- Oil jumps after fresh U.S. strikes in Iran revive Strait of Hormuz disruption fears CNBC
- Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Again Conducts Strikes in Iran as Trump Expresses Indifference to Midterms Pressure The New York Times
- U.S. military carries out limited attacks in southern Iran, U.S. official says NBC News
- Oil rebounds after news of US strikes on Iranian military site Reuters
- U.S., Iran in fresh clashes amid peace talks Axios
U.S. strikes drone launch site, as Trump holds to maximum demands on Iran – The Washington Post
- U.S. strikes drone launch site, as Trump holds to maximum demands on Iran The Washington Post
- Live updates: Trump says he won’t rush Iran deal because ‘I don’t care about the midterms’ CNN
- Trump news at a glance: president lobs accusation at Iran and threat at Oman with peace talks in limbo The Guardian
- Trump says he can outwait Iran, dismisses midterm election pressure Reuters
- No Way to Make a Deal The Atlantic
5 of 7 people trapped in flooded Laos cave for more than a week found alive, rescuers say – CBS News
- 5 of 7 people trapped in flooded Laos cave for more than a week found alive, rescuers say CBS News
- Five People Stuck in Flooded Laos Cave Are Found Alive The New York Times
- Diver who helped save soccer team in Thailand holds out hope miners trapped in Laos cave are still alive CBS News
- 5 of 7 trapped in Laos cave found alive, rescuers say KSL News
- 5 villagers stuck in flooded Laos cave for more than a week found alive, 2 still missing WPBF
Uganda Closes Border With Congo as Ebola Fears Rise – The New York Times
- Uganda Closes Border With Congo as Ebola Fears Rise The New York Times
- Uganda closes its border with Congo over Ebola outbreak CBS News
- Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare Ebola type are surging AP News
- Ebola: Uganda closes border with DR Congo as virus spreads dw.com
- International airlines urged to stick to safety measures in wake of Ebola outbreak UN News
Israel’s military tells residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it fights Hezbollah – AP News
- Israel’s military tells residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it fights Hezbollah AP News
- Iran war live: Israel orders mass forced displacement for all south Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Lebanese Resigned to a Long War, Even if U.S. and Iran Make a Deal The New York Times
- Israel issues evacuation order for swathes of southern Lebanon BBC
- Israel’s military warns residents to leave Lebanese city of Tyre NBC News
Iran state TV says draft deal with US would reopen Hormuz shipping, end naval blockade – Reuters
- Iran state TV says draft deal with US would reopen Hormuz shipping, end naval blockade Reuters
- White House Dismisses Outline of ‘Unofficial’ Iran Deal The New York Times
- Oil prices fall more than 5% after Rubio says U.S. will give Iran talks 'every chance to succeed' CNBC
- Deal or no deal? Trump’s social media posts add confusion to Iran conflict NBC News
- The Lag Between an Iran Deal and Lower Oil Prices The Atlantic
To Make a Deal With Trump, Iran Wants Billions of Its Money Unfrozen – The New York Times
- To Make a Deal With Trump, Iran Wants Billions of Its Money Unfrozen The New York Times
- Iran war updates: Tehran’s negotiators in Qatar; Israel pounds Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Qatar emerges as key broker in US-Iran frozen funds dispute | Iran International ایران اینترنشنال
- Iran’s Dream Deal: Economic Relief, No Trump Victory WSJ
- Iran will sign peace deal only if US releases $24bn of frozen assets The Telegraph
US munitions depleted by Iran war will take years to restore, analysis finds – Military Times
- US munitions depleted by Iran war will take years to restore, analysis finds Military Times
- US will need years to replenish stockpiles of advanced weapons used in Iran war, new analysis finds AP News
- Replenishing advanced weapons stockpiles used in Iran war will take years: Analysis The Hill
- Here’s How Long It Will Take to Replace Weapons Trump Used on Iran The New Republic
- US warns Japan of severe delays in Tomahawk deliveries due to Iran war Financial Times
UK cyberspying chief calls AI ‘an unstoppable force’ and warns about Russia – AP News
- UK cyberspying chief calls AI ‘an unstoppable force’ and warns about Russia AP News
- High-Level British Spy Warns of Expanding Russia Threat The New York Times
- UK and allies have narrowing window to stay ahead in tech race, spy chief says Reuters
- UK spy chief: Time is running out for the West to confront threats from Russia and China CNBC
- Russia is targeting UK’s infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ head to say The Guardian
LEGO Foundation donates $97 million to bring play-based learning to children impacted by conflicts – AP News
Trump accuses Iran of stalling peace deal to ‘out-wait’ him until US midterms
US president tells cabinet Tehran is delaying in hope of better terms after November congressional elections
Donald Trump has accused Iran of trying to stall on making a peace agreement by running down the clock before November’s US midterm elections in the hope of getting better terms.
