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Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups

silverguide.site – Families under pressure to stay silent amid internet blackout as executions reportedly surge with 24 killed in March…
Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups
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More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy

silverguide.site – Organisers of nationwide protest say its aim is to stop the government turning young Germans into ‘cannon fodder’…
More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy
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Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade strikes in strait of Hormuz but Trump insists ceasefire remains ‘in effect’

silverguide.site – Trump says truce ‘is going’ despite exchanges of fire but threatens to hit Iran ‘a lot more violently’ if it doesn’t agree to deal; Iran accuses US of violating ceasefire…
Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade strikes in strait of Hormuz but Trump insists ceasefire remains ‘in effect’
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Britons on hantavirus-hit ship to be asked to isolate back in UK for 45 days

silverguide.site – Two British nationals who left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected are already self-isolating at home, say officials…
Britons on hantavirus-hit ship to be asked to isolate back in UK for 45 days
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Hantavirus outbreak ‘not start of pandemic’ says WHO, as Canaries secure concessions over cruise docking plans - Europe live

silverguide.site – Health body gives briefing as Spain says ship will not dock in Tenerife but be anchored offshore and passengers will have no contact with the public…
Hantavirus outbreak ‘not start of pandemic’ says WHO, as Canaries secure concessions over cruise docking plans - Europe live
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Vatican stresses need for peace as Rubio meets pope amid strained relations

silverguide.site – US secretary of state speaks with Leo and officials after tensions following attacks by Trump over Iran war…
Vatican stresses need for peace as Rubio meets pope amid strained relations
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Thursday briefing: ​Five things to look out for in today’s local and parliamentary elections

silverguide.site – In today’s newsletter: As voters cast their ballots from Wales to Westminster, long‑established political loyalties face their toughest test in decades, with parties old and new vying to reshape the national landscape…
Thursday briefing: ​Five things to look out for in today’s local and parliamentary elections
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Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary

silverguide.site – Julie, once a circus elephant, and Kariba, from a Belgian zoo, are to be moved to a former ranch in Portugal…
Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary
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Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Documents obtained by journalists show the role of ‘Department 4’ within a Moscow University in training operatives for the military…
Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling
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Australian director Phillip Noyce shoots feature film for Saudi Arabia celebrating ‘heroism of security men in combating drugs’

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Regime, which executed 243 people last year for drug offences, accused of investing in entertainment to whitewash its human rights record…
Australian director Phillip Noyce shoots feature film for Saudi Arabia celebrating ‘heroism of security men in combating drugs’
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Ukraine war briefing: Putin threat to foreign embassies in Kyiv

silverguide.site – Russia vows ‘retaliatory’ strikes if Moscow parade if attacked – despite Ukraine offering truce; departing Orbán surrenders Ukrainian cash and gold. What we know on day 1,534…
Ukraine war briefing: Putin threat to foreign embassies in Kyiv
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Tame the water or let it flow? New Zealand grapples with how to protect its braided rivers

silverguide.site – Intervention for farming and flood risk change the unique systems as communities grapple with how to live alongside the vital waterways…
Tame the water or let it flow? New Zealand grapples with how to protect its braided rivers
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Keep quiet ‘so we don’t go to jail’: Israeli suspects charged with bribery after suspicious bets placed on Iran strikes

silverguide.site – Authorities allege that Omer Ziv and an unnamed air force major used classified information to bet on the timing of military operations on Polymarket…
Keep quiet ‘so we don’t go to jail’: Israeli suspects charged with bribery after suspicious bets placed on Iran strikes
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US fires on Iranian-flagged oil tanker as Trump gives Tehran fresh ultimatum

silverguide.site – President tells Iran to accept deal to end war or face new wave of bombing at ‘much higher level and intensity’…
US fires on Iranian-flagged oil tanker as Trump gives Tehran fresh ultimatum
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Pussy Riot protest at Venice Biennale forces Russian pavilion to briefly close

silverguide.site – Demonstrators, angered by Russia’s inclusion at arts festival, shout ‘Curated by Putin, dead bodies included’…
Pussy Riot protest at Venice Biennale forces Russian pavilion to briefly close
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Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap of his own making

silverguide.site – Latest proposal, derided by Tehran as a ‘wishlist’, could yet be a way out – but with 5,000 dead, it comes at an awful price…
Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap of his own making
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From Eurovision to the Venice Biennale, culture contests are being overshadowed by politics

silverguide.site – The Venice Biennale, Eurovision and Cannes are framed as artists representing their nations. But in a fractured world national identity seems increasingly futile…
From Eurovision to the Venice Biennale, culture contests are being overshadowed by politics
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‘Factory of lies’: what will Péter Magyar do about Hungary’s state media?

silverguide.site – Journalists brace for sweeping reforms after years of pro-government control under Viktor Orbán…
‘Factory of lies’: what will Péter Magyar do about Hungary’s state media?
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‘Defeated by conspiracy’: West Bengal chief minister refuses to resign after election loss

silverguide.site – Mamata Banerjee says Narendra Modi’s party ‘forcefully captured’ election that ended her party’s 15 years in power…
‘Defeated by conspiracy’: West Bengal chief minister refuses to resign after election loss
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People in the US: what do you think of Chicago-born Pope Leo?

silverguide.site – As the first American pope approaches his one-year anniversary, we want to hear how people in the US feel about his papacy so far…
People in the US: what do you think of Chicago-born Pope Leo?
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