What’s at stake for Russia’s Putin in the US election?
Trump's first term showed that while a win for him could help Russia in Ukraine, it would bring its own challenges, too.
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon and Gaza kill dozens as rockets are fired into Israel
Israel targets north-eastern Lebanon and Beirut, while bombardment of Gaza raises fears of worsening humanitarian conditions for civilians
Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 52 people and wounded scores more, the Lebanese health ministry said, while rockets fired from Lebanon fell on Israel on Saturday.
Israeli police said 19 people were injured before dawn on Saturday in the central town of Tira. Three projectiles crossed into Israel from Lebanon, Israel’s military said, and some were intercepted.
Continue reading...Harris and Trump hold last Friday night rallies in battleground Milwaukee
The events capped a day of crisscrossing the US heartland.
‘Welfare for the rich’: how farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes
The steep and stark environmental decline was not supposed to happen under the common agricultural policy
Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms
The Rhine overflowed last winter, covering fields miles from the river and in some places leaving just the tops of trees visible.
But Thomas Bollig, who farms just a few miles from the banks of the Rhine, was not worried. Even as floods inundated the fields of his neighbours, making sowing impossible, his holdings were largely unaffected. Bollig farms organically, and the natural methods he uses to improve his soil allow his fields to hold more water when it rains, and release it gradually, coping well with floods and droughts.
Continue reading...Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms
Big farms rake in record profits when food prices soar, while small farms struggle on razor-thin margins
‘Welfare for the rich’: how farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes
The income gap between the biggest and smallest farms in Europe has doubled in the past 15 years and hit record levels at the same time as the number of small farms has collapsed, a Guardian analysis of agricultural income data has found.
Figures from the European Commission’s Farming Accountancy Data Network (FADN) and Eurostat suggest farmers across the continent raked in record profits when the war in Ukraine sent food prices soaring, boosting a long-running trend of rising average incomes that has outstripped inflation.
Continue reading...Can Iran and Israel Find a New Equilibrium? – The New York Times
- Can Iran and Israel Find a New Equilibrium? The New York Times
- A world of two realities, for peace they must be united - opinion The Jerusalem Post
- Israel's Actions In Gaza And Lebanon Draw International Scrutiny OilPrice.com
- Never Again Is Now: Sanction Israel’s Genocidal and Apartheid Regime BDS Movement |
- Now is the moment for a Middle East ceasefire Asia Times
Moldovans are voting in a pivotal presidential runoff. But voter fraud threatens its democracy – The Associated Press
- Moldovans are voting in a pivotal presidential runoff. But voter fraud threatens its democracy The Associated Press
- Moldova votes for president in runoff election as Russia hovers The Guardian
- How Russian ‘dirty money’ risks rigging Moldova’s presidential election CNN
- Resisting Russia, Moldova’s President Fights to Keep Power Bloomberg
- Moldova warns of Russian ‘disruptive’ moves against overseas voting in Sunday’s runoff POLITICO Europe
Israel strikes Beirut area; U.N. warns conditions in northern Gaza ‘apocalyptic’ – The Washington Post
- Israel strikes Beirut area; U.N. warns conditions in northern Gaza ‘apocalyptic’ The Washington Post
- Israel Strikes Near Lebanon’s Capital as Hopes for a Cease-Fire Fade The New York Times
- Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza, Lebanon as ceasefire remains elusive Al Jazeera English
- Israel has damaged or destroyed nearly a quarter of buildings in Lebanon’s south The Washington Post
- Lebanon: Israeli attacks signal 'rejection' of truce push DW (English)
‘A lot of women are rising up’: Harris hopes hinge on female vote
Polls show young women overwhelmingly support Harris - some of them tell the BBC why.
Crack cocaine ‘crisis’ on Dublin’s streets
The use of crack cocaine increased by 594% in Ireland between 2017 and 2023.
Ex-officer found guilty in death of Breonna Taylor
Brett Hankison is the first officer convicted in the 2020 botched raid on Taylor's apartment
‘I lost my leg on the way home from school’
Two years since war ended in northern Ethiopia, discarded weapons are proving deadly and maiming people.
Halloween, floods and fire: Photos of the week
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Karaoke and Kong-rey: Taiwan sings through biggest typhoon in decades
A ‘typhoon day’ has come to mean one thing for many – a chance to indulge their favourite pastime
The winds of typhoon Kong-rey howled through the streets of the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, inside a brick and glass building people similarly wailed down the corridors of a branch of the Partyworld karaoke chain.
Through the poorly soundproofed door of one room voices warbled a song by the Taiwanese rock band Mayday, and through another came the sounds of a song by Coldplay. In room 330, someone made an exasperated search through the song list – “where is Kylie? What the hell! ” – as friends screamed lyrics from a Linkin Park track.
Continue reading...Nato: US military presence in Europe – a lot or little less? – BBC.com
- Nato: US military presence in Europe - a lot or little less? BBC.com
- ‘Bitter medicine’: Why some EU officials quietly yearn for Trump POLITICO Europe
- America’s European allies face challenging times, whoever wins the presidential election The Associated Press
- Jitters in Europe ahead of US elections VOA Asia
- It doesn’t matter if Trump or Harris win. Europe has already lost. POLITICO Europe
Arizona top prosecutor investigating Trump’s comments about ‘gunfire’
Former president's comments about Liz Cheney described as 'deeply troubling'.
Police search for attacker after man shot dead in busy nightlife area in Melbourne
Victoria police say a man was found with fatal gunshot wound on Langford Street in North Melbourne at about 3.15am
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A large-scale homicide investigation is under way after a man was fatally shot, triggering “horribly emotional” scenes in a busy nightlife area in inner Melbourne on Saturday morning.
Victoria police said emergency services were called to Langford Street in North Melbourne at about 3.15am after a man was found with a gunshot wound.
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Continue reading...Could election change protection US offers Europe?
US military power has helped protect Europe for 75 years, but for how much longer?
Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes – The Associated Press
- Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes The Associated Press
- Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Lebanese citizen allegedly 'kidnapped' by Israeli operatives ABC News
- The demolitions clearing Israel’s ‘first belt’ in Lebanon Financial Times
- Israel hammers Beirut suburbs as US pushes for cease-fire The Hill
- Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza, Lebanon as ceasefire remains elusive Al Jazeera English
Supreme Court rejects bid by GOP not to count some Pennsylvania ballots
Republicans wanted some so-called provisional ballots to be rejected.