US push for Lebanon and Israel leaders to meet could inflame tensions
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun is under pressure to meet with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on a US visit this month.
Romanian prime minister loses confidence vote in parliament – DW.com
- Romanian prime minister loses confidence vote in parliament DW.com
- Romanian government collapses after no-confidence vote Reuters
- Romanian socialists and far right topple government politico.eu
- Romanian PM ousted in no-confidence vote BBC
- ‘With calm, we will get through this’: Romanian president speaks out after government collapses – as it happened The Guardian
US to take steps to curb antidepressant prescribing, RFK Jr says
Plan promotes ‘deprescribing’ as psychiatrists warn crisis stems from lack of access to care, not overuse
The federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant use in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced this week.
Antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, have long been a target for Kennedy, the Trump administration’s health secretary, who talked about the plans at an event Monday hosted by the Make America Healthy Again Institute, an organization focused on advancing the MAHA agenda. He has claimed without evidence that the drugs are linked to a rise in school shootings and has expressed concerns about weaning off the medications and withdrawal symptoms.
Continue reading...Alberta separatists submit 300,000 signatures to push independence referendum
Authorities investigate leak of 2.9 million voters’ details, adding to turmoil around independence push
Alberta separatists have delivered more than 300,000 signatures to elections officials in western Canada, in support of their attempt to force an independence referendum in Canada’s oil-rich province.
But the effort stumbled immediately as a separatist-linked group posted the personal data of nearly three million residents online in one of the largest data breaches in Canadian history, fomenting fears of a possible political interference crisis.
Continue reading...Four Palestine Action activists convicted of criminal damage
Activists found guilty over break-in at Israeli defence firm’s UK site after jury deliberated for more than 14 hours
Four out of six Palestine Action activists who stood trial over a break-in at an Israeli defence firm’s UK site have been convicted of criminal damage.
Charlotte Head, 29; Samuel Corner, 23; Leona Kamio, 30; and Fatema Rajwani, 21, were all found guilty on Tuesday of smashing up property, including drones, manufactured by Elbit Systems and computers at its factory in Filton, near Bristol, on 6 August 2024.
Continue reading...Man and ex-partner killed in Bristol blast after he forced entry into house
Ryan Kelly, 41, had ‘explosive device’, say police, who are treating death of woman, Jo Shaw, 35, as homicide
A man forced his way into a house in Bristol with an “explosive device” a few minutes before a blast that killed his ex-partner and himself.
Police said they were treating the death of the woman, whom they believe to be 35-year-old Jo Shaw, as homicide and named the man who died as her former partner, Ryan Kelly, 41.
Continue reading...Italy’s Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack – AP News
- Italy’s Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack AP News
- ‘Think before sharing,’ Giorgia Meloni says as AI-made lingerie image of her goes viral The Guardian
- Italy's Meloni warns over AI deepfakes after false photos circulate Reuters
- "Improved Me Quite A Bit": Giorgia Meloni Calls Out Viral Fake Lingerie Photo NDTV
- Italy’s Meloni shares deepfake lingerie photo to denounce ‘dangerous’ political trend SMH.com.au
UK convicts four Palestine Action activists over break-in at Israeli firm
Members of the now-banned Palestine Action group raided Elbit's facility in Bristol months into Israel's war on Gaza.
‘I had to stick to the plan’: Officer describes retrieving crocodile with human remains inside
DNA tests are underway to confirm whether remains found inside the crocodile match that of a missing man.
Barrister in Palestine Action trial facing contempt of court proceedings
Rajiv Menon KC accused of defying judge’s orders to not inform jury of right to acquit on basis of conscience
A leading human rights barrister is facing contempt of court proceedings after he was accused of defying a judge’s orders during a trial of Palestine Action activists.
Rajiv Menon KC is accused of breaching the judge’s directions while giving his closing speech in the trial of six people in relation to a 2024 direct action protest at an arms factory of the Israeli subsidiary Elbit Systems UK in Filton, near Bristol.
Continue reading...Hundreds of animals rescued from ‘appalling’ conditions at California sanctuary
San Diego Humane Society finds more than 400 animals at Julian facility, with malnutrition and injuries amid bankruptcy dispute
Authorities in California have rescued more than 400 animals, including horses, cats, dogs and goats, from a now shuttered sanctuary in San Diego county.
The San Diego Humane Society conducted the massive operation last week at Villa Chardonnay, a sprawling facility in Julian that had operated since 2003.
