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Hungary refuses to stop buying Russian oil despite Trump’s Nato demand | Hungary
Hungary will not wean itself off Russian energy supplies, the country’s foreign minister has told the Guardian, despite the White House’s demand for Nato allies to stop buying Russian oil. Donald Trump has demanded that Europe halt Russian oil imports, but in an interview on the sidelines of the 80th annual session of the UN […]
Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC | Philippines
Prosecutors at the international criminal court (ICC) have charged former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte with three counts of crimes against humanity, alleging his involvement in at least 76 murders as part of his “war on drugs”. A heavily redacted charge sheet dated 4 July but made public on Monday laid out the accusations against the […]
Trump rails against Tylenol but autism claims not supported by science | Trump administration
Donald Trump has, allegedly, found “the answer to autism”: Tylenol. On Monday, Trump announced that pregnant women should dramatically limit their use of acetaminophen, known by the brand name Tylenol or internationally as paracetamol, because, he claimed, it raises the risk of autism. This claim is not supported by science. Research into links between acetaminophen […]
Democrats urge Trump border czar investigation over bribery allegation | Trump administration
Democrats have urged treasury watchdogs to investigate reports that Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan accepted a $50,000 bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent in return for political favours. In the alleged scheme, Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money, according to unnamed sources […]
Allies’ recognition of Palestine angers Netanyahu but his options for response are limited | Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to denounce the recognition of a Palestinian state by many of Israel’s historic allies, but the prime minister may be struggling to decide how to turn rhetoric into a concrete response. His options are perhaps more constrained than he would have his supporters believe. He has variously threatened annexation of occupied […]
IDF may attack camps of displaced people after Gaza City, says ex-general | Gaza
Israeli military forces are likely to mount new attacks into parts of Gaza now crowded with hundreds of thousands of displaced people once they have concluded their current offensive into Gaza City, a former Israeli national security advisor and general has said. Yaakov Amidror, who served as national security adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu from 2011 […]
Russian violation of Estonian airspace brings region ‘closer to conflict’, foreign minister says – Europe live | Russia
Russian provocations represent ‘destabilising escalation’ that brings region ‘closer to conflict than at any time in recent years,’ Estonia’s foreign minister says Flanked by foreign ministers and senior diplomats from other countries, Estonia’s Tsahkna reads out a statement on behalf of 50 countries and the EU condemning the incident in which three Russian fighter jets […]
European officials warn Israel not to annex parts of West Bank in response to recognition of Palestinian state – Middle East crisis live | Palestinian territories
European officials warn Israel over West Bank annexation plans following moves towards recognition We are restarting our live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and the diplomacy around it. European officials have reportedly warned Israel not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank in retaliation for western countries recognition of Palestinian statehood. The UK, […]
Weather tracker: Flash floods and landslides wreak havoc in California | Flooding
Flash flooding and landslides led to the death of a two-year-old boy in California in the US last week, after heavy rainfall followed on the heels of Tropical Storm Mario further south. The storm skirted the Pacific coast of Mexico with minimal disruption, eventually dissipating to the west of Baja California on Tuesday, but the […]
Australia news live: Acma not told of Optus triple-zero network issues for more than 10 hours, chair says | Australia news
Acma not told of Optus triple-zero network issues for more than 10 hours Nerida O’Loughlin, the Australian Communications Media Authority (Acma) chair, said the body usually gets multiple emails per day from telcos when something goes wrong with their networks. But in the case of the Optus outage, Acma wasn’t “notified at all until the […]