swalwell may have committed mortgage and tax fraud.

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Germany to introduce voluntary military service – DW

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  1. Germany to introduce voluntary military service  DW
  2. Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers  BBC
  3. Germany’s Answer to Its Conscription Dilemma: a Database of Young Men Fit for War  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Germany decides against conscription to replenish post-cold war military  The Guardian
  5. German ruling parties reach compromise on military service  Reuters
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EU renews demand that Ukraine crack down on corruption in wake of major energy scandal – AP News

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  1. EU renews demand that Ukraine crack down on corruption in wake of major energy scandal  AP News
  2. Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal  AP News
  3. Energy scandal spells trouble for Zelensky as Ukrainians face another winter of power cuts  CNN
  4. Could Ukraine’s corruption crisis ‘lead to military defeat’ against Russia?  Al Jazeera
  5. EU allies demand answers from Ukraine over escalating corruption scandal  politico.eu
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Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in Arctic region

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Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sector

Canada’s domestic spy agency says Russia and China have a “significant intelligence interest” in Canada’s Arctic, and are targeting both the country’s government and its private sector.

In his annual speech on threats facing Canada, Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), flagged mounting concerns over hostile nations growing increasingly emboldened in the Arctic.

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A decade after the Bataclan attacks, France is still grappling with how to remember – NPR

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  1. A decade after the Bataclan attacks, France is still grappling with how to remember  NPR
  2. 10 years after Bataclan massacre, Paris is still scarred by Islamic State attacks  abcnews.go.com
  3. ‘The pain remains’: France remembers victims of 2015 Paris attacks  The Guardian
  4. Paris attacks commemorations: French nation has ‘held firm’, Macron says  France 24
  5. How France Remembers the November 2015 Terrorist Attacks in Paris  The New York Times
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‘The pain remains’: France remembers victims of 2015 Paris attacks

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Bells ring out across French capital marking 10th anniversary of country’s deadliest peacetime attack

France has paid tribute to the 130 people killed 10 years ago by Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers who targeted a stadium, bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall in the country’s deadliest peacetime attack.

“The pain remains,” Emmanuel Macron wrote on social media on Thursday as he visited each of the sites that were attacked. Bells rang out across the city as a remembrance ceremony began at a memorial garden in central Paris attended by relatives and survivors.

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Serbia secretly agreed deal with Jared Kushner firm to develop protected Belgrade site

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Government established joint venture with Trump’s son-in-law in February 2024 to build hotel, apartments and museum complex

The Serbian government has established a joint venture with a property development company owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to develop a hotel complex in Belgrade, giving Serbia until next May to demolish the existing buildings, according to leaked documents.

An independent Serbian news magazine, Radar, published what appears to be a 2024 investment agreement giving Kushner’s firm Atlantic Incubation Partners LLC a 77.5% stake in the joint venture, and the Serbian government a 22.5% stake.

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