‘That’s the way the city works’: how the UAE changed the face of Andy Burnham’s Manchester

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The story of the emirates’ presence in Manchester winds from the Arab Spring to some of the most deprived places in England – with complicated results

When Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s long-ruling dictator, was toppled from power in the Arab spring protests of 2011, his downfall sent shock waves across the Middle East. It also helped change the face of modern Manchester.

Mubarak’s successor, the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, was a sworn enemy of the United Arab Emirates, whose rulers feared the advance of Morsi’s Islamism.

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‘Unusually large’ multi-state storm causing severe weather for Australia’s east – with more on the way

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BoM predicts hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages across southern Queensland, western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria on Sunday afternoon

Large parts of eastern Australia were put on alert for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon with more potential storms and flood risk in store for Monday.

The Bureau of Meteorology said a broad line of storms had already swept through western New South Wales, while eight flood warnings were in place across southern Queensland after days of torrential rain.

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Black Sea is now the world’s deadliest shipping route – Financial Times

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  1. Black Sea is now the world’s deadliest shipping route  Financial Times
  2. Russia Turns Black Sea Into World’s Deadliest Shipping Route as 570 Ships Are Hit  UNITED24 Media
  3. Black Sea sailors thought a rescue boat was racing toward them. Instead, it was a drone that sank their ship  CBC
  4. The ports of Greater Odessa received fewer than 10 ships in a month  Інтент
  5. Ashraf Mamdouh, a rescued seafarer from the HS Dignity, sits in a hotel room in Varna, Bulgaria. He is one of five crew members who were rescued after the ship sank. He and the others are not allowed to leave the hotel while they wait for new identification do  Yahoo News Canada
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AFP boss says politicians’ heated rhetoric is fuelling threats against MPs

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Commissioner Krissy Barrett says women are more often singled out, often with threats of sexual violence

Australia’s top federal law enforcement official has drawn a direct link between politicians’ rhetoric and threats and abuse being directed at leaders.

The safety of elected representatives at all levels has been thrown into the spotlight after independent MP Helen Haines was allegedly deliberate attacked outside her Wangaratta electoral office.

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‘Horrific’: woman, 19, shot in head in drive-by shooting outside boxing event near Brisbane

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Offenders still at large after shots fired from vehicle outside licensed premises in Loganholme

Four people have been injured after a drive-by shooting outside a venue hosting a boxing event, including a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the head.

Queensland police Detective Inspector Ian Galpin said a group of people were gathered at the passenger drop-off zone outside Fitzy’s Loganholme, south of Brisbane, about 8.18pm on Saturday when a Mitsubishi pulled up.

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