How we reported in -30C temperatures in Canada’s Arctic
BBC's Nadine Yousif and Eloise Alanna spent five days travelling with the country's military rangers through frostbite and sub-zero temperatures.
US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies – Al Jazeera
- US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies Al Jazeera
- Israel Acquiring Low-cost Systems From U.S. to Intercept Drones Haaretz
- Trump administration fast-tracks $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies Financial Times
- US Approves Nearly $9 Billion in Weapons Sales to Mideast States Bloomberg.com
- U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners The New York Times
Norway’s Northern Lights Nightmare – The New York Times
Norway’s Northern Lights Nightmare The New York Times
An Insurgency Threatens U.S. Mining Ambitions in Pakistan – The New York Times
An Insurgency Threatens U.S. Mining Ambitions in Pakistan The New York Times
Hezbollah deploys a potent new weapon designed to evade Israeli detection – CNN
Nato meetings with TV and film-makers prompt claims it is seeking ‘propaganda’
Exclusive: Two ‘intimate conversations’ held with writers, directors and producers, with a third due in June
Nato is holding closed-door meetings with film and TV screenwriters, directors and producers across Europe and the US, the Guardian can reveal, prompting accusations the alliance is seeking to use the arts to generate “propaganda” for the bloc.
The alliance has held three meetings with film and TV professionals in Los Angeles, Brussels and Paris and is due to continue its “series of intimate conservations” next month in London, meeting with screenwriter members of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), which represents professional writers in the UK.
Continue reading...Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ trapped ships from strait of Hormuz amid ‘very positive’ talks with Iran
US president’s post follows flurry of mixed signals including concern Tehran had not ‘paid big enough price’
Donald Trump has announced that the US will “guide” ships trapped by the Iran war out of the Gulf through the strait of Hormuz on Monday morning, and claimed his representatives were having “very positive” discussions with Iran.
Trump wrote on his social media site that the operation, called “Project Freedom”, would be a humanitarian gesture “on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran”.
Continue reading...Barnaby Joyce blames campaign ‘pressure’ after One Nation Farrer candidate contradicts party on immigration
David Farley says net overseas migration of 306,000 ‘probably not’ too much despite party policy to cap migrants at 130,000 per year
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Barnaby Joyce has blamed “the pressure of a campaign” for One Nation’s Farrer candidate contradicting party policy on immigration and appearing to endorse Labor’s current intake.
The One Nation MP also claimed voters won’t worry about Gina Rinehart’s million-dollar donation of a private plane to Pauline Hanson’s party, claiming journalists were more interested than ordinary people in the lucrative gift from Rinehart’s company.
Continue reading...Jefferson Lewis charged with murder over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby near Alice Springs
Warlpiri girl went missing on Saturday 25 April from a town camp and was found dead five days later
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Northern Territory police have charged Jefferson Lewis with murder over the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.
The Warlpiri girl went missing on Saturday 25 April from her bed in a town camp near Alice Springs.
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Continue reading...Tucker Carlson Cornered After Denying Trump ‘Antichrist’ Comment – The Daily Beast
- Tucker Carlson Cornered After Denying Trump ‘Antichrist’ Comment The Daily Beast
- How We Chose What to Ask and When to Challenge Tucker Carlson The New York Times
- Inside the High-Stakes Interrogation of Tucker Carlson streamlinefeed.co.ke
- Observers agog as 'liar' Tucker Carlson has his words thrown in his face: 'What a kook' rawstory.com
- NYT Corners Tucker Carlson On Trump ‘Antichrist’ Remarks: ‘Those Words Never Left My Lips’ HuffPost
Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a ‘rat’ – Reuters
- Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a 'rat' Reuters
- Taiwan president visits Eswatini days after blaming China for cancelled trip BBC
- Taiwan president defiant on visit to Eswatini; China calls him a 'rat' NBC News
- Taiwan's 12 remaining diplomatic allies Reuters
- Taiwan Outfoxes China in Test of Wills Over Tiny African Country WSJ
Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal ‘anticipated’, Spain and Italy could be next – NPR
- Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal ‘anticipated', Spain and Italy could be next NPR
- Trump threatens more cuts after US announced withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany CNN
- Trump says cutting US troops in Germany 'a lot further' dw.com
- Germany says US troop drawdown should spur Europe, but top Republicans worried Reuters
- How Germany May Have Misjudged Trump’s Anger on Iran The New York Times
Austria: Police arrest suspect over poisoned HiPP baby food – dw.com
- Austria: Police arrest suspect over poisoned HiPP baby food dw.com
- Man arrested after rat poison found in HiPP baby food jars in Austria BBC
- Austria arrests man suspected of lacing jars of baby food with rat poison Dawn
- Infant Formula Poisoning Blackmail Suspect Arrested 조선일보
- Suspect Arrested in Baby Food Tampering Case Devdiscourse
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2026 – Institute for the Study of War
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russian Territorial Gains Diminish in April Despite Increased Assault Activity UNITED24 Media
- Russia's offensive stalls as troops lose 116 square kilometers in a month, ISW says RBC-Ukraine
- In April, Russian troops occupied 141 sq. km of Ukrainian territory, - DeepState. INFOGRAPHICS Цензор.НЕТ
- Russian forces suffered a net loss of controlled Ukrainian territories for the first time since 2024 - ISW Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
Iran War Gives U.S.’s Rivals a Real-Time Look at Its Firepower – WSJ
- Iran War Gives U.S.’s Rivals a Real-Time Look at Its Firepower WSJ
- Lessons in Military Deterrence from the Iran War: US Strategy in Contested Waters Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
- WSJ: Iran war exposes gaps in US defence systems Middle East Eye
- The Iran War Is Teaching the Pentagon Every Lesson It Needs for a China Conflict — and Some of Those Lessons Are Deeply Uncomfortable National Security Journal
The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?
President Zelensky has been visiting the Gulf to demonstrate his country's military nous.
The clandestine network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout
Sahand tells the BBC World Service he sends satellite internet terminals into Iran to help show "the real picture".
Laufey on making jazz cool again (and the fish that brought out her inner rage)
The Icelandic star reflects on a phenomenal year, and the music video that let her go "primal".
Person found dead in car after it plows into health club in Portland, Oregon
Investigators find explosives in car, which crashed into Multnomah Athletic Club shortly before 3am Saturday
A person was found dead after a vehicle plowed into a health club in downtown Portland, Oregon, early Saturday morning, police said. Investigators later found explosives inside the car.
Portland police and the Portland fire and rescue department responded to the Multnomah Athletic Club shortly before 3am after the vehicle crashed through the front entrance and caught fire. Once the blaze was brought under control, a person was found dead inside the vehicle, police said in a statement.
Continue reading...Dragonflies in distress: Scientists sound alarm in India’s ecological hotspot
A new study reveals a decline in dragonfly and damselfly species in India's Western Ghats.