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Sep 30, 2023 - World

Foreign Office says groups are saving lives as X owner questions role of German NGOs in MediterraneanThe German government has rebuked Elon Musk after he criticised the work of rescue ships being operated by German humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea.The owner of X, formerly Twitter, retweeted a video on Friday that showed refugees and aid workers on a boat. The rightwing account that first put the content on the social media platform used the post to praise the populist far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which has taken a hard line on migration issues. Continue reading...

Sep 30, 2023 - World

The US will send out wireless emergency alerts (WEA) on Monday to test a system that will disseminate severe weather warnings and even incidents of missing children.

Sep 30, 2023 - World

Bill would keep government open until 17 November and provide funding for Ukraine but must pass both chambers of CongressThe Senate will reconvene on Saturday to advance a bipartisan proposal to extend federal funding, with less than 24 hours left to prevent a government shutdown.The Senate is scheduled to hold a vote at 1pm ET on the stopgap spending bill, which would keep the government open until 17 November and provide some funding for Ukraine’s war efforts as well as disaster relief aid. Unless both chambers of Congress can pass a stopgap bill, known as a continuing resolution, before midnight, the government will shut down. Continue reading...

Sep 30, 2023 - World

Armenian government says 100,000 people have fled since Azerbaijan took control of breakaway regionAlmost all ethnic Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm, the Armenian government said on Saturday.Nazeli Baghdasaryan, the press secretary to Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, said 100,417 people had arrived in Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh, which had a population of about 120,000 before Azerbaijan reclaimed the region in a offensive last week. Continue reading...

Sep 30, 2023 - World

Harriet Bolland offers reward and Nottinghamshire police appeal for information over incident at Grade II-listed Mucky DuckThe owner of a Grade II-listed restaurant that was damaged by a stolen digger has offered a reward for information about the incident.The Mucky Duck in Drakeholes, Nottinghamshire, was rammed repeatedly by a digger at about 11.50pm on Wednesday, police said. Continue reading...