Indigenous deaths in custody reach 22 in 11 months as advocates say numbers ‘met with indifference’

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Justice campaigners say 580 Aboriginal deaths since 1991 royal commission point to ‘gross overrepresentation’ in system

Twenty-two Indigenous people have died in custody in just 11 months, according to national data collated by the Australian Institute of Criminology, with justice advocates saying deaths that should spark a “national outcry” are being met with silence.

That means at least 580 Aboriginal people have died in police or prison custody since 1991 – when the royal commission into the matter handed down its final report – according to the AIC’s National Deaths in Custody database, which tracks Indigenous deaths in prison, police custody and youth detention.

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Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’ – +972 Magazine

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  1. Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’  +972 Magazine
  2. Iran Is Off-Balance. Israel Has a Narrow Window to Take Advantage.  Barron's
  3. 'Trump is targeting bottom line': Israel expects new US administration to take hard line on Iran  The Times of India
  4. Gazans Heard Trump’s Promises. Now They Want Him to Keep Them.  The Nation
  5. Donald Trump’s Return Could Bring a More Peaceful Middle East  TIME
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South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity

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Biggest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, Four Paws animal charity says

The largest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, facilitating the illegal smuggling of tiger body parts, according to a report by an animal welfare charity.

Research by Four Paws, which is campaigning to shut down South Africa’s big cat industry, found 103 places in the country where tigers were kept in captivity in 2023 or 2024 or had been kept during the previous three years.

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Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog – The Associated Press

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  1. Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog  The Associated Press
  2. India, Pakistan blanketed in smog so thick, it's visible from space: See pictures  USA TODAY
  3. Life in Lahore, the world's most polluted city  DW (English)
  4. How India, Pakistan and China Might Cooperate On Air Quality  Forbes
  5. Pakistan's smog is visible from space. This activist is 'frustrated' but won't give up : Goats and Soda  NPR
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Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog – The Associated Press

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  1. Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog  The Associated Press
  2. India, Pakistan blanketed in smog so thick, it's visible from space: See pictures  USA TODAY
  3. Life in Lahore, the world's most polluted city  DW (English)
  4. How India, Pakistan and China Might Cooperate On Air Quality  Forbes
  5. Pakistan's smog is visible from space. This activist is 'frustrated' but won't give up : Goats and Soda  NPR
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Biden to meet for a final time with Xi this week as a new Trump era of China relations begins – CNN

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  1. Biden to meet for a final time with Xi this week as a new Trump era of China relations begins  CNN
  2. Biden to Meet With President Xi Jinping of China During Summit This Weekend  The New York Times
  3. Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet in Peru this weekend  CBS News
  4. A diminished Biden heads to APEC summit in Peru, overshadowed by China’s Xi  The Associated Press
  5. Biden and Xi will meet on Saturday, the 3rd and likely final time during Biden's term  NPR
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Exiles ask King Charles to rescind honour awarded to king of Bahrain

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Buckingham Palace accused of ‘burying’ news of GCVO bestowed on King Hamad, whose regime is accused of torturing opponents

King Charles has been asked by exiles from Bahrain to rescind an honour he bestowed this week on the ruler of the Gulf kingdom.

Charles was told in a letter by the exiles: “It is personally difficult for us to view this honour as anything other than a betrayal of victims who have suffered at the hands of King Hamad and his brutal regime.”

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‘Minuscule’ amount of novichok could have been fatal, scientist tells inquiry

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Witness from Porton Down laboratory says ‘many lethal doses’ of nerve agent were applied to Sergei Skripal’s door

A “minuscule” amount of the nerve agent used in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal – as small as a sixth of a grain of salt – could have been enough to prove fatal, a government scientist has told an inquiry.

The scientist, an expert in chemical and biological weapons, said “many lethal doses” of novichok were daubed on the handle of the former Russian spy’s front door in Salisbury and it was so pure that it must have been manufactured by a sophisticated laboratory.

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Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit

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Move adds to concerns about the stability of the Paris agreement after the election in the US of Donald Trump

Argentinian negotiators representing the government of the climate science denier Javier Milei have been ordered to withdraw from the Cop29 summit after only three days, adding to concerns about the stability of the Paris agreement.

More than 80 representatives from the South American country are in Baku, Azerbaijan, for two weeks of negotiations about climate finance for the energy transition. Argentina’s far-right leader has previously called the climate crisis a “socialist lie”, and during his election campaign last year he threatened to withdraw from the Paris agreement, though he has since backed down.

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US wants Gaza fighting pause, Blinken says, but will not limit arms transfers despite Israel missing aid deadline – as it happened

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The US wants real and extended pauses in fighting in Gaza so assistance can get to people who need it, US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told reporters on Wednesday.

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From high tariffs to isolation, what a 2nd Trump term might mean for foreign policy – NPR

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  1. From high tariffs to isolation, what a 2nd Trump term might mean for foreign policy  NPR
  2. Opinion | Trump Had It Easy the First Time  The New York Times
  3. The End of American Exceptionalism: Trump’s Reelection Will Redefine U.S. Power  Foreign Affairs Magazine
  4. What Trump’s second term could mean for the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East  NBC News
  5. Opinion | Trump’s rise signals the end of US global leadership  South China Morning Post
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Guardian quits X social media platform, citing racism and conspiracy theories – Reuters

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  1. Guardian quits X social media platform, citing racism and conspiracy theories  Reuters
  2. Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X  The Guardian
  3. The Guardian to stop posting on X, calling it "a toxic media platform"  CBS News
  4. Don Lemon and the Guardian left Elon Musk’s X after the election. But is it a mass exodus? Don’t be so sure  CNN
  5. The Guardian quits ‘toxic’ X over Elon Musk using it to influence politics  POLITICO Europe
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Macron to visit Notre Dame Cathedral before reopening after 2019 fire

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French president to give ‘republican and secular’ speech outside monument days before it reopens to public

As firefighters doused the embers of the blaze that threatened to destroy Notre Dame Cathedral on 16 April 2019, Emmanuel Macron promised the church would be restored “more beautiful than ever” within five years.

In two weeks, the French president will visit the monument that has been returned to its former glory with the help of millions in donations and hundreds of specialist artisans using age-old skills.

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