Special counsel Jack Smith urges federal appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith urges federal appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Donald Trump.
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CNNTrump calls for modifying 25th Amendment to make it possible to remove a vice president
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for modifying the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution and said if a vice president “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president” they should be removed from office.
- CNN
Ukraine’s ‘dragon drones’ rain molten metal on Russian positions in latest terrifying battlefield innovation
Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars.
- HuffPost
Trump Fumes Over 'Irrelevant' Dick Cheney In Meltdown After Harris Endorsement
Donald Trump said only he could "stop World War III" in a message going after the former GOP vice president and "Comrade Kamala Harris."
- The Independent
‘Desperate’ Trump is ‘hyper-aware’ that he is slipping mentally and making less sense, his biographer says
‘What we’re seeing now is a reflection of someone who’s very troubled and very desperate,’ says Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald
- HuffPost
Trump Doubles Down On Bogus Gender-Affirming Care Claim His Own Campaign Can't Back Up
The GOP nominee pushed a false claim about surgeries for children similar to one he recently pushed at a far-right group's event.
- CNN
Fact check: Trump falsely says real photo of him with Carroll might have been ‘AI-generated’
Former President Donald Trump falsely said Friday that a decades-old photo of him with E. Jean Carroll, the writer he has been found liable for sexually abusing and defaming, might have been created using artificial intelligence – though Trump has previously acknowledged that the photo is authentic.
- The Hill
Harris spokesperson jabs Fox News host for acting ‘like she’s in the witness protection program’
Ian Sams, a spokesperson for Vice President Harris’s campaign, took a slight swing at Fox News anchor Dana Perino during an interview Friday. “Is it a risk to put all your chips on one debate, when she hasn’t really been able to do any sort of Q and A with anybody, except for in debate…
- Fortune
Russia’s strategy to rely more China’s yuan is backfiring
"We cannot lend in yuan because we have nothing to cover our foreign currency positions with."
- The Independent
South Park creators have delayed the new season because of Donald Trump
‘It is such a hard thing to do,’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone said
- CNN
Video footage appears to show Russians killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers
The troops stagger onto a dusty track, then onto their knees, hands placed on their heads. Seconds later, the Ukrainian drone footage shows, they lie motionless.
- CNN
Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
Russia’s grinding war has decimated many Ukrainian units and left some soldiers exhausted and demoralized. Some officers say desertion is becoming a problem.
- CNN
Trump lashes out at women who accused him of assault after court hearing to appeal verdict in Carroll sex abuse case
Donald Trump lashed out at E. Jean Carroll and several other women who have accused him of sexual assault following a hearing in New York where the former president’s attorneys tried to convince a federal appeals court that he should get a new trial after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed the onetime columnist.
- Rolling Stone
Trump Threatens to Let Conspiracy Theorist Senator ‘Run’ Education in Wisconsin
GOP presidential nominee hit rural town of Mosinee in battleground state on Saturday
- The Hill
Alina Habba blasts Trump hush money case as ‘a joke’ after delay decision
Alina Habba, one of former President Trump’s attorneys, said the New York hush money case should be “admonished” after the judge delayed Trump’s sentencing until after the election, writing it off as “a joke.” Habba joined Fox News’s Sean Hannity Saturday to discuss the case after Judge Juan Merchan pushed Trump’s sentencing back to Nov.…
- BBC
An 'argument over notebooks' led to murder at an Indian school - and set a city ablaze
The killing of a Hindu boy, allegedly by his Muslim classmate, sparked religious tensions in an Indian city.
- Euronews
Azov Brigade says previously 'catastrophic' situation in Niu-York stabilised
Moscow has repeatedly claimed its forces have captured all of Niu-York but the Azov Brigade has dismissed those claims, saying Ukrainian forces continue to hold their positions.
- Euronews
Russian drones violate Romania and Latvia's airspace in just 24 hours
A Russian drone violated Romania's airspace forcing the airforce to scramble two F16 warplanes on Sunday and another crashed in Latvia on Saturday.
- NewsWire
‘$600bn’: Attack ad claim on nuclear energy
The Albanese government has attached an enormous price tag to the opposition’s nuclear energy proposal in an attack ad targeting the plan.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Sentencing for Hush Money Delayed Until After Election
A New York court on Friday delayed former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in the Stormy Daniels hush money case until after the election, handing the GOP presidential nominee a major victory.Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at a May trial. Trump had requested that his originally scheduled Sept. 18, 2024, sentencing be delayed until after Election Day in order to “avoid the potential ‘politically prejudicial’ impact that a public sentencing could have”
- South China Morning Post
For China, Africa's allure grows amid feuds with West. But do risks outweigh its promise?
When Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the China-Africa summit on Thursday, he called on the continent to join China in leading the modernisation of the Global South, which he said has suffered "injustice" at the hands of the West. At this week's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit in Beijing, attended by more than 50 African leaders, China once again pushed for its own development initiatives as an alternative to Western ones. In a joint action plan, China called for strengthened