- US-Iran deal leaves Qatar on top www.israelhayom.com
- Gulf Countries Confront Questions About Relying on U.S. for Protection The New York Times
- View / The Gulf’s other postwar challenge Semafor
- How the Gulf will manage collective security after the Iran war ends Al Jazeera
- Gulf states could be left in the lurch and exposed by the US-Iran deal The Times of Israel
Football fans celebrate the World Cup across continents and cultures
Fans in jerseys and painted faces gather to watch World Cup matches, celebrating unity and rivalry alike.
Former CAR president on trial in absentia over crimes against humanity
The alleged crimes committed by Bozize's security forces include murder, enforced disappearance, torture and rape.
Eight people killed in US Air Force B-52 bomber crash: What we know
The aircraft, one of the US Air Force's longest-used bombers, goes down during a routine test mission.
Palestine weekly wrap: World sanctions settlers, Israel funds settlements
Amnesty calls West Bank ethnic cleansing 'state-sponsored' and international allies bar Finance Minister Smotrich.
Israel uses ‘battlefield evidence’ to prosecute Palestinians abroad
Palestinian activists are being put on trial in Europe for supporting Hamas on the basis of Israeli evidence.
‘My voice is being heard’: A month of India’s Cockroach Janta Party
Satirical party launches nationwide Gen Z protest to demand federal education minister's removal over exam paper leaks.
Iran war day 109: Tehran, Washington, sign MoU electronically
Iran’s National Security Council said on Monday that the deal ends fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
Indonesia hit by 6.7 magnitude earthquake – DW.com
- Indonesia hit by 6.7 magnitude earthquake DW.com
- 6.7-magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia, causing damage and injuries ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- A 6.7-magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia, killing at least 1, causing damage and injuries NBC News
- Magnitude 6.7 quake hits Indonesia's Sulawesi island, agency says Reuters
- A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia, causing damage and injuries SFGATE
Japan’s central bank raises interest rates to highest level since 1995
Bank of Japan hikes benchmark rate to 1 percent, continuing shift away from decades of ultra-low borrowing costs.
US-Iran deal may get oil flowing again, but region’s root problems are unsolved
Few analysts believe final settlement can be reached in 60 days – and even if it is, war and instability could soon return
In much of the Middle East, news that the US and Iran had come to a fragile agreement was greeted with relief tempered with doubt that any deal would resolve the turbulent region’s deep problems or even prevent a future return to war.
In Kuwait, a frequent target of Iranian drone strikes during the 15-week conflict, Iyad Joumma, a 37-year-old Jordanian engineer, spoke for many.
Continue reading...Trump may release US-Iran deal before Friday, Vance says
The US vice-president says the agreement is "about a page and a half" and "very general", meaning many details will be worked out later.
‘Dancing girl’s’ bare torso restored in Indian textbook after backlash
A picture in a new school textbook had covered up the naked torso of the famous figurine with dark shading.
Venezuela signs power deal with US energy giant
Venezuela has signed an agreement with General Electric Vernova aimed at boosting electricity generation
Football upstages politics as Iranians rally behind their team at World Cup
In opener against New Zealand in Los Angeles, Iran's Team Melli gets cheers from thousands of anti-regime supporters.
AI could help win ‘race against extinction’ of vital plants, say botanists
Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi data
The rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the “race against extinction” faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
New technology is enabling scientists to track how flowering times have shifted by weeks around the world, rapidly identify new specimens and even get crucial genetic data from 180-year-old fungus specimens, potentially opening a “genomic goldmine”. Digitisation and online access to millions of specimens that were until now only accessible in archives is also producing new insights, especially in the global south.
Continue reading...Birthkeeper hired by woman who died after freebirth tells inquest she was ‘not there to make a birth safer’
Emily Lal – paid $6,000 to provide freebirth support package to Stacey Warnecke – tells coroner her role was primarily to be a ‘supportive friend’
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A birthkeeper hired by a woman who died after giving birth at home has told a coroner that she was “not there to make a birth safer”.
Emily Lal gave evidence on Tuesday at the inquest into the death of 30-year-old Stacey Warnecke, who died on 29 September in Frankston hospital after giving birth at home with her husband and Lal present.
Continue reading...Tuesday briefing: How the UK’s military spending row exposes Starmer’s defence dilemma
In today’s newsletter: An argument about money has also spotlighted questions about Britain’s place in the world and the changing face of warfare
Good morning. What conflict has raged longer than the hundred years war? The fight between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury over defence spending.
I’d love to claim this as my own, but avoid patter theft this early in the day. So I’ll credit my colleague Dan Sabbagh, the Guardian’s defence and security editor, who spoke to me ahead of this week’s G7 meeting, in France, where Keir Starmer arrived yesterday for what could be his final international summit. The prime minister can anticipate candid discussions about international partnerships in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, both of which may soon demand increased involvement from the British military.
Middle East | Donald Trump has declared that the strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” from Friday, as western leaders gathering at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains battled to prevent the fragile US deal with Iran from almost immediately unravelling.
UK politics | Political hatred and division in the UK is probably worse now than during the Brexit referendum, when Jo Cox was murdered, says Kim Leadbeater, Cox’s sister who is now also a Labour MP.
Crime | A schoolteacher described as a “serial manipulator and a serial liar” has been found guilty of sexually abusing and murdering a baby he and his partner had adopted.
Environment | Half of the world’s children are exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards threatening their health, education and survival, according to a Unicef report.
US news | Eight people are presumed dead after a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning at a US air force base in California’s Mojave Desert, officials said.
Continue reading...Paedophile teacher William ‘Rob’ Gilfillan sentenced for sexual offences against two Victorian schoolgirls in the 1980s
Former PE teacher will serve time for crimes perpetrated at Traralgon high school in Gippsland concurrently with prior 48-year sentence
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A former physical education teacher serving Australia’s longest sentence for child sexual abuse offences against his daughter has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for “brazen and forcible” sexual crimes against two schoolgirls in his care in the 1980s.
In December, William “Rob” Gilfillan was found guilty of indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual penetration of a child under 16. The five counts against two victims took place at Traralgon high school in Gippsland, Victoria.
Continue reading...Japan raises interest rate to highest since 1995
The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.