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UK to Deploy Typhoon Jets to Defend Saudi Arabia From Houthis

The UK will deploy RAF Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on defensive missions to protect cities and critical infrastructure from escalating attacks by Yemen's Houthi militia, the Ministry of Defence said. The warplanes will operate in a defensive role and not be used to attack the group. Separately, Saudi Arabia cancelled its 2026 Future Investment Initiative conference amid the attacks.

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Doomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adultSky News – World
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Kenyan cult leader convicted of 191 starvation murders

A Kenyan court has found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and about 30 co-accused guilty of murder over the starvation deaths of 191 people, 190 of them children. Prosecutors said Mackenzie's Good News International Church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to death. His wife Rhoda Maweu was among those convicted.

UK to deploy jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacksBBC News – UK
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UK to Deploy Typhoon Jets to Defend Saudi Arabia From Houthis

The UK will deploy RAF Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on defensive missions to protect cities and critical infrastructure from escalating attacks by Yemen's Houthi militia, the Ministry of Defence said. The warplanes will operate in a defensive role and not be used to attack the group. Separately, Saudi Arabia cancelled its 2026 Future Investment Initiative conference amid the attacks.

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Australian Lawmaker Helen Haines Injured After Attack, Prime Minister SaysNYTimes – World
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Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in car attack

Australian MP Helen Haines, 65, remains in critical condition after a leg was amputated following a deliberate car attack outside her office in Victoria. A suspect, identified by family as Brendan Nugent, is in custody and has been charged; his father said the family had known Haines for more than 20 years. Australia's counterterrorism team was activated after the incident.

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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moonSky News – World
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Japan launches Mars moon sample-return mission

Japan launched an uncrewed MMX spacecraft on Tuesday to collect samples from Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, in a mission joined by five international space agencies. The $578 million project aims to return dust, soil and rocks to Earth in 2031 to help study how the moons formed and the origins of the Solar System. Reports differ on whether the mission duration is three or five years.

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Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attackBBC News – World
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Israeli police detain 10 after West Bank settler attacks

Israeli police detained 10 suspects following a weekend of settler violence in the occupied West Bank during the Palestinian olive harvest, including attacks on US photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats. The BBC reported masked settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives amid a surge in such incidents. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the arrests "a very positive development". Police did not identify the suspects or specify their roles.

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Government failings allowed Covid 'to spread like wildfire' in care homes, inquiry findsBBC News – Health
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UK Covid inquiry finds care home failings

The sixth report from the Covid inquiry has found that UK government failings allowed Covid-19 to spread "like wildfire" in care homes. It criticises a lack of personal protective equipment and the failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital, which the inquiry chair called a "significant oversight". The report says the care sector was treated as "an afterthought" during the pandemic.

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