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• Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, architect of 7 October attack, as new leader

  06-08-2024 23:32 via theguardian.com
  Announcement comes after former Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in bombing attack last weekHamas has named Yahya Sinwar as the new head of its political bureau, elevating the hardline militant to the group’s top post after the assassination in Tehran of its previous political leader.Sinwar’s appointment was announced in a brief statement by Hamas on Tuesday that was aired on pro-Hamas Iranian state media channels. Continue reading...
  
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• Moscow says Ukraine has launched cross-border attack inside Russia

  06-08-2024 23:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian military claims it repelled incursion by 300 soldiers up to six miles into Kursk border regionMoscow has said about 300 soldiers from Ukraine launched a cross-border attack into a hitherto quiet part of the front on Tuesday, with reports of fighting at a town as deep as six miles (10km) inside Russia.Moscow’s ministry of defence said late on Tuesday that up to “300 Ukrainian militants” from Ukraine’s 22nd mechanised brigade launched the attack at 8am, supported by
  
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• Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran charged in foiled plot to kill US leaders

  06-08-2024 23:13 via theguardian.com
  Asif Merchant, 46, tried to recruit people for scheme to assassinate figures including Donald Trump, says FBIA Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged over a foiled conspiracy to carry out political assassinations on US soil, the justice department said on Tuesday as it disclosed what officials say is the latest murder-for-hire plot to target US public figures.Asif Merchant, 46, sought to recruit people in the United States to carry out the plot in retaliation for the US killing
  
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• Nobel laureate tapped to lead Bangladesh after embattled prime minister's ouster

  06-08-2024 22:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head the country's interim government after the nation's longtime prime minister resigned and fled abroad in the face of violent unrest against her rule.Known as the "banker to the poorest of the poor" and a longtime critic of the ousted Sheikh Hasina, Yunus will act as a caretaker premier until new elections are held. The decision followed a meeting late Tuesday that included student protest leaders, military chiefs, civil society me
  
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• Bangladesh parliament dissolved a day after resignation of prime minister

  06-08-2024 22:02 via theguardian.com
  Move comes after longtime leader Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled country after weeks of deadly unrestExplainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?Mass protests in Bangladesh – in picturesThe president of Bangladesh has dissolved the country’s parliament after an ultimatum issued by the coordinators of student protests that forced the resignation on Monday of the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.The office of the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, also announced that the former prime
  
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• Reclusive tribe attacks loggers suspected of encroaching on their land in Peru's Amazon

  06-08-2024 21:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization.FENAMAD, representing 39 Indigenous communities in the Cusco and Madre de Dios regions, said Monday that it believes illegal logging was taking place on Mashco Piro territory and that one logger was injured in the July 27 attack.UNCONTACTED PERUVIAN TRIBE ATTACKS ECO TOURISTSA few weeks ago, phot
  
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• Hezbollah chief claims Israel in decline as IDF warns border areas on high alert

  06-08-2024 21:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in a eulogy-turned-stump speech claimed Israel relies too much on allies to remain relevant even as the Israeli military prepares to swat aside the terrorist group’s potential retaliation."Israel, fearing the Iranian response or that of Hezbollah, appeals to the United States and Western countries, which proves that its deterrence has diminished, as well as its capability of defending itself," Nasrallah said during Tuesday's eulogy for t
  
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• Putin reportedly calls for Iran to limit damage in any retaliation against Israel

  06-08-2024 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaders expect a military response over Hamas assassination but fears grow of escalation into regional warVladimir Putin has reportedly told Iran to avoid civilian casualties in any retaliatory attack on Israel for the assassination of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, an underlining of the constraints it faces as it frames its response.It is a call for restraint that is likely to be echoed by many foreign ministers from the 57 countries inside the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (O
  
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• Explorers unearth ancient Roman artifacts, some relics identified as counterfeits

  06-08-2024 20:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments, an organization dedicated to the protection of ancient artifacts in Poland, revealed the discovery of various treasures, including silver coins, and among them was an Ancient Roman counterfeit cache.An organization referred to as the "Group of Explorers" stumbled upon coins, fibules, knives and various types of tools using metal detectors.The individuals explored the grounds of ​​Księżpol, a village in Poland, and unearthed denars
  
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• How to get last-minute Olympic Games tickets for Paris 2024

  06-08-2024 19:11 via bbc.com
  
  A complete guide to getting a last-minute seat at the Olympic Games in Paris.
  
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• 5 US service members, 2 contractors injured in rocket attack at al-Asad air base: defense official

  06-08-2024 18:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Five U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors were injured Monday afternoon when two rockets struck Ain al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, a U.S. defense official told Fox News on Tuesday.Five of the injured personnel were being treated at Ain al-Asad Airbase, while two others have been evacuated for further care, the defense official said, adding that all seven of the injured U.S. personnel were in stable condition."Post-strike assessments are still ongoing," the official said. "We’ll continue
  
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• Evidence shows Venezuela’s election was stolen – but will Maduro budge?

