- French presidential candidates clash at first debate before upcoming elections France 24
- Le Pen seeks to woo French business leaders at first presidential debate Reuters
- France Needs a President Who Isn’t for the Bosses Jacobin
- French presidential candidates clash in first debate of campaign Euronews.com
- 4 takeaways from France’s first presidential debate politico.eu
IDF kills Hamas terrorist who held three hostages, Sinwar’s ex-bodyguard, others in Gaza strikes – The Jerusalem Post
- IDF kills Hamas terrorist who held three hostages, Sinwar's ex-bodyguard, others in Gaza strikes The Jerusalem Post
- IDF: Former bodyguard of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in southern Gaza strike The Times of Israel
- IDF: The IDF killed a Hamas commander who took part in holding Edan Alexander, Matan Zangauker, and Avera Mengistu hostage in the Gaza Strip news.cgtn.com
- Shafaq News..Israel kills two Hamas operatives in Gaza شفق نيوز
- IDF says it eliminated Hamas commander in Gaza Breakingthenews.net
Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say – AP News
- Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war, officials say AP News
- U.S. weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China The Washington Post
- Trump’s Missile Math Problem Foreign Policy
- AP: Europe faces "beyond critical" Patriot missile shortage Українська правда
- Australia wanted more US missiles. The Iran war may make them harder to get. Politico
Climate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn
Unusual heat this year may have melted ice and thawed bonds that hold glaciers in place – leading to catastrophe
The devastating flash flood that has ripped through the border communities of Nepal and Tibet has heightened fears that the climate crisis is destabilising the geology of mountain and polar regions, threatening millions of people.
Satellite imagery suggests a glacier collapse high in the Himalayas was the primary cause of the deadly torrent of mud, water and ice that tore along the Bhotekoshi River on Wednesday. It swept away buildings and roads and left at least 360 dead and 1,400 missing.
Continue reading...Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war
BBC special correspondent Allan Little met the "Butcher of Bosnia" in the early months of the Bosnian war.
Iran Talks Sputter as Trump Spurns a Return to His June Deal – WSJ
- Iran Talks Sputter as Trump Spurns a Return to His June Deal WSJ
- Trump says Iran is ‘DEAD’ — experts point to the real sign Tehran is nearing the brink Fox News
- Trump Says He’s Not Trying To Force Iran Back To Bargaining Table With New Strikes forbes.com
- Trump says Iran deal 'isn't worth the paper it's written on' Middle East Eye
- Iran war latest: US embassies issue security alert after Tehran's neighbours condemn 'heinous' attacks news.sky.com
A fire at a gas and chemical plant in Russia’s Far East has killed 15 – AP News
- A fire at a gas and chemical plant in Russia’s Far East has killed 15 AP News
- Six Chinese nationals among seven killed in Russian gas plant fire Reuters
- Deadly Fire Extinguished at Russian Gas Plant Near China Bloomberg.com
- Fire at Russia’s Amur Gas Chemical Complex — one of the world’s largest chemical plants — kills 15 Meduza
- Chinese nationals among casualties in Russia gas plant fire news.cgtn.com
I Teach at Yale. There Are Gen Z Catholics All Around Me. I Know What Must Be Done. – Slate
Woman found guilty of indecent assault against two pupils at London boys’ school in 1980s
Sally-Anne Bowen, now 65, convicted of assaulting boys at Christ’s College, Finchley, where she was chemistry teacher
A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.
Sally-Anne Bowen, who taught at Christ’s College in Finchley, north London, assaulted the teenage boys when they were aged around 14 to 15 and she was in her mid-20s.
Continue reading...Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White
Jes Staley made the comments to US lawmakers investigating his links to Jeffrey Epstein
The former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein.
The comments were detailed in newly released transcripts from a closed-door interview last month with US lawmakers as part of their investigation into Epstein, who died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex-trafficking charges.
