- Italy’s president censures Trump appointee Musk after autocracy remarks POLITICO Europe
- Italy’s President Rebukes Musk for Chiming In on Country’s Immigration Debate The New York Times
- Italy's president sharply rebukes Elon Musk over comments on X about migration court rulings The Associated Press
- After calling Germany's chancellor a ‘fool’, Elon Musk now wants Italy’s judges to be removed Fortune
- FM 'shares' Mattarella's words on Musk ANSA Brasil
Bafta to revoke future winners’ awards in cases of serious criminal convictions
Academy unveils new ‘forfeiture process’ after review prompted by case of disgraced Bafta winner Huw Edwards
The British Academy of Film and Television will be able to strip future winners of their awards in cases of “proven dishonesty” or if they’re convicted of a serious criminal offence.
New provisions added to the Bafta rulebook give the body the power to retrospectively revoke competition honours, starting with winners in 2025.
Continue reading...Candidate for C of E panel to choose Welby successor knew about John Smyth’s abuse
Report says General Synod member Rev Andrew Cornes was told of Smyth’s abuse in 1982 but failed to act
A retired clergyman who could be part of the selection process for the next archbishop of Canterbury knew about the sadistic abuse of boys and young men in the early 1980s but failed to take action, according to the report that triggered Justin Welby’s resignation.
One of John Smyth’s victims discussed his abuse with the Rev Andrew Cornes in September 1982, but “there is no evidence to suggest that [Cornes] took action to respond to this”, the report said.
Continue reading...‘History repeats itself’ as South Lebanon Army veteran, Israeli killed side-by-side – The Times of Israel
- ‘History repeats itself’ as South Lebanon Army veteran, Israeli killed side-by-side The Times of Israel
- Updates: Hezbollah attacks Israeli army HQ; Israel hits Gaza ‘safe zone’ Al Jazeera English
- Hezbollah seeks to target Israel with more long-range missiles: What does this mean? - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- Hezbollah strikes Tel Aviv with ballistic missiles; enters long-range tactical rocket in anti-Israeli struggle Press TV
- Some 190 Rockets Launched From Lebanon at Israel's North, Wounding Seven Haaretz
Moo Deng Is Staking Her Claim for Global Pop Stardom – Rolling Stone
A Ukrainian Leopard 2 Tank Met A Russian Armored Column Head-On—And Wrecked It – Forbes
- A Ukrainian Leopard 2 Tank Met A Russian Armored Column Head-On—And Wrecked It Forbes
- Video appears to show a Ukrainian Leopard tank taking out a column of Russian armored vehicles Yahoo! Voices
- Frontline report: elite Ukrainian brigades obliterate Russian marines and North Koreans in counteroffensive with tanks and anti-tank mines Euromaidan Press
- National Guard soldiers destroy enemy IFV with its crew in Siversk sector Ukrinform
- Drones of the Rubizh Brigade prevented the Russian invaders from strengthening their positions Militarnyi
Australia’s first public vending machines offering free pads and tampons launch in Melbourne
Libraries, Tafes and hospitals among first 30 locations to have period product dispensers installed in Victorian government initiative
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Vending machines offering free pads and tampons will begin operating at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne Museum and the Royal Exhibition Building, as well as hospitals, libraries and Tafes, as part of an Australian-first government initiative aimed at ending period poverty.
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, will on Thursday announce the first 30 locations where 50 vending machines will be installed as part of the pilot program, which also includes the Melbourne Immigration Museum, three Northern Health campuses, the Royal Women’s hospital in Parkville and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Continue reading...Fayed accuser files US court claim to make his younger brother give evidence
Claim will be first legal action taken related to alleged crimes of former Harrods owner, who died last year
A woman who claims to have been raped and trafficked while working for Mohamed Al Fayed has filed a legal claim in a US court to oblige his surviving younger brother to give evidence about his alleged knowledge of the crimes.
The application filed at the US district court for Connecticut claims Ali Fayed, 80, has “unique and critical evidence” to give about a “more than two-decade-long trafficking scheme that ensnared and irrevocably injured what is reported to be more than 100 women”.
Continue reading...Sara Sharif’s father tells court 10-year-old’s death was ‘all my fault’
Urfan Sharif says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for daughter’s death and admits beating her with a cricket bat
Sara Sharif’s father has told a court he takes “full responsibility” for the 10-year-old’s death and admitted striking her across the abdomen with a metal pole as she lay dying.
