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- Russia overtakes all of Europe on defense spending in key metric: IISS military balance Breaking Defense
- Trump announces first meeting with Putin to take place in Saudi Arabia. Kyiv Independent
- The Military Balance 2025 International Institute for Strategic Studies
South Sudan’s deputy president threatens to leave fragile peace agreement over fired officials – ABC News
- South Sudan's deputy president threatens to leave fragile peace agreement over fired officials ABC News
- South Sudan president sacks top leaders and spy chief BBC.com
- Opinion | Kiir’s decrees: A soft coup with major implications Radio Tamazuj
- South Sudan's Kiir replaces two vice-presidents, spy chief Reuters
- Daybreak Africa: South Sudan’s President Kiir sacks spy chief, promotes ally VOA Africa
How Trump took an Israeli idea and presented it as his own
The US president’s full endorsement of Israeli war crimes builds on the decades-old Western policy of Israeli impunity.
Israel and Hamas Are Teetering Toward War – The Wall Street Journal
- Israel and Hamas Are Teetering Toward War The Wall Street Journal
- Israeli Hostages’ Accounts of Abuse Raise Alarms for Remaining Captives The New York Times
- Hamas to resume hostage release deal as previously agreed - report The Jerusalem Post
- Relatives of Israeli hostages are terrified as the Gaza ceasefire teeters The Associated Press
- Rubio: Israel can’t allow Hamas to use the ceasefire to rebuild itself The Times of Israel
Copa del Rey draw: Barcelona to play Atletico Madrid in semifinals
The draw for Spain's oldest football competition also has Real Madrid playing Real Sociedad in the other semifinal.
Russia will not exchange Ukrainian land to reclaim parts of Kursk, Kremlin says
Putin’s spokesperson rejects Zelenskyy’s plan for transfer of Kyiv-held pockets of Kursk to help end war
The Kremlin has said that Russia will never consider exchanging occupied Ukrainian land for parts of its Kursk region, dismissing a proposal outlined by Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Guardian.
Zelenskyy revealed in an hour-long interview earlier this week that he intended to propose a straightforward territorial exchange with Russia to facilitate an end to the war, including the transfer of Ukrainian-held pockets of Kursk.
Continue reading...Flight costs from France to rise as government more than doubles air tax
‘Solidarity tax’ to go up in move criticised as ‘irresponsible’ by Air France, as Ryanair threatens to cut flights in country
The cost of flights from France will rise next month when the government more than doubles its “solidarity tax” on tickets.
The French government has said the increases are fair on ecological and fiscal grounds but critics say it will hit France’s ability to compete globally.
Continue reading...Only One Big Economy Is Aiming for Paris Agreement’s 1.5C Goal – Slashdot
- Only One Big Economy Is Aiming for Paris Agreement's 1.5C Goal Slashdot
- Most of the world’s big polluters just blew off a major climate deadline The Washington Post
- ‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears The Guardian
- Most countries miss UN deadline for new climate targets Reuters
- Only One Big Economy Is Aiming for Paris Agreement’s 1.5C Goal Bloomberg
Netanyahu threatens to resume Gaza war within days
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will end the ceasefire in Gaza if all captives are not released.
Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London
Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters
For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of their home as a huge storm raged around them. With the wind battering her village of Rizal, about 10 miles east of Manila in the Philippines, and water swirling through the rooms below them, they had no choice but to wait, hoping that someone would come to rescue them and hundreds of their neighbours.
“We did not have shelter, we did not have food … we just had to wait for the government for two days,” Carbonel said. “It is not easy, no electricity, no light, we just wait for the sun to rise. The children were scared, we had never experienced anything like this.”
Continue reading...Russia rejects swapping Ukrainian territory for Kyiv-held parts of Kursk
The Kremlin says Ukrainian forces will be 'destroyed' or pushed out of seized Russian territories.
Pilot suspected of working for Mexican drug cartel arrested
Mexican prosecutors accuse the pilot of being a key figure in the 'Los Chapitos' drug gang.
Pilot suspected of working for Mexican drug cartel arrested
Mexican prosecutors accuse the pilot of being a key figure in the 'Los Chapitos' drug gang.
Sudan fighters accused of storming famine-hit camp
Paramilitaries have been accused of burning a market and homes at a camp for displaced people.
Gang violence sparked by ‘love triangle’ led to Cassius Turvey killing, court told
Four adults accused of murdering the 15-year-old in Perth after becoming involved in a dispute between two teenage boys over a girl
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The girl at the centre of the “love triangle” that allegedly led to the death of Cassius Turvey in a Perth suburb has taken the stand at his murder trial.
The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy died in hospital 10 days after he was “caught, knocked to the ground and deliberately struck to the head with a metal pole” in Perth’s eastern suburbs on October 13, 2022.
Continue reading...Canada and Mexico tariffs risk inflating US housing crisis, Trump is warned
Exclusive: Dozens of congressional Democrats urge president to reconsider threatened import duties on US’s two largest trading partners
Pressing ahead with steep tariffs on Canada and Mexico risks exacerbating the US housing crisis and threatening the broader economy, dozens of congressional Democrats have warned Donald Trump.
The US president, after threatening to hit imports from the US’s two biggest trading partners with a 25% tax, is weighing how to proceed after approving a one-month delay.
Continue reading...US sanctions strand Iran, Russia oil on tankers, driving up crude costs – Reuters
- US sanctions strand Iran, Russia oil on tankers, driving up crude costs Reuters
- China Offered Cheaper Russian Oil as Sanctions Fallout Persists Bloomberg
- Chinese refiners offered discounted Russian oil as US sanctions deter buyers, Bloomberg reports Kyiv Independent
- Russia's Sakhalin has nowhere to store unsold Russian oil Ukrainska Pravda
- What is Russia’s ‘shadow fleet,’ and why does it worry Europe? The Christian Science Monitor
One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says
The attack comes after president Zelensky suggested peace negotiations with Russia could include a territory swap.
One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says – BBC.com
- One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says BBC.com
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,085 Al Jazeera English
- Ukraine Says Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv Before Bessent Visit Bloomberg
- Ukraine latest: Trump invites Putin to US after 90-minute call about 'ending war' Sky News
- Russia launches deadly attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, rules out swapping occupied territory CBS News
One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says
The attack comes after president Zelensky suggested peace negotiations with Russia could include a territory swap.