Fisherman Reveals How He Survived Lost at Sea for 95 Days – The Daily Beast

  1. Fisherman Reveals How He Survived Lost at Sea for 95 Days  The Daily Beast
  2. Peruvian fisherman found alive after 95 days at sea reveals how he survived  Fox News
  3. Peru: Fisherman rescued after 95 days adrift, surviving on turtles  BBC.com
  4. Peruvian fisherman lost for 95 days in Pacific Ocean is found alive  New York Post
  5. Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches  CBS News
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Monday briefing: Is Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest a sign of the ICC’s strength or its limitations?

In today’s newsletter: the former Philippines president was arrested and taken to The Hague after a tense standoff. It’s a much needed win for the international criminal court – but success is far from a given

Good morning.

Last Tuesday, chaos erupted at Manila’s main airport as authorities arrested the Philippines’ 79-year-old former president Rodrigo Duterte, who had arrived from Hong Kong. An arrest warrant issued in secret by the international criminal court (ICC) accused him of crimes against humanity for his alleged involvement in killings during his brutal “war on drugs”.

Benefits | Keir Starmer is to defy growing anger by driving through welfare cuts for some of the UK’s most severely disabled people, with an overhaul that could see more than 600,000 benefit claimants lose out on an average of £675 a month.

Ukraine | Donald Trump has said he plans to discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and that negotiators have already discussed “dividing up certain assets”. “We will be talking about land. We will be talking about power plants,” Trump said, when asked about concessions.

Space | A pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, Nasa has said. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut after a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft arrived at the ISS early on Sunday.

Business | Buy-to-let has become the largest single type of business in the UK – nearly four times as prevalent as fast food takeaways or hairdressers.

Healthcare | The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said he believes there is an “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions as well as “too many people being written off” – factors he said were key to the government’s welfare measures.

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Why EU capitals are still arguing over more military aid to Ukraine – Financial Times

  1. Why EU capitals are still arguing over more military aid to Ukraine  Financial Times
  2. Lithuania backs plan to double EU military aid for Ukraine  Reuters
  3. 'Plan A is get the shooting to stop' — Rubio says as US pushes for ceasefire in Ukraine.  Kyiv Independent
  4. EU Progressing on €40 Billion Military Aid Plan for Kyiv  Bloomberg
  5. Italy, Spain Not Ready to Back EU Plan to Boost Ukraine Military Aid  U.S. News & World Report
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Why Bhutan May Make Trump’s Travel Ban List – Skift Travel News

  1. Why Bhutan May Make Trump’s Travel Ban List  Skift Travel News
  2. Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries  The New York Times
  3. Yale warns international students new Trump travel ban may be imminent  The Guardian US
  4. Do not travel outside the US unless absolutely necessary! advise immigration attorneys  The Times of India
  5. Travel warning for Green Card, H-1B, F-1 visa holders: Don't leave the country unless absolutely needed  The Economic Times
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Breakingviews – Russia’s economy would struggle to cope with peace – Reuters

  1. Breakingviews - Russia’s economy would struggle to cope with peace  Reuters
  2. There’s no money to be made in Russia  Financial Times
  3. How Russia’s Economy Has Survived Putin’s War  Bloomberg
  4. The Russian economy is on the brink of collapse and Putin needs a deal more than ever  The Independent
  5. OPINION: The Decline of the Russian Economy  Kyiv Post
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U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion – The New York Times

  1. U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion  The New York Times
  2. Trump Live Updates: Deportation Flight Hearing, Biden Pardon Claims and More  The New York Times
  3. Trump administration pulls US out of body investigating Ukraine invasion  The Guardian US
  4. US withdraws support from EU-led war crimes investigation into Russia and Putin over Ukraine invasion: Rep  The Economic Times
  5. US to Pull Out of Task Force Probing Russian Aggression in Ukraine  Newsweek
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With forced withdrawal, Russia takes away Ukraine’s Kursk cards – Responsible Statecraft

  1. With forced withdrawal, Russia takes away Ukraine's Kursk cards  Responsible Statecraft
  2. Ukraine’s army escapes from Kursk by the skin of its teeth  The Economist
  3. Russian troops battle last Ukrainian forces in Kursk region  Reuters
  4. Vladimir Putin says Ukraine must surrender after Donald Trump calls for soldiers to be spared  ABC News
  5. Russia Overpowers Bold Ukrainian Military Venture in Kursk  The Wall Street Journal
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