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Russia damages Turkish-owned vessels in attack on Ukrainian ports | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian attacks ‘had no … military purpose whatsoever’.Russian forces have attacked two Ukrainian ports, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels, including a ship carrying food supplies, according to Ukrainian officials and a shipowner.Friday’s attacks by Russian forces targeted Chornomorsk and Odesa ports in Ukraine’s southwestern Odesa region on the Black Sea. A Ukrainian navy spokesperson told the Reuters news agency that three Turkish-owned vessels were damaged in total, but did not provide additional details.Recommended…
Q&A: East Timor’s President Ramos-Horta on diplomacy, Gaza, and the West | Politics News
Dili, East Timor – On the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor, longtime independence advocate and now the country’s President Jose Ramos-Horta reflected on the last half-century of politics and diplomacy in his country.Ramos-Horta was serving as the foreign minister of the newly declared Democratic Republic of East Timor in the days leading up to Indonesia’s invasion in December 1975.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFormed by the independence party Fretilin after colonial Portugal’s withdrawal…
Women in the Indian Armed Forces suffer systemic discrimination across all stages of their military careers, study shows
Women serving in the Indian Armed Forces suffer systemic discrimination across all stages of their military careers, a new study shows. Experts have identified persistent unfairness across recruitment, career progression, combat roles, pay and benefits, and institutional culture. While legal interventions, particularly Supreme Court judgments, have helped to bring about greater gender equality, implementation remains problematic. Discriminatory practices are deeply embedded in military institutional culture. Addressing these issues requires not just policy changes but a fundamental shift in…
Somerset Council to spend £2.2m on ash dieback and tree care
A council has agreed a contract that will see them spend nearly £2.2m on tree care over the next four years.The deal agreed by Somerset Council includes funding for ongoing efforts to combat ash dieback, which is a fungal disease that has wiped out thousands of ash trees in the UK since it arrived in 2012.The Mendip and Quantock hills in Somerset are some of the areas that have been particularly effected by the spread of the disease.Councils…
Two more arrests in Poole murder and burglary inquiry
Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary following the death of a woman in her 80s.Dorset Police found her body at an address in Higher Blandford Road, Poole, shortly after 16:50 GMT on 1 December and noticed signs of a possible break-in.A 22-year-old man from Wimborne and a 21-year-old man from Alderholt have been arrested and bailed while inquiries continue.A 32-year-old man from Verwood, a 30-year-old man from Wimborne and a 16-year-old boy…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia relieved to not be arrested after US court hearing | Courts
NewsFeedKilmar Abrego Garcia walked out of a US courthouse without being arrested by immigration authorities, relieving fears ICE may attempt to take him back into custody the day after he was released.Published On 12 Dec 202512 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
Primal Scream targeted by same pro Irsael
Bobby Gillespie: Photo by Naomi Dryden-Smith Glaswegian indie-rockers Primal Scream are the latest act to face backlash from pro-Israel pressure groups after their Roundhouse performance on Monday marking the 25th anniversary of their XTRMNTR album. The Community Security Trust, an organisation that monitors antisemitism, confirmed it had complained to the Metropolitan Police after footage circulated online showing a modified Star of David with a swastika at its centre. However, today a statement on Primal Scream’s Instagram said: “The…
Bridgwater school’s ban on make-up is ridiculous, say parents
Joe SkirkowskiWest of EnglandBBCPupils at Haygrove School in Somerset are being punished for wearing mascara and false eyelashesParents have described a make-up ban at their children's school as "ridiculous".They said that pupils at Haygrove School in Bridgwater, Somerset, have been inspected and separated from their peers for wearing fake eyelashes and false nails.Staff have been criticised for bringing in the rules suddenly but said they were merely enforcing an existing ban, for the benefit of the pupils' mental…
Man jailed on ‘vicious’ murder of partner in Plymouth flat
Devon and Cornwall PoliceMark Fitzgerald was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years and 168 daysA man who concealed the murder of his partner in his flat has been jailed.Mark Fitzgerald, 62, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years and 168 days after being found guilty over the murder of Lisa Paris, 54, in March 2024. Plymouth Crown Court heard Fitzgerald pretended to find her unconscious in his Rendle Street flat…
Zoe Tucker ‘devastated’ by theft of gold medal-winning bike
Dave GilyeatSouth of EnglandDuathlon World ChampionshipsZoe Tucker won gold at the world championships in JulyA duathlon world champion has described the theft of her racing bike as a "devastating loss".Zoe Tucker, from Sherborne in Dorset, had her £7,000 measured-to-fit Giant Propel, alongside another similar model, stolen from her garage at some point during Thursday night and Friday morning.Ms Tucker rode the bike during her gold medal victory at the world championships in July, and was using it to…
No 10 says it backs pubs as landlords bar Labour MPs in tax protest
Downing Street has insisted the government backs pubs, as a growing number sign up to a campaign to bar Labour MPs from their premises in protest at tax rates.The Labour MP ban was kicked off a week ago by Andy Lennox, landlord of the Old Thatch in Dorset, championing the ban and more than 250 pubs, restaurants and hotels signing up all over the country.Mr Lennox said the ban was a last resort after multiple campaigns spelling out…
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