for 1 time sidenEuropean leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon
France has requested an emergency meeting of the UN security council, after the Israeli military captured the medieval Beaufort castle European leaders have condemned Israel’s expanding incursion into Lebanon, after its military captured the medieval Beaufort castle and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed to push even deeper into the country. France’s president Emmanuel Macron called for an end to fighting, saying “nothing justifies the major escalation under way in south Lebanon”. The country’s foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, has requested a meeting of the UN security council for Monday. Continue reading...
for 1 time sidenBarn drept i droneangrep i russiskokkupert Kherson, ifølge guvernør
En russiskoppnevnt guvernør sier et barn er drept i et ukrainsk droneangrep i den russiskokkuperte delen av regionen Kherson.
for 2 timeer sidenThe drivers risking death on Ukraine's most dangerous bus routes
Russian drones are targeting public buses in Kherson, killing three transport workers so far this year.
for 2 timeer sidenSecret tunnels and unregistered workers: China's coal mine disaster is a reminder of darker days
China's worst coal mining disaster in 15 years comes amid an ambitious pivot towards green energy.
for 3 timeer sidenTrump seeking edits to US-Iran deal, US media report
The requested changes are related to the Strait of Hormuz and the removal of highly enriched uranium, according to US media.
for 3 timeer sidenIsrael seizes castle in Lebanon as it expands ground offensive
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the capture of the strategic fortress a "decisive shift" in Israel's campaign against Hezbollah, as European governments criticise the escalation.
for 4 timeer sidenJelena gikk åtte mil for å finne husly
UKRAINA (TV 2): De er menneskene som ofte blir oversett – men hos Olga finner de verdighet.
for 5 timeer sidenCNN: Iran gjenåpner missilanlegg
Iran har gravd fram 50 av 69 tunnelinnganger til 18 underjordiske missilanlegg som er blitt skadet av USA og Israel.
for 5 timeer sidenNasjonal sikkerhetsstrategi – ett år etter
Europa-dimensjonen er blitt viktigere i alle deler av sikkerhetspolitikken.
for 6 timeer sidenUnited flight to Spain turns back midair after possible security threat
Security came to inspect aircraft in Newark after report of Bluetooth device with a ‘certain four-letter word’ A United Airlines plane bound for Spain from Newark Liberty international airport turned around mid-flight on Saturday due to a possible security threat. That came one day after another United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis from Chicago was diverted to Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday because an unruly passenger evidently tried to breach the cockpit. Continue reading...
for 6 timeer sidenSkiller seg ut: – Vanskeligere enn ellers
Kronprins Haakons kommende Japan-besøk er annerledes enn tidligere besøk, mener ekspert, som peker på Mette-Marit.
for 6 timeer sidenFamily visitation partly restored at New Jersey ICE facility after week of protests
Visits were canceled after detainees began hunger strike, which prompted heated protests outside detention center Family visitation at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center is being restored to at least part of the facility, New Jersey’s governor and US homeland security officials confirmed on Sunday morning, after a week during which heated demonstrations at the site were met with aggressive policing tactics. Meanwhile, families of detained immigrants grappled with conflicting information about exactly whom among them would get visitation after the announcement from governor Mikie Sherrill and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). And local officials by Sunday had also indefinitely imposed an overnight curfew beginning at 9pm for a blocked-off area including Delaney Hall. Continue reading...
for 7 timeer sidenNorge-heltene fortvilte: – Vi vil hjem ASAP
Nå bekrefter Petter Stordalen at han sender et fly til Sveits.
for 7 timeer siden– Vi må ikke gå i Putins felle
Europa må unngå å la seg distrahere av Kreml og Vladimir Putin, sier EUs utenrikssjef.
for 8 timeer sidenHundreds arrested and dozens of police injured after Champions League riots in France
Nearly 800 people were arrested after clashes with police which saw 219 people injured, including 57 police officers.
for 8 timeer sidenUkraina bygger KI-hær: – Vi må være raskere enn fienden
Ukraina har en dronefordel i krigen. ISW skriver at vi har gått inn i en ny fase i krigen.
