After Sanaa airport strike, Houthis say they’ll start targeting Israeli civilian planes – The Times of Israel

  1. After Sanaa airport strike, Houthis say they’ll start targeting Israeli civilian planes  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli airstrikes target Yemen airport as Netanyahu warns Houthis, Iran  ABC News
  3. Israel says it has hit Houthi targets including last plane at Sanaa airport  Reuters
  4. Israeli Jets Strike Yemen’s Main Airport Again After Houthi Attacks  The New York Times
  5. Houthi missile fire on Tel Aviv during soccer cup finals, rock concert | Watch  Ynetnews
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Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist hospitalised after 242 days on hunger strike

Laila Soueif continues protest against detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Cairo

The mother of the imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been admitted to hospital after spending more than 240 days on hunger strike.

Laila Soueif’s family said she had been admitted to St Thomas’ hospital in London on Thursday night with dangerously low blood sugar levels, but continues to refuse medical intervention that would provide her with calories.

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Volkswagen to make ‘massive’ investment in US in bid to avoid tariffs

CEO of Europe’s largest industrial group says he has been in direct talks with Donald Trump’s administration

Volkswagen, Europe’s largest industrial group, has said it will make a “massive” investment in the US. The group, which includes Porsche, revealed it has been in direct talks with Donald Trump’s administration as it faces damaging tariffs.

Oliver Blume, who heads the group, said the talks were “constructive” and “fair”, in an interview that suggests the company, whose market capital is £44bn, is not willing to leave tariff negotiations to Brussels alone.

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The chilling impact of Gerry Adams’s court win against the BBC – The Economist

  1. The chilling impact of Gerry Adams’s court win against the BBC  The Economist
  2. Gerry Adams’ BBC libel win risks more benign view of Troubles taking hold  The Guardian
  3. Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over spy murder claim  NPR
  4. Gerry Adams wins defamation case against BBC  Financial Times
  5. Gerry Adams awarded €100k in libel case against the BBC  BBC
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Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days – The Guardian

  1. Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days  The Guardian
  2. Smoke to pour into the US as Canada wildfires force province’s largest evacuation in ‘living memory’  CNN
  3. Canadian wildfires force 17,000 to evacuate, smoke expected to hit the U.S. this weekend  Yahoo
  4. Heavy smoke expected to hit the US as dangerous Canadian wildfires force 17K to evacuate  USA Today
  5. Aerial footage shows massive smoke plumes from Canadian wildfires  BBC
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Banksy posts image of new lighthouse artwork believed to be in Marseille

Image on street incorporates shadow of a bollard alongside words ‘I want to be what you saw in me’

Banksy has posted an image of a new artwork that appears to be in Marseille, in southern France, though its exact location has not been confirmed.

The characteristic image, posted on the artist’s Instagram account, transforms the shadow of a street bollard into the form of a lighthouse. Stencilled across it are the words “I want to be what you saw in me”.

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Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 damages in libel victory over BBC

Former Sinn Féin leader sued broadcaster over allegation in documentary that he sanctioned murder of MI5 informant

Gerry Adams has won a defamation action against the BBC over a documentary that carried a claim he sanctioned the murder of an MI5 informant in 2006.

A jury at Dublin’s high court on Friday found that the BBC had not acted in good faith or in a fair and reasonable way and awarded the former Sinn Féin leader €100,000 (£84,000) in damages

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Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall – AP News

  1. Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall  AP News
  2. Islamic State Says It Targeted Syrian Forces in Bomb Attacks  The New York Times
  3. ISIL (ISIS) launches first attacks against new Syrian government  Al Jazeera
  4. Islamic State group claims first attack on new Syria forces since fall of Assad regime  France 24
  5. Islamic States claims its first attacks on new Syrian gov’t as bombs allegedly kill soldiers  The Jerusalem Post
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