India Rejects Joint Defense Statement at Key China-Led Summit – Bloomberg.com

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  1. India Rejects Joint Defense Statement at Key China-Led Summit  Bloomberg.com
  2. India seeks 'permanent solution' to border dispute with China  Reuters
  3. Rajnath Singh meets Chinese counterpart, stresses on avoiding new complexities in ties  The Indian Express
  4. India Refuses To Sign SCO Document That Skipped Pahalgam, Had Balochistan  NDTV
  5. India refuses to sign SCO statement over claims of pro-Pakistan bias  Euronews.com
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Why Ukraine Fell Down the Agenda at the NATO Summit – The New York Times

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  1. Why Ukraine Fell Down the Agenda at the NATO Summit  The New York Times
  2. Nato has just surrendered Ukraine to Putin  The Telegraph
  3. NATO Leaders’ Price for Supporting Ukraine Is Their Self-Respect  Bloomberg.com
  4. Did Trump just dump the Ukraine War into the Europeans' lap?  Responsible Statecraft
  5. All NATO, including US, 'totally committed' to keeping Ukraine in fight, Rutte says  Reuters
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Netanyahu thanks Trump for public call to cancel his corruption trial

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Others accuse US president of interfering in Israel’s judicial system after he said case against PM was a ‘witch hunt’

Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Donald Trump after the US president publicly called for the Israeli prime minister’s long-running corruption trial to be cancelled.

Trump on Wednesday posted a lengthy diatribe against the trial, which could lead to a prison sentence for his ally, describing a “ridiculous witch hunt” that was an “unheard of … horror show” and showering praise on Netanyahu for his leadership of Israel during the short war with Iran that was ended by a ceasefire earlier this week.

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Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island – The New York Times

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  1. Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island  The New York Times
  2. Homes burn in Greece as wildfire sweeps through coastal towns  BBC
  3. Greece wildfires: woman charged with unintentional arson after cigarette allegedly started blaze on Chios  The Guardian
  4. Wildfire prompts evacuations near Athens as summer's first heat wave hits Greece  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Greece battles wildfire in coastal town near capital  Reuters
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Don’t read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet – Responsible Statecraft

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  1. Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet  Responsible Statecraft
  2. What the Iran Strikes Reveal About MAGA  The New Yorker
  3. Trump voters cheer Iran strikes after prominent MAGA figures warned against attack  The Times of Israel
  4. The politics of the U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities: Here's what to watch next  NPR
  5. MAGA supporters more likely to back Iran strikes than traditional Republicans: Poll  The Hill
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Shubhanshu Shukla: Astronaut becomes first Indian to set foot on ISS – BBC

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  1. Shubhanshu Shukla: Astronaut becomes first Indian to set foot on ISS  BBC
  2. ‘Aspirations of 1.4 billion’: India celebrates as first International Space Station mission gets underway  CNN
  3. Axiom Mission 4 Astronauts Dock to Station Inside Dragon  NASA (.gov)
  4. Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on a privately funded trip to the space station  AP News
  5. Space travel alters worldview, makes clear planet belongs to everyone: India's first spaceman Rakesh Shar  Times of India
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Orban claims 95% oppose Ukraine’s EU accession in disputed Hungary referendum – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Orban claims 95% oppose Ukraine's EU accession in disputed Hungary referendum  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Polish minister calls on Hungary to ask Transcarpathian Hungarians' opinion on Ukraine's EU accession  Українська правда
  3. Hungary's Veto Casts Shadow Over EU Enlargement Talks  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  4. NATO Divided: Orbán Speaks Truth, Sánchez Tries To Please Everyone  The European Conservative
  5. Hungary holds the line on Ukraine’s EU bid veto after negative referendum  Euractiv
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I fought in Ukraine and here’s why FPV drones kind of suck – Hacker News

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  1. I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck  Hacker News
  2. I Fought in Ukraine and Here’s Why FPV Drones Kind of Suck  War on the Rocks
  3. Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all  The Guardian
  4. Ukraine intelligence chief gives new details on Spiderweb drone operation  The Washington Post
  5. America Is Behind in Drone Warfare. It’s Time to Catch Up.  RealClearDefense
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Cassius Turvey’s murder has ‘torn at the very fabric of our society’, his mother tells court

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Heinous and ‘racially motivated’ attack on Indigenous teenager left mother and community traumatised, court hears

The murder of an Indigenous teenager who was chased into bushland and beaten with a metal pole during a heinous racist attack has shattered lives and left a community living in fear, his heartbroken mother has said.

Cassius Turvey, a Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after he was deliberately struck on the head in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.

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Shell has ‘no intention’ of making offer to buy BP after £60bn takeover rumours

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Statement to stock market follows media reports of early talks with BP to create a £200bn UK oil company

Shell has said it has “no intention” of making an offer for the rival fossil fuel company BP after speculation it had been planning a £60bn takeover, ruling out a formal approach for the next six months.

In an official statement to markets on Thursday, the company doubled down on the previous day’s denials that it was planning a bid, after media reports that it was in early talks with its competitor to create a £200bn UK oil supermajor.

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