for 9 timeer sidenHuge blast kills dozens in rebel-held village in Myanmar
Insurgents say it was caused by explosives being used for mining close to the Chinese border.
for 9 timeer sidenIsrael seizes strategic castle in deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years
Experts say capture is largely symbolic, but it complicates efforts to extend the ceasefire between US and Iran Israeli troops have captured a clifftop castle as they made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than 26 years, further shattering a nominal US-brokered ceasefire and complicating efforts to extend the separate truce between Washington and Tehran. After days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages, the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the military had captured Beaufort Castle, also known as Qalaat al-Shaqif, which it had used as a base during its previous occupation of southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000. Continue reading...
for 9 timeer sidenUtlandet måper av Norge: – En sjokkerende sensasjon
Norge hylles etter bragden.
for 9 timeer sidenFrench police arrest 780 after violent clashes as PSG fans celebrate Champions League win
Interior minister says 57 officers injured as rioters set fires and vandalise shops in about 15 cities French police have detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted on Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal to win the Champions League. The interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said 57 officers were wounded, with most suffering minor injuries, as football fans set off fires and vandalised shops. One small group even tried to storm a Paris police station. Continue reading...
for 10 timeer sidenLaos cave survivors help with plan to find last two missing men
So far, five men have been freed from the narrow, flooded cave but efforts are ongoing to locate two more.
for 14 timeer sidenNigerian retired general abducted with his wife in the north-west
Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar's kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.
for 14 timeer sidenCould Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?
The far shorter Middle East war has rapidly revealed the strategic weakness of US firepower in an interconnected world In a 1965 speech justifying the war in Vietnam, Lyndon B Johnson argued that the goal was to ensure “every country can shape its own destiny” since only in such a world could the US secure its own freedom. However, he also admitted “such were infirmities of man that force must often precede reason, and the waste of war, the works of peace”. It was the kind of elegant justification of the country’s moral mission to which successive US presidential speechwriters have turned at times of war. Continue reading...
for 15 timeer sidenNetanyahu: Beordrer opptrapping
Israels statsminister Benjamin Netanyahu sier søndag at han har bedt om å utvide bakkeoperasjonen i Libanon.
for 16 timeer sidenSky ends controversial news joint venture in United Arab Emirates
Sky News Arabia to retain name in brand licensing deal after criticism of its coverage of atrocities in Sudan Sky is exiting its TV news joint venture with the United Arab Emirates, Sky News Arabia, which has been criticised for its coverage of the war in Sudan, with accusations of genocide denial. Sky and its partner IMI – the investment vehicle controlled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the vice-president of the UAE and owner of Manchester City – have announced a new commercial deal in which the UK-based broadcaster will relinquish all strategic and operational ownership of the 24-hour Arabic language news and current affairs service. Continue reading...
for 17 timeer siden– Ekstremt redde
LONDON (TV 2): 19-åringen frå Stavanger risikerer 45 års fengsel for Foxtrot-oppdrag.
for 19 timeer sidenJapan defence minister denies militarism and criticises China's 'huge arsenal'
Shinjiro Koizumi makes some of Tokyo's most pointed remarks yet in the dispute over Japan's military build-up.
for 20 timeer sidenRaser mot Norge etter avtalebrudd: – Farlig budskap
Malaysia tyr på sikkerhetskonferansen Shangri-La Dialogue til kraftig skyts etter at Norge har kansellert en omfattende forsvarsavtale med landet.
for 21 timeer sidenJapan defence minister rebuffs claims of ‘new militarism’ levelled by China
Shinjiro Koizumi says Japan valued as a ‘peace-loving’ nation while China expands military capabilities ‘without sufficient transparency’ Japan’s defence minister took a veiled swipe at China on Sunday, pledging to keep strengthening the military despite Beijing’s criticism of Tokyo’s increasingly muscular security stance. Under the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, Japan has quickened its pivot to a more proactive defence policy, further shaking off – with US encouragement – its pacifist outlook in place since the end of the second world war. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenNew Aukus drone tech to protect critical undersea cables as Marles warns: ‘seabed is a battlefield’
Minister at Singapore defence summit also reveals Australia to buy only secondhand Aukus submarines from US Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The defence minister, Richard Marles, has said the “seabed is a battlefield” in a combative speech urging Beijing to be more transparent about its maritime operations, and taking aim at weak international controls over so-called “shadow-fleet” vessels. The warning came as the US, UK and Australia announced a new Aukus project to develop new underwater drone technology to protect undersea cables. Continue reading...
