Column | In Gaza, ‘an entire society now a graveyard’ – The Washington Post

  1. Column | In Gaza, ‘an entire society now a graveyard’  The Washington Post
  2. Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege  The Associated Press
  3. Gaza mourns children killed in Israeli strike as death toll rises  Reuters
  4. U.N.-Backed Panel Urges ‘Immediate Action’ in Gaza to Avert Famine  The New York Times
  5. Experts warn ‘famine is imminent’ in Northern Gaza  The Hill
Posted in Uncategorized

Israel’s ousted defense minister says the military has done all it can in Gaza – NPR

  1. Israel’s ousted defense minister says the military has done all it can in Gaza  NPR
  2. Cynicism, scorn and endless contempt: Gallant's ouster is a symptom of Netanyahu's tyranny  Haaretz
  3. Why Netanyahu Fired His Defense Minister  The Atlantic
  4. Austin calls former Israeli defense minister after Netanyahu dismissal  The Hill
  5. Likud strengthens, coalition weakens: How did the public react to the firing of Gallant? - poll  The Jerusalem Post
Posted in Uncategorized

WATCH: Hamas brutally tortures Gazans, IDF footage reveals – The Jerusalem Post

  1. WATCH: Hamas brutally tortures Gazans, IDF footage reveals  The Jerusalem Post
  2. IDF publishes footage of Hamas torturing Palestinian detainees in Gaza  The Times of Israel
  3. IDF Releases Footage Alleging Hamas Torture Of Palestinians  i24NEWS
  4. IDF publishes video proving Hamas abuse of Gazan civilians | Attempt to smuggle M-16 rifles in Jordan Valley thwarted | 3 farmers injured in rocket barrage towards Nahariya  All Israel News
Posted in Uncategorized

Drones strike Moscow as top UK official highlights Russian casualties in Ukraine – The Associated Press

  1. Drones strike Moscow as top UK official highlights Russian casualties in Ukraine  The Associated Press
  2. Russia and Ukraine exchange record numbers of drone strikes  CNN
  3. Moscow targeted in biggest drone strike since invasion of Ukraine  Sky News
  4. Ukraine launches 'massive attack' on Moscow, shutting down airports  NBC News
  5. Russia and Ukraine launch drone strikes on each other as Kremlin eyes Trump's next move  ABC News
Posted in Uncategorized

Princess of Wales attends Remembrance events with royal family – CNN

  1. Princess of Wales attends Remembrance events with royal family  CNN
  2. Video Princess Kate makes Remembrance Day public appearance  ABC News
  3. Watch: Royals and veterans attend Cenotaph ceremony  BBC.com
  4. Kate Middleton's Body Language at Today's Somber Outing Spoke Volumes  Yahoo Entertainment
  5. King Charles III and Kate will attend remembrance events as both royals slowly return to duty  The Associated Press
Posted in Uncategorized

Dutch police use hologram to try to solve 2009 sex worker killing – The Guardian

  1. Dutch police use hologram to try to solve 2009 sex worker killing  The Guardian
  2. Dutch police use hologram in bid to solve cold case murder of Amsterdam sex worker  CNN
  3. Police to use life-size hologram of murdered sex worker Bernadett Szabo to try to solve cold case  Sky News
  4. Hologram of murdered sex worker Betty attracts attention, new clues  NL Times
  5. Will a life-size hologram of a murdered sex worker finally solve this Amsterdam cold case?  The Independent
Posted in Uncategorized

50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says – The New York Times

  1. 50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says  The New York Times
  2. Waiting for the North Koreans on the battlefields of the Ukraine war  The Washington Post
  3. ‘They will just die uselessly’: Ukrainians ready for North Korean troops joining Russia’s war  The Guardian
  4. Map Shows Russian Jet Sending North Korean Troops to Ukraine War Front Line  Newsweek
  5. North Korean troops ‘enter’ battle; Trump win throws Ukraine aid in doubt  Al Jazeera English
Posted in Uncategorized

US bombs ‘numerous’ Houthi weapon storage sites in Yemen, official says – ABC News

  1. US bombs 'numerous' Houthi weapon storage sites in Yemen, official says  ABC News
  2. US carries out strikes against Houthis in Yemen, defense official says  CNN
  3. Middle East conflict live: US bombs Yemen, Pentagon says; dozens killed in Israeli strike on Gaza home, officials say  The Guardian
  4. US warplanes hit Houthis’ advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen strikes  The Times of Israel
  5. UK, US carry out air strikes on Yemen, including Sanaa  Al Jazeera English
Posted in Uncategorized

‘He hears me’: Trump’s Wall Street fixer prepares to assemble obedient administration

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is planning to stack the incoming White House staff with Trump loyalists

Scrambling to construct an administration in the wake of his shock victory eight years ago, Donald Trump looked far beyond his inner circle, and those who ardently embraced his agenda. Not this time.

The president-elect has charged Howard Lutnick, a longtime friend, and one of the few high-profile figures in corporate America to vocally endorse his campaign, with recruiting officials who will deliver, rather than dilute, his agenda.

A masculinity researcher on the Democrats’ ‘fatal miscalculation’

Election deniers use Trump victory to sow more doubt over 2020 result

What a second Trump presidency means for big US tech firms

Who could be in Trump’s new administration

Continue reading...

New film unravels mystery of the Russian ‘spy whale’

Director sets out to unmask the secret underwater agent known as Hvaldimir in new documentary

When a white whale, mysteriously kitted out with covert surveillance equipment, was first spotted in icy waters around Norway five years ago it seemed like an improbable chapter from a spy thriller. But working out the true identity and secret objectives of this beluga, nicknamed Hvaldimir by the Norwegians, quickly became a real-life puzzle that has continued to fascinate the public and trouble western intelligence analysts.

Now missing clues have surfaced that finally begin to make sense of the underwater enigma. The makers of a new BBC documentary, Secrets of the Spy Whale, believe they have traced the beluga’s probable path and identified its likely mission.

Continue reading...

Labour under fire for failing to name MPs for key EU role

Calls for UK to work more closely with the EU on everything from defence and trade to immigration grow following Trump’s re-election

Keir Starmer’s government is coming under fire for having failed over more than four months to appoint new MPs and peers to a key EU-UK inter-parliamentary forum, as pressure grows for closer co-operation with the European Union after Donald’s Trump re-election to the White House.

Today in an article for the Observer online the MEP and former Italian government minister Sandro Gozi, recently elected as the new chair of the 70-strong UK-EU parliamentary partnership assembly (PPA), and the chair of the Labour Movement for Europe Stella Creasy MP say failure to reconstitute the PPA since the July general election is an issue that “urgently” needs to be addressed.

Continue reading...