As Gaza crumbles, those speaking up for innocent Palestinians are being silenced and sacked (www.theguardian.com)
Nikki Haley openly calls for genocide against Palestinians on social media (lemmygrad.ml)
‘They miscalculated’: Ukraine turns the tables on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (www.aljazeera.com)
EU Faults Musk’s X in Fight Against Russia’s ‘War of Ideas’ (www.bloomberg.com)
U.S. Quietly Expands Secret Military Base in Israel (theintercept.com)
Two months before Hamas attacked Israel, the Pentagon awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build U.S. troop facilities for a secret base it maintains deep within Israel’s Negev desert, just 20 miles from Gaza. Code-named “Site 512,” the longstanding U.S. base is a radar facility that monitors the skies for missile...
Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects (www.ft.com)
Trump confuses Obama and Biden in speech, warns Biden will lead U.S. into 'World War II' (www.msnbc.com)
There was more of this at the weekend....
Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon (www.bbc.co.uk)
South Korean protesters call for government action on Fukushima water (www.reuters.com)
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
Pope Francis calls for a ceasefire in the Holy Land (www.vaticannews.va)
Pope Francis prays for an end to the violence in the Holy Land, especially in Gaza where a humanitarian catastrophe has unfolded, as well as for the ...
UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years (www.bbc.co.uk)
The JET laboratory, the focus of European fusion experiments for decades, carries out its last test.
Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit airports in Damascus and Aleppo, damaging their runways (apnews.com)
Egypt intelligence official says Israel ignored repeated warnings of ‘something big’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Sorry, Philip: Young Canadians' unhappiness is older generations' fault (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Korea's Birthrate Hits Another Record Low (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Pierces Main Russian Defensive Line in Southeast (www.wsj.com)
PAYWALL...
Defiant North Korea tells UN its spy satellite program is its ‘legitimate right as a sovereign state’ (edition.cnn.com)
At least 17 dead in India railway bridge collapse (www.bbc.com)
A bridge under construction has collapsed and killed workers in the north-eastern state of Mizoram.
Amsterdam opens trailblazing skatepark: A safe haven for LGBTQ and women skaters (www.euronews.com)
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Ukraine’s Top Commander Says War Has Hit a ‘Stalemate’ (www.nytimes.com)
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U.S. F-16 fighter jet shoots down an armed Turkish drone over Syria (www.cbsnews.com)
Muslim man lynched in India ‘for taking a banana’ at Hindu temple event (www.aljazeera.com)
Ukraine says strike in Russia's Kursk region took out high-tech radar system - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian attack drone carrying an explosive payload destroyed a Russian mobile anti-aircraft radar station in Russia's Kursk region, state media said Friday.