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Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates, but Signals Stickier Inflation  The New York Times Pound, UK stocks get a lift from BoE ‘sugar rush’  Reuters A Guns, Not Butter World Will Mean Higher Inflation  Bloomberg Ignore the doom-mongers: the good news on interest rates shows Labour is on the right track  The Guardian Bank …

Israel passes law to deport relatives of attackers, including citizens  BBC.com Israel takes hard line against terrorists, allowing deportation of family members  Fox News Knesset passes law to deport relatives of terrorists, including Israeli citizens  The Times of Israel Contested bill to expel family members of terrorists passes into law  The Jerusalem Post A …

Liam Payne: Three charged in connection with singer’s death  BBC.com Liam Payne Toxicology Confirms Multiple Drugs in System; ‘Not Fully Conscious’ During Fall  PEOPLE VIDEO: Three people charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death in Buenos Aires  KIRO Seattle Liam Payne: 3 people arrested, charged in connection with former One Direction singer’s death  Yahoo …

More families stream out of north Gaza, as tanks push deeper  Reuters Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF  The Guardian Israel expands offensive in northern Gaza with new ground operation, says civilians won’t be allowed back  CBS News Israeli professor reflects on “Generals’ Plan” to …

William: Prince of Wales says its been hardest year of his life  BBC.com Prince William: Past Year Hardest of Life, After Kate and Charles’ Cancer Diagnoses  The New York Times Prince William says 2024 has been ‘hardest’ year of his life  ABC News Prince William says year has been ‘brutal’ amid King Charles’ …

Trump victory renews interest in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and other fictional dystopias  The Associated Press Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory  The Guardian ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘1984’ Return to Amazon’s Bestsellers Charts Following Trump Win  Rolling Stone Melania Trump Book and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ See Post-Election Sales Bumps  Newsweek Dystopian …

Trump will give Israel ‘blank check’ which may mean all-out war with Iran, says ex-CIA chief  The Guardian US Here’s what’s at stake in the Middle East under Trump’s second term  CNN Can Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda Bring Mideast Peace?  Newsweek How the next U.S. president could change the course of Israel’s wars  NPR …

Kyiv strains to see Trump’s true plan for Ukraine  POLITICO Europe Zelenskyy says ‘suicidal’ to offer Putin concessions on Ukraine  Courthouse News Service Zelenskyy rejects western demands to make ‘concessions’ to Russia  Financial Times Zelenskiy Tells Europe He Needs Weapons Not Talk of Concessions  Bloomberg Zelenskyy: We need “peace through strength”, not concessions to …

Israeli police detain two French Consulate gendarmes in Jerusalem  FRANCE 24 English French minister cancels holy site visit after Israeli police arrest gendarmes  The Guardian French FM: Israeli police briefly arrest two French officials in ‘unacceptable’ move  The Jerusalem Post France condemns a spat between Israeli police and French consulate staff at a …

Contents of stinky ‘black balls’ identified after washing up on Sydney beaches  USA TODAY ‘Blobs’ that closed Australian beaches were made of poop, weed, and meth, scientists say  FOX 5 Atlanta Mysterious black debris in Sydney was not tar balls but ‘much more disgusting’ waste  NBC News Origin of black balls on Australian …