- How Far Will Rwanda Go in Congo? Foreign Affairs Magazine
- Germany suspends new financial aid to Rwanda over alleged support for M23 rebels in Congo The Associated Press
- Rwanda asking UK for $63 million over cancelled asylum deal, source says Reuters
- Rwanda bills UK £50m over cancelled migrant deportation scheme The Telegraph
- Rwanda slams Canada over stance on DR Congo crisis| The New Times New Times Publication
No Other Land directors criticise US as they accept documentary Oscar: ‘US foreign policy is helping block the path’ to peace
Self-distributed film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community beat out Porcelain War and Sugarcane
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The West Bank-based film No Other Land has won this year’s best documentary feature Oscar.
The film, which is made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, won out against competition from Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War and Sugarcane.
Continue reading...DR Congo defies pressure over talks with rebel M23
DR Congo's prime minister tells the BBC her government will not sit down with the militants.
Michael Oren: What Zelensky Can Learn from Netanyahu – The FP
- Michael Oren: What Zelensky Can Learn from Netanyahu The FP
- Trump’s row with Zelenskyy recalls Obama, Biden humiliations of Netanyahu Fox News
- Why Netanyahu Should Fear the Trump-Zelenskyy Showdown Haaretz
- Washington’s U-turn on Ukraine a ‘challenge’ for Israel, experts say Jewish Insider
- Military aid to Israel, cold shoulder to Ukraine: Trump's two-front strategy India Today
Arab states and UN condemn Gaza aid blockade by Israel
They say the move violates the ceasefire deal - Israel says it acted because Hamas was stealing aid supplies.
Rubio says Trump would be ‘on his way to the Nobel Peace Prize’ if he were a Democrat – The Hill
The ‘Time Lords’ racing to tackle the threat of GPS jamming
How a new atomic clock might be the way to tackle attacks on plane GPS systems
Afghans hiding in Pakistan live in fear of forced deportation
Pakistani officials have set a deadline to expel foreign nationals living illegally in the country.
Switzerland targets rich tourists but at what cost?
Switzerland's already upmarket tourism sector is trying to attract more high rollers.
Mystery donor’s £17.5m gift could turn Scottish estate into rewilding showcase
Scottish Wildlife Trust plans to create rainforest, restore peatland and end deer stalking on Highland sporting estate
Scottish conservationists hope to convert a Highland sporting estate into a rewilding showcase after a mystery benefactor gave them more than £17.5m to buy it.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT), best known for its small nature reserves, has bought Inverbroom estate near Ullapool in north-west Scotland, complete with an 11-bedroom lodge that boasts an indoor swimming pool.
Continue reading...UK risks becoming dumping ground for goods from exploited workers, MPs say
Committee says firms should be required to say how they will tackle modern slavery in supply chains
The government must close loopholes that enable firms exploiting workers to undercut British businesses or risk the UK becoming a “dumping ground” for goods made in poor conditions, MPs have said.
In a report published on Monday, the business and trade select committee calls on the government to make it mandatory for companies to say how they will tackle modern slavery in their supply chain and to introduce bigger penalties for firms that do not comply, including “naming and shaming” businesses.
Continue reading...UK awarded its lowest ranking for workplace gender equality in a decade
‘Sluggish’ pace in tackling gender pay gap and worsening employment levels push UK back to 18th in PwC index of OECD countries
Women’s worsening unemployment and participation in the workforce has pulled the UK behind Canada to its lowest ranking for workplace equality among large economies in a decade.
The “sluggish” pace of change on women’s earnings relative to men’s – which means closing the gender pay gap could take more than 30 years at the current pace – has knocked the UK back one place to 18th in the Women in Work Index produced by advisory firm PwC.
Continue reading...Ocean rower Aurimas Mockus stranded by cyclone off Australia’s east coast safely rescued
Lithuanian rower’s two-day wait to be rescued off Queensland comes to an end
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A Lithuanian rower has been rescued off the Queensland coast after he was caught in a tropical cyclone’s 130km/h winds and monster waves.
Aurimas Mockus ran into trouble about 740km east of Mackay while attempting a 12,000km Pacific Ocean crossing from San Diego to Brisbane in his solo rowing boat.
Continue reading...Greek PM vows to upgrade railways as government faces confidence vote
Kyriakos Mitsotakis says protests over train disaster emphasise the need for ‘safe and modern’ transport system
The Greek prime minister has vowed to upgrade the country’s railways as his embattled government braces for a vote of no confidence after huge protests over a 2023 train crash that killed 57 people.
Two days after hundreds of thousands took to the streets in fury over the response to the disaster on its second anniversary, Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged that not enough had been done to build a “safe and modern” transport system, saying the largest protests in recent history had emphasised the demand for action.
Continue reading...Europe vows to defend Ukraine, but prays for Trump’s support – The Economist
- Europe vows to defend Ukraine, but prays for Trump’s support The Economist
- Europeans embrace Zelensky after he was vilified by Trump CNN
- Starmer is helping to shape talks on Ukraine but the path to peace could be long BBC.com
- UK's Starmer says Europe is at ‘crossroads in history’ as leaders agree to steps to Ukraine peace The Associated Press
- UK prime minister announces framework for peace plan after summit with Zelenskyy ABC News
American Porn Star Whitney Wright Sparks Fury With Trip To Afghanistan – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- American Porn Star Whitney Wright Sparks Fury With Trip To Afghanistan Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- US porn actor visits Afghanistan in a trip unacknowledged by the Taliban ABC News
- Halal or Haram: From visiting a “porn star” to the exclusion of women from society Harici
- Trending News Today highlights on March 4, 2025 : Is US porn star Whitney Wright travelling in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan? Faceless Instagram show… Mint
- Who is Whitney Wright, the porn star creating a stir for visiting Taliban-led Afghanistan? Hindustan Times
France, Britain propose partial one-month Ukraine truce, Macron tells Le Figaro – Yahoo
- France, Britain propose partial one-month Ukraine truce, Macron tells Le Figaro Yahoo
- 'Are you aware of truce reports?' - BBC's Laura Kuenssberg asks Zelensky BBC.com
- UK and France aim for new Ukraine peace deal involving initial 1-month truce Financial Times
- Ukraine-Russia war: France and Britain to propose one-month truce in Ukraine, Macron says The Telegraph
- France, UK working on one-month Ukraine truce, says Macron FRANCE 24 English
Defense promises but scant detail as Europe enters decisive week – POLITICO Europe
- Defense promises but scant detail as Europe enters decisive week POLITICO Europe
- Europe must urgently rearm, EU's Von der Leyen says Reuters
- Ukraine: Europe gears up for 'massive surge' in defense DW (English)
- Eight injured after drone strikes apartment block in Kharkiv – as it happened The Guardian
- 'We should have woken up earlier': Europe races to rearm as old alliances falter FRANCE 24 English
Cyclone Alfred forecast: people urged to prepare for the worst as storm bears down on south-east Queensland
Residents warned to stock up on food and water and secure properties as BoM predicts Alfred will make landfall near Brisbane
- Tropical Cyclone Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane. Why is this a big deal and when could it hit?
- Queensland’s Bribie Island braces for Alfred
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People have been warned to leave or prepare for the worst, with a tropical cyclone on track to cross a densely populated part of Australia’s coast for the first time in 50 years.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is looming off Queensland’s coast, threatening to bring heavy rainfall, damaging winds and monster waves.
Continue reading...Mineral deal ‘ready to sign’, says Zelensky
Speaking to reporters after a summit of European leaders in London, Ukrainian President Zelensky reflects on the public White House showdown.