West tells Zelenskyy: “We don’t welcome you. We welcome Ukrainian people in your person” – Euromaidan Press

  1. West tells Zelenskyy: "We don't welcome you. We welcome Ukrainian people in your person"  Euromaidan Press
  2. Zelensky Under Siege as Corruption Case Shatters Ukraine’s Wartime Unity  The New York Times
  3. Ukraine’s president is under growing pressure. Here are 5 things to know  AP News
  4. Zelensky’s Blind Spot  The Atlantic
  5. Inside the Ukrainian Corruption Probe Edging Closer to Zelensky  The Wall Street Journal
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‘Dangerous and undermines our systems’: Tanya Plibersek condemns serious police failures in Queensland DV deaths

Plibersek said those victims – Hannah Clarke and her children, Kardell Lomas and her unborn child, and Gail Karran – ‘should have been kept safe’

The federal social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, says Guardian Australia’s “devastating” revelations of failures to protect women fleeing violence must prompt action from governments “at every level”.

Broken Trust, a two-year Guardian investigation, uncovered evidence and allegations of serious police and support service failures in multiple domestic violence homicides in Queensland.

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Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa – Reuters

  1. Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa  Reuters
  2. Jamaica Declares Deadly Leptospirosis Outbreak After Hurricane Melissa  The New York Times
  3. Jamaica declares deadly leptospirosis outbreak after hurricane flooding  The Independent
  4. Health Ministry outlines 5 pillar strategic response to leptospirosis outbreak  IRIE FM
  5. Ready Before the First Case: Tackling Leptospirosis After Hurricane Melissa  Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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Jamaica Declares Deadly Leptospirosis Outbreak After Hurricane Melissa – The New York Times

  1. Jamaica Declares Deadly Leptospirosis Outbreak After Hurricane Melissa  The New York Times
  2. Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa  Reuters
  3. Precaution, not panic  Jamaica Observer
  4. Health Ministry outlines 5 pillar strategic response to leptospirosis outbreak  IRIE FM
  5. LEPTO OUTBREAK DECLARED  Jamaica Gleaner
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Democrats investigating Epstein decry Andrew ‘silence’ over interview request

Mountbatten-Windsor ‘continues to hide’, US lawmakers say, after deadline they set to receive response passes

Two Democratic lawmakers involved in the US congressional investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday condemned Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s “silence” in response to their request that he sit for a deposition.

Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House oversight committee, and Suhas Subramanyam, a member of the panel, were among the Democrats who earlier this month sent the former British prince a letter seeking his cooperation in their inquiry into Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

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Palestinians forced from West Bank refugee camps left in limbo as Israeli demolitions go on – BBC

  1. Palestinians forced from West Bank refugee camps left in limbo as Israeli demolitions go on  BBC
  2. Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank expulsions  Reuters
  3. “All My Dreams Have Been Erased”: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank | HRW  Human Rights Watch
  4. Israel’s forced expulsion of Palestinians from West Bank refugee camps amounts to war crimes, HRW alleges  CNN
  5. Israel’s emptying of West Bank refugee camps amounts to war crimes: HRW  Al Jazeera
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A translation of the Nauruan president’s remarks will stay suppressed for a decade – but secrecy in Australia’s offshore policy is nothing new

From Scott Morrison’s ‘on-water matters’ to the Albanese government’s MOU with Nauru, successive governments’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has been one of hostility

Offshore, secrecy dominates. But it doesn’t stop at the water’s edge.

In February, Australia brokered a new offshore arrangement with Nauru, striking a deal to send members of the so-called NZYQ cohort – non-citizens with criminal histories – to the Pacific island. Australia would give Nauru more than $400m in exchange.

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