Political situation in the UK
Tory leader stayed with climate sceptics and turned
The new leader of the British Tories, Kemi Badenoch, and other party leaders were given a week's free stay on an estate with a swimming pool, donkeys and 70 hectares of sheep-grazed grass. The estate belongs to climate sceptic Neil Record, who heads a lobby group that claims that it is too expensive to act against the climate threat, reports The Guardian.
A month after the visit in February, Badenoch made a U-turn and said that it is "impossible" to reach zero climate emissions by 2050, which was the party's previous goal, the newspaper notes.
Trump's USA The cuts
China network's attempt: Recruit US civil servants
A Chinese network is said to have tried to recruit former government employees from the US, reports Reuters.
Four of the