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Major U.S. airports refuse to show DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's video blaming Democrats for the government shutdown (LINK) 15 October 2025
Charlie Kirk posthumously awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom (LINK) 14 October 2025
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Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions, keeps Rafah crossing closed (LINK) 14 October 2025
Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions, keeps Rafah crossing closed (LINK) 14 October 2025
— Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.
Israelis and Palestinians celebrate hostage and detainee releases as key truce issues remain (LINK) 14 October 2025
Trump plan to invite Netanyahu to Gaza summit aborted after Erdogan warning (LINK) 13 October 2025
— Turkish president threatened to pull out of Sharm el-Sheikh conference unless Israeli PM's attendance ruled out
Officials say GHF aid sites being shut down, in accordance with Gaza deal (LINK) 13 October 2025
France 24: Main takeaways of Trump's speech to the Israeli parliament: his statements were clearly meant to suggest that the ceasefire his administration helped broker could spark a deeper, lasting peace around a volatile region (LINK) 13 October 2025
— During an unexpected detour in his speech, Trump called on Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he described as "one of the greatest" wartime leaders. Netanyahu faces corruption and fraud charges, and several hearings have been postponed during the conflict with Hamas. The Republican president also used the opportunity to settle political scores and thank his supporters, criticising Democratic predecessors and praising a top donor, Miriam Adelson, in the audience.
Politifact: Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech in Israel (LINK) 13 October 2025
— He told the Knesset, Israel's parliament, "This is not only the end of a war, this is the end of an age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God." H repeated talking point about solving eight wars is exaggerated. Trump had a hand in ceasefires that have recently eased conflicts between Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, and Armenia and Azerbaijan. But these were mostly incremental accords, and some leaders dispute the extent of Trump's role.
— Politicfact: The U.S. was involved in a temporary peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, but violence in the region has continued, with hundreds of civilians killed since the deal’s June signing. After Trump helped broker a deal between Cambodia and Thailand, the countries have accused each other of ceasefire violations that have led to violent skirmishes. A long-running standoff between Egypt and Ethiopia over an Ethiopian dam on the Nile remains unresolved, and it is closer to a diplomatic dispute than a military clash. In the case of Kosovo and Serbia, there is little evidence a potential war was brewing.
— "We dropped 14 bombs on Iran's key nuclear facilities, totally, as I said originally, obliterating them. That's been confirmed." It is impossible to know.
Russian drones and artillery attacked WFP trucks in Kherson region, officials say (LINK) 14 October 2025
— No one was reported injured or killed.
Pakistan and Afghanistan border closure extends into second day after deadly clashes (LINK) — ground.news: 18 media reports (LINK) 13 October 2025
— Conflicting tallies emerged from Afghanistan officials and Pakistan's military, with Afghanistan officials claiming 58 Pakistani soldiers killed and Pakistan's military reporting 23 soldiers lost and more than 200 'Taliban and affiliated terrorists' killed. About 1,500 Afghan nationals were briefly allowed to walk home from Chaman border crossing, government officer said
In bid to save shipyards, US set to charge fees on Chinese ships from today (LINK) — ground.news: 54 media reports (LINK) 14 October 2025
— The move announced by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in April triggered reciprocal measures from Beijing, which will impose similar costs on U.S. ships starting the same day.
Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones' effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment (LINK) 14 October 2025
— CNN: As is almost always the case, the high court did not explain its decision to deny the appeal.
Madagascar's president leaves country on French military plane after Gen Z protests: Report (LINK) — ground.news: 229 media reports (LINK) 13 October 2025
The world's first climate tipping point, irreversible planetary changes, has been crossed, scientists say: hard to reverse loss of warm-water coral reefs (LINK) 13 October 2025
— Time: "Scientists have found as many as 25 major tipping points, including the Amazon rain forest transforming from a lush forest that stores carbon emissions to a dry savannah, and the permanent melting of polar sea ice whereby the dark open water absorbs more heat compared to white snow, encouraging further melting."
Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans — here's why there’s still room for optimism — (LINK)
— "Climate models that predict collapses are less accurate when forecasting interactions between multiple tipping points. Some interactions can push systems out of balance, while others pull an ecosystem closer to equilibrium. Other changes driven by rising global temperatures, like melting permafrost, likely don't meet the criteria for tipping points because they aren’t self-sustaining. Permafrost could refreeze if temperatures drop again."
— Climate scientist Timothy Lenton first identified climate tipping points in 2008. In 2022, he and his team revisited temperature collapse ranges, integrating over a decade of additional data and more sophisticated computer models.
Major news
Major U.S. airports refuse to show DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's video blaming Democrats for the government shutdown (LINK) 15 October 2025
Charlie Kirk posthumously awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom (LINK) 14 October 2025
Miscellaneous
Smarter operations at Geneva Airport transforms passenger journeys (LINK) 14 October 2025
Smarter operations at Geneva Airport transforms passenger journeys (LINK) 14 October 2025
— The new system covers everything from managing aircraft movements and parking stands to planning check-in counters, boarding gates, and baggage belts, as well as sharing flight information across screens and mobile apps. Passengers are also feeling the benefits of self-service bag drop, first deployed at the end of 2023 and now enhanced with new features that make check-in faster and more intuitive. With all counters available for self-service, queues are significantly reduced, something already valued by travellers, whose satisfaction was increased by 70%. This upgrade is helping to cut wait times and improve satisfaction at one of Europe's busiest mid-sized hubs.
Google to invest $15 billion to build AI data center hub in India; largest outside of the U.S. (LINK) 14 October 2025
October 10 tragedy, the day Bitcoin's "digital gold* myth went up in smoke (LINK) 13 October 2025
— "Nasdaq and the S&P500 dropped more than 3%, while Bitcoin lost over $10,000 in value within minutes. But real gold did exactly what a safe haven is supposed to do: hold the line. The yellow metal touched a record high above $4,000 an ounce, calmly absorbing the geopolitical shock. Crypto? It didn’t hedge the chaos. It became the chaos."
Prince William is reportedly being 'prepared to step up fast' as King Charles' health declines (LINK) 12 October 2025
Clashes between Hamas and armed clan members kill 27 (LINK) — ground.news: 80 media reports (LINK) 11 October 2025
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