- Japan deploys hundreds of firefighters as wildfires rage in north Reuters
- Japan: Raging wildfires cause mass evacuations DW.com
- Wildfire Map Spotlight: Iwate Fires, Japan IQAir
- Hundreds of firefighters battle Japan forest blazes Index-Journal
- Japan battles fourth day of wildfires as thousands flee homes Yahoo
Middle East war live: Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of violating Lebanon ceasefire – France 24
Video shows correspondents’ dinner suspect charge checkpoint
Surveillance video released by Donald Trump shows the suspect running past metal detectors as security agents draw their guns.
I was in the room with Trump and heard the low thudding sound of gunfire
The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue describes the moment he and others dived for cover as shots rang out at the venue.
Getting the most out of barrier-free tours for yourself or someone with a disability – AP News
40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl – The New York Times
- 40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl The New York Times
- Inside Chernobyl’s shadow community: what a nuclear disaster looks like 40 years on National Geographic
- Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks at Chernobyl. Then Russia invaded AP News
- Ukraine marks 40th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster under cloud of war Reuters
- 40 Years Ago, a Nuclear Catastrophe at Chernobyl The New York Times
4 vying to be the next UN chief try to set themselves apart as race heats up – AP News
- 4 vying to be the next UN chief try to set themselves apart as race heats up AP News
- 4 vying to be the next U.N. chief try to set themselves apart as race heats up NBC News
- How Rafael Grossi Would Lead the United Nations: Three Interview Takeaways Council on Foreign Relations
- The Race for the Next U.N. Chief Kicks Off Foreign Policy
- Rebeca Grynspan and Macky Sall Each Push Their Bids to Lead the UN PassBlue
Ukrainian action thriller billed as Saving Private Ryan for the drone age
Killhouse is based on real-life story of civilian couple saved from battlefield by Ukrainian drone operators
It is being billed as Ukraine’s answer to Saving Private Ryan, updated for an age of drones.
The war movie Killhouse is an action thriller which shows off the latest in battlefield technology. Released this week, it features cameos by figures well known in Ukraine, including the nation’s former military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov. One missing person is Donald Trump. The film is conveniently set in 2024, when Washington and Kyiv were allies.
Continue reading...Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy signs agreement with Azerbaijan as death toll from Russian attacks rises to 10 – The Guardian
- Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy signs agreement with Azerbaijan as death toll from Russian attacks rises to 10 The Guardian
- Zelenskyy ready to hold Ukraine-Russia talks in Azerbaijan DW.com
- Zelenskyy says he is ready to meet Putin in Azerbaijan Euronews.com
- Zelensky signs cooperation deals with Aliyev during first wartime visit to Azerbaijan The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine open to talks with Russia in Azerbaijan, Zelenskyy says Українська правда
Japan eyes expanded warship exports with Mogami-class frigate as template – Nikkei Asia
- Japan eyes expanded warship exports with Mogami-class frigate as template Nikkei Asia
- US allies turning to Japan for defence supplies as Iran war drags on Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Rolls-Royce MT30 selected for Australian Mogami-class frigates UK Defence Journal
- Japan, Australia to Tighten Ties With Economic Deal, Kyodo Says Bloomberg.com
- Australia and Japan need a new compact for comprehensive security East Asia Forum
AP Was There: Early Chernobyl victims buried in Moscow cemetery – AP News
Australia news live: Canavan says ‘too much talk of diversity’ in address to Canberra anti-immigration rally – as it happened
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The health and NDIS minister, Mark Butler, says Queensland will be “answerable to their community” if they don’t sign on to NDIS reforms, with billions of dollars of hospital funding on the line.
Every state and territory except for the sunshine state has signed a bilateral agreement with the government for the Thriving Kids program, which is designed to take children under nine with developmental delays or low to moderate autism off the NDIS.
Now every state and territory has signed a bilateral agreement with us that details the broad details of the Thriving Kids program … The only state that hasn’t signed yet is Queensland.
I tried to make clear again last week that is part of the deal that sees them get additional hospital funding and, frankly, they are answerable to their community if they don’t put the additional supports.
Continue reading...Donald Trump evacuated from White House correspondents dinner after loud bangs heard – live
President Donald Trump and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after an unspecified threat
David Smith, the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief, spoke briefly to Frank Luntz, a prominent political consultant and pollster.
“I watched the security people use the ultimate in athleticism to get over tables, get over chairs, to get to the people that they were guarding,” Luntz said.
Continue reading...Police blocked people connected to anti-immigration group from Perth dawn service after Anzac Day booing in eastern states
Footage posted online shows police telling people they were being removed due to suspicion they would interrupt ceremony
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Western Australian police say they proactively blocked 15 members of “issue motivated groups” from attending Anzac Day commemorations, following disruptions that marred earlier ceremonies in the eastern states.
One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgment of country. Booing also marred ceremonies in Melbourne and Perth.
Continue reading...Dramatic scenes as Trump rushed from White House gala
US President Donald Trump was rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ dinner by security after loud bangs.
Trump evacuated from White House correspondents’ dinner
US president rushed out of Washington, DC hotel by secret service agents.
Beyond the hub-and-spoke: Japan quietly emerges as a secondary connector – The Japan Times
- Beyond the hub-and-spoke: Japan quietly emerges as a secondary connector The Japan Times
- Japan builds up its ‘southern shield’ as faith in US security cover falters Al Jazeera
- Japan to Field Multiple Advanced Coastal Defense Missiles by 2032 navalnews.com
- Tokyo hedges against an ‘unpredictable’ US Politico
- Holding out: Japan rearms impressively, but Taiwan can’t count on it The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site
Netanyahu orders army to ‘vigorously attack’ Hezbollah in Lebanon
The Israeli PM's directive comes as six people were killed by strikes in Lebanon despite a ceasefire being extended by three weeks.
Highway bombing in Colombia kills at least 14 amid a ‘wave’ of attacks – CNN
- Highway bombing in Colombia kills at least 14 amid a ‘wave’ of attacks CNN
- Rebels blamed for Colombian highway bombing that killed 14 BBC
- Explosion in southwest Colombia kills at least 14, state governor says Al Jazeera
- An explosive device kills 13 and injures 38 on a bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists AP News
- Bomb attack in Colombia leaves 14 dead Le Monde.fr
Iran war live: Tehran rejects talks under siege, Trump cancels envoys’ trip
Trump says Iran did not make a satisfactory offer, as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi departs Pakistan.