Europe seeks to increase deportations as some nations embrace Trump-like tactics – NBC News

  1. Europe seeks to increase deportations as some nations embrace Trump-like tactics  NBC News
  2. European Parliament approves return hubs outside the EU  Euronews.com
  3. MEPs back plans for ‘return hubs’, raising fears of ‘human rights black holes’  The Guardian
  4. EU parliament votes through measures allowing deportation of migrants to 'return hubs'  Le Monde.fr
  5. EU lawmakers vote to make it easier to set up migrant detention centers outside the bloc  AP News
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A Toothless Iran? Missile and Drone Strikes Show It Can Still Inflict Pain. – The New York Times

  1. A Toothless Iran? Missile and Drone Strikes Show It Can Still Inflict Pain.  The New York Times
  2. Data: Tracking Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Gulf states  NBC News
  3. Mapping the damage: Iranian strikes on the GCC  The International Institute for Strategic Studies
  4. Gulf Countries and Israel Warn of Incoming Fire  WSJ
  5. US marines arrive in Mideast as Israel, Iran continue strikes  The New Arab
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Israeli-American IDF soldier killed Saturday in southern Lebanon rocket attack – Haaretz

  1. Israeli-American IDF soldier killed Saturday in southern Lebanon rocket attack  Haaretz
  2. IDF soldier Moshe Yitzchak Katz, 22, from Connecticut, killed in south Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  3. Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East  The Jerusalem Post
  4. IDF soldier from Connecticut killed in southern Lebanon combat | LIVE BLOG  i24NEWS
  5. U.S.-Born Soldier Killed Fighting for Israel in Lebanon  WSJ
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Oman says no party has claimed responsibility for attacks on its territory – Reuters

  1. Oman says no party has claimed responsibility for attacks on its territory  Reuters
  2. Port in Oman Hit in Drone Attacks  WSJ
  3. Maersk halts operations at Oman's Salalah port due to security incident  Reuters
  4. Iran targets US vessel near Oman as West Asia war expands despite Trump’s 'pause'  WION
  5. Iran Strikes US Targets, Warns Energy Infrastructure Will Trigger Response  Palestine Chronicle
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Paris: Suspected bomb attack outside Bank of America foiled – DW.com

  1. Paris: Suspected bomb attack outside Bank of America foiled  DW.com
  2. French police foil apparent bomb attack outside of Bank of America building in Paris  CBS News
  3. France detains two more suspects over foiled Paris Bank of America attack  Reuters
  4. France sees ‘significant suspicion’ of Iran link in foiled Paris attack  ایران اینترنشنال
  5. France Detains Two More Suspects After Foiled BofA Paris Bombing  Bloomberg.com
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Undercover police officer was sacked for assaulting partner, spycops inquiry hears

Conviction revealed during questioning of Rob Hastings about a second woman whom he deceived into intimate relationship

An undercover officer who deceived a woman into an intimate relationship was later convicted and dismissed from the police for assaulting his long-term partner, the public inquiry into undercover policing has heard.

Rob Hastings, who infiltrated pro-Palestinian and left wing protest groups for three years during his covert deployment, was convicted of assaulting his now ex-partner and mother of his three children in 2014. He was sacked by the Metropolitan police for gross misconduct as a result.

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One Nation renews defection offer to ‘courageous’ Moira Deeming after Victorian Liberal MP dumped from election ticket

Moderate-backed Dinesh Gourisetty won nomination for upper house seat

Moira Deeming has lost her spot on the ballot for the Victorian Liberal party at the November state election, after a successful challenge by a moderate-backed candidate.

Liberal members gathered at party headquarters in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday for the western metropolitan region convention, where Deeming was defeated by Dinesh Gourisetty, a prominent figure in Melbourne’s fast-growing Indian community.

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The War With Iran May Be Ushering in a New Nuclear Age – Bloomberg.com

  1. The War With Iran May Be Ushering in a New Nuclear Age  Bloomberg.com
  2. Cornered and wounded, will Iran now go for a nuclear bomb?  CNN
  3. As war rages, Iranian politicians push for exit from nuclear weapons treaty  Al Jazeera
  4. Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say  Reuters
  5. The race against time to destroy Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program heats up amid fresh strikes  Fox News
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