  06-08-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Analyses indicate Nicolás Maduro lost the presidential election, but country’s leader shows no signs of stepping asideIt is not new for Nicolás Maduro to be accused of attempting to steal a presidential election – the US described his claim to have won re-election in 2018 as an “insult to democracy” – but the evidence for such allegations has never before been quite so overwhelming.Analyses carried out by the opposition, academics and media organizatio
  
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• Romanian PM to boycott Olympic closing ceremony in gymnastics protest

  06-08-2024 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Ana Barbosu demoted from bronze while celebratingRomanian great Nadia Comaneci also criticises decisionRomania’s prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, said he will boycott the Olympic closing ceremony after his country were denied a medal in the women’s gymnastics.Ana Barbosu had already begun celebrating her bronze for the floor event on Monday when coaches for Jordan Chiles, of the United States, entered an appeal to judges over Chiles’s score. The inquiry resulted in a 0.1 boost f
  
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• Putin urges Iran to avoid civilian casualties in Israel retaliation while arming Tehran

  06-08-2024 17:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia has stoked tensions in the Middle East by asking Iran to avoid civilian casualties as it mulls its response to Israel’s alleged assassination of a Hamas terrorist leader – rather than urging Iran to outright avoid escalation."Putin’s wish to minimize Israeli civilian casualties is driven by pragmatism," Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence analyst and author of "Putin’s Playbook," explained to Fox News Digital. "There are 1.2 million Russian and
  
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• Global markets partly recover but analysts fear ‘we’re not out of woods’

  06-08-2024 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Shares on Wall Street and in Asia and Europe start to recover after Monday’s routBusiness live – latest updatesShares on Wall Street rose and many Asian and European markets staged a recovery after this week’s global stock market rout, but analysts warned: “We might not be out of the woods.”The FTSE 100 index in London rose 18 points, or 0.2%, on Tuesday to close at 8,026.69, after losing 166 points, or 2%, on Monday, its biggest one-day points drop in more than a y
  
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• Middle East crisis: UN peacekeepers have never been more crucial on Israeli-Lebanese border, says forces chief – as it happened

  06-08-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Jean-Pierre Lacroix says peacekeeping force is ‘only liaison channel between Israeli and Lebanese sides’A United Nations expert on Tuesday condemned Israel’s killing last week of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Ramy El Rify in Gaza and urged that the deaths be prosecuted as a war crime.The two men died in a 31 July airstrike by the Israeli military, which said Al-Ghoul was a Hamas operative who took part in the October attack against Israel. Continue reading
  
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• ‘Hobbit’ bone from tiny species of ancient humans found on Indonesian island

  06-08-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Arm bone suggests Homo floresiensis was forced to undergo dramatic reduction in body size after being marooned on FloresThe remains of a member of the smallest ancient human species on record, who stood at just 1m tall, have been discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores.The fossil arm bone belonged to a tiny adult human who roamed the island 700,000 years ago alongside pygmy elephants, Komodo dragons and giant rats the size of rabbits. It is thought to be from a very early individual of the
  
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• German court convicts activist for leading ‘from the river to the sea’ chant

  06-08-2024 16:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Judge says phrase ‘denied right of Israel to exist’ but woman’s lawyer says ruling is a defeat for free speechA Berlin court has convicted a pro-Palestinian activist of condoning a crime for leading a chant of the slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a rally in the German capital four days after the Hamas attacks on Israel, in what her defence team called a defeat for free speech.The presiding judge, Birgit Balzer, ordered 22-year-old German
  
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• State Department warns Americans to avoid travel to Bangladesh amid violent unrest

  06-08-2024 16:46 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to avoid traveling to Bangladesh due to escalating civil unrest, crime and terrorism after the South Asian country's prime minister fled the country in a helicopter as a mob of protesters breached the palace.The State Department updated its travel advisory on Monday, which also ordered all non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families to leave the country."Travelers should not travel to Bangladesh due to ongoing civil unrest in
  
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• Oilfield slowdown exposes political volatility in Libya and beyond

  06-08-2024 15:27 via theguardian.com
  Apparent shutdown attempt shows potential for some leaders to use such threats to enforce personal agendaThe political complexities of Libya’s oil industry were highlighted at the weekend when allies of the warlord Khalifa Haftar were said to have tried to shut down a Spanish-operated oilfield in reprisal for an arrest warrant issued by Spain for his son over alleged weapons smuggling.Saddam Haftar, a key military figure in his father’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), was det
  
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• The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, leading to the end of WWII

  06-08-2024 14:46 via foxnews.com
  
  On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bombing was dropped on Nagasaki. The atomic bombs instantly took thousands of lives and thousands more in the aftermath from radiation and injury. The bombings led to Japan's surrender, bringing an end to World War II, which claimed the lives of 418,500 American civilians and soldiers, according to The National WWII Museum. MORE PEOPLE EXPOSED TO MANHATTAN PROJECT
  
