Iran hacked hundreds of French supermarket refrigerators, France says – The Washington Post

  1. Iran hacked hundreds of French supermarket refrigerators, France says  The Washington Post
  2. France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking  Yahoo News Canada
  3. Perhaps Connecting Fridges to the Internet Was a Bad Idea  The Atlantic
  4. EXCLUSIVE: French officials blame Iran for refrigerator hacks, vow retaliation  Reuters
  5. France says Iranian hackers sabotaged supermarket refrigerators  Axios
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After meeting Qatar PM, Trump calls Iran war ‘effectively over’ militarily – Al Jazeera

  1. After meeting Qatar PM, Trump calls Iran war ‘effectively over’ militarily  Al Jazeera
  2. Trump tells Reuters that Qatar, Saudi Arabia want peaceful Iran deal, US ready for strikes if needed  Reuters
  3. Trump says Iran war is 'effectively over' militarily with further strikes unlikely  BBC
  4. Trump met with Qatar's prime minister at the White House on Monday as his administration e  WBFF
  5. U.S. signals breakthrough in Iran talks are unlikely, rejects ‘outrageous’ demands  NBC News
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Statue mocking Trump’s bone spurs appears on Mall before Veterans Day – The Washington Post

  1. Statue mocking Trump’s bone spurs appears on Mall before Veterans Day  The Washington Post
  2. ‘The Foot Soldier’: Satirical Trump Statue On National Mall Mocks Vietnam Draft Deferment  Forbes
  3. Statue on National Mall mocks Trump for Vietnam draft deferment  DC News Now
  4. Trump Humiliated by Golden Dig at His ‘Bone Spurs’  The Daily Beast
  5. A New Trump Statue on the National Mall Satirizes Trump’s Draft Deferment  City Cast DC
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Anonymous celebrity in sexual assault scandal could now be named after missing appeal deadline – Page Six

  1. Anonymous celebrity in sexual assault scandal could now be named after missing appeal deadline  Page Six
  2. Celebrity loses injunction bid but will stay anonymous pending appeal  BBC
  3. Celebrity facing sexual allegations can be named after failing to appeal  The Times
  4. Unnamed UK Celebrity’s Bid to Block Sexual Misconduct Allegation Report Rejected by Judge  Complex
  5. ‘Well-known’ man fails in legal attempt to block Guardian and ITN publishing sexual allegations  The Guardian
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Senate advances bill to speed up permit reviews for infrastructure projects

Chamber voted 73-25 to formally take up bill that will shorten timelines to start energy and datacenter projects

The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for datacenters and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.

The Senate voted 73-25 to formally take up the bill, which senators and the president have pushed as a way to meet growing demand for electricity and other forms of energy that now face years-long delays in getting to the grid.

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Senate advances bill to speed up projects from gas pipelines to clean energy

Key environmental groups come out against bipartisan Baaja bill over fears it could spur datacenters and ICE jails

It’s a bill that would make it easier to build big infrastructure projects in America – everything from fossil fuel pipelines to transmission lines that would add more clean energy to the grid. And it would roll back environmental and social protections to achieve this goal. That is why climate advocates are torn over the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs act (Baaja), which was scheduled for an initial procedural Senate vote on Monday.

The Senate voted on Monday to open debate on Baaja in the first of several procedural votes. Senators voted 73 to 25 on the cloture motion, which did not result in the bill being passed, but pushed it another step forward.

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Ukraine peace talks resume in Abu Dhabi after months-long pause – BBC

  1. Ukraine peace talks resume in Abu Dhabi after months-long pause  BBC
  2. U.S. gives Russia an early win before Ukraine peace talks begin in Abu Dhabi  The Washington Post
  3. U.S. demands a seat for Europe at Ukraine peace talks  POLITICO.eu
  4. Russia, Ukraine to meet for US-backed talks after Trump says broad deal possible  Reuters
  5. US asks Russia to agree to NATO-like backing for Ukraine  Politico
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Headteachers consider leaving jobs earlier than planned after new Ofsted inspection

Almost two-thirds of school leaders polled say new regime is much more intense than previous framework

More than half of headteachers in England who were polled after their schools were inspected under Ofsted’s new regime are considering cutting short their careers as a result of the experience.

In response to the question “Has the inspection affected how long you intend to stay in your role?”, 52% of those who responded said they were thinking of leaving their job sooner than planned.

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US supreme court clears way for Trump’s border wall in Texas’s Big Bend

Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harm

The US supreme court has allowed Donald Trump to continue his administration’s construction of a border wall in Texas’s Big Bend region, including parts of Big Bend national park.

In an unsigned, five-page ruling, the nation’s highest court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to suspend a lower court order that had temporarily stopped the project last month.

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Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy

Elon Musk and other finance moguls defend Jensen Huang after he admitted to the affair, as Trump says FBI ‘is looking into it’

Donald Trump, Elon Musk and prominent finance moguls have expressed their support for embattled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as the head of the world’s most valuable chip company faces an internal investigation over a romantic relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

Trump said he has spoken to Huang on Monday as the scandal reverberated across Silicon Valley and the Nvidia CEO faced an uncertain future.

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