Carney tells Trump that Canada ‘won’t be for sale, ever’
The Canadian PM responds firmly as the president proposes a "wonderful marriage" of incorporating Canada into the US.
India launches ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan, exchanges of fire
Indian missiles hit locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan's Punjab. Pakistan says downed Indian jets.
Explosions Reported in Pakistani Kashmir After India’s Vow of Retaliation – The New York Times
- Explosions Reported in Pakistani Kashmir After India’s Vow of Retaliation The New York Times
- Live updates: India launches military operation against Pakistan CNN
- India says it has launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir BBC
- Pakistan accuses India of missile attack – live updates The Guardian
- India says it attacked Pakistan, Pakistani Kashmir Reuters
Sudan to cut ties with United Arab Emirates over alleged RSF support
UAE insists it does not provide arms to paramilitary group as Sudanese ambassador recalled
Sudan’s security and defence council has declared that it will break diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates over its alleged backing of the paramilitary Sudanese Rapid Support Forces.
During a televised speech on Tuesday, Sudan’s defence minister, Yassin Ibrahim, said Sudan was “severing diplomatic relations with the UAE” and recalling its ambassador, claiming the Gulf nation had breached Sudan’s sovereignty through its RSF “proxy”, which has been fighting the army in a bloody civil war since April 2023.
Continue reading...Conclave explained: How is the next pope chosen?
The papal conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor begins Wednesday in Vatican City.
Bank customer stabbed to death inside Lloyds Bank branch in Derby
Man in his 30s, attacked in St Peter’s Street, Derby, at about 2.35pm on Tuesday, police said
A customer has been stabbed to death in a branch of Lloyds Bank in Derby, police have said.
The man, in his 30s, was attacked inside the bank on St Peter’s Street at about 2.35pm on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing Houthis, end attacks on shipping – Reuters
- Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing Houthis, end attacks on shipping Reuters
- Trump announces US will stop bombing Houthis Politico
- Where does Trump's Houthi announcement leave Israel? Sky News
- Trump says US to stop attacking Houthis in Yemen as group has 'capitulated' BBC
- Trump Says Truce Reached With Houthis After They Promise to Stop Targeting Ships WSJ
Israel says Sanaa airport ‘fully disabled’ in strikes on Yemen’s capital
Israel’s military unleashed another wave of attacks on Yemen, claiming to have “fully disabled” Sanaa’s airport.
Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s meeting with Canada’s PM Mark Carney
Despite conflicts over tariffs and Canadian sovereignty, Trump and Carney exchanged praise in warm Oval Office meeting.
French hunter given suspended sentence for killing protected bear
The 81-year-old man said he had no choice but to shoot the animal after it attacked him during a hunt.
Canada’s Carney rejects Trump’s ‘51st state’ talk in Oval Office
Prime Minister Mark Carney, in an Oval Office meeting, rebuffs US President Trump’s push to make Canada the 51st state.
Trump says bombing of Yemen to stop as Oman confirms US-Houthi ceasefire
Oman says it brokers truce between Washington and Houthis, says neither side will target the other.
EU plans to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027
The European Union vowed to end energy relations with Russia after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
EU plans to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027
The European Union vowed to end energy relations with Russia after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Trump Teases ‘Very, Very Big Announcement’ Ahead of Middle East Trip – The New York Times
- Trump Teases ‘Very, Very Big Announcement’ Ahead of Middle East Trip The New York Times
- Trump teases 'very, very big announcement' ahead of Middle East trip, Carney says he's 'on edge of my seat' Fox News
- Donald Trump teases ‘very, very big’ announcement ahead of Middle East trip Mint
- Trump teases ‘very, very, very big announcement’ ahead of his upcoming Mideast trip The Times of Israel
- Trump teases ‘very big announcement’ ahead of Middle East trip The Hill
Prisons minister vows to end ‘toxic’ cover-up culture in England and Wales
James Timpson says he will fight ‘normalised’ sexual harassment, bullying and racism within prison service
Sexual harassment, racism and bullying have become “normalised” in jails and probation offices across England and Wales, the prisons minister has warned, as he announced a plan to overhaul a “toxic culture of cover-up” among senior staff.
James Timpson said one in eight of HM Prison and Probation Service’s (HMPPS) 65,000 staff say they have been bullied. Sexual assaults on female staff have led to arrests while black and Asian staff have faced repeated racist comments amid a “vacuum of pastoral care”.
Continue reading...Transgender people’s lives at risk of being made ‘unliveable’, says Nicola Sturgeon
Former Scottish first minister expresses concern about interim advice from EHRC
The lives of transgender people in the UK are at risk of being made “unliveable”, Nicola Sturgeon has said in her first public comments about the supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, which was prompted by legislation she oversaw in the Scottish parliament.
The UK supreme court ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex. This was the conclusion of a long-running court action by the gender critical campaign group For Women Scotland, who objected to a law passed at Holyrood aimed at improving women’s representation on public boards being extended to transgender women.
Continue reading...Pakistan Says Clash With India ‘Imminent’ After River Flow Cuts – Bloomberg.com
- Pakistan Says Clash With India ‘Imminent’ After River Flow Cuts Bloomberg.com
- India and Pakistan face conflict again - how did they de-escalate in the past? BBC
- Pakistan warns of an Indian attack, while quietly urging de-escalation The Washington Post
- ‘Either we live or no one will…’: Pakistan defence minister issues doomsday warning Hindustan Times
- With militaries upgraded, risks multiply in any potential India-Pakistan conflict Reuters
US agrees ceasefire with Houthis in Yemen after dozens killed in airstrikes
The Houthis have agreed to stop targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea, but said attacks against Israel will continue
The US will halt its bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthis after the Iran-aligned group agreed to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea.
The halt – announced by the US president, Donald Trump, during an Oval Office meeting with Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, came on a day in which Israel claimed its jets had fully disabled Yemen’s main airport, including three civilian aircraft on the ground, in retaliation for a missile strike on Sunday that hit within the perimeter of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.
Continue reading...Palestine and the decline of the US empire
The US fears a free Palestine because it sees it as the beginning of its own end.