for 1 dag siden'I will sleep with fear': Romanians shaken after block of flats hit by drone
A Russian drone hit a block of flats in Romania on Friday, causing a fire and injuring two people, Romanian officials say.
for 1 dag sidenThree climbers die and one rescued after fall on Alaska’s Mount McKinley
Four were part of seven-person group that had traveled to US to ascend North America’s tallest mountain Three people have died after falling while climbing Alaska’s Mount McKinley, according to officials. A fourth climber has been rescued. The four were part of a seven-person group that had traveled to the United States to ascend Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, according to information released by the Latvian Mountaineering Association. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenBer Nato være på vakt: – Russland kan sabotere
Polens utenriksminister Radoslaw Sikorski gir Nato beskjed om å forvente flere hybride angrep fra Russland.
for 1 dag sidenFour more men freed from flooded Laos cave in hazardous rescue mission
Two still missing as divers make their way deeper into cave through muddy water and sharp rocks to find them Four more miners who were trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for 10 days have been freed by divers, but two people are still missing as rescuers continue to crawl through narrow, deluged tunnels and sharp rocks to find them. The first of the party of seven men was rescued on Friday in a perilous rescue mission which has required teams to drain water from the cave and navigate collapse hazards. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenLooming Iran peace deal shows how Trump’s maximalist goals have shrunk
Sobering reality for president after three-month odyssey that threatens to take him back to where he started After the hubristic beginnings came the reality. The road travelled since the most momentous foreign policy decision of his presidency seems to have delivered Donald Trump to a sobering destination: that Iran has been the nemesis of several US presidents before him for a reason and is an adversary not to be taken lightly. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenFour more men freed from flooded Laos cave after 10 days
Two of the seven villagers who entered the narrow tunnels in search for gold on 20 May are still missing.
for 1 dag sidenEighteen people killed in Afghanistan truck crash, including 10 children
Truck was carrying Afghan families returning Pakistan when it overturned, official says A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 18 people on board including 10 children, a provincial official told Agence France-Presse. Deadly traffic crashes are common in Afghanistan, due in part to poor roads after decades of conflict, dangerous driving and a lack of regulation. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenExam fail: Indian students complain en masse about marking errors in key final exams
New digital marking system is aimed at reducing human errors but many students say it has resulted in wrong grades A national outcry has erupted in India after more than 400,000 students requested copies of their answer sheets amid mounting complaints of errors in the marking of the country’s most important school-leaving examinations. Within days of the grade 12 exam results being issued, students began reporting marking discrepancies they linked to a new digital marking system. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenTrump varslet endelig Iran-avgjørelse – ingen avklaring
USAs president Donald Trump skulle holde møte for å ta en endelig avgjørelse rundt avtale med Iran. Etter møtet har det ikke kommet noen avklaring, skriver The New York Times.
for 2 dager sidenLula says Brazil will not be treated like ‘tinpot country’ after US designates gangs as terrorists
Marco Rubio made announcement after meeting president’s far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro Brazil will not be treated as a “tinpot country,” the country’s president, Luiz Inácio da Silva, said on Friday after the United States designated Brazil’s two largest criminal gangs, the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Red Command, as foreign terrorist organisations. The announcement, made by Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, on Thursday, is being widely seen in Brazil as a setback for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president who had strongly opposed the designation – and a boost for Lula’s main challenger in October’s presidential election, the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Continue reading...
for 3 dager sidenIran og USA enige om å forlenge våpenhvile
Nå ventes det kun på godkjennelse fra Trump.
for 3 dager sidenBarth Eide nevnes i ny toppjobb
En rekke europeiske navn sirkulerer i jakten på en mulig leder for fredssamtaler mellom Russland og Ukraina. Norges utenriksminister Espen Barth Eide er blant dem som nevnes.