Continue reading...As Ukraine strikes deeper inside Russia, Putin retreats further into paranoia – Yahoo
- As Ukraine strikes deeper inside Russia, Putin retreats further into paranoia Yahoo
- Ukrainian drone hits upmarket Moscow high-rise ahead of Victory Day celebrations BBC
- Deadly strikes in Ukraine as Moscow hit by rare drone attack Vatican News
- Drone Hits a Moscow High-Rise Days Before a Major Military Parade The New York Times
- Ukrainian Drone Slams Into Skyscraper Near Central Moscow The Moscow Times
Democrats urge Rubio to acknowledge Israel possesses nuclear weapons amid Iran war
Letter from House Democrats to secretary of state calls for end to ambiguity over Israel’s nuclear weapons programs
House Democrats have asked the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, to publicly announce that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, arguing that Washington must end decades of ambiguity over the issue amid the conflict with Iran.
In a letter sent on Monday, 30 Democrats wrote that it was unsustainable for Donald Trump to collaborate with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on a military campaign against Iran – with the stated goal of preventing the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon – without publicly acknowledging the US ally’s possession of the bomb.
Continue reading...Israeli army chief says West Bank troops ‘killing like we haven’t killed since 1967’
Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers
The Israeli army chief in the West Bank has said his troops were “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967”, including fatally shooting Palestinian stone-throwers, according to an Israeli report of his comments.
The remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth, head of the army’s central command, were made in a recent closed forum but were leaked to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper. Bluth has so far not denied the authenticity of the Haaretz account. The Israel Defense Forces did not respond to a request for comment.
Continue reading...Farage’s partner refuses to confirm how she paid for house in his constituency
French publication Le Monde says Laure Ferrari ‘dodged’ question when quizzed over property purchase in Clacton
Nigel Farage’s partner, Laure Ferrari, has refused to confirm how she paid for a house in the Reform leader and MP’s constituency of Clacton, adding “there’s more than one way to pay for a house”.
In an interview with French publication Le Monde, Ferrari was questioned over revelations in the Guardian that she had purchased a house in her name in Clacton after Farage had claimed to be the buyer.
Continue reading...Rescue of Timmy the whale ‘an all-round catastrophe’ after tracker failure
Marine experts criticise €1.5m privately funded operation as humpback’s fate remains unknown after release into Baltic
Marine biologists and whale experts have stepped up their criticism of a privately funded operation to release a humpback whale that was stranded for weeks off Germany’s Baltic coast after it emerged that a tracker fitted to the whale was not working.
The whereabouts and health of the young male whale – nicknamed Timmy after one of the sandbanks it was stranded on – remain unknown three days after it was transported in a water-holding barge pulled by a tugboat to waters off the coast of Denmark.
Continue reading...Labour Party releases video ft. antisemitic quotes said by Green Party candidates – The Jerusalem Post
- Labour Party releases video ft. antisemitic quotes said by Green Party candidates The Jerusalem Post
- Met police arrest two Green election candidates over alleged antisemitism The Guardian
- Labour urges Greens to expel candidates who have spread ‘antisemitic hatred’ Financial Times
- Greens probe candidate after JN exposes conspiratorial posts about Zionists and Holocaust Jewish News
- Caroline Lucas condemns Green candidates’ ‘antisemitic’ statements The Times
Jailed Iranian Nobel prize winner Narges Mohammadi ‘between life and death’ – The Guardian
- Jailed Iranian Nobel prize winner Narges Mohammadi ‘between life and death’ The Guardian
- Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Hospitalized in Critical Condition The New York Times
- Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner in critical condition NPR
- Jailed Iranian peace laureate at risk of dying after heart attack, husband says Reuters
- Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate as brother fears she is dying BBC
US Secret Service agent placed on leave for allegedly fondling himself in public
John Andrew Spillman was part of an external screening security detail for the PGA Championship, which Trump is attending
A US Secret Service officer has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested for allegedly exposing and fondling himself in a public area of a Miami hotel.
Local sheriff’s office deputies say they arrested John Andrew Spillman, 33, on Sunday after he was found naked while off duty on the sixth floor of the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel Miami airport & convention center, according to a sworn law enforcement statement reviewed by the Guardian.
Continue reading...Microsoft, Google, xAI give US access to AI models for security testing
The deal comes days after the Pentagon announces an agreement with seven tech giants to use AI in classified systems