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G7 agrees to loan Ukraine $50 billion from the interest on frozen Russian assets (www.npr.org)

US defense secretary says war with China neither imminent nor unavoidable, stressing need for talks (apnews.com)

'Stop threatening Taiwan', its new president William Lai tells China (www.bbc.com)

Taiwan’s newly inaugurated president William Lai has called on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy....

Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says (www.yahoo.com)

Neom: Forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city (www.bbc.com)

Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project....

GOP Senators Threaten ICC: 'Target Israel and We Will Target You' (www.commondreams.org)

Evidence shows recent presidential elections most rigged in Russia’s modern history (kyivindependent.com)

Another sign of rigging is that 2024 election results peaked at round figures, Shukshin wrote. This distribution of results looks like a saw on graphs, which led to the nickname “Putin’s saw.”

Thousands of European flights reportedly affected by suspected Russian jamming (kyivindependent.com)

'Bollard Man': Hero who confronted stabber promised Australia visa (www.bbc.com)

Germany Is Seizing Jews’ Money Again: It’s fine, they’re pro-Palestine (novaramedia.com)

A pro-Palestine Jewish activist group has had its bank account frozen in Germany for the second time in seven years, after the bank requested a full list of its members’ details in what experts believe is a breach of German law. The group suspects the move was triggered by its involvement in a forthcoming pro-Palestine...

The Jewish settlers who want to build homes in Gaza (www.bbc.co.uk)

Daniella Weiss, 78, the grandmother of Israel’s settler movement, who says she already has a list of 500 families ready to move to Gaza immediately....

12 months of record ocean heat has scientists puzzled and concerned (www.nbcnews.com)

Food Airdrops Are Falling Short in Gaza (time.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/17490070...

Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals (www.theguardian.com)

Progress to prevent female genital mutilation needs to be ‘27 times faster’, says UN...

‘We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked’: Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars (www.theguardian.com)

Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)

Delta flight forced to turn back after maggots fall on passengers (www.independent.co.uk)

A Delta flight was recently forced to turn around an hour after take-off when maggots fell from the overhead compartment onto passengers sitting in the economy seats....

'Absolutely gross' maggots raining on passengers force flight to make U-turn (news.sky.com)

MFBC...

West Bank videos show Israeli troops killing teenager and driving over man’s body | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Low-quality shells supplied to Russia by North Korea are injuring its own troops and damaging artillery, Ukraine says (www.businessinsider.com)

A Ukrainian soldier says he stopped shelling small Russian units because he is running out of US-made artillery ammo (www.businessinsider.com)

Kim Jong Un calls for North Korean women to have more children (apnews.com)

Stunning State Department Memo Warns Diplomats: No Gaza 'De-Escalation' Talk (www.huffpost.com)

In messages circulated on Friday, State Department staff wrote that high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.”...

Israel tells UN to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip within 24 hours (www.axios.com)

The Israeli Ministry of Defense and the IDF notified the UN just before midnight local time that Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza should evacuate to the southern part of the Gaza Strip in the next 24 hours, according to UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric and another source with direct knowledge....