Watch: Protesters attempt to storm Georgia’s presidential palace
Water cannon and pepper spray was used by authorities to disperse protesters.
Cars swept away in Bulgaria floods
At least three people, including two rescue workers, have been killed in the country's south-east
Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza’s story, knowing that could make them targets – AP News
- Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza’s story, knowing that could make them targets AP News
- If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories The Nation
- Gaza has become journalism’s graveyard. Killing journalists is killing the truth | Anthony Bellanger The Guardian
- They fled to south Gaza as ordered. Then Israel killed them Middle East Eye
- RSF files fifth complaint with ICC about Israeli war crimes against journalists in Gaza Reporters sans frontières
Mass marches held in Barcelona, Rome as anti-Israel protesters rally across Europe – The Times of Israel
- Mass marches held in Barcelona, Rome as anti-Israel protesters rally across Europe The Times of Israel
- Hundreds of thousands march across Europe in support of Palestinians AP News
- Mass protests from Amsterdam to Istanbul denounce Israel’s Gaza genocide Al Jazeera
- Eight arrested, 20 police hurt in clashes at Spanish Palestine march Reuters
- From Rome to Barcelona: Thousands attend pro-Palestinian demos Euronews.com
Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election
With Babiš’s victory the Czech Republic looks set to join Hungary and Slovakia in refusing support for Ukraine
Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš has won the Czech parliamentary election in a political comeback that puts the country on a course away from supporting Ukraine and towards Hungary and Slovakia, which have taken a pro-Russian path.
With the votes from almost 98% of polling stations counted by the statistics office, Babiš’s ANO (YES) movement captured 35% of the vote followed by the pro-western coalition of the prime minister, Petr Fiala, with 23.0%. The coalition defeated Babiš in the 2021 election.
Continue reading...Populist billionaire Andrej Babis’s party set to win Czech election
With most votes tallied, Babis’s ANO party is ahead, but it appears set to fall short of a majority in parliament.
US treasury considers special $1 Trump coin reading ‘fight, fight, fight’
US treasurer says officials looking at drafts for country’s 250th anniversary featuring president with raised fist
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence, the treasury department is mulling production of a $1 coin displaying Donald Trump with a clenched first under an American flag and the words “fight, fight, fight”.
The words overtly reference what Trump said immediately after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt four months before he won a second presidency.
Continue reading...Norman Finkelstein: Trump plan has no connection to reality in Gaza
Norman Finkelstein tells Marc Lamont Hill why he believes Trump’s peace deal is the weakest yet with no path to justice.
Can a ‘one-sided, unserious’ US plan deliver peace to Gaza?
US political scientist Stephen Walt argues the US is staging a ‘half-hearted’ intervention that won’t lead to peace.
Somali forces fighting al Shabaab attack on high-security prison – Reuters
- Somali forces fighting al Shabaab attack on high-security prison Reuters
- Godka Jilicow: Al-Shabab militants dress as soldiers to storm Somali jail BBC
- Somali government forces end a 6-hour siege at a major prison, killing all 7 attackers AP News
- Al-Shabab fighters killed in Mogadishu prison assault, Somalia confirms Al Jazeera
- How al-Shabaab stormed high-security prison near Somali presidential palace Daily Nation
Kristi Noem warns immigrants away from Super Bowl: ‘We’ll be all over that place’
Homeland security chief also excoriates NFL for selecting Bad Bunny to perform during game’s half-time break
Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, has said that only Americans should attend next year’s Super Bowl and warned that Ice agents “will be all over” the event.
Speaking to the rightwing podcaster Benny Johnson on Friday, Noem also said the NFL will “not be able to sleep at night” over its decision to choose Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican rapper who has criticized the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies, as its half-time performer.
Continue reading...Storm Amy: man dies in Ireland as fresh weather warning issued for UK
Man dies in ‘weather-related incident’ in Co Donegal, while Met Office issues yellow wind warning for whole of UK
A man has died and a fresh weather warning covers the whole of the UK as Storm Amy continues to bring widespread disruption.
Irish police said the man died in a “weather-related” incident in the Letterkenny area of County Donegal, Ireland, shortly after 4.15pm on Friday.
Continue reading...Pope lends star power to Swiss Guards swearing-in ceremony as his army struggles to find recruits – AP News
- Pope lends star power to Swiss Guards swearing-in ceremony as his army struggles to find recruits AP News
- Pope praises Swiss Guards' discipline, courage, and faith Vatican News
- A look at Swiss Guards preparing for a swearing-in ceremony attended by the Pope, in photos AP News
- The Swiss Guards have a new uniform. Don't worry, the iconic one remains. National Catholic Reporter
- Pope Leo XIV attends swearing-in of Swiss Guard, first for a pope in nearly 60 years Catholic News Agency
Appointment of New Archbishop Continues Tragic Slide into Irrelevance – The Gospel Coalition
- Appointment of New Archbishop Continues Tragic Slide into Irrelevance The Gospel Coalition
- Woman appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in a historic first for the Church of England CNN
- London Bishop Sarah Mullally chosen as next archbishop of Canterbury Episcopal News Service
- For the New Archbishop of Canterbury, Nursing Roots Could Bring a Pastoral Sensibility The New York Times
- New Archbishop of Canterbury Steps into Anglican Divides Christianity Today
Costco to sell weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy at half-price
The move comes as GLP-1 drug prices have soared as supply continues to be increasingly limited
Costco has struck an agreement with drugmaker Novo Nordisk to make anti-obesity GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy available to its members at roughly half the usual cost.
Through the store’s prescription program, members with a valid prescription can buy a four-week supply of the injectables for $499. The offer is available only to those paying out of pocket, since many insurers still do not cover these medications.
Continue reading...Two children killed and two critically injured in shooting near Houston
A 13-year-old and a four-year-old died in shooting as police say all parties involved have been detained
Two children were killed and two more were critically injured in a shooting early on Saturday near the Houston suburb of Angleton, Texas, authorities said.
The Brazoria county sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post that deputies responded to reports of the shooting and found two children, ages 13 and four, fatally shot. Two other children, aged eight and nine, were flown by medical helicopter to a hospital and were in critical condition.
Continue reading...Gaza protests under way in Europe as arrests made in London
Protests take place in Barcelona, Rome, Lisbon and London, where police made more than 100 arrests.
Person killed in drone attack as Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting passenger trains
Two trains were hit in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, killing one and injuring about 30 others, officials say
Two Russian drones struck trains at a station in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, killing one person and injuring about 30 others, officials said on Saturday, with Ukraine’s foreign minister accusing Moscow of deliberately hitting passenger trains.
“A brutal Russian drone strike on the railway station in Shostka, Sumy region,” wrote the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Telegram, posting a video of a wrecked, burning passenger carriage and others with their windows blown out.
Continue reading...Mysterious drone flights in NATO airspace have caused alarm across Europe. Here’s what we know – AP News
- Mysterious drone flights in NATO airspace have caused alarm across Europe. Here's what we know AP News
- Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity The Economist
- Germany's Merz: We assume Russia is behind drone incursions Reuters
- The West is waking up to the Russian drone onslaught The Telegraph
- NATO allies clash after Russian jets breach airspace, testing alliance resolve Fox News
At least 30 injured in Russian strike on railway station, Zelensky says
Preliminary reports indicate that train staff and passengers were at the site of the strike, he says.