‘A shock to all Lebanese’: Israel sends a message as it takes ancient fort – The Guardian

  1. ‘A shock to all Lebanese’: Israel sends a message as it takes ancient fort  The Guardian
  2. Lebanon crusader castle seized by Israel a symbol of bloody history  Reuters
  3. Israel kills 8 in southern Lebanon, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah to de-escalate  The Washington Post
  4. Netanyahu Orders Israeli Military to Attack Beirut Suburbs  The New York Times
  5. What to know as Israeli forces’ historic Lebanon incursion complicates an Iran deal  AP News
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Celebration, shock and scepticism follow Colombia’s presidential election – Al Jazeera

  1. Celebration, shock and scepticism follow Colombia’s presidential election  Al Jazeera
  2. Colombian presidency goes to runoff election that could redefine relations with the US  CNN
  3. Trump Backs De la Espriella in Colombia Runoff Against Cepeda  Bloomberg.com
  4. Colombia’s populist, Bukele-loving right looks likely to win power  The Economist
  5. Pro-Trump presidential candidate wins spot in Colombian runoff  Politico
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UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics

More than a million jobs, higher wages, nearly half a trillion pounds in investment in the pipeline – the UK’s green economy is powering ahead, according to research by the country’s leading business organisation.

The net zero economy, which is worth more than £100bn a year, benefits all of the UK, according to the CBI Economics analysis commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit thinktank, despite critics who want to abolish the UK’s net zero targets.

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Reform UK support could plateau as it relies on socially conservative views, study finds

Party could struggle to push ratings as strategy increasingly focuses on views held by minority of voters, research finds

Reform UK is becoming increasingly reliant on socially conservative views for political support, and therefore could struggle to push its poll ratings much higher, a large-scale research project led by the leading psephologist John Curtice has found.

A study of Nigel Farage’s party carried out as part of the British Social Attitudes report found that while Reform supporters were disproportionately more likely to be unhappy with politicians and public services, recent recruits had seemingly more robust attitudes in areas such as diversity and welfare.

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