- Iran’s top diplomat hopes US shows ‘rationality,’ and other Mideast news AP News
- Iran war updates: Tehran awaits US response on proposal to reopen Hormuz Al Jazeera
- Iran, Qatari mediators hold third day of talks to end US-Iran war Reuters
- Qataris hold marathon talks in Tehran in bid for U.S.-Iran deal before midterms Axios
- US-Iran talks progress, but nuclear disputes remain The Jerusalem Post
All nine people aboard business jet that crashed in Florida have died
Aircraft had departed Austin-Bergstrom international airport and was headed to the Bahamas when it crashed
A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes near a busy roadway, killing everyone onboard.
Video recorded by people inside their cars captured the terrifying moment the Bahamas-bound aircraft plunged from the sky before striking near the Palm Beach county roadway and exploding. Flames flickered around chunks of pavement lining a crater as people milled about, expressing shock that it landed only feet from homes and inches from passing vehicles. Thick black smoke engulfed the crash site.
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Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final
Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity
A teenage violinist has won the BBC Young Musician competition 2026, in the first all-female final in the competition’s 48-year history.
The judges, Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Errollyn Wallen, hailed Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity.
Continue reading...Two oil tankers explode after hitting mine in Hormuz Strait, IRGC spokesperson says – The Jerusalem Post
- Two oil tankers explode after hitting mine in Hormuz Strait, IRGC spokesperson says The Jerusalem Post
- Live - Trump says Iran war will end very soon, calls oil rise a ‘small price’ Iran International
- Iran's IRGC Navy says two tankers 'exploded' after hitting mines in Hormuz Reuters
- Oman Evacuates Tanker Crew as Iran Claims Spate of New Attacks The Maritime Executive
- Shipping Strikes In Hormuz Leave Both Sides With Economic Pain gCaptain
French protest violence eases while scattered riots hit Germany ahead of school return – AP News
- French protest violence eases while scattered riots hit Germany ahead of school return AP News
- Clashes Erupt Again in France, After Festive Start to Day of Protest The New York Times
- From teargas in Paris to gen Z in Germany: protests across Europe – in pictures The Guardian
- France launches attempted murder investigation after petrol bomb thrown at police BBC
- France seethes again as youth-led protests sweep Europe NPR
Sudan’s power grid nears collapse as drone strikes blamed on RSF target electric stations – AP News
Trump Goon Chickens Out of Crucial TV Interview Days Before Election – The Daily Beast
Iran’s IRGC Navy says two tankers ‘exploded’ after hitting mines in Hormuz – Reuters
- Iran's IRGC Navy says two tankers 'exploded' after hitting mines in Hormuz Reuters
- Rare Speedboat Attack in Hormuz Ignites Tanker’s Engine Room Bloomberg
- Shipping Strikes In Hormuz Leave Both Sides With Economic Pain gCaptain
- Iran hits Hormuz tanker with limpet mines in apparent tactical shift Financial Times
- 'Supertanker' strikes mine in Hormuz, losing two million barrels of oil ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Iran vows response beyond Mideast and target financial assets; oil markets fear generational damage – Fortune
- Iran vows response beyond Mideast and target financial assets; oil markets fear generational damage Fortune
- Iran's supreme leader orders "maximum" response to any U.S. attack Axios
- Iran warns new war could last longer after Trump threatens strikes Inquirer.net
- Iran warns of 'geographically unrestricted response' if US attacks Euronews.com
- Iran Threatens Wider US Strikes Even as Talks Make Progress Bloomberg.com
Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ Cambridge scientist who died in Spain train crash
Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive award for scientific excellence in developmental biology
An “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train collision on Wednesday that killed at least 69 people.
Dr Marta Shahbazi, 41, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the city’s Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), was travelling on one of the trains involved in the crash near Urda in Toledo province.
Continue reading...United Arab Emirates says military solutions offer no quick off-ramps to crisis with Iran – AP News
Peaceful protests in Germany spiral into violence and looting
Thousands joined largely orderly demonstrations earlier in the day, before violence erupted in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.
Israel’s first ambassador to Somaliland presents credentials in Hargeisa
Israel expands ties with the breakaway territory as Somalia challenges its motives and war intensifies in Yemen.
‘Fascinating’ rare beetle found in Wales again after 60 years – BBC
- 'Fascinating' rare beetle found in Wales again after 60 years BBC
- Rare beetle that oozes substance from its knees when attacked rediscovered in Wales The Guardian
- Rare hitchhiking creature discovered clinging to life in hidden coastal haven InYourArea
- Patience pays off for rare species in only Welsh location Nation.Cymru
- Rare Oil Beetle Is Breeding Again in Wales After Decades Missing Around Prague
Gulf braced for escalation of war between US-Israel alliance and Iran – Financial Times
Armed police start patrols in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack
The new police unit is a security measure in response to last year's deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.
Armed police start patrols in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack
The new police unit is a security measure in response to last year's deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.
Negotiators ‘braced for worst’ over US-Iran talks to reopen strait of Hormuz
Third day of indirect talks as Qatar tries to negotiate release of $6bn in Iranian assets that could lead to waterway’s reopening
Officials from the Gulf states are “braced for the worst” as they wait for Washington’s response to an Iranian proposal that could reopen the strait of Hormuz before the US midterm elections on Tuesday.
Indirect talks in Doha ran into a third day on Sunday with Qatar trying to negotiate the release of more than $6bn in Iranian assets, which could lead to the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and the restart of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Continue reading...How Rachel Reeves has mapped out the economic agenda for Andy Burnham’s government
On Brexit, devolution and investment, the former chancellor is eerily in tune with the man who sacked her
Which senior politician has argued that “Brexit did deep damage” and that the government seeks “not to turn back the clock but to look toward a new and stable, future relationship?”
It was not Andy Burnham, who has been the torchbearer for thinking the unthinkable on Brexit since he became prime minister. Instead, these are the words of the former chancellor Rachel Reeves, in a lecture six months ago.
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