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Netanyahu to meet Trump, talk Gaza ceasefire plan; Red Sea ship attack threatens peace push
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his nation has the opportunity to bring a "great peace" to the Middle East ahead of his meeting with President Trump with a potential Israel-Hamas ceasefire at the top of their agenda.
Ibiza’s ambulance service risks collapse due to callouts to clubs, says union
A third of emergency responses are to clubs, largely to attend to people having bad experiences with drugsThe ambulance service on the Spanish island of Ibiza says it is at risk of collapse because of frequent callouts to attend to clubbers having bad experiences with recreational drugs.The local ambulance union says up to a third of emergency calls are to clubs, the largest of which has a capacity of as many as 10,000 partygoers, and are largely drug-related. It is calling on club owners to contract private ambulance services. Continue reading...
Lion owners arrested after an attack on woman and her 2 children in Pakistan
Authorities in Lahore, Pakistan, have arrested the owners of a pet lion that escaped and injured a woman and her two children
Russia and Ukraine trade drone strikes, disrupting air travel
Russia and Ukraine struck each other with hundreds of drones on Sunday, throwing Russian air travel in disarray, days after Moscow launched its largest aerial assault in the more than 3-year-old war.
Death toll rises to 27 in Pakistan building collapse as rescue ends
The death toll from a collapsed multistory residential building in Pakistan's Karachi city rose to 27 on Sunday as a three-day rescue operation ended, officials said.
U.S. tariffs on European goods threaten to shake up the world's largest trade relationship
The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on America's largest trade partner in a move economists have warned would have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Pope aims to restore 'body and spirit' during vacation that brings a pontiff back to Castel Gandolfo
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday heads to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year pontificate.
A man is injured in a struggle with an escaped lion in southern Turkey
A lion escaped a zoo in southern Turkey and seriously injured a man who fought it off
Tony Burke says Melbourne synagogue fire an ‘attack on Australia’ as NSW man charged over incident
Burke defends Labor’s efforts to curb antisemitism but says job of making sure it is eliminated ‘belongs to every single one of us’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has labelled the Melbourne synagogue fire an “attack on Australia” as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu demands Labor do more to stop “vile” antisemitic attacks.A 34-year-old man from New South Wales has appeared in court, charged over allegedly entering the grounds of the East Melbourne Hebrew congregation on Albert Street at about 8pm on Friday, pouring a flammable liquid on the front door of the building and setting it on fire.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Celebrity chef Peter Russell-Clarke dies aged 89 – as it happened
This blog is now closedHere’s how Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel will transform the city and commutingFor nearly a decade, deep beneath Melbourne, tunnel boring machines and construction crews have been quietly reshaping the city with the creation of the Metro Tunnel.I think every Liberal seat in the country is a marginal seat, right now. But my feelings around quotas and the talk in the media oversimplifies the issue, which is around the culture in the Liberal Party and how women are treated in the Liberal Party …I had two attempts to take me out as a sitting member of parliament by blokes, very aggressively. So, until the culture is addressed, we could have all the quotas in the world, but it will be a revolving door of women.” Continue reading...
‘We want closure’: family searches for answers over Kenyan police officer missing in Haiti
Benedict Kuria was ambushed by suspected gang members in March while serving in security missionThe relatives of a Kenyan police officer who went missing while working in Haiti have spoken of their anguish and anger at Kenyan authorities over a lack of definitive information about what has happened to him.Benedict Kuria and some colleagues were ambushed in March by suspected gang members. Haitian media reported that he had died, but Kenya’s police service says a search is continuing. Continue reading...
‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’
Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of YuendumuWarning: This article contains reference to Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe inquest findings into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker will be handed down in Yuendumu on Monday, almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community.Zachary Rolfe shot Walker three times while trying to arrest him on 9 November 2019 in Yuendumu, about 300km from Alice Springs.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailIn Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Indigenous Australians can call 13YARN on 13 92 76 for information and crisis support. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
