Taiwan reports another Chinese 'combat readiness patrol' nearby - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 14 Chinese air force planes operating around Taiwan and carrying out “joint combat readiness patrols” with Chinese warships on Wednesday....
Philippines accuses China of dangerous manoeuvres near Scarborough Shoal - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines’ coast guard (PCG) on Sunday accused China of “dangerous and blocking” manoeuvres while its vessel patrolled near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea this month....
Netanyahu Nixes Israeli Return To-Cairo Hostage Talks Cites Delusional Hamas Stance (www.jewishpress.com)
MFBC...
Britain Confronts Fears of a (Gasp!) Tea Shortage (www.nytimes.com)
Shipping issues in the Red Sea have led to delays in tea deliveries, but British retailers assured consumers that any shortages would be a “blip.”...
Netanyahu vows to press ahead with Rafah offensive as ceasefire talks continue (www.theguardian.com)
Negotiations involving multiple countries and high-level delegations on a Gaza ceasefire deal have entered a second day in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as mediators struggle to make progress in the face of a threatened Israeli offensive on Rafah, the Palestinian territory’s last place of relative safety....
“They brought Israeli civilians to watch our nude torture”: IDF torture of Palestinian prisoners is turned into entertainment for Israeli viewers (euromedmonitor.org)
Mother, two children among Lebanese killed by Israel in air raids (www.aljazeera.com)
Russia arrests German for carrying cannabis gummy bears (www.bbc.co.uk)
Iran’s nuclear hints draw UN rebuke (www.semafor.com)
Cholera vaccine stocks 'empty' as cases surge (www.reuters.com)
The emergency global stockpile of cholera vaccines is empty with all available doses for this month already allocated to countries battling major outbreaks, two United Nations agencies told Reuters....
London hospital and Sheffield clinic affected by faulty egg-freezing products (www.theguardian.com)
Human rights court finds failings in Greece tourist rape inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ECHR)European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-endencryption - the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans? (www.eureporter.co)
Holy hell, some excellent news for once?