Iranian missiles injure 160 in towns near Israeli nuclear site
Israel is investigating how ballistic missiles got through the country’s sophisticated air defences. Source link
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The Bachelorette’s messy break-up with Taylor Frankie Paul
Soon after Disney pulled the plug, Paul and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, with whom she shares a son, released duelling statements with fresh allegations about their turbulent relationship. He was also granted temporary custody of their son, according to a court protective order. Source link
A secularism law some women say makes them feel like 'outsiders' heads to Canada's top court
Canada’s Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21, which bars some public sector workers, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols. Source link
AI videos of sexualised black women removed from TikTok after BBC investigation
The BBC, working in collaboration with analysts Jeremy Carrasco and Angel Nulani from Riddance, has identified 60 such accounts, mainly on Instagram, that have carried links, or chains of links, to paid-for sexually explicit content on third-party sites. The sites labelled the imagery as AI-generated, but the Instagram accounts did not. Source link
Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81
“I did not always agree with everything that Robert Mueller did,” Andrew Weissmann, a member of Mueller’s team, told BBC’s Carl Nasman. “I think it’s really important for people to know how much integrity and how much thoughtfulness went into his decision-making and how much faith he had, maybe more than I did, in the…
National blackout hits Cuba for second time in a week
Another total failure of its power grid underlines Cuba’s hardship under a US-imposed fuel blockade. Source link
'Peace is a gradual thing': How land, cattle and identity fuel a deadly Nigerian conflict
How a lack of justice and trust in the security forces perpetuates deadly violence in Plateau state. Source link
Italy is voting on whether to change its constitution. What does this mean for Meloni?
The dry subject matter of this weekend’s vote seems obscure but for many it is a vote on the PM. Source link
Trump administration at crossroads in US-Israel war with Iran
Just over a week ago, US media reported that a Marine expeditionary unit, with about 2,500 combat soldiers and supporting ships and aircraft, had been dispatched from Japan to the Middle East, which it should reach in the coming days. Another Marine force of similar size recently departed its base in California with its arrival…
Trump threatens to send ICE into airports unless funding deal reached
The president said ICE would “do security” as airport security staff have gone without pay for weeks due to a partial government shutdown. Source link