for 3 dager siden– Folk håper amerikanerne endelig kommer
Cubansk journalist hevder mange på øya ønsker innblanding fra USA velkommen.
for 4 dager sidenBabyen ble tvangsfjernet to timer etter fødselen
Donald Trumps ønske om å erobre Grønland har snudd danskenes omstridte barnevernspraksis for grønlendere. – Håper Danmark tar ansvar for sine feil, sier en mor til TV 2.
for 5 dager sidenIndians protest over ‘forever chemicals’ after relocation of scandal-hit Italian factory
Lack of Pfas regulations raised in parliament after Guardian revealed former Miteni plant bought by Indian company Protests over the production of cancer-linked Pfas chemicals have spread across India, after an investigation revealed that an Italian factory shut down due to an environmental scandal was bought by an Indian company and partly rebuilt. At the end of last year, the Guardian revealed that the former Miteni plant in Vicenza had been acquired by the Indian company Laxmi Organic Industries. The factory produced Pfas and was shut down in 2018 after being linked to one of Italy’s worst environmental contamination scandals. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenStarmer urged to intervene in ‘rigged’ Indian prosecution of British human rights activist
Senior lawyers call on prime minister to request Indian prosecutors drop charges that would breach double jeopardy rule Four senior lawyers, including the former attorney general Dominic Grieve, have written to Keir Starmer urging him to request that Indian prosecutors drop charges against the British national Jagtar Singh Johal on the basis that continued prosecution would be in manifest breach of the double jeopardy rule which prevents someone being tried twice for the same offence. Johal has been held in an Indian jail for eight years, and in March last year was acquitted of the terrorist charges laid against him in a court in Punjab. The court found the prosecutors had “miserably failed” to present any reliable evidence, despite having had seven years to do so. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenMinst 13 drept i israelske angrep mot Sør-Libanon tross våpenhvilen
Israel gjennomførte en rekke nye angrep mot det sørlige Libanon fredag. Minst 13 mennesker er drept, ifølge helsedepartementet og statlige medier.
for 1 måned sidenUSA godkjenner milliardsalg av våpen til land i Midtøsten
Utenriksdepartementet i USA har gitt klarsignal til våpensalg verdt over 8,6 milliarder dollar til Israel og tre andre allierte land i Midtøsten.
for 1 måned sidenTrekker 5000 amerikanske soldater ut av Tyskland
Et signal om at Donald Trump ikke er fornøyd, ifølge kilder i Pentagon.
for 1 måned sidenCuba says Trump’s fresh sanctions on its economy amount to ‘collective punishment’
The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and mining Cuba’s government has said new sanctions imposed on the island by Donald Trump amounted to “collective punishment”, as an enormous 1 May procession outside the American embassy in Havana vowed to “defend the homeland”. In an executive order on Friday, the US president said he would impose sanctions on people involved in broad sections of the Cuban economy, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this year. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenUSA varsler forsinkede våpenleveranser til Europa
Flere av USAs allierte i Europa har fått beskjed om at de må belage seg på store forsinkelser i leveranser av amerikanske våpen, skriver Financial Times.s
for 1 måned sidenUSA henter hjem 5000 soldater fra Tyskland
USA har besluttet å redusere sin militære tilstedeværelse i Tyskland og vil i løpet av det kommende året kutte antall soldater i landet med 5000.
for 1 måned sidenUS to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz
The decision to reduce the US deployment to Germany comes amid a row between the two allies over Iran.
for 1 måned sidenVil ha forsvarsunion med EU, Ukraina, Norge og Storbritannia
EU-toppen vil ha hjelp fra Ukraina, Norge og Storbritannia for å bygge et kampklart forsvar.
for 1 måned sidenUkraina: Har truffet flere kampfly dypt inne i Russland
Den ukrainske generalstaben melder om at flere av Russlands mest dyrebare kampfly er satt ut av spill.
