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Trump Goon Chickens Out of Crucial TV Interview Days Before Election – The Daily Beast
Iran vows response beyond Mideast and target financial assets; oil markets fear generational damage – Fortune
- Iran vows response beyond Mideast and target financial assets; oil markets fear generational damage Fortune
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Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ Cambridge scientist who died in Spain train crash
Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive award for scientific excellence in developmental biology
An “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train collision on Wednesday that killed at least 69 people.
Dr Marta Shahbazi, 41, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the city’s Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), was travelling on one of the trains involved in the crash near Urda in Toledo province.
Continue reading...United Arab Emirates says military solutions offer no quick off-ramps to crisis with Iran – AP News
Peaceful protests in Germany spiral into violence and looting
Thousands joined largely orderly demonstrations earlier in the day, before violence erupted in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.
Israel’s first ambassador to Somaliland presents credentials in Hargeisa
Israel expands ties with the breakaway territory as Somalia challenges its motives and war intensifies in Yemen.
‘Fascinating’ rare beetle found in Wales again after 60 years – BBC
- 'Fascinating' rare beetle found in Wales again after 60 years BBC
- Rare beetle that oozes substance from its knees when attacked rediscovered in Wales The Guardian
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- Patience pays off for rare species in only Welsh location Nation.Cymru
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Gulf braced for escalation of war between US-Israel alliance and Iran – Financial Times
Armed police start patrols in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack
The new police unit is a security measure in response to last year's deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.
Negotiators ‘braced for worst’ over US-Iran talks to reopen strait of Hormuz
Third day of indirect talks as Qatar tries to negotiate release of $6bn in Iranian assets that could lead to waterway’s reopening
Officials from the Gulf states are “braced for the worst” as they wait for Washington’s response to an Iranian proposal that could reopen the strait of Hormuz before the US midterm elections on Tuesday.
Indirect talks in Doha ran into a third day on Sunday with Qatar trying to negotiate the release of more than $6bn in Iranian assets, which could lead to the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and the restart of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Continue reading...How Rachel Reeves has mapped out the economic agenda for Andy Burnham’s government
On Brexit, devolution and investment, the former chancellor is eerily in tune with the man who sacked her
Which senior politician has argued that “Brexit did deep damage” and that the government seeks “not to turn back the clock but to look toward a new and stable, future relationship?”
It was not Andy Burnham, who has been the torchbearer for thinking the unthinkable on Brexit since he became prime minister. Instead, these are the words of the former chancellor Rachel Reeves, in a lecture six months ago.
Continue reading...Exit polls suggest that Yotova wins runoff to become Bulgaria’s first elected female president – AP News
Hebron siege continues for 10th day as Israel threatens wider offensive
Hebron's economic losses surpass $3.8m as Israeli forces demolish West Bank homes and close hundreds of businesses.
Police detain 325 people at pro-Palestine Action protest at US embassy in London
Arrests come ahead of Wednesday’s supreme court challenge to the ban on the direct action group
Police have said they arrested 325 people on Saturday at a demonstration outside the US embassy in London against the proscription of Palestine Action.
In updated arrest figures released on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said 320 people were detained outside the building in Battersea, south London, for allegedly expressing support for an organisation banned under the Terrorism Act.
Continue reading...Lindsay Clancy is back in court – where will her case go next?
The Massachusetts mother, accused of murdering her three children, is expected back in court as she awaits a decision on whether her case will be retried.
Ukraine defies Trump to resume attacks on Russian oil refineries
Kremlin says Kyiv is ‘simply ignoring’ US wishes days before midterm elections after reported strikes on two oil sites
Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries in defiance of pressure from Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections, as a ceasefire in the occupied town of Oleshky ended on Sunday night.
Russian state media said on Sunday Ukrainian long-range drones had set fire to the Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod oblast overnight, soon after a major strike against another big refinery in Samara oblast, owned by the Russian state energy giant Rosneft.
Continue reading...Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say – BBC
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say
Five officers from the Hamas-run police have been killed in Khan Younis and three people, including a child, killed in Gaza City, officials say.
University of Cambridge scientist among those who died in Spanish train crash
Marta Shahbazi was an "inspiring, talented and passionate scientist", says the laboratory where she worked.