- Emma Bonino, leader of abortion and divorce battles that changed Italy, dies at 78 NBC News
- Emma Bonino, Italian Campaigner for Civil Rights, Dies at 78 The New York Times
- Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78 The Guardian
- Emma Bonino, Italy’s activist commissioner, dies at 78 politico.eu
- Emma Bonino, Italian politician who fought for abortion access, dies aged 78 Reuters
Chartbook 474: The state is the problem – the AfD’s anti-systemic diagnosis of contemporary Germany. – Adam Tooze | Substack
- Chartbook 474: The state is the problem - the AfD’s anti-systemic diagnosis of contemporary Germany. Adam Tooze | Substack
- Germany’s Far Right, China, and Trump The American Prospect
- Nationwide protests in Germany draw tens of thousands after AfD win Yahoo
- Far-Right Win Puts Germany’s Economic Renewal on Shakier Ground Bloomberg.com
- Politics The Economist
People ‘incensed’ about North Sea plans can vote Green in byelection, says Zack Polanski
Party leader, who will contest Starmer’s former seat of Holborn and St Pancras, says gas drilling has come up on doorstep
Zack Polanski has said a vote for him in the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras byelection is a vote against the government’s reported plans to greenlight a North Sea gasfield.
The leader of the Green party in England and Wales, who was selected on Friday to contest the London seat, also said he was considering building a stockpile for the extreme weather predicted with the arrival of the biggest El Niño in 1,000 years, a meteorological phenomenon that supercharges floods and droughts.
Continue reading...Remembrance ceremonies to be held across the US to honor victims of 9/11
Memorials and remembrances will mark the 25 years since the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 on 11 September 2001
The United States is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Friday, with memorials and remembrance ceremonies taking place across the country to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks.
In New York City, the national September 11 memorial and museum will hold its annual commemoration ceremony, with the families of victims gathering at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza and reading aloud the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Continue reading...UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills
Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government
More than 120 organisations including big businesses and charities have called for the removal of “hidden taxes” added to energy bills to help reduce costs for consumers and prevent businesses closing.
In a letter to the chancellor the signatories – including Energy UK, business trade body the CBI, End Fuel Poverty and Age UK – called for levies amounting to 10% of energy bills that fund policies to be paid for by the government. John Healey is to present his first budget on 28 October.
Continue reading...RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats
Charity condemns ‘disgraceful’ intimidation and insists it will continue core purpose of saving lives at sea
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has had a “significant” boost in donations since becoming a target of far-right agitators protesting over small boat crossings.
The charity’s staff and volunteers have been subjected to “online and physical abuse” after involvement in a rescue on Sunday in which a dingy carrying asylum seekers was brought into Portsmouth.
Continue reading...Hamas planned Berlin-Vienna attacks for Oct. 7 anniversary, indictment shows – politico.eu
- Hamas planned Berlin-Vienna attacks for Oct. 7 anniversary, indictment shows politico.eu
- Germany charges 7 suspected Hamas members over attack plot DW.com
- Seven men charged for Hamas membership, weapons procurement in Berlin The Jerusalem Post
- Germany charges seven men over procuring weapons for Hamas The Times of Israel
- Germany indicts man arrested at Larnaca airport Cyprus Mail
‘Russia Will Feel It Firsthand’: Budanov Warns of Deeper Ukrainian Strikes – Kyiv Post
- ‘Russia Will Feel It Firsthand’: Budanov Warns of Deeper Ukrainian Strikes Kyiv Post
- Top Ukrainian official gives inside look at the war with Russia The Hill
- ‘I spent most of my life in intelligence’: Budanov discusses negotiations with Russians The New Voice of Ukraine
- Long-range strikes alone cannot win a war – Budanov ua.news
- Budanov named the most realistic scenario for the end of the war elitexpert.ua
Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ goes up for auction
Auction house Sotheby's expects the dress to sell for up to $300,000 (£220,000) when it goes under the hammer on 9 December.
Lost city where Jesus performed miracles has finally been identified, expert says – Fox News
How Ron DeSantis politicized Florida’s higher education by placing his loyalists at the top
Term-limited, hard-right governor instituted an ideological infiltration of universities by placing allies in powerful posts
In fewer than four months’ time, Ron DeSantis, Florida’s hard-right governor, will be termed out of office, and what critics saw as his relentless eight-year, “anti-woke” assault on higher education in the state will finally be over.