Urfan Sharif also admitted strangling Sara and beating her with a cricket bat while her ankles and wrists were bound with packing tape in the weeks before she was killed. Sharif told jurors he accepted everything that he had told police in a 999 call and a handwritten confession after his daughter’s death.
Continue reading...C.I.A. Official Charged in Leak of Classified Documents About Israeli Military Plans – The New York Times
- C.I.A. Official Charged in Leak of Classified Documents About Israeli Military Plans The New York Times
- FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s attack plans against Iran CNN
- US government worker charged with leaking classified documents on Israel's plans to strike Iran The Associated Press
- US intelligence official charged after Israel’s plan to attack Iran leaked The Guardian US
- CIA Official Arrested for Intelligence Leak on Israeli Plans to Strike Iran The Wall Street Journal
Live Briefing: IDF strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs; Israeli ministers welcome Trump Cabinet picks – The Washington Post
- Live Briefing: IDF strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs; Israeli ministers welcome Trump Cabinet picks The Washington Post
- LIVE: Hezbollah attacks Israeli army HQ; Israel again hits Gaza ‘safe zone’ Al Jazeera English
- Lebanon, Gaza and Syria hit by deadly Israeli strikes, reports say CNN
- Israel presses airstrikes as Beirut awaits truce ideas Reuters
- Israel Intensifies Strikes in Lebanon Amid Push for Cease-Fire The New York Times
Schools closed and people evacuated as torrential rain returns in Spain
Large parts of east and south under alerts as schools are shut and riverside neighbourhoods evacuated in Andalucía
Authorities in eastern and southern Spain have closed schools and begun evacuating some residents as the country is pounded by further torrential rains two weeks after the catastrophic floods that killed at least 215 people and unleashed a bitter political blame game.
On Wednesday morning, the state meteorological agency, Aemet, put large parts of eastern and southern Spain on amber alert and issued the highest level of warning for the provinces Tarragona in Catalonia and Málaga in Andalucía.
Continue reading...The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk’s ‘toxic’ X – BBC.com
- The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk's 'toxic' X BBC.com
- Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X The Guardian
- Bluesky’s user base has doubled in the past 90 days. Is it a mass exodus from X? CNN
- Prominent X Accounts—Including The Guardian And Don Lemon—Are Leaving Elon Musk’s Site. Here’s Why. Forbes
- If You Haven’t Left Twitter Already, Please Do So Now The Daily Beast
Doctors Without Borders ambulance in Haiti ambushed and two patients killed
Medical charity says its staff members were violently attacked by police and vigilantes 100 meters from hospital
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said that at least two of its patients were killed after one of its ambulances was stopped and attacked in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
MSF said its staff members were violently attacked on Monday after “members of a vigilante group and law enforcement officers” stopped the ambulance, which was transporting three young people with gunshot wounds.
Continue reading...Indigenous deaths in custody reach 22 in 11 months as advocates say numbers ‘met with indifference’
Justice campaigners say 580 Aboriginal deaths since 1991 royal commission point to ‘gross overrepresentation’ in system
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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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Continue reading...Málaga evacuates thousands as Spain issues more flood alerts
Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones warning of an "extreme risk of rainfall".
Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’ – +972 Magazine
- Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’ +972 Magazine
- Iran Is Off-Balance. Israel Has a Narrow Window to Take Advantage. Barron's
- 'Trump is targeting bottom line': Israel expects new US administration to take hard line on Iran The Times of India
- Gazans Heard Trump’s Promises. Now They Want Him to Keep Them. The Nation
- Donald Trump’s Return Could Bring a More Peaceful Middle East TIME
Germany’s political crisis, explained – GZERO Media
- Germany’s political crisis, explained GZERO Media
- The sun begins to set on Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship The Economist
- Five things to know about Germany’s government crisis The Associated Press
- Olaf Scholz signals willingness for earlier German confidence vote Reuters
- Beleaguered Scholz Makes Election Pitch to Skeptical Germans Bloomberg
South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity
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.
Continue reading...Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog – The Associated Press
- Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog The Associated Press
- India, Pakistan blanketed in smog so thick, it's visible from space: See pictures USA TODAY
- Life in Lahore, the world's most polluted city DW (English)
- How India, Pakistan and China Might Cooperate On Air Quality Forbes
- Pakistan's smog is visible from space. This activist is 'frustrated' but won't give up : Goats and Soda NPR