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Airport chaos continues after US ground stop lifted – as it happened | Air transport | The Guardian

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We’re wrapping up this live coverage of the US ground stop and travel chaos that followed – it’s just passed…
Below’s a rundown on what happened, and you can read a full report here .

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University hounded out of Hungary by Orbán reaches out to new government | Hungary | The Guardian

Prospect of partial return to Budapest by Central European University suggests confidence in Hungary’s future
Prospect of partial return to Budapest by Central European University suggests confidence in Hungary’s future A university that Viktor Orbán…
Carsten Q Schneider, the interim president and rector of Central European University (CEU)…

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US aviation agency lifts nationwide ground stop affecting all air travel | Air transport | The Guardian

Sean Deuffy, the transportation secretary, said the airspace was now open and the problem had been identified
Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, said the airspace was now open and the problem had been identified Chaos at US…
The FAA confirmed the airspace was open in an advisory on its website .

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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says Starshield restrictions continue on ‘entire front line’ | Ukraine | The Guardian

Curbs on SpaceX system are making it hard to intercept drones and sending bad signal to Russia…
Curbs on SpaceX system are making it hard to intercept drones and sending a bad signal to Russia…
What we know on day 1,725 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said ⁠speed restrictions remain in place on the US Starshield satellite…

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What to know about the rare nationwide ground stop issued by the FAA | Air transport | The Guardian

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for all planes due to take off in the US…
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for all planes due to take off in the US…
“Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis,” the FAA…

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Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu of ‘racist’ campaign against Israel’s Arab minority | Israel | The Guardian

Statement a rare instance of a prominent Jewish political leader taking a strong stand in defence of Arab Israelis
Statement is rare instance of a prominent Jewish political leader taking a strong stand in defence of Arab Israelis Israeli…
Eisenkot’s statement was a rare instance of a prominent Jewish political leader taking a strong stand in defence of Arab…

theguardian.com12h ago

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Hungary seizes $19.5m in cash found buried in forests amid graft inquiry | Hungary | The Guardian

Anti-corruption agency carried out searches as part of investigation into Orbán-era minister accused of taking bribes
Anti-corruption agency carried out searches as part of investigation into Orbán-era minister accused of taking bribes Hungary’s anti-corruption agency said…
Miklós Seszták, Hungary’s minister of national development between 2014 and 2018…

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Russia is ‘setting traps’ in Ukraine talks, EU foreign policy chief warns | European Union | The Guardian

Kaja Kallas says Moscow is trying to divert attention from its aggression by raising issue of European security
Kaja Kallas says Moscow is trying to divert attention from its aggression by raising issue of European security The EU’s…
“We have one aggressor and one victim, and the aggressor does not have security concerns,” Kaja Kallas said on arrival…

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Europe should not walk into Russia’s ‘traps’ on Ukraine talks, EU’s foreign policy chief Kallas says – as it happened | World news | The Guardian

Kaja Kallas warns against agreeing to Russia’s proposed sequence of events on talks on Ukraine
Meanwhile, German tabloid Bild has reported on what it says are the key Russian demands put forward in negotiations…
It includes a number of maximalist demands which would dramatically alter the security landscape for Ukraine and Europe.

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Banned books from Ireland’s room of ‘evil literature’ finally see the light of day | Ireland | The Guardian

Censored books spanning 1926-96 contained themes ‘likely to corrupt or deprave’, or references to contraception or violence
Censored books spanning 1926-96 contained themes ‘likely to corrupt or deprave’…
The department of justice, on St Stephen’s Green, did not grant public access…

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Iran says it targeted US military radar in Bahrain in retaliatory strike | Iran | The Guardian

First direct attack on US military installations for months was in response to US airstrike on communications tower
First direct attack on US military installations for months was in response to US airstrike on communications tower Iran’s Islamic…
It is Iran’s first direct attack on US military installations for months.

