#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Christchurch gunman seeks to appeal convictions and withdraw guilty plea. Australian white supremacist tells NZ court he was suffering from ‘nervous exhaustion’ when he entered his guilty plea in March 2020
#Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania #New Zealand
#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 ABC to air Four Corners episode on Bondi terror attack despite preemptive criticism by Asio. Intelligence agency takes unusual step of publicly releasing statement and says it will ‘reserve our right to take further action’ if the ABC makes false claims
#Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 ‘Blame me’: what the UK papers say as Morgan McSweeney quits over Mandelson-Epstein scandal. British papers explore what’s next for prime minister Keir Starmer after the loss of his longtime adviser over the Mandelson-Epstein files scandal
#Politics #United Kingdom #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.09.2026 Hong Kong democracy champion Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison. The heavy sentence for the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder and British citizen was imposed as Beijing seeks to wipe out the city’s remaining press freedoms.
#Politics #United Kingdom #China #Europe #Asia
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.09.2026 Iran arrests prominent reformist politicians, cites links to US, Israel. Detainees are accused of trying to disrupt Iran's 'political social order' at a time of threats from the US and Israel.
#USA #Asia #North America #Iran #Israel
#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offences. Sentencing of media tycoon is the culmination of a years-long saga that critics say represents Hong Kong’s transformation from a mostly free city to one where dissent is fiercely suppressed
#China #Asia #Taiwan
#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53. Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by the Australian, the Saturday Paper and the Hobart Mercury
#Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.09.2026 Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison. Founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper gets lengthy sentence under Beijing's national security law.
#China #Asia
#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 ‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees. Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
#Politics #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.08.2026 ‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr Oz urges amid rising measles cases in US. Health official’s endorsement comes as South Carolina faces hundreds of cases and US risks losing elimination status
#Health #USA #North America #measles
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.08.2026 Israel security cabinet approves rules to increase control over West Bank. The Palestinian presidency calls the decision a 'dangerous' Israeli 'attempt to legalize settlement expansion'.
#Palestine #Asia #Israel
#bbc.com. #Feb.08.2026 Venezuela frees high-profile opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa. The Justice First party leader is among 18 political prisoners to be freed by the interim government on Sunday.
#Politics #South America #Venezuela #politician
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.08.2026 Portugal elects Socialist Party’s Seguro as president in landslide. With 95 percent of votes counted, 63-year-old Antonio Jose Seguro is on 66 percent.
#Politics #Portugal #Europe
#bbc.com. #Feb.08.2026 Centre-left candidate poised to comfortably win Portuguese presidency. António José Seguro is on course for a landslide victory over far-right rival André Ventura, with the majority of votes counted.
#Portugal #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.08.2026 Man arrested over death of student at University of Lancashire. Carla Georgescu, 19, was found dead at her accommodation in Preston and police say her death is being treated as suspicious
#Education
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.08.2026 Iran sentences Nobel laureate Mohammadi to seven more years in prison. Women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December while attending a memorial ceremony in Mashhad.
#Asia #Iran
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.08.2026 Venezuela opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa released. Machado ally says 'there's a lot to talk about regarding the present and future of Venezuela' after release.
#Politics #South America #Venezuela #politician
#huffpost.com. #Feb.08.2026 'Take The Vaccine, Please:' Top U.S. Health Official Finally Starts Making Sense. A leading U.S. health official is urging people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states.
#Health #Politics #USA #North America #measles
#bbc.com. #Feb.08.2026 Aerial footage shows flooded cities as storms hit Spain. Storms Marta and Leonardo have caused widespread flooding in Spain as thousands have been displaced.
#Weather #Spain #Europe
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.08.2026 Iran FM says Tehran ready for deal with US with peaceful nuclear enrichment. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is ready to reach a deal with the US.
#USA #Asia #North America #Iran
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