But while DeSantis himself will be gone, numerous hand-picked loyalists will remain in positions of power to protect his ideological makeover of universities and colleges. The latest, Alex Kelly, the governor’s former deputy chief of staff, and Florida commerce secretary, was named last week as the sole finalist in Pensacola state college’s search for a new president, at least the 12th close DeSantis ally to win such a plum post.
Continue reading...Iran’s Houthi allies capture strategic island on vital oil shipping route
Rampant Yemeni fighters take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports
Yemen’s rampant Houthi forces have captured the strategic island of Perim in the Bab al-Mandab strait, expanding their control of the narrow waterway, one of the world’s vital shipping routes.
The Iran-aligned Houthis took control of the volcanic island after forces allied to the UN-backed, Aden-based government left in the latest of a dramatic series of reverses along Yemen’s west coast in recent days, including the loss of the port city of Mocha on Thursday.
Continue reading...Half a million Russians killed in Ukraine war, British intelligence says – Sky News
- Half a million Russians killed in Ukraine war, British intelligence says Sky News
- More than 500,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine, UK defense chief says AP News
- Russia loses 1,500 troops in war against Ukraine over past 24 hours Ukrinform
- We asked Ukrainian soldiers about Russian losses passing 1.5 million The Kyiv Independent
- UK names Russian military personnel losses since beginning of full-scale invasion Українська правда
Hundreds of asylum seekers removed from UK to France have disappeared, say NGOs
Rights groups say those missing after being deported under one in, one out deal include dozens of age-disputed children
Hundreds of asylum seekers including at least 41 age-disputed children who were removed to France under the “one in, one out” deal have disappeared, human rights organisations have said.
The pilot scheme was hailed as “groundbreaking” by the former prime minister Keir Starmer when he and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced it in July 2025. Under a treaty drawn up for this agreement, it forcibly returns small-boat asylum seekers to France in exchange for others brought legally to the UK from France.
Continue reading...China angered by Taiwan VP’s visit to EU democracy forum – DW.com
- China angered by Taiwan VP's visit to EU democracy forum DW.com
- Taiwan vice president makes rare Europe visit for conference on democracy Al Jazeera
- Taiwan’s No. 2 Makes Rare Europe Trip, Defying China’s Isolation Bloomberg.com
- Beijing has no right to interfere in vice president's visit to Italy: MOFA Focus Taiwan
- Taiwan's vice president on rare Europe visit which China calls 'despicable' Reuters
Rocket Report: Europe joins the commercial launch club; a Ravn X sighting? – arstechnica.com
- Rocket Report: Europe joins the commercial launch club; a Ravn X sighting? arstechnica.com
- Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services arstechnica.com
- SpaceX rival launches rocket in historic first, says industry is 'desperate' for more CNBC
- History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight Isar Aerospace
- NATO Innovation Fund on liftoff: the first European private company reaching orbit Fortune
Céline Dion sparks mass karaoke and power-ballad fever with return to stage in Paris
Fans from around the world gather for star’s long-awaited performances after break because of neurological condition
More than 30,000 Céline Dion fans have gathered in Paris for the Canadian singer’s long-awaited return to performing on Saturday night, four years after she revealed her diagnosis of stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition.
Thousands more people without tickets have flocked to a series of giant karaoke events across France to belt out Dion’s famous power ballads, in celebration of the star’s health stabilising enough for her to return to the stage.
Continue reading...Buddhist monk arrested in suspected $3m embezzlement scandal
Thai police also arrested a suspected female accomplice with whom the monk, who had taken a vow of celibacy, was filmed having sex.
Humiliated Putin’s Nightmare Deepens After ‘Overwhelming’ Attacks – The Daily Beast
- Humiliated Putin’s Nightmare Deepens After ‘Overwhelming’ Attacks The Daily Beast
- Ukraine Strikes Degrade Russian Oil-Refining Industry, IEA Says bloomberg.com
- As Russians prepare to vote, anxiety over the war deepens Reuters
- How Ukrainian Drone Strikes Are Pounding Russia’s Economy WSJ
- Russia could lose 30% of oil refining capacity for 18 months – IEA report Українська правда
Russia’s foreign recruit drive amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says – Euronews.com
- Russia's foreign recruit drive amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says Euronews.com
- Russia: Recruitment of foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine amounts to human trafficking Amnesty International
- Ukraine war latest: Russian observers condemn army's 'culture of lying' - as Putin faces 'nightmare' news.sky.com
- Amnesty accuses Russia of trafficking foreigners to fight in Ukraine Al Jazeera
- Ukraine war latest: Russia's recruitment of foreign nationals 'amounts to human trafficking' The Kyiv Independent