for 1 måned sidenSmall plane crash in Texas Hill Country leaves five dead
All people onboard Cessna 421C dead after crash late at night in city 40 miles south-west of state capital Austin A small plane crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people onboard, officials said on Friday. The crash happened in the dark late on Thursday night in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles south-west of the state capital, Austin, the Hays county judge, Ruben Becerra, said in a post on Facebook. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenTrump tears up EU tariff deal and raises some import duties
US president says tariff on cars and lorries will rise to 25% and accuses European Union of non-compliance Donald Trump has said he is tearing up part of the tariff deal he struck with EU leaders at his golf course in Scotland last summer, criticising Brussels for taking so long to ratify the deal. Blindsiding Brussels late on May Day bank holiday on Friday, he announced that he would be increasing tariffs on cars and lorries imported into the US from the EU from 15% to 25% from next week. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenRaser mot Holocaustsenteret: – Grotesk forvrengning
Den israelske ambassaden i Oslo ber Holocaust-senteret (HL) på Bygdøy om å avlyse et planlagt foredrag som trekker paralleller mellom holocaust, nakba og Gaza-krigen.
for 1 måned sidenVideo of attack on French nun in Jerusalem causes widespread condemnation
Israeli foreign ministry denounce ‘shameful act’ after footage shows man pushing woman to the ground and kicking her A video of an attack on a French Catholic nun and archeological researcher in Jerusalem has caused widespread revulsion and has been denounced as a “shameful act” by Israel’s foreign ministry. In the video, a man runs up behind the nun as she walks down a street and pushes her over with force, so that the victim comes close to hitting her head on a block of stone. After walking away a few paces, the attacker, who appears to be Jewish, returns to kick the nun as she lay on the ground and only stops when a passerby intervenes. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenTrump sier han ikke er fornøyd med Irans nye forslag
Trump sier han ikke er fornøyd med Irans nye forslag Saken oppdateres.
for 1 måned sidenPutin-smell: Dødelig helikopter-angrep
Onsdag ble to russiske helikoptre truffet av et ukrainsk droneangrep mens de var på bakken for vedlikehold. Minst én person skal ha omkommet i angrepet.
for 1 måned siden‘What’s our red line?’ the British Jews who question their safety
As antisemitic incidents rise, some are asking whether it’s time to leave – and where they might go next For many Jews sitting down with family and friends for Friday night dinner, the conversation is now turning to their “red line”. “What do we do? Do we have to leave?” asked Barry Frankfurt. Israel had once been a place some might have considered retiring to, to live by the sea. “Never in our lifetime has it been considered we need to run away, we need to seek refuge … and that place might have to be Israel,” said Frankfurt, a brand consultant in north London. “We might have to do that because we don’t feel safe in the country we call home. “Every couple of weeks you’ll hear of another couple or family in the community who have moved or will be moving soon to Israel,” he said. “And that should be the thing that shocks us as a country.” Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenForeign Office cuts will weaken oversight of international law, MPs warn
Cross-party group says closure of humanitarian unit will undermine monitoring of legal violations and arms exports MPs have expressed alarm at the closure of the Foreign Office’s international humanitarian law unit, warning it “will impair the UK’s ability to anticipate, assess and respond to serious violations of international law across multiple contexts”. News of the closure, revealed by the Guardian, was raised with Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions this week by the independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, Iqbal Mohamed. Starmer said the work would be undertaken by another team as part of a restructuring. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenIsraeli police arrest man after nun attacked in Jerusalem
The French nun was pushed over and kicked in the apparently unprovoked assault, amid a rise in harassment of Christians in the city by Jewish extremists.
for 1 måned sidenIran med nytt initiativ – oljeprisen fikk en dipp
Iran har sendt et nytt forhandlingsforslag til USA via meklere i Pakistan, melder statlige medier. Men hvorvidt det blir nye samtaler, er i det blå.
for 1 måned sidenWar criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release
Mladic, 84, was jailed for life for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war in 1992-95.
for 1 måned sidenPutin tatt på senga: Russiske styrker i retrett
Vladimir Putins soldater flykter med halen mellom beina fra muslimske opprørere i Mali, som bruker dronetaktikker fra krigen i Ukraina.
for 1 måned sidenDonald Trump: slakter allierte
Her kritiserer Donald Trump NATO-allierte som Spania og Italia
for 1 måned sidenDonald Trump: slakter allierte
Her kritiserer Donald Trump NATO-allierte som Spania og Italia
for 1 måned sidenCuban immigrant dies in Georgia detention center, ICE tells Congress
Denny Adán González, 33, whose death is being investigated as suicide, is 18th person to die in ICE custody this year A Cuban immigrant died inside an immigration detention center in Georgia earlier this week, according to a congressional notification sent on Friday and reviewed by the Guardian. The Cuban man, identified as 33-year-old Denny Adán González, died inside the privately run Stewart detention center. His death is being investigated as a suicide. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenCould key climate talks mark ground zero in global push to ditch fossil fuels?
Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future Looking out to sea from the grey sandy beaches of Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, it is never hard to spot evidence of the country’s thriving fossil fuel export trade. Oil tankers ride at anchor on the horizon, and sometimes, locals say, lumps of coal wash up on the shore, blown off the collier ships that carry cargos from the nearby mines. It was here, on Wednesday evening, that the Colombian government took a bold step to shift its economy – and that of the rest of the world – away from dependence on coal, gas and oil and into a new era of clean energy. With the first ever conference on “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, the host joined nearly 60 countries determined to loosen of the grip of petrostates on the world’s future. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenRussland: Viser enorme ødeleggelser
I løpet av den siste uken har Ukraina angrepet den russiske oljehavnen i Tuapse fire ganger.
for 1 måned sidenIran har sendt nytt forslag til USA – oljeprisen faller
Iran har sendt et nytt forhandlingsforslag til USA via meklere i Pakistan, melder statlige medier. Men hvorvidt det blir nye samtaler, er helt i det blå.
for 1 måned sidenStort område avsperret i Malmö – mistenkt håndgranat funnet
En gjenstand som kan minne om en håndgranat, er funnet utendørs i Malmö. Fem kvartal er stengt av mens bombegruppen jobber på stedet.
for 1 måned sidenTrump-trussel: – Ikke til noe hjelp
Presidenten legger ikke skjul på sin misnøye med de europeiske Nato-allierte.
for 1 måned sidenWoman charged over death of two eight-year-old girls after Wimbledon car crash
Claire Freemantle accused of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving when 4x4 hit London school in 2023 The driver of a 4×4 that crashed into a south-east London primary school has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after two eight-year-old girls were killed. Claire Freemantle, 49, is accused of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following the incident at The Study Prep school in Wimbledon in July 2023. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenTrump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain
US president says European countries are ‘absolutely horrible’ to refuse to support operations in strait of Hormuz Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain a day after saying he was looking at reducing the number deployed in Germany. The US president’s threat to Germany came after the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said America was being “humiliated” by Iran. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenPakistan acting as backchannel as US and Iran inch towards deal, experts say
Islamabad has reportedly switched to lower-profile role but believes peace can make progress without face-to-face meetings Pakistan is passing proposals between Iran and the US to keep talks alive behind the scenes and inch towards a peace agreement, officials and experts say. Pakistani officials say that they are conscious of the fact that at stake is not only regional peace, but the health of the global economy and the livelihoods of millions of the poorest people in the world – including in Pakistan, whose monthly energy import bill has almost tripled as a result of the war. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenIsrael releases all but two activists in Greece after intercepting Gaza aid flotilla
The Global Sumud Flotilla denounced the interception as "piracy", while Israel's foreign ministry called the flotilla a "PR stunt".
for 1 måned sidenUS imposes sanctions on DR Congo ex-President Kabila alleging rebel support
The former leader has not responded to US accusations that he is aiming to destabilise the government.
for 1 måned sidenNorge må bli mindre avhengige av USA: – Krever mer enn bare penger
Uforutsigbare Trump, kaos i Midtøsten og et Kina på frammarsj. Nå må Norge ta viktige grep for vår egen sikkerhet, mener sjefen for Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet (NSM).
for 1 måned sidenBillions of meals at risk due to Iran war, says fertiliser boss
A shortage of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict could reduce crop yields and push prices higher, says the boss of Yara.
for 1 måned sidenRussland angrep Ukraina med rekordmange droner i april
Russland brukte rekordmange langdistansedroner til å angripe Ukraina i april, viser en analyse AFP har gjort.