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Moscow car bomb severely injures former aide to Ukraine’s pro-Russia ex-PM | Russia | The Guardian

Attack thought to be orchestrated by Kyiv comes day after Russian military official was killed in blast in St Petersburg
Attack thought to be orchestrated by Kyiv comes day after Russian military official was killed in blast in St Petersburg…
On Friday morning a car bomb exploded in southern Moscow, severely injuring Sergei Zavorotniy, 72…

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Russia strikes hospital in central Kyiv after SpaceX system falters again | Ukraine | The Guardian

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says speed restrictions on Starshield system made it harder for Ukraine to shoot down drones
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says speed restrictions on Starshield system made it harder for Ukraine to shoot down drones Russia has attacked…
Three people were injured when a drone smashed into the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics at 3am…

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‘The time is ripe’: ex-helicopter engineer poised to be Germany’s first female president | Germany | The Guardian

Backed by MPs from across the political divide, Bavarian Ilse Aigner offers an approachability and warmth the chancellor lacks
Backed by MPs from across the political divide…
Now, for the first time, the federal republic is on the brink of getting a female head of state.

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More than 60% of Germany’s female soldiers report harassment or abuse | Germany | The Guardian

Defence minister says extent of sexual misconduct found by study is ‘unacceptable’, as military tries to attract more recruits
Defence minister says extent of sexual misconduct found by study is ‘unacceptable’…
The first comprehensive study of its kind into the Bundeswehr…

theguardian.com1d ago

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‘El Niño turned off the taps’: factors behind Indonesia’s wildfires revealed | Indonesia | The Guardian

Country’s fiercest fires in at least a decade produced toxic smog related to 400,000 respiratory infections
Country’s fiercest blazes in at least a decade produced toxic smog blamed for 400,000 respiratory infections Indonesia’s fiercest fires…
Along with the conversion of forests to plantations…

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Ukraine war briefing: Europe to join negotiations, says Kushner, as Putin warns against peace keepers | Russia | The Guardian

Jared Kushner says move will allow talks to address ‘broader postwar European security arrangements’…
What we know on day 1,724 Ukraine and Russia have agreed to expand the next round of peace negotiations…
“This will allow us to address the broader postwar European security arrangements alongside the territorial issues between Ukraine and Russia,”…

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Second world war ‘brain’ bunker in cliffs of Dover opens to public | Second world war | The Guardian

The bunker, entered via a hatch in a field, controlled a gun battery used to attack German ships in Channel
Hidden bunker, entered via a hatch in a field…
But from Friday, members of the public will finally be able to visit a pioneering command bunker that was ordered…

theguardian.com1d ago

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Did Indonesia’s vice-president just resign because he didn’t have a high school diploma? | Indonesia | The Guardian

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the son of former president Joko Widodo, has faced months of questions about his eligibility for office
Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the son of former president Joko Widodo…
On the face of it, the drama centres on the educational achievements of vice-president Gibran Rakabuming Raka…

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Putin takes hard line in US talks as Ukraine says Starlink disrupted again | Ukraine | The Guardian

Russian president says he would target any foreign troops sent to Ukraine and refuses to soften territorial demands
Russian president says he would target any foreign troops sent to Ukraine and refuses to soften territorial demands Vladimir Putin…
During the talks at the Kremlin with the US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on Thursday…

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Pork fat, a heating pad and a five-storey jump: how a 74-year-old escaped house arrest in Argentina | Argentina | The Guardian

Leonardo Bertulazzi, ex-member of Italy’s radical far-left Red Brigades, fled in dramatic fashion, ‘like something out of a movie’
Leonardo Bertulazzi, ex-member of Italy’s radical far-left Red Brigades, fled in dramatic fashion…
He said they were “looking for a bomb”.

theguardian.com2d ago

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New talks with Russia, Ukraine and European countries agreed, US says - as it happened | Ukraine | The Guardian

US envoy Steve Witkoff’s announcement come after his talks with Putin in Moscow
Russian news agencies are reporting further comments from US envoy Steve Witkoff after his meeting with Putin earlier today.
Witkoff reportedly said a new round of trilateral talks with Russia and Ukraine had been agreed…

theguardian.com2d ago

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Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in Gaza kills surgeon and five others | Gaza | The Guardian

Hospital director says 28 wounded in attack on one of few remaining medical facilities in the strip
Hospital director says 28 wounded in attack on one of few remaining medical facilities in the strip An Israeli airstrike…
The Israeli military carried out the attack on the hospital, in Khan Younis…

theguardian.com2d ago

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‘Like priests who don’t believe in God’: Italy’s anti-vax medics eye return to frontline duty | Italy | The Guardian

Progress of bill to reinstate struck-off doctors hinged on support from far right figure Roberto Vannacci…
Progress of bill to reinstate struck-off doctors hinged on support from far right figure Roberto Vannacci…
Four days later, as Italy became the first European country to go into nationwide lockdown…

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