Continue reading...Greek Orthodox priest and cult musician clarifies views on homosexuality
Father Dionysios Tabakis says his views are those of Orthodox church, ‘nothing more, nothing less’
A Greek Orthodox priest whose home-recorded album of drone metal and religious dubstep has made him a cult figure in experimental music circles has issued a statement in which he has clarified his stance on homosexuality and the Greek radical right.
“As can be seen from my musical expression, I am in favour of unity, love, empathy and help for every needy, wronged and suffering person in life,” Father Dionysios Tabakis said in a public statement shared with the Guardian. “Whoever they are, whatever they believe, whether they are a saint or a sinner.”
Continue reading...Two killed in ‘domestic violence incident’ at school near Berlin
Police have arrested a 19-year-old male suspect after an incident in which two people were killed near the German capital.
What we should make of CIA boss’s secret trip to Moscow
There is nothing routine about John Ratcliffe making a secret, 10,000-mile return dash to Moscow, writes Frank Gardner.
Magnitude 5 earthquake hits Tibet, hundreds of miles north of Himalayan flood – Reuters
- Magnitude 5 earthquake hits Tibet, hundreds of miles north of Himalayan flood Reuters
- 5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province The Times of India
- 4.7-Magnitude Quake Hits Nagqu In Xizang According To CENC, Xinhua Reports TradingView
- Nepal Earthquake Today: 3.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Nepal Nepal at 70 Km Depth Amid Flash Flood Disaster; Check Epicentre, Affected Areas, & Latest Updates The Sunday Guardian
- Fresh flood warning issued in Nepal as 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Sichuan province of China News On AIR
Jury deliberations begin in Lindsay Clancy murder trial after her attorney blames medical system
The state concludes: ‘This wasn’t a woman suffering from a lack of care’ or ‘a lack of resources’
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has moved into deliberations as jurors decide whether the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children in January 2023.
Over the past five weeks, the trial, which has been called “America’s saddest murder trial” , has renewed nationwide attention on postpartum mental healthcare. Clancy’s defense maintains that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis – a condition estimated to affect around two women per 1,000 births – and therefore should not be held criminally responsible for her actions.
Continue reading...Russian serviceman dies in car blast in St. Petersburg – dw.com
- Russian serviceman dies in car blast in St. Petersburg dw.com
- Russian military serviceman killed in St Petersburg car blast Al Jazeera
- Car bomb kills Russian air force lieutenant colonel The Times
- Russian serviceman killed in explosion in St. Petersburg, media reports Reuters
- Car bomb reportedly kills Russian military officer in St. Petersburg Meduza
Teesside MPs call for more police help after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths
Labour’s Andy McDonald says gangs ‘clearly featuring’ in a series of incidents and police are underfunded
Five MPs on Teesside have called on the government to provide more help to local police and fire services after a week in which nine people have died in two incidents.
The MPs said the communities they represented should get the “strongest possible backing from the government”.
Continue reading...Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood
BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.
Eastern Flank Commissioners urge von der Leyen action over Russia – Euronews.com
- Eastern Flank Commissioners urge von der Leyen action over Russia Euronews.com
- Latvia's foreign minister warns of Russian sabotage acts in Europe PBS
- Baltic States Arm For Russian Threat As Leaked Letter Shows Growing Fears Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Kremlin considering hybrid attacks on individual EU countries, CCD Chief says Ukrinform
- Latvia's military threat level unchanged: PM Xinhua
Tate brothers urge release on bail in Miami as they fight extradition to UK
Andrew and Tristan Tate’s lawyer tells court that pair, who are wanted on rape charges, are not a flight risk
A lawyer for the social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate urged a US judge on Thursday to release the brothers on bail from a Miami jail as they contest extradition to Britain, where they are wanted on rape charges.
Howard Srebnick, a lawyer for the Tate brothers, told the Miami-based US magistrate judge Lauren Louis that they had regularly appeared in court in Romania, where they are on pre-trial release, which he said was evidence they were not a flight risk.
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