- Inside Starmer’s plan to woo Trump with a defense spending surprise POLITICO Europe
- ‘He’s sharp as hell. Don’t be hesitant’: Farage’s advice to Starmer on how to woo Trump The Telegraph
- 'Gruesome sell-out or a chance to lead': What will happen when Starmer visits Trump? BBC.com
- UK's Starmer, France's Macron welcome Trump's work towards durable peace in Ukraine Reuters
- Starmer must take baton from Macron in effort to sway Trump on Ukraine The Guardian US
Major boost for Trump as House passes budget
It is still several steps from becoming law, but marks a major victory for Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Thousands of Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship
The petition accuses Musk of acting against Canada's national interest and undermining its sovereignty, but has no legal force.
Facing Trump’s Hostility, Ukraine Weighs Its Options. But They Are Few. – The New York Times
Ukraine official says minerals deal agreed with US
Donald Trump says the deal would give Ukraine "the right to fight on" in its war with Russia.
‘We are still at war’: Syria’s Kurds battle Turkey months after Assad’s fall
As Syria's interim leader plans its future, Kurds in the north-east are battling Turkish-backed forces.
MH370: search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight resumes after 11 years
Malaysia transport minister says firm Ocean Infinity has resumed hunt for the plane, which went missing in one of aviation’s biggest mysteries
A new search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been launched more than a decade after the plane went missing in one of aviation’s greatest enduring mysteries.
Maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity has resumed the hunt for the missing plane, Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday.
Continue reading...MH370: search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight resumes after 11 years – The Guardian
- MH370: search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight resumes after 11 years The Guardian
- New hunt begins for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, over a decade after it disappeared Yahoo
- MH370: Search resumes to find missing plane 11 years on DW (English)
- MH370: British search launched for missing Malaysian Airlines flight The Telegraph
- New search to begin for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Reports NewsNation Now
Extra 220 children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers in Australia, government admits
In 2023 the federal court ordered $27.5m compensation for an initial estimated 220 Indonesian minors wrongly detained – but that number has now doubled
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The Australian government has revealed that a further 220 Indonesian children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers, doubling the number initially thought.
Late in 2023 the federal court ordered $27.5m in compensation for an estimated 220 Indonesian children who were wrongly detained as adult people smugglers between 2010 and 2012.
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Continue reading...Chris Mason: Starmer upends Labour manifesto to confront Europe’s new reality – BBC.com
- Chris Mason: Starmer upends Labour manifesto to confront Europe's new reality BBC.com
- U.K. to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of G.D.P. by 2027, Starmer Says The New York Times
- Starmer’s message after slashing aid is simple: of course you should be alarmed The Guardian
- Charities appalled by UK cut to aid budget to fund defence spending Reuters UK
- 'Trump effect' on display as UK's Starmer boosts defense spending on eve of US visit Fox News
Nurse charged over video that boasted about harming Israeli patients
Australian authorities say there is "no evidence" that patients were actually harmed.
White House takes control of press pool that covers Trump
It will determine which outlets participate in the rotating pool that reports from the Oval Office and Air Force One.
Nato Article 5: Can Europe still count on the US coming to its defence? – BBC.com
- Nato Article 5: Can Europe still count on the US coming to its defence? BBC.com
- Trump, Not Putin, Forces Europe to Get Serious About Defense The Wall Street Journal
- Europe Prepares to Face Russia as Trump’s America Steps Back The New York Times
- Europe’s Message to Trump: Don’t Abandon Ukraine Bloomberg
- 5 signs that a U.S.-Europe split is widening NPR
Can Europe still count on the US coming to its defence?
Trump has engaged Putin and hinted the US may not defend European allies, causing alarm about Nato's future.
Israel strikes targets in southern Syria after demanding demilitarisation
Military sites hit as Tel Aviv says it ‘will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon’
Israeli warplanes have carried out several airstrikes on military targets outside Damascus and in southern Syria, as Israeli officials warned the country’s army not to move south of the capital city.
