US and Israel elections: New leaders, same policies?
Israeli governments change. US presidents come and go. But settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land continues.
US south-west braces for more flooding after stretch of heavy rain and storms
More inclement weather forecast in rain-soaked Four Corners region after evacuations and rescues last week
A rain-soaked swath of the south-west US braced on Sunday for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of the Four Corners – the meeting point of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah – even as local officials forecast further receding of swollen rivers that surged since rains picked up on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Thousands protest Czech government’s public media overhaul after rushed vote – Reuters
- Thousands protest Czech government's public media overhaul after rushed vote Reuters
- Thousands protest in Prague as government advances public media funding overhaul AP News
- Thousands protest in Prague against public media funding reforms Al Jazeera
- Thousands gather in Prague to protest licence fee plans Yahoo
- Thousands fill Prague’s Old Town Square in public-media funding protest Expats.cz
Major Ukraine Retailer Says Russian Hits Destroyed Its Chain – Bloomberg.com
- Major Ukraine Retailer Says Russian Hits Destroyed Its Chain Bloomberg.com
- "Total destruction of the chain": Russia strikes four Epicentr home improvement superstores Українська правда
- In less than 24 hours, Russia hits 4 hypermarkets belonging to one of Ukraine's largest retail chains The Kyiv Independent
- A strike on "Epicenter" in Poltava caused a fire; one person was injured UA.NEWS
- «Epicentre» is on fire again in Kharkiv: the Russians have struck the building twice UkrMedia News
Bus crash in Kenya kills 24 near the site of a previous fatal accident – AP News
- Bus crash in Kenya kills 24 near the site of a previous fatal accident AP News
- 22 killed in Kenya bus crash near the site of a previous fatal accident ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Last phone calls before crash that killed 24 on Nairobi-Mombasa Highway Daily Nation
- 22 Dead After Bus Crashes on Same Highway Where 17 People Died 3 Weeks Ago People.com
- Bus and lorry collide in Kenya killing 22, including passengers returning from funeral Sky News
Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to rapturous reception in Venezuela
Nobel peace prize winner’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez
The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has announced she has returned to Venezuela almost a year after she left the country to receive the Nobel peace prize.
“I’m here. With you,” she wrote on X on Sunday lunchtime.
Continue reading...British mother who died in Bahamas was celebrating 10th wedding anniversary – The Independent
- British mother who died in Bahamas was celebrating 10th wedding anniversary The Independent
- British mum Leanne Gregory who died in Bahamas was celebrating wedding anniversary BBC
- 36-Year-Old Mom Drowns Attempting to Save Her 2 Sons from Rough Waters During Vacation Snorkel in Bahamas People.com
- British woman dies trying to save sons on Bahamas snorkelling trip The Guardian
- Mother drowns trying to save sons during Bahamas snorkeling trip USA Today
Erdogan sacks adviser amid efforts to repair ties with Azerbaijan over headscarf row – Middle East Eye
- Erdogan sacks adviser amid efforts to repair ties with Azerbaijan over headscarf row Middle East Eye
- What’s Behind Turkish-Azerbaijani Tensions? Foreign Policy
- Big Chill Between Turkey and Azerbaijan Kyiv Post
- New Azerbaijan Party and Turkiye's Victory Party discuss future cooperation [PHOTOS] AzerNews
- Bahceli: Preserving trust between Türkiye, Azerbaijan vital for Turkic world Report.az
Saudi Arabia executes man for crime committed when he was 14 – The Independent
- Saudi Arabia executes man for crime committed when he was 14 The Independent
- Man, 29, Executed for Crime Committed When He Was 14 Years Old People.com
- Miliband urged to save former child activist from execution in Saudi Arabia The Telegraph
- Saudi man at risk of execution for offences in his teens: NGOs The New Arab
- Saudi Arabian man executed for taking part in peaceful protest as a child inkl
Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile
Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
‘He’s not going to punk me. I’ll trick him’: Ali G: Who Iz I? stooge says he was in on joke but didn’t tell Sacha Baron Cohen
Exclusive: Joshua Loudermilk says suspicions first raised during filming by gun shaped like wearable plastic bottom: ‘You’re gonna put a butt on top of a butt? You can’t run in that’
• This article contains spoilers for Ali G: Who Iz I?
Joshua Loudermilk, one of two men apparently discredited by the new Ali G movie Ali G: Who Iz I?, has said that he was in on the joke, but that the film-makers didn’t realise this.
Loudermilk, a 54-year-old aspiring actor from North Carolina, has told the Guardian he recognised star Sacha Baron Cohen early in the shoot but continued pretending to be a hard-right Maga sympathiser prepared to defend the US border at all costs.
Continue reading...Early reports suggest record high turnout in Serbia elections
Serbia is heading to the polls as a student movement attempts to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vučić.
128 arrested in Barcelona riots as Italy detains activist who praised Hamas’ October 7 massacre – Ynetnews
- 128 arrested in Barcelona riots as Italy detains activist who praised Hamas' October 7 massacre Ynetnews
- 128 arrested after night of unrest and looting in Barcelona Euronews
- Hundred arrested in Barcelona as youth-led 'anti-system' riots leave trail of fires, looted shops The Jerusalem Post
- Youth gathering in Barcelona turns violent, 128 arrested CGTN
- Catalonia unrest and memories of 2019: will the Clasico be postponed? Goal.com
Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for psychiatric observation
He will be observed to evaluate whether his "psychiatric health is compatible with pursuing his interrogation", authorities said.
Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for psychiatric observation – BBC
- Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for psychiatric observation BBC
- 12-Year-Old Girl Shot 8 Times in Drive-By ‘Racist Terror Attack’ That Left 1 Man Dead and at Least 4 Others Injured People.com
- Macron says Paris suburb shooting that killed one person was terrorist and racist act CNN
- Suspected Trappes gunman moved to police psychiatric unit Euronews
- Man killed in suspected racist attack near Paris identified as martial arts fighter AP News
Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for psychiatric observation
He will be observed to evaluate whether his "psychiatric health is compatible with pursuing his interrogation", authorities said.
Portuguese police with dogs and batons dismantle housing protest camps
More than 30 people arrested as officers clear at least 100 tents in central Lisbon and about 50 in Porto
Police in Portugal have dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto, baton-charging campaigners in the early hours of Sunday and arresting more than 30 people.
The raids were the latest incident in days of clashes between police and campaigners who – inspired by similar camps in Spain – had sought to pitch tents in central squares to protest against the country’s deepening housing crisis.
Continue reading...How is the US-Israeli war on Iran causing havoc in Europe? – Al Jazeera
- How is the US-Israeli war on Iran causing havoc in Europe? Al Jazeera
- Poland deputy FM meets Araghchi in Tehran Mehr News Agency
- Iran urges France, Germany, UK to examine root cause of military conflict Middle East Eye
- Iran Warns German Military Bases Could Become Targets if Berlin Joins Conflict, Fars Reports cedarnews.net
- Iran: Europe must prove seriousness by following law Breakingthenews.net
Brazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro
Incumbent president lost in first round to senator and son of convicted ex-president
Brazilians are going to the polls on Sunday in a highly unpredictable runoff in which the leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is attempting an unprecedented comeback against the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who won the first-round vote.
Bolsonaro’s surprise victory despite not leading most polls made him the favourite three weeks ago, but since then Lula’s campaign has gained ground, and the two go into the contest virtually tied.
Continue reading...Gabon says access to social media restored after eight-month ban
The authorities had justified the ban by saying online content was fuelling conflict, while the opposition had condemned it as an abuse of power.