‘Sloppy’: Trump downplays shock over leaked Signal chat about Yemen attack
Democrats have called the high-level discussions on the messaging app Signal 'obviously reckless, obviously dangerous'.
Palestine keep hopes of first World Cup alive with dramatic Iraq turnaround
Palestine score twice in the final minutes of their Group B qualifier for a historic 2-1 win against Iraq in Jordan.
In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight – The New York Times
- In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight The New York Times
- Who is new Bundestag President Julia Klöckner? DW (English)
- Germany's emboldened far right takes expanded role in new parliament Reuters.com
- German parliament elects an ex-minister as speaker as it opens a potentially confrontational term The Associated Press
- German parliament sits for first time with AfD as second biggest party The Guardian
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney – The Guardian US
US judge sets Boeing 737 MAX fraud trial for June 23
In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after two fatal 737 MAX crashes.
The long, slow road to a ceasefire, with no guarantee of success
The agreement comes after days of talks with the US in Saudi Arabia.
Hundreds join protest against Hamas in northern Gaza
Demonstrators shout ‘Hamas out’ and carry banners saying ‘we want to live in peace’
Hundreds of Palestinians have joined protests in northern Gaza, shouting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war with Israel, in what has been described as the largest protest against the militant group inside the territory since the 7 October attacks.
Videos and photos shared on social media late on Tuesday showed hundreds of people, mostly men, chanting “Hamas out” and “Hamas terrorists” in Beit Lahiya, where the crowd had gathered a week after the Israeli army resumed its intense bombing of Gaza after nearly two months of a truce.
Continue reading...In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S. – NPR
- In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S. NPR
- 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Gabbard pressed on omission of climate change from threat report NewsNation Now
- Trump administration highlights drug cartels as major national security threat but omits climate change CNN
- Sen. King Asks About What DNI Gabbard Considers Classified C-SPAN
Signs U.S. Massing B-2 Spirit Bombers In Diego Garcia (Updated) – Yahoo
Hundreds join Gaza’s largest anti-Hamas protest since war began
Masked Hamas militants dispersed protesters who gathered in northern Gaza to rally against the group.
Russia and Ukraine agree naval ceasefire in Black Sea
The two sides struck separate deals with the US after three days of talks in Saudi Arabia.
‘I was afraid for my life’: At the scene of the attack on Palestinian Oscar winner
The Palestinian Oscar winner's West Bank home was attacked by Israeli settlers. Ballal's co-director says his acclaim "does not help us on the ground".
Mexico ‘ranch of horror’ was cartel training site, not ‘extermination camp’ – Reuters.com
- Mexico 'ranch of horror' was cartel training site, not 'extermination camp' Reuters.com
- Secret ovens and human remains: grisly Mexico killing site spotlights forced disappearances The Guardian
- Opinion | Mexico’s Descent Into Cartel Hell The Wall Street Journal
- 2 ex-Mexican police officers arrested over alleged cartel killing site where bones, shoes were found CBS News
- Killing Camp in Mexico Shows Horrors of CJNG Forced Recruitment InSight Crime
UK ministers vow to tackle forced labour in supply chains to mollify MPs
Pledge comes after Labour MPs were whipped to remove legal protections from Great British Energy bill
Ministers have vowed to tackle forced labour in supply chains to mollify MPs after asking them to remove legal protections from the Great British Energy bill.
Labour MPs were whipped on Tuesday night to strip out an amendment intended to ensure that companies using forced labour do not drive the UK’s green energy transition.
Continue reading...Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’
The Royal Society has decided not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk over his conduct, saying that to do so could cause damage to the academy and science itself.
Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who also owns the social media platform X, was elected a fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences in 2018, apparently in recognition of his work in the space and electric vehicle industries.
Continue reading...Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds
Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimates
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Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane at a Queensland coalmine were likely between three and eight times higher than officially reported, according to UN-backed research that flew aircraft over the site.
Queensland’s open-cut coalmines are known to be a major source of methane and experts are worried that official figures could be a gross underestimation of actual emissions.
Continue reading...Ukraine ceasefire deal looks like a Russian wishlist tied with a US bow
A moratorium on attacks on ships in the Black Sea seems to be contingent on sanctions relief – a key Kremlin demand
The Kremlin is pressing its advantage with a White House that is impatient to show that Donald Trump is the only leader who can deliver peace in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.
At first blush, the deal agreed by US negotiators in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday offers concession on concession to the Kremlin, leaving observers to question whether Russia had given anything to secure its first offer of sanctions relief since the beginning of the war.
Continue reading...Grandparents arrested for murder of French toddler who disappeared from their garden – CNN International
- Grandparents arrested for murder of French toddler who disappeared from their garden CNN International
- Priest who baptised murdered French boy takes own life The Telegraph
- Emile Soleil: Grandparents arrested on suspicion of toddler's murder in French Alps BBC.com
- Grandparents arrested for suspected murder of toddler in French Alps The Guardian
- 'Little Emile': Grandparents detained over 2023 disappearance of French toddler FRANCE 24 English
Grandparents arrested for murder of French toddler who disappeared from their garden – CNN
- Grandparents arrested for murder of French toddler who disappeared from their garden CNN
- Emile Soleil: Grandparents arrested on suspicion of toddler's murder in French Alps BBC.com
- Grandparents arrested for suspected murder of toddler in French Alps The Guardian
- A 2-Year-Old Boy Went Missing in 2023. His Grandparents Have Just Been Arrested on Suspicion of Murder PEOPLE
- How mystery that has gripped France became a real-life The Missing: Little Emile vanished, sparking manhunt th Daily Mail
Trump outburst prompts removal of his ‘distorted’ portrait from Colorado capitol
Painting of Trump was commissioned by Republicans, though president blamed Colorado’s Democratic governor
A portrait of Donald Trump that was commissioned by fellow Republicans – but which he evidently came to believe had been “purposefully distorted” – was removed from a wall at the Colorado state capitol where it had been since 2019.
After Trump posted complaints about the painting on his Truth Social platform, Colorado’s senate minority leader, Paul Lundeen, a Republican, asked that it be taken down and replaced with one that “depicts his contemporary likeness”. Colorado Republicans had raised more than $10,000 to commission the oil painting that was the target of the president’s ire.
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