Alaska Airlines flight diverted, off-duty pilot Joseph Emerson arrested for trying to cut engines midflight, officials say ( www.cbsnews.com )
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome ( www.reuters.com )
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1242124...
About 100,000 protesters join pro-Palestinian march through London ( www.reuters.com )
Rightwing SVP expected to make gains in Swiss federal elections ( www.theguardian.com )
China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea clash ( www.reuters.com )
SAS had ‘gone too far’ in Afghanistan, inquiry into claims of unlawful killings told ( www.theguardian.com )
China's Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports ( www.reuters.com )
Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence ( www.theguardian.com )
The US supports Israel because of 'Jewish wealth', claims BBC presenter ( www.msn.com )
It’s very difficult to characterize this as an isolated incident of anti-semitism by the BBC considering it’s far from their first incident, and considering further that the BBC has spend 20 years and well over £300,000 keeping the 20,000 word Balen Report into their perceived anti-Israel bias buried....
Atomic Arms Fears Grow After US Test, Russia Spurns Treaty ( www.newsweek.com )
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1216504...
Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities ( www.telesurenglish.net )
The ban comes after Al Jazeera presented a well-documented report suggesting that Israel was responsible for the attack on Al-Ahli Hospital....
Amsterdam sex workers and residents march together against controversial erotic center ( nltimes.nl )
Philips Kept Warnings About Dangerous CPAP Machines Secret While Profits Soared. ( www.propublica.org )
Exhibit #482,683 on why capitalism and medicine are inevitably a horrible combination.
U.S. journalist detained in Russia after visiting for family emergency ( www.cbc.ca )
First on CNN: US Navy warship near Yemen intercepts multiple missiles, US officials say ( www.cnn.com )
Guinea-Bissau’s capital has power cut off after government fails to pay electricity bill ( www.theguardian.com )
Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power ( apnews.com )
Russian sources disappeared after Trump declassified ex-spy’s evidence, UK court told ( www.theguardian.com )
Many frustrated Argentines pinning hopes on firebrand populist Javier Milei in presidential race ( apnews.com )
YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India - bellingcat ( www.bellingcat.com )
Israel Readying Emergency Regulations Allowing Arrest of Journalists for Factual Reporting ( www.commondreams.org )
Two Swedes shot dead in Brussels, Belgium raises terror alert to top level ( www.reuters.com )
Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution ( www.theguardian.com )
Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with China's EXIM Bank on debt, clearing IMF funding snag ( apnews.com )
Israel-Palestine megathread for the remainder of the weekend
the front page is now like half articles on this currently, so it’s probably time for a megathread because none of us want to keep track of 12 threads on this subject and all the resulting comments. only major subsequent developments (for example, boots on the ground; pronunciations by governments; that sort of stuff) will get...