Zelensky stripped of highest Polish honour over WW2 name of army unit
Ukraine has denounced the move, calling it a "strategic mistake" and "disrespectful".
Italy’s Meloni says Trump ‘made up’ story that she ‘begged’ him for photo at G7
The highly public exchange is an indication that their earlier close ties have frayed since Trump's decision to go to war with Iran.
Israel and Hezbollah agree ceasefire, US says, as more Lebanon strikes reported
The agreement followed concerns that continued clashes would undermine the deal to end the war between the US and Iran.
Would you choose to take a 22-hour non-stop flight?
The BBC asked Sydney locals if they would take the newly announced, longest ever commercial flight from Sydney to London.
Injuries reported after two trains collide near Bedford
Lines closed between Luton and Bedford as emergency services attend scene
Two trains have collided in the Bedford area, authorities have said, with police and other emergency services at the scene.
The collision, which is reported to have caused injuries, has also caused major delays to the evening commute, with lines closed between Luton and Bedford, Thameslink said.
Continue reading...Israel and Hezbollah agree to renew ceasefire after flareup of violence
US-Iran meeting in Switzerland on implementation of peace deal cancelled over clashes in southern Lebanon
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday after 24 hours of intense violence that posed an early challenge to the new agreement between the US and Iran to end their conflict.
A meeting that was scheduled to take place on Friday between Washington and Tehran in Switzerland to discuss implementation of the new deal was cancelled when Hezbollah killed four Israeli soldiers and Israel carried out a wave of retaliatory airstrikes in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa valley that killed at least 47 people.
Continue reading...Man released on bail after boy, three, critically injured in zoo crocodile enclosure
Cambridgeshire police say 30-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder is not fit to be interviewed
A man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure has been released because he is not fit to be interviewed, police have said.
The 30-year-old man from Norfolk has been bailed while detectives from the major crimes unit conduct further inquiries, Cambridgeshire police said.
Continue reading...First pelicans in 360 years hatch in St James’s Park London
Birds have been in the park since the Russian ambassador gave King Charles II two in 1664 – but none ever bred there
They arrived in the royal park shortly before the Great Fire of London, when the Russian ambassador presented a pair to King Charles II as a gift.
But although pelicans have been living in St James’s Park since 1664, none ever learned the art of courtship – until now, when for the first time in more than 360 years, chicks have been born.
Continue reading...Revolt in small Georgia town appears to ward off ICE detention center
Social Circle announces homeland security has canceled plans to convert warehouse to detain up to 10,000 people
The small town of Social Circle in rural Georgia has announced that the Department of Homeland Security has cancelled plans to turn a warehouse into what would have been one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country.
The cancellation appears to be one of seven around the country, according to reporting elsewhere, and part of a reversal under new homeland security director Markwayne Mullin in the Trump administration’s plans to buy up warehouses and boost detention capacity – after spending $1bn on the effort in recent months.
Continue reading...Pétanque player, 68, dies after being ‘hit in head with metal boule’
The man was allegedly struck by his 81-year-old opponent, who has since been arrested, the public prosecutor says.
U.S. intelligence warns Israel is likely to undermine Iran peace deal, officials say – The Washington Post
- U.S. intelligence warns Israel is likely to undermine Iran peace deal, officials say The Washington Post
- How the Iran war united, and then divided Trump and Israel's Netanyahu CBS News
- ‘Destruction is the goal’: Israel steers between the US, Iran, and Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Why Trump’s proposal for Syria to fight Hezbollah will send shudders across Lebanon CNN
- Trump: ‘We expect a complete ceasefire’ between Hezbollah and Israel The Times of Israel
Comparison to Hitler, Mao, Stalin? Trump says: ‘Sounds good to me!’
‘Historian’ claims ‘overwhelming difference’ between him and rogues’ gallery of autocrats is that Trump is more powerful
Donald Trump has enthusiastically agreed with a public assessment by a man he met while golfing that the “overwhelming difference” between the current US president and historical figures who incited fear – such as Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao and Hitler – is that Trump is more powerful.
The US president reposted a short text in the early hours of Friday morning, in which the author writes:
Continue reading...US to end funding of South Africa’s HIV programmes over claims of Afrikaner persecution
The US says South Africa is not doing enough to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community.
US push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump. Vance stays at home, for now – AP News
- US push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump. Vance stays at home, for now AP News
- Live updates: Vance no longer traveling to Switzerland for Iran talks as Lebanon clashes strain agreement CNN
- US-Iran talks in Switzerland are postponed as Israel, Hezbollah enter ceasefire Fox News
- Iran Delays Nuclear Talks With US as Lebanon Clashes Worsen Bloomberg.com
- Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting as talks between the US and Iran hang in the balance AP News
How Quickly Could Andy Burnham Become U.K. Prime Minister? – The New York Times
- How Quickly Could Andy Burnham Become U.K. Prime Minister? The New York Times
- Burnham’s Stunning Victory in Makerfield Election May Trigger Starmer’s Last Stand The New York Times
- Britain’s Next Leader Has Emerged The Atlantic
- Andy Burnham wins U.K. Parliament seat, key step in bid to oust prime minister The Washington Post
- Farage blames Makerfield defeat on anti-Starmer votes BBC
Israeli official spurns call for truce: ‘All of Lebanon must burn’ – The Hill
- Israeli official spurns call for truce: ‘All of Lebanon must burn’ The Hill
- Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 47 as Israel says four soldiers killed by Hezbollah BBC
- Deadly Violence Rocks Lebanon in Threat to U.S.-Iran Deal The New York Times
- Israeli military strikes in southern Lebanon in intense fighting as US-Iran talks postponed Yahoo
- 'All of Lebanon must burn,' Israeli minister says after IDF reports four soldiers killed Euronews.com
Six-year-old Ebola patient taken from DR Congo hospital found and ‘doing well’
Health facilities have come under attack during the current outbreak as a result of misinformation and fear.
The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars – The New York Times
- The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars The New York Times
- Was It Worth It? The True Cost of Trump’s Iran War Council on Foreign Relations
- Tallying the global cost of the US-Israel war against Iran The Guardian
- Here's how much the Iran war cost — and how its effects will linger NPR
- Trump war on Iran wipes out wage growth since he retook office People's World
Barack Obama says US is ‘worse off’ than before war with Iran
Former president nevertheless said in an interview that he was happy to see a ceasefire with Iran and hopes it holds
Barack Obama has said that after 15 weeks of war with Iran, the US is now “worse off” than before the conflict started in February.
“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off,” the former US president told NBC News in an interview that aired on Friday.
Continue reading...Italy PM Meloni ‘stunned’ by Trump’s claims she begged him for a photo
US president provokes outrage as PM says he ‘totally invented’ story in interview with Italian media
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said Donald Trump “totally invented” a story about her after the US president claimed she begged him to take a photo with her during the G7 summit.
The two former allies had appeared to be getting their relationship back on track by having several one-to-ones on the sidelines at the gathering in Évian after falling out in April over the US-Israeli war in Iran.
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