“They thought they were going to out-wait me, you know, ‘We’ll out wait him, he’s got the midterms,” the US president told a meeting of his cabinet at the White House on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Nearly half a million Russians killed in Ukraine war, UK spy chief says
Anne Keast-Butler says Russian forces are ‘going backwards on the battlefield’ for first time since late 2022
Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion more than four years ago, according to a new estimate from the head of the British spy agency GCHQ.
Anne Keast-Butler, the chief of the electronic intelligence agency, said in her first speech in the job that Russian forces were “going backwards on the battlefield” inside Ukraine for the first time since late 2022.
Continue reading...‘It’s getting hotter and it’s not stopping’: dealing with the heat in five of Europe’s capitals – The Guardian
- ‘It’s getting hotter and it’s not stopping’: dealing with the heat in five of Europe’s capitals The Guardian
- Record heat for May Financial Times
- Western Europe is roasting in unprecedented spring heat – and it’s not alone Yale Climate Connections
- An exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe NPR
- Buckled jet stream is driving Europe’s record heat. It’s causing turbulent weather in California, too San Francisco Chronicle
Tourist accused of hurling rock at endangered Hawaiian seal was trying to protect sea turtles, lawyer says
Igor Lytvynchuk is scheduled to appear in court on charges of harassing and attempting to harass a protected animal
The lawyer for a tourist accused of hurling a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal says his client was trying to protect sea turtles and has since been assaulted, threatened and doxed.
Igor Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is scheduled to appear in court in Honolulu on Wednesday on charges of harassing and attempting to harass a protected animal.
Continue reading...New Mandelson revelations cast doubt on claim vetting decision was borderline, Thornberry says – as it happened
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Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, posted this on social media about Tony Blair’s latest intervention this morning.
Tony Blair.
What the billionaire class have paid for.
Spot the difference between “Tony Blair says” and “Nigel Farage says”
Continue reading...Brexiters peddled ‘nationalistic pish’, said Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate
Robert Kenyon castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project on rugby league forum in 2016
Reform UK’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection has castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project promoted by politicians who “peddled the nationalistic pish”, raising more doubts about his commitment to Nigel Farage’s signature achievement.
The comments by Robert Kenyon, unearthed on a defunct rugby league forum and first reported by the Telegraph, follow the emergence of another post in which he said people would be wrong to assume he had voted for Brexit.
Continue reading...Woman shot dead outside Sheffield bar had ‘biggest heart’, say family
Relatives pay tribute to Shanice Brookes, 30, a charity worker and mum who had ‘energy you could never forget’
The family of a woman who was an innocent bystander when she was fatally shot outside a bar in Sheffield city centre at the weekend have paid tribute to her.
South Yorkshire police on Wednesday named the victim as Shanice Brookes, a 30-year-old charity worker. Her family described Brookes, who lived in Sheffield, as “one of a kind” with the “biggest heart” and “energy you could never forget”.
Continue reading...Is a shift “in favor of Ukrainian forces” behind a Russian warning to foreigners in Kyiv? – CBS News
- Is a shift "in favor of Ukrainian forces" behind a Russian warning to foreigners in Kyiv? CBS News
- Russia Tells US to Evacuate Its Diplomats and Citizens From Kyiv Bloomberg.com
- Russia hits Ukraine with Oreshnik missile in one of war's biggest attacks on Kyiv Reuters
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 25, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russia maintains attacks on Ukraine, as Kyiv is warned to brace for a possible major barrage AP News
‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin
After winning the Grand Prix at Cannes film festival, the exiled auteur sent a direct message to the Russian president urging him to stop the war
Accoladed director Andrey Zvyagintsev has sent a direct message to Vladimir Putin urging him to start listening to the Russian people and end the “senseless” war in Ukraine, continuing a war of words between Russia’s most revered living film-maker and the Kremlin that started at the Cannes film festival awards ceremony over the weekend.
“Except for the limbs torn off from your fellow citizens in the name of an illusory goal, except for the massacre of young people that the country needs to build life and the future – nothing good is on the horizon if we don’t stop,” the exiled auteur said in a message sent to the Russian president’s press secretary through official channels on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Hope fades for nine missing after paper mill tank implosion in Washington state
Authorities say no hope for survivors after tank containing a chemical solution ruptured and killed one person
Crews were set to resume searching on Wednesday for nine workers at a Washington state paper mill where a tank imploded, but authorities said there was no hope of finding any more survivors.
One person was confirmed dead and nine people were reported injured on Tuesday after a tank at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co in Longview imploded, releasing a highly destructive chemical mixture called “white liquor”. But nine other workers remained missing.
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