Ukrainian Drones Hit Moscow Refinery in Large-Scale Assault – The New York Times

  1. Ukrainian Drones Hit Moscow Refinery in Large-Scale Assault  The New York Times
  2. Moscow hit by largest Ukrainian attack since start of Russia's full-scale war  BBC
  3. Russian oil refinery on fire after barrage of Ukrainian drones strike Moscow  The Guardian
  4. Ukraine hits Moscow refinery as Zelenskyy seeks Trump support to end war  Al Jazeera
  5. Ukraine hits Moscow refinery in major attack on Russian capital  Reuters
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Israel cuts contact with EU foreign policy chief over reported apartheid comparison – Ynetnews

  1. Israel cuts contact with EU foreign policy chief over reported apartheid comparison  Ynetnews
  2. After Sa'ar cuts contact, EU's Kallas says bloc committed to 'constructive' ties with Israel, keeps mum on reported apartheid comparison  The Times of Israel
  3. Israel Foreign Minister Severs Ties With EU’s Top Diplomat  Bloomberg.com
  4. Israeli FM severs ties with EU policy chief over apartheid remarks  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Israeli Foreign Minister Severs Contact With EU Foreign Policy Chief  U.S. News & World Report
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Cambridge experts recreate 336-year-old garden to commemorate ‘father of natural history’

John Ray, 17th-century botanist who coined words petal and pollen, was a tutor at Cambridge when he created his first garden

He coined the terms petal and pollen, helped to lay the foundations of modern biology and is widely regarded as the greatest English naturalist of the 17th century.

But it was while he was a young college tutor at Cambridge in the 1650s that the botanist John Ray – also known as “the father of natural history” – created his first known garden and began to systematically study plants for the first time.

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UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9% and wages grow more than expected

Drop will put pressure on Bank of England to raise interest rates despite peace deal in Iran war

Unemployment fell and wages increased in April, official figures showed, putting pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates despite a peace deal in the Middle East.

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed unemployment slipped to 4.9% in the three months to April from 5% in the three months to March.

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Tesco’s UK sales growth more than halves amid Iran war uncertainty

UK’s biggest retailer reports better figures than expected by City analysts and is cheered by strong online sales

Tesco’s UK sales growth has more than halved as it said the conflict in the Middle East had created “ongoing uncertainty for many households”.

The UK’s biggest retailer said comparable sales rose 1.8% to £13.4bn in the three months to the end of May, below both the 4.2% reported in the previous quarter and the 2.3% growth City analysts had expected.

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Ukraine’s Azov fighters were forced from Mariupol. Now they’re hitting back – Reuters

  1. Ukraine's Azov fighters were forced from Mariupol. Now they're hitting back  Reuters
  2. Ukraine Hits 244-Meter Shadow Fleet Tanker, 2 Bridges and Multiple Russian Command Posts Overnight  Kyiv Post
  3. Russia was unprepared to counter Ukrainian maritime drones, expert says  Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
  4. Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Black Sea, military infrastructure, General Staff says  The Kyiv Independent
  5. Ukrainian Military Hits Two Russian Logistics Bridges in Temporarily Occupied Kherson Region  UNITED24 Media
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Inquest into Melbourne influencer’s death following freebirth halted after new phone evidence discovered

Coroner tells inquiry new material ‘of such significance’ any findings must be postponed so information can be analysed

The closing submissions in an inquest into the death of a woman who gave birth at home with no support from medically trained health workers has been delayed, after new evidence came to light after a forensic analysis of her mobile phone.

Stacey Warnecke, a 30 year-old nutritionist, died on 29 September in Frankston hospital in Melbourne.

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Trump signs and defends his Iran deal, criticizes longtime ally Israel as G-7 ends – The Washington Post

  1. Trump signs and defends his Iran deal, criticizes longtime ally Israel as G-7 ends  The Washington Post
  2. Trump clears low bar for G7 summit in France  Politico
  3. Dinner at Versailles, alpine air and an Iran agreement: How Trump made it through another G7  CNN
  4. 'I'm the boss', Trump says at G7, as he warms to Ukraine's war aims  Reuters
  5. Trump says he’s ‘the boss’ on arrival for first meeting of final day at G7 summit  AP News
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