US government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago

It is having problems contacting people who were fired in Trump's blitz to shrink the federal workforce.

Source: BBC

Middle East: Rubio arrives in Israel, along with heavy bombs

US top diplomat Marco Rubio is in Israel to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza with Premier Benjamin Netanyahu. The trip coincides with the arrival of a shipment of US 2,000-pound …

Source: Deutsche Welle

German city lures early election voters with free beer

Free beer or non-alcoholic drinks were offered to early voters in the part of the western German city of Duisburg that has shown low turnout in the past.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Egypt draws up Gaza reconstruction plan that would exclude Hamas

Alternative to Trump plan would involve committee of technocrats but future military status of Hamas unresolved

An alternative to Donald Trump’s plan to turn the Gaza Strip into a US-owned …

Source: The Guardian

Zelenskyy says Russia will ‘wage war on Nato’ if US support for Ukraine wanes

Ukrainian president tells NBC’s Meet the Press that Putin’s next targets may be Poland and Lithuania

Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday predicted Russia would “wage war against Nato” if the US …

Source: The Guardian

Republican senator who voted for RFK Jr balks at Louisiana anti-vaccine move

Republican Bill Cassidy calls state surgeon general’s halt to promotion of mass vaccination a disservice to parents

Bill Cassidy, the Republican US senator, has said his home state of Louisiana’s …

Source: The Guardian

Israel celebrates return of 3 more hostages, including an American-Israeli

Hamas released three more hostages in an exchange that almost never happened as part of a ceasefire that nearly collapsed. One of the hostages, an American-Israeli citizen, learned the name …

Source: CBS News

China tightens grip on tech, minerals and engineers as trade war spirals

Groups such as Apple contractor Foxconn hit by efforts to stop knowhow and equipment leaving the country

Source: Financial Times

Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance

Pischane in Donetsk back under Kyiv’s control as Zelenskyy renews call for fighting to end ‘with a just and lasting peace’

Ukraine has recaptured a village on the frontline in …

Source: The Guardian

What Germany's election means for sports and an Olympic bid

A German Olympic bid for 2036 or 2040? Sports as a national objective in the constitution? DW takes a look at the sporting side of party manifestos ahead of Germany's …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Bridget Jones 4 records highest-ever opening for a romcom in the UK

Latest film in the series starring Renée Zellweger has posted record-breaking figures on its home turf

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has exceeded expectations at the UK box office, …

Source: The Guardian

Austria stabbing was Islamist attack, says minister

A 14-year-old boy was killed and five others were wounded in the attack in Villach.

Source: BBC