for 1 måned sidenTrump threatens to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain – Europe live
The US president said he would carry out of a review of US military presence in Europe after public criticism of the US-Israeli war on Iran Italy and Spain have joined a growing list of countries that US president Donald Trump is threatening with pulling US troops from as part of a broader review of the US military presence in Europe. Responding to a question from a reporter, Trump said he would “probably” consider such a move, linking it to the two countries’ criticism of the US campaign in Iran. “Look, why shouldn’t I? Italy has not been of any help to us and Spain has been horrible, absolutely horrible.” Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenUSA med advarsel: Frykter skjult trussel
Donald Trumps utenriksminister, Marco Rubio, slår alarm om VM-nasjon.
for 1 måned sidenBAE faces £120m lawsuit over decision to scrap support for aid aircraft
EnComm Aviation says the firm’s action has cut off vital support for crisis-hit countries including South Sudan and the DRC Britain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, is facing a £120m lawsuit after scrapping support for aircraft used to deliver aid to some of the world’s neediest countries. EnComm Aviation, a Kenya-based aid cargo operator, claims the decision forced the cancellation of humanitarian contracts and reduced supplies to South Sudan, now threatened by famine, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), among others. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenBritish couple jailed in Iran: 'We're likely to be here for a long time'
Lindsay and Craig Foreman are facing the reality of a 10-year prison sentence following their arrest in Iran while on a motorcycle tour last year.
for 1 måned sidenIran war may cause food shortages in Africa, world’s largest fertiliser firm says
Yara CEO warns of global auction that would leave poorest countries scrambling for supplies they can ill afford The Iran war could have “dramatic consequences”, causing food shortages and price rises in some of Africa’s poorest and most vulnerable communities, the head of the world’s largest fertiliser company has said. Svein Tore Holsether, the chief executive of Yara International, said world leaders needed to guard against soaring prices and shortages of fertiliser causing a de facto global auction that would leave the poorest countries, particularly in Africa, scrambling for supplies they could ill afford. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenAustralian hiker missing in Nova Scotia national park not heard from for two weeks
Denise Ann Williams, 62, was last heard from on 15 April, when she told her family she was travelling to the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Canada’s east A search is continuing for a 62-year-old Australian woman who was reported missing on Tuesday while hiking in a Canadian national park. Denise Ann Williams was last heard from on 15 April, when she told family she was travelling to Chéticamp, a fishing village on the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenChina scraps tariffs for all but one African nation
The zero-tariff regime gives China's soft power a boost, but may lead to uneven gains, say analysts.
for 1 måned sidenIt's not just oil: Iran war also threatens Asia's food security
Planting season is beginning in Asia - but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Chinese restrictions has hit fertiliser supply.
for 1 måned sidenTo drept i ukrainsk droneangrep i Russland
To tenåringer på motorsykkel ble drept av en ukrainsk drone i den russiske grenseregionen Belgorod, ifølge den lokale guvernøren.
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for 1 måned sidenUnrest in Alice Springs after Jefferson Lewis arrested over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby
Dozens of people gather outside hospital where 47-year-old was being treated five days after the five-year-old girl disappeared •Warning: This article contains references to and images of Indigenous Australians who have died Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An angry crowd has clashed with police outside a hospital in Alice Springs where a 47-year-old man arrested by police in connection with the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby was being treated. Council workers were assessing the damage on Friday morning, as fires smouldered in skip bins and a nearby service station had been pulled apart. Continue reading...
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for 1 måned sidenTrump says US studying troop cuts in Germany, as spat with Merz intensifies
His remarks come after the German chancellor criticised the US approach to the war in Iran.
for 1 måned sidenDeadly Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
At least nine people - including two children - were killed, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
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for 1 måned siden‘A new chapter’: first commercial flight from US since 2019 lands in Venezuela
Four months after US capture of Nicolás Maduro, officials hail repairing of ties as airliner touches down in Caracas US and Venezuelan officials have hailed a new era in diplomatic relations as the first direct commercial flight between the two countries in more than seven years landed in Caracas. Nearly four months ago, US special forces attack helicopters and planes swept into the skies over Venezuela’s capital after Donald Trump ordered the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...