German president honours victims of Nazi bombing atrocity on Guernica visit

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Basque town for remembrance ceremony marking ‘terrible crimes’ of 1937

Eighty-eight years after Luftwaffe pilots took part in the most infamous atrocity of the Spanish civil war, Germany’s president has visited the Basque town of Guernica to honour the victims of the Nazi bombing and to urge that the “terrible crimes” committed there are never forgotten.

Hundreds of civilians were killed and hundreds more injured on 26 April 1937 when planes from the German Condor Legion, operating alongside aircraft from fascist Italy, spent hours bombing Guernica on market day. Adolf Hitler had loaned the Luftwaffe unit to Gen Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces to help them in their coup against the republican government, and to allow Nazi Germany’s pilots to practise the blitzkrieg tactics they would later use in the second world war.

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Israeli Raid in Southern Syria Kills at Least 13, Syrian Officials Say – The New York Times

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  1. Israeli Raid in Southern Syria Kills at Least 13, Syrian Officials Say  The New York Times
  2. Israeli raid in southern Syrian village kills 13, Syrian state media reports  Reuters
  3. Updates: Israel strikes Palestine, Lebanon, Syria threatening stability  Al Jazeera
  4. Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says  CNN
  5. Report: IDF mulling expanded op in Syria, checking whether Sharaa’s forces fired on troops  The Times of Israel
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Death toll from floods in Thailand reaches 145 as receding water reveals widespread damage – AP News

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  1. Death toll from floods in Thailand reaches 145 as receding water reveals widespread damage  AP News
  2. Thai prime minister acknowledges flood response failures as death toll rises to 162  ABC News
  3. Thai family trapped by floods clings to furniture for 48 hours to survive  Reuters
  4. 'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia  BBC
  5. Deadly Flooding in Thailand Prompts Rescues and Evacuations  The New York Times
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Where did house cats come from? Ancient DNA shakes up their origin story – CNN

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  1. Where did house cats come from? Ancient DNA shakes up their origin story  CNN
  2. Genome study reveals milestone in history of cat domestication  Reuters
  3. When did cats become domesticated? New DNA evidence changes the story.  National Geographic
  4. Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis  New Scientist
  5. Cats became our companions way later than you think  BBC
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‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream

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The Canadian PM’s breakthrough oil deal with Alberta cost him a cabinet minister and will still face stiff opposition

When the people of the Haida nation won a decades-long battle for recognition that an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia in Canada was rightfully theirs, it was a long overdue victory.

The unprecedented deal with the provincial and the federal governments meant the Haida no longer had to prove that they had Aboriginal title to the land of Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai, “the islands at the boundary of the world.”

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Hong Kong apartment fire tests Beijing-backed rule as anger mounts – The Washington Post

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  1. Hong Kong apartment fire tests Beijing-backed rule as anger mounts  The Washington Post
  2. A visual timeline of the few hours it took a small fire to grow into Hong Kong’s worst blaze in decades  CNN
  3. Hong Kong mourns victims of apartment blaze that killed 128 and counting  Reuters
  4. Hong Kong tower blocks fire death toll rises to 128  BBC
  5. A Hong Kong Fire Survivor’s Escape, in His Own Words  The New York Times
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Exclusive gun club linked to Andrew Hastie awarded almost $20,000 in government grants

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Liberal MP has declared conflict of interest with Port Bouvard Pistol and Small Bore Rifle Club, of which he is a patron

An exclusive gun club with links to the Liberal MP Andrew Hastie was awarded three government grants worth a total of almost $20,000 after being nominated by his office.

Hastie has declared a conflict of interest with the Port Bouvard Pistol and Small Bore Rifle Club. He is a patron, and has competed there at least twice.

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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla resigns as South African MP over Russia mercenary recruitment scandal – BBC

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  1. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla resigns as South African MP over Russia mercenary recruitment scandal  BBC
  2. Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns amid claims South Africans tricked to fight for Russia  The Guardian
  3. Zuma’s daughter quits South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations  CNN
  4. The ‘pampered princess’ accused of trafficking South Africans to Russia  Financial Times
  5. Zuma’s Daughter Quits as Lawmaker Over Russia Recruitment Report  Bloomberg.com
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Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents – Carbon Brief

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  1. Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents  Carbon Brief
  2. COP30: Big pledges on renewables and industry, but ambition falters on ending fossil fuels  Reuters
  3. Here’s what’s next in the fight to curb climate change, now that talks in Brazil have ended  AP News
  4. Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30  The Guardian
  5. Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End  The New York Times
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