Ukraine agrees defense deal with Germany to help in fight against Russia – AP News

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  1. Ukraine agrees defense deal with Germany to help in fight against Russia  AP News
  2. Germany, Ukraine discuss defense, drones and reconstruction  DW.com
  3. Ukraine strikes drone production, military support deal with Germany  Al Jazeera
  4. Merz Says EU €90 Billion Loan for Kyiv Should Be Disbursed Now  Bloomberg.com
  5. Berlin and Kyiv seal sweeping pact on drones, data and missiles  Euronews.com
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Ukraine is slowing Russia down and clawing back ground in key areas, war experts say. Here’s how it’s finding fresh wins. – Business Insider

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  1. Ukraine is slowing Russia down and clawing back ground in key areas, war experts say. Here's how it's finding fresh wins.  Business Insider
  2. A Crucial Weapon in Russia’s Spring Offensive: Leafy Trees  The New York Times
  3. Ukrainian forces advanced on the Oleksandrivka axis, liberating 480 sq km and capturing demoralized Russian troops  mezha.net
  4. EDF colonel: Ukrainians have managed to prevent Russia's spring offensive  ERR
  5. Ukraine Latest: Russia Presses Spring Offensive, Air Attacks Intensify, Ukraine Strikes Back at Energy Targets  Georgia Today
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Despite Israeli firepower, Netanyahu struggles for political gains in Iran war – Reuters

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  1. Despite Israeli firepower, Netanyahu struggles for political gains in Iran war  Reuters
  2. Over-sold and under-delivered: Israel’s Netanyahu faces ceasefire backlash  Al Jazeera
  3. Opinion | Israel’s War Strategy is to Avoid Peace  The New York Times
  4. Ceasefire means Netanyahu can’t keep promises, many Israelis say as elections loom  The Washington Post
  5. Israelis war-weary but most oppose Iran ceasefire, poll suggests  BBC
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Bahamas police release Michigan man questioned after wife disappeared from their boat

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Brian Hooker told police that Lynette Hooker fell overboard and that strong currents carried her away

Police in the Bahamas have released without charges a Michigan man who said his wife disappeared after falling overboard from a small boat in waters off the Caribbean island country, authorities said on Monday.

Brian Hooker, of Onsted in southern Michigan, had been in police custody since 8 April – five days – after being questioned by authorities.

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Spain approves plan to give around 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status – BBC

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  1. Spain approves plan to give around 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status  BBC
  2. Spanish government approves amnesty programme for undocumented immigrants  Al Jazeera
  3. Spain finalizes amnesty measure for potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants  AP News
  4. Spanish immigration offices threaten strike over migrant amnesty  Reuters
  5. Spanish Immigration Is Different  Foreign Policy
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France and UK to co-host talks on securing Strait of Hormuz – politico.eu

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  1. France and UK to co-host talks on securing Strait of Hormuz  politico.eu
  2. What will the UK’s role be in the strait of Hormuz when the Iran war ends?  The Guardian
  3. Key U.S. Allies Plotting Way to Ice Out Trump After War  The Daily Beast
  4. Europe Is Looking for Its Own Hormuz Fix  Foreign Policy
  5. Hormuz mission talks to focus on sanctions, work with industry – source  Reuters
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Britain Is Preparing for War Again—and the Old Playbook Is Back – UNITED24 Media

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  1. Britain Is Preparing for War Again—and the Old Playbook Is Back  UNITED24 Media
  2. UK working on major plan to prepare country for war  Sky News
  3. John Healey fails to say when military spending plan will be ready  The Telegraph
  4. Defence and National Security: Fixing the Machine  Policy Exchange
  5. Right-wing think tank presses UK Starmer government to abandon “peacetime” agenda and move to “warfighting readiness”  World Socialist Web Site
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Survivors ask why busy market bombed in Nigerian anti-terror campaign

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Military has described devastating attack that killed up to 200 people, many of them civilians, as a ‘precision airstrike’

Survivors and observers have questioned the Nigerian military’s rationale for a devastating airstrike on a busy market that killed as many as 200 people, many of them civilians.

The hit on Jilli market on the border of the north-eastern Borno and Yobe states on Saturday is the latest in a string of attacks by the country’s air force over the past decade with a high civilian death toll.

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Anger at ‘bloody unacceptable’ efforts to end Sudan’s war as conflict enters fourth year

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A top UN official has criticised lack of global urgency as reports confirm the world’s largest humanitarian crisis is worsening

Efforts to end Sudan’s catastrophic war have been criticised as “unacceptable” by the country’s top UN official as a series of new reports confirm that the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis is worsening.

Speaking to the Guardian on the eve of the third anniversary of the war, Denise Brown expressed her concern over the apparent lack of political urgency to end a conflict that has forced 14 million Sudanese to flee their homes. Tens of thousands of people are missing.

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Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech

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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran

The detention of a prize-winning international journalist over his reporting of a friendly fire incident in Kuwait is raising questions about the crackdown on freedom of speech across the Middle East as a result of the US-Israel war with Iran, the Committee to Protect Journalists has warned.

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, born in the US and a Kuwaiti national, was arrested on 3 March during a brief visit to Kuwait. He published footage of a US air force F- 15 E Strike Eagle crashing in al Jahra west of Kuwait city. On his Substack he said the pilot and weapons officer had successfully ejected and survived. He added that video circulating online showed local residents assisting one of the crew in a civilian truck.

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Spain strengthens ties with China as Sánchez backs Beijing’s Middle East role – Euronews.com

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  1. Spain strengthens ties with China as Sánchez backs Beijing's Middle East role  Euronews.com
  2. Spanish premier urges China to take bigger role in multipolar order  Reuters
  3. Xi Jinping says the world order is ‘crumbling into disarray.’ Larry Fink and the IMF are worried about a global recession  Fortune
  4. China's Xi warns against 'world’s retrogression to the law of the jungle' in meeting with Spain's PM  AP News
  5. Xi Jinping says world in ‘disarray’ as Spain pushes China to help end Iran war  Financial Times
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World faces food ‘catastrophe’ if Strait of Hormuz disruption persists: FAO – Al Jazeera

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  1. World faces food ‘catastrophe’ if Strait of Hormuz disruption persists: FAO  Al Jazeera
  2. 'Blindsided': US farmers strained as fertilizer costs surge on war  France 24
  3. Fertiliser shortages due to Iran war are a key worry for developing world, UN agency says  Reuters
  4. ‘Clock is ticking’: Hormuz disruption raises fears of global food crisis  Welcome to the United Nations
  5. Taxis, farmers and the fuel crisis in the south  BBC
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