Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention centre to close
The US is set to shut down the federal migrant detention centre known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’.
To Make a Deal With Trump, Iran Wants Billions of Its Money Unfrozen – The New York Times
- To Make a Deal With Trump, Iran Wants Billions of Its Money Unfrozen The New York Times
- Iran war updates: Tehran’s negotiators in Qatar; Israel pounds Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Qatar emerges as key broker in US-Iran frozen funds dispute | Iran International ایران اینترنشنال
- Iran’s Dream Deal: Economic Relief, No Trump Victory WSJ
- Iran will sign peace deal only if US releases $24bn of frozen assets The Telegraph
US munitions depleted by Iran war will take years to restore, analysis finds – Military Times
- US munitions depleted by Iran war will take years to restore, analysis finds Military Times
- US will need years to replenish stockpiles of advanced weapons used in Iran war, new analysis finds AP News
- Replenishing advanced weapons stockpiles used in Iran war will take years: Analysis The Hill
- Here’s How Long It Will Take to Replace Weapons Trump Used on Iran The New Republic
- US warns Japan of severe delays in Tomahawk deliveries due to Iran war Financial Times
Mexican governor says she’s “being persecuted” over case of 2 CIA agents killed in drug lab raid – CBS News
- Mexican governor says she's "being persecuted" over case of 2 CIA agents killed in drug lab raid CBS News
- 2 U.S. Embassy officials killed in car crash after Mexico drug lab raid AOL.com
- Licensable picture: Maru Campos, Governor Of Chihuahua, Appears Before The Attorney General's Office In CIA Case reutersconnect.com
- Mexico investigates border governor for collaborating with US agencies against cartels voz.us
- Security Assessment / CIA Agents in Mexico Mexico Business News
Ebola-hit DR Congo faces ‘catastrophic collision’ of disease and conflict, WHO warns
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in DR Congo was hampering efforts to stop spread
Ebola-hit DR Congo faces ‘catastrophic collision’ of disease and conflict, WHO warns
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in DR Congo was hampering efforts to stop spread
UK cyberspying chief calls AI ‘an unstoppable force’ and warns about Russia – AP News
- UK cyberspying chief calls AI ‘an unstoppable force’ and warns about Russia AP News
- High-Level British Spy Warns of Expanding Russia Threat The New York Times
- UK and allies have narrowing window to stay ahead in tech race, spy chief says Reuters
- UK spy chief: Time is running out for the West to confront threats from Russia and China CNBC
- Russia is targeting UK’s infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ head to say The Guardian
US building Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for Americans amid outbreak
Some experts criticize White House approach and say not allowing Americans to return to US hurts treatment efforts
The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing them home.
The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the US was setting up a facility in Kenya for Americans to quarantine after Ebola exposure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Continue reading...LEGO Foundation donates $97 million to bring play-based learning to children impacted by conflicts – AP News
Northern Ireland’s former unionist leader faces trial in sexual abuse case involving 2 girls – AP News
- Northern Ireland’s former unionist leader faces trial in sexual abuse case involving 2 girls AP News
- Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: Former DUP leader expressed 'regret' to alleged victim in letter, court hears BBC
- Donaldson wrote of 'regret' to complainant, court hears RTE.ie
- Jeffrey Donaldson abused girls with wife’s knowledge, court told The Times
- Jeffrey Donaldson trial hears alleged sexual abuse victim tell police of nightmares The Guardian
Vatican announces global rosary for peace with Pope Leo XIV – EWTN News
Traders are skeptical of Iran timeline for Strait of Hormuz reopening – CNBC
- Traders are skeptical of Iran timeline for Strait of Hormuz reopening CNBC
- The power struggle in the world’s narrow seas Financial Times
- Even After a Strait of Hormuz Deal, Moving 1,500 Ships Won’t Be Easy The New York Times
- What happens when the war really ends CNN
- Hormuz Is a Warning for the Indo-Pacific Foreign Affairs
Trump accuses Iran of stalling peace deal to ‘out-wait’ him until US midterms
US president tells cabinet Tehran is delaying in hope of better terms after November congressional elections
Donald Trump has accused Iran of trying to stall on making a peace agreement by running down the clock before November’s US midterm elections in the hope of getting better terms.
“They thought they were going to out-wait me, you know, ‘We’ll out wait him, he’s got the midterms,” the US president told a meeting of his cabinet at the White House on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Nearly half a million Russians killed in Ukraine war, UK spy chief says
Anne Keast-Butler says Russian forces are ‘going backwards on the battlefield’ for first time since late 2022
Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion more than four years ago, according to a new estimate from the head of the British spy agency GCHQ.
Anne Keast-Butler, the chief of the electronic intelligence agency, said in her first speech in the job that Russian forces were “going backwards on the battlefield” inside Ukraine for the first time since late 2022.
Continue reading...Watch: Moment rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave
Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week.
‘It’s getting hotter and it’s not stopping’: dealing with the heat in five of Europe’s capitals – The Guardian
- ‘It’s getting hotter and it’s not stopping’: dealing with the heat in five of Europe’s capitals The Guardian
- Record heat for May Financial Times
- Western Europe is roasting in unprecedented spring heat – and it’s not alone Yale Climate Connections
- An exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe NPR
- Buckled jet stream is driving Europe’s record heat. It’s causing turbulent weather in California, too San Francisco Chronicle
Starmer warns of Russian aggression as UK agrees new treaty with Poland – BBC
- Starmer warns of Russian aggression as UK agrees new treaty with Poland BBC
- Britain and Poland are set to sign a big new security treaty The Economist
- Starmer and Tusk sign UK–Poland defence pact amid warnings over Russian threats France 24
- New UK-Poland treaty to focus on defence against Russia, Tusk says Reuters
- UK and Poland sign new defense and migration pact politico.eu
Tourist accused of hurling rock at endangered Hawaiian seal was trying to protect sea turtles, lawyer says
Igor Lytvynchuk is scheduled to appear in court on charges of harassing and attempting to harass a protected animal
The lawyer for a tourist accused of hurling a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal says his client was trying to protect sea turtles and has since been assaulted, threatened and doxed.
Igor Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is scheduled to appear in court in Honolulu on Wednesday on charges of harassing and attempting to harass a protected animal.
Continue reading...New Mandelson revelations cast doubt on claim vetting decision was borderline, Thornberry says – as it happened
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Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, posted this on social media about Tony Blair’s latest intervention this morning.
Tony Blair.
What the billionaire class have paid for.
Spot the difference between “Tony Blair says” and “Nigel Farage says”
Continue reading...The WHO Said Not to Do It. Uganda Just Did – Newser
- The WHO Said Not to Do It. Uganda Just Did Newser
- Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare Ebola type are surging AP News
- Uganda shuts DR Congo border as Ebola outbreak continues to grow CIDRAP
- Ugandan health officials report new Ebola virus infections, bringing cases to 7 PBS
- DR Congo’s neighbors impose Covid-style measures in push to limit Ebola’s spread NBC News