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US House to vote on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid package
The US House of Representatives is poised to hold a crucial vote on Saturday on a major aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan -- and a possible ban of TikTok.President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers in Congress have been pushing for a major new weapons package for Ukraine for months.
3-min read - NewsAFP
India pushes Maoist rebel strongholds on road to democracy
A narrow winding road through an untamed forest has proven a blow to a decades-old Maoist rebellion that is one of India's longest and deadliest insurgencies.- 'The state has arrived' - The Naxalite rebellion, as the Maoist movement is known, began in the 1960s as a revolt against the exploitation of marginalised rural Indians.
4-min read - NewsSky News
Iran foreign minister downplays Israeli attack and says drones used 'like children's toys'
Iran has said Israeli involvement in Friday's attack is still to be established and dismissed the drones used as like children's toys. Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian claimed they took off from within Iran and only flew a few hundred metres before being shot down. Israel hasn't commented but is widely believed to be behind the strike targeting an airbase and nuclear site near Isfahan.
3-min read - NewsThe Guardian
‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage laws
Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader sewage scandal, with wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage
6-min read - NewsThe Guardian
Godspeed: Welsh church to offer 15 minute ‘micro services’
St David’s weekday services hope to draw in commuters and others with work or family pressures
3-min read - NewsThe Guardian
UK small boats policymakers referred to ‘bloody migrants’, says civil servant
Former head of policy at illegal migration taskforce details ‘inhumane conversations’
5-min read - BusinessYahoo Finance UK
Best and worst UK mobile phone providers
The big four mobile providers all performed poorly for value for money, which could be linked to their use of mid-contract price hikes.
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