Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue – BBC

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  1. Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue  BBC
  2. ‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets  The Guardian
  3. UN nature summit approves two key agreements after marathon negotiations  France 24
  4. ‘Design conservation with those who will live with it’: 30 by 30 in Africa  news - Mongabay
  5. From nature finance to invasive species: What’s at stake at COP17?  Euronews.com
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Qataris hold marathon talks in Tehran in bid for U.S.-Iran deal before midterms – Axios

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  1. Qataris hold marathon talks in Tehran in bid for U.S.-Iran deal before midterms  Axios
  2. Persian Gulf scrambling to prevent Iran war from again hitting its doorstep  The Washington Post
  3. Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for US-Iran deal, official says  Reuters
  4. Qatari negotiators return to Tehran in last-ditch mediation effort  Financial Times
  5. Diplomacy or war? Qatar signals Iran breakthrough as US warns Gulf states to prepare for war  Ynetnews
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Family of real estate CEO wounded in violent Toronto home invasion, officials say; 3 suspects at large – CBS News

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  1. Family of real estate CEO wounded in violent Toronto home invasion, officials say; 3 suspects at large  CBS News
  2. Real estate CEO and family shot, attacked with hammer by masked intruders in home invasion robbery  Fox Business
  3. Victim of violent Bridle Path home invasion speaks out, says family is 'traumatized'  CBC
  4. Real Estate CEO, His 2 Daughters and Wife Shot After Masked Men Invade Their Home  People.com
  5. Manhunt under way after Toronto CEO and family violently attacked in home invasion  BBC
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A top-secret spy mission, a decades-old scandal – and the Austin Powers-esque saga to lift the lid

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Rex Patrick’s latest transparency fight is over what he calls ‘most open secret in the history of Australian spying’ – maybe even the world

A campaign to uncover any documents relating to whether Australian spies bugged Timor-Leste to gain the upper hand in sensitive oil and gas negotiations will be a little less secret after a critical win by the former senator Rex Patrick.

The politician turned transparency advocate is trying to finally lift the lid on the top-secret mission in 2004 that became a public scandal years later after an ex-spy and a former attorney general attempted to mount a case in The Hague.

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World trekker Karl Bushby’s final push home to Hull – BBC

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  1. World trekker Karl Bushby's final push home to Hull  BBC
  2. After 28 Years Walking the Globe, Karl Bushby Is Almost Home  The New York Times
  3. In 28 years of walking, Karl Bushby has overcome jungle, desert and red tape. Now he's nearly home  AP News
  4. Hull adventurer Karl Bushby's homecoming plans revealed  BBC
  5. Karl Bushby announces theatre tour - with a date confirmed at Hull City Hall  Hull Live
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Are the latest party promotions a sign of a new political trend in China? – South China Morning Post

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  1. Are the latest party promotions a sign of a new political trend in China?  South China Morning Post
  2. China Confirms Expulsion of 33 Officials, as Xi’s Purge Deepens  The New York Times
  3. It can be lonely at the top. And that’s just how China’s leader likes it  CNN
  4. Key takeaways from this week's political meeting in Beijing  NPR
  5. China’s Xi Demands More Loyalty as Purges Trim Party Elite  WSJ
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Retired Michigan teacher released from Russian prison believed he would never be freed

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Stephen Hubbard said that only when he was being taken from Moscow to St Petersburg did he believe he was ‘going somewhere’

In his first comments since recently being released from a Russian prison, a retired Michigan teacher said he only believed he would be freed when he got new clothes.

Stephen Hubbard, 74, remarked on Friday that he had heard many times previously that he would be released – but never really trusted what he was told, adopting a philosophy of “seeing is believing” and “actions speak louder than words”.

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Trans bus driver fired for wearing skimpy dress and dubbing route the ‘Lolita Line’ — but now they’re suing – New York Post

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  1. Trans bus driver fired for wearing skimpy dress and dubbing route the ‘Lolita Line’ — but now they’re suing  New York Post
  2. Transgender 'Lolita Line' Bus Driver Files Human Rights Complaint After Dismissal Over Schoolgirl Outfit  International Business Times UK
  3. Transgender Bus Driver Files Discrimination Complaint After Being Fired for Wearing Pink Schoolgirl Uniform; Calling Vehicle the 'Lolita Line'  Fashion Times UK
  4. Mini-skirt-wearing trans driver named school bus ‘the Lolita Line’  The Telegraph
  5. 'Lolita Line' school bus driver is not a victim of anti-trans discrimination  National Post
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