Israeli jets struck military sites late on Tuesday in the town of Kiswah, south of Damascus, as well as in the southern province of Deraa, local Syrian media reported.
Continue reading...FBI looking into James Comey’s off-the-books ‘honeypot’ operation targeting 2016 Trump campaign – Washington Times
- FBI looking into James Comey's off-the-books 'honeypot' operation targeting 2016 Trump campaign Washington Times
- BREAKING: The FBI has launched an investigation into former FBI Director James Comey for his "honeypot" operation targeting Trump in 2016, according to the Washington Times. The announcement comes just days after Kash Patel was sworn in as the new x.com
- FBI Director Kash Patel starts purge of 'undercover' James Comey agents who 'infiltrated' Trump's campaign Daily Mail
- Trump’s FBI Reportedly Launches Investigation Into James Comey NewsBreak
- FBI Investigating James Comey’s Alleged Plan To Infiltrate Trump Campaign With ‘Honeypot’ Agents The Daily Wire
American woman in custody after newborn thrown from Paris hotel window – ABC7 Los Angeles
- American woman in custody after newborn thrown from Paris hotel window ABC7 Los Angeles
- US woman in custody after allegedly throwing newborn out of Paris hotel window The Guardian US
- American Teen Accused of Throwing Infant Out of Paris Hotel Window Was on ‘Gap Year’ Trip PEOPLE
- American tourist arrested in Paris after allegedly throwing newborn baby out of hotel window: reports Fox News
- 18-year-old American woman arrested in Paris for hurling baby from window The Independent
If Hamas Won’t End the War, Israel Will – Commentary Magazine
- If Hamas Won’t End the War, Israel Will Commentary Magazine
- Dispute over disarming Hamas bedevils efforts to extend Gaza ceasefire The Washington Post
- As the clock ticks down on the Gaza ceasefire, Israel prepares for more war CNN
- Witkoff says he may head to Mideast on Sunday depending on progress in cease-fire talks Haaretz
- Uncertainty surrounds Gaza ceasefire's future as deadline approaches - analysis The Jerusalem Post
Australia news live: Hastie warns ADF is ‘going to get weaker’ as China tests US allies with ‘gunboat diplomacy’
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ABC pays tribute to Antony Green as he announces upcoming election will be his last on-air
Continuing from our last post: the ABC’s director of news, Justin Stevens, has paid tribute to Antony Green as he announces the upcoming election would be his last on-air with the national broadcaster.
For more than three decades he has performed one of the ABC’s most important roles with precision, impartiality, dedication and unprecedented expertise.
He has the ABC’s immense gratitude and respect. I’m sure our audience joins me in thanking him and wishing him well as he prepares for his final federal election broadcast.
It’s time to retire. I turn 65 this coming weekend. I work on a three-year election cycle with federal elections, I won’t be presenting elections in three years’ time when I’m 68, so this will be my last on-camera election for the ABC.
I’ll stay on for a couple of years, handing over work and doing other things, but essentially I’m deciding to retire and work less.
There are 80 or 90 of them, a book on every election since 1990, state and federal … I [also] redesigned computer system. When I first started this, you had to be in the tally room to get the numbers. It was the only way to get data from the Electoral Commission to the ABC computer, so you had to be there. It’s a completely different world now.
Continue reading...Chile hit by major blackout, leaving millions without electricity
State of emergency and overnight curfew declared after blackout strands commuters and knocks out traffic lights
Authorities in Chile have declared a state of emergency and overnight curfew after a sweeping blackout stranded commuters, knocked out traffic lights, paralyzed countless businesses and left millions of people in the South American country without electricity.
The National Electrical Coordinator, Chile’s grid operator, said a disruption had occurred in a high-voltage transmission line that carries power from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile to the capital of Santiago in the country’s central valley.
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