Palestine Action activist who hit officer with sledgehammer ‘panicked’, court told

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Samuel Corner, 23, says he struck Sgt Kate Evans to protect co-defendant amid 2024 Elbit Systems raid near Oxford

A Palestine Action activist who struck a police officer with a sledgehammer during a protest at an Israeli-linked arms factory acted to protect a co-defendant he believed was being seriously hurt, a court has heard.

Samuel Corner, 23, is accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Sgt Kate Evans during a raid on the Elbit Systems facility, in Filton, near Bristol, on 6 August 2024.

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EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto

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Agreement for urgently needed loan reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia

EU member states have reached agreement on unblocking an urgently needed €90bn (£78bn) loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, prompting Budapest to lift its veto.

Cyprus, which holds the bloc’s rotating presidency, said member states’ ambassadors had agreed to launch “written procedures” for the final approval of the loan and the sanctions package, with formal signoff on both due by Thursday afternoon.

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Researcher believes Noah’s Ark found in Turkey after new underground scans – Fox News

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  1. Researcher believes Noah's Ark found in Turkey after new underground scans  Fox News
  2. Noah’s Ark mystery deepens as researcher blows lid on strange rock formations in Turkey  New York Post
  3. New evidence in Türkiye reignites the debate over the location of “Noah’s Ark”  صوت الإمارات
  4. Turkey’s Mount Ararat Formation Sparks Fresh Claims of Noah’s Ark Discovery  ColombiaOne.com
  5. Mystery on Mount Ararat: alleged tunnels of Noah's Ark appear in a site shaped like a boat and reignite one of the oldest searches in history.  CPG Click Petróleo e Gás
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Podcast interviews of NSW couple jailed for abusing their daughter in the spotlight

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Exclusive: Corrective Services investigates how Richard Guilliatt of The Australian was able to interview Rob and Karen Gilfillan for Shadow of Doubt

Corrective Services New South Wales is investigating how a journalist from The Australian was able to interview a man and a woman convicted of abusing their daughter for a podcast that raised questions about their guilt.

After legal restrictions were lifted last month the victim said the podcast had been highly detrimental to her mental health.

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Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

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NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds

Two state governments have drastically underdelivered more than $160m in infrastructure measures to improve river health in the northern Murray-Darling basin eight years since they were promised, a major independent review has found.

This includes failure by the New South Wales government to secure any of the private land access needed to improve water flows over floodplains in the state’s Gwydir region, where scientists had to scramble to rescue turtles in dried up wetlands last week.

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Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs

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Exclusive: McSweeney summoned by foreign affairs select committee in rare step, as Mandelson vetting row continues

Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s former chief of staff, has been summoned before the foreign affairs select committee as the Peter Mandelson vetting row continues to undermine Keir Starmer’s premiership.

As MPs attempt to unravel the facts, McSweeney is to appear next Tuesday to respond to allegations that Downing Street put huge pressure on the civil service to approve his appointment as the UK’s ambassador to Washington.

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Zelensky tells CNN talks on Ukraine cannot wait until after the war in Iran is over – CNN

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  1. Zelensky tells CNN talks on Ukraine cannot wait until after the war in Iran is over  CNN
  2. A longer Iran conflict could boost risk for Ukraine securing missile defences, Zelenskiy says  Reuters
  3. Iranian Instructors Trained Russian Forces to Deploy 'Shahed' Kamikaze Drones Against Ukraine, Says Zelenskyy  112.ua
  4. ‘Russia is in big trouble…’: Zelenskyy says Iran war ‘strengthens’ Moscow — but ‘where will China stand?’  Firstpost
  5. Talks on Ukraine can't wait until Iran war is over, Zelenskyy says  Українська правда
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Trump may send Afghan allies who were promised new lives in the U.S. to Congo instead, advocacy group says – NBC News

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  1. Trump may send Afghan allies who were promised new lives in the U.S. to Congo instead, advocacy group says  NBC News
  2. Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo  The New York Times
  3. US weighs plan to send Afghans who helped with war effort from Qatar to a third country  AP News
  4. Trump’s cruel plan for Afghan refugees, briefly explained  vox.com
  5. Lawmakers Blast Plans to Send Afghans Who Helped U.S. to Congo  NOTUS — News of the United States
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