META,SNAP,GOOGL: Aussie Teenagers Take Government to Court Over “Orwellian” Social Media Ban – TipRanks

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  1. META,SNAP,GOOGL: Aussie Teenagers Take Government to Court Over “Orwellian” Social Media Ban  TipRanks
  2. Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban  BBC
  3. Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge  ABC News
  4. Australian teenagers ask high court to block social media ban  NBC News
  5. Social media ban for under-16s challenged in High Court  abc.net.au
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Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end – AP News

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  1. Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end  AP News
  2. Israel says Hamas and PIJ returned body of Gaza hostage Dror Or  BBC
  3. Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel identifies returned hostage remains as Dror Or  ABC News
  4. Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Dror Or. Two more hostage bodies remain in Gaza  CNN
  5. Hamas Says It Returned Body of Another Hostage From Gaza  The New York Times
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Social media videos show impact of deadly flooding across south-east Asia – BBC

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  1. Social media videos show impact of deadly flooding across south-east Asia  BBC
  2. 'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia  BBC
  3. Deadly Flooding in Thailand Prompts Rescues and Evacuations  The New York Times
  4. ‘Once-in-300-years’ rain leaves Thai city flooded and maternity ward stranded  CNN
  5. Floods kill dozens, displace thousands in southern Thailand  Al Jazeera
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Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals

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Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to elections’

Myanmar’s junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the US back to their war-racked homeland.

About 4,000 Myanmar citizens are living in the US with temporary protected status (TPS), which shields foreign nationals from deportation to disaster zones and allows them the right to work.

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Paul Doyle pleads guilty to Liverpool parade charges – BBC

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  1. Paul Doyle pleads guilty to Liverpool parade charges  BBC
  2. Man pleads guilty in Liverpool title parade crash  ESPN
  3. Paul Doyle in tears as he admits driving into fans at Liverpool FC trophy parade  Sky News
  4. Man who drove into crowd at Liverpool soccer parade pleads guilty to 31 charges  Reuters
  5. Former Royal Marine pleads guilty to injuring 29 people at Liverpool FC parade  The Guardian
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Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank

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Israeli military and security service say ‘broad counter-terrorism operation’ in Tubas to continue for several days

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers supported by armoured vehicles have conducted raids in the Palestinian town of Tubas near Nablus in the biggest such military deployment by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza last month.

Palestinian media reported that a curfew was imposed on Tuesday night on Tubas and some neighbouring communities, roads were closed by earthen barriers and families forced from their homes to allow Israeli forces to use the buildings.

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Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank – The Guardian

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  1. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank  The Guardian
  2. Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank  Reuters
  3. Israel lays siege to occupied West Bank’s Tubas, displaces tens of families  Al Jazeera
  4. IDF and Shin Bet announce start of broad counterterror op in northern West Bank  The Times of Israel
  5. IDF Launches Major West Bank Counterterrorism Operation, Reportedly Arresting 22 Palestinians  Haaretz
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No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen – BBC

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  1. No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen  BBC
  2. Putin trying to negotiate an end to Ukraine war as he cannot win it on battlefield, says EU’s Kallas – Europe live  The Guardian
  3. The Europeans pushing the NATO poison pill  Responsible Statecraft
  4. Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan  Reuters
  5. Von der Leyen: ‘We now have a starting point’ on Ukraine peace deal  politico.eu
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Can Europe save frozen Russian assets from Donald Trump? – dw.com

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  1. Can Europe save frozen Russian assets from Donald Trump?  dw.com
  2. EU countries seek urgent plan B to fund Ukraine  politico.eu
  3. EU Steps Up Pursuit of Frozen Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine  Bloomberg.com
  4. The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus  Foreign Policy
  5. EU urgently seeks agreement on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, as US touts other ideas  Reuters
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Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims

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Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London

Bahrain is to tell the UK’s supreme court that it enjoys sovereign immunity from claims it placed surveillance software on the computers of two dissidents when they were living in London.

The Gulf country has lost the sovereign immunity claim both in the high court and court of appeal, and a decision to take the case further to the supreme court shows how important it is to the country’s reputation.

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