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• Japanese stocks soar after massive sell-off shook global markets

  06-08-2024 10:05 via theguardian.com
  Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closes more than 10% up with other Asia markets rebounding on TuesdayBusiness live – latest updatesJapanese stocks soared more than 10% on Tuesday, a day after experiencing their biggest fall in 37 years, setting markets tumbling in Europe and on Wall Street.Other markets in Asia also appeared to settle somewhat after the rollercoaster ride that started the week. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers

  06-08-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Married couple from Bristol attract awe and abuse on X with photos that show ‘staggering’ changes in the AlpsA tourist has posted “staggering” photos of himself and his wife at the same spot in the Swiss Alps almost exactly 15 years apart, in a pair of photos that highlight the speed with which global heating is melting glaciers.Duncan Porter, a software developer from Bristol, posted photos that were taken in the same spot at the Rhône glacier in August 2009 and Au
  
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• Tunisia court jails potential presidential candidates and bars them from upcoming election

  06-08-2024 03:44 via theguardian.com
  Critics say the move is aimed at targeting serious challengers to the current Tunisan president, Kais Saied.A Tunisian court has sentenced a number of potential presidential election candidates to prison and banned them from running for office, according to local media, politicians, and a lawyer, in a move critics say is aimed at excluding serious competitors to President Kais Saied in October’s vote.A court decision was issued on Monday against prominent politician Abdel Latif Mekki, acti
  
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• WATCH: Tornado wreaks havoc in Buffalo, New York

  06-08-2024 02:27
  
  The rare weather event in the area tore roofs off buildings, left some without power and flipped over a car.
  
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• Papua separatists kill helicopter pilot from New Zealand, say police

  06-08-2024 02:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Shooting in Indonesia’s easternmost region comes almost 18 months after kidnap of another New Zealand pilotSeparatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua killed a helicopter pilot from New Zealand, police have said, adding that four passengers onboard the aircraft were safe.Glen Malcolm Conning, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was shot to death, said Faizal Ramadhani, a national police member and head of the joint security peace for
  
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• Slavery victim wins payout as 'others die waiting'

  06-08-2024 01:50 via bbc.com
  
  A man kept in squalid conditions for 26 years at a travellers' site wins a battle for compensation.
  
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• Olympics recap: What you missed in gymnastics, track and field, soccer and more

  06-08-2024 01:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Day 10 of the Olympics brought us Simone Biles’s final competition in Paris, a big day for Americans on the track, not one but two important soccer matches and much more.
  
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• Dead bear another strange twist in RFK Jr's faltering campaign

  06-08-2024 01:38 via bbc.com
  
  Bizarre headlines, a new opponent and limited cash have left the independent candidate struggling.
  
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• RFK Jr. could have faced a fine for dumping dead bear cub in Central Park

  06-08-2024 01:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  The state Department of Environmental Conservation said the statute of limitations for the 2014 incident involving Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long since expired.
  
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• Police attacked during south Belfast disorder

  06-08-2024 01:23 via bbc.com
  
  The public was urged to avoid Sandy Row and Donegall Road as police dealt with disorder.
  
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• Deadly Hurricane Debby hits Florida with high winds, heavy rains and flooding

  06-08-2024 01:08 via nbcnews.com
  Hurricane Debby slammed into northern Florida as a Category 1 storm, causing trees and power lines to come down, storm surge and flooding. At least four people were reported killed. Debby was downgraded to a tropical storm but is expected to bring potentially historic rains and flooding to the Southeast over the next several days. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports.
  
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• NHS soup and shake diet can beat type 2 diabetes

  06-08-2024 01:05 via bbc.com
  
  People can reverse the condition by going on a strictliquid diet of 900 calories a day.
  
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• Americans injured in attack on U.S. base in Iraq

  06-08-2024 00:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Several U.S. personnel are believed to be injured following a suspected rocket attack on U.S. and coalition forces at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, a defense official confirmed to NBC News.
  
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• Bloomberg fires reporter for ‘premature’ publication of Evan Gershkovich release – reports

  06-08-2024 00:34 via theguardian.com
  At least one reporter appears to have been fired for a decision that would have been reviewed by senior editorsBloomberg News said it had taken “disciplinary action” against a number of its editorial staff after the outlet “prematurely” published news of the historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States last week that it said could have endangered the safety of the Americans being released.In an email to staff on Monday, the editor-in-chief, John Micklethwai
  
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• Google's online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules

  06-08-2024 00:30 via bbc.com
  
  The decision is a major blow to Alphabet, Google's parent company, and could reshape how technology giants operate.
  
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• Chuck Schumer eyes opportunities to pass deepfake and AI bills as 2024 elections near

  06-08-2024 00:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll push to pass artificial intelligence and deepfake bills before the end of the year as the 2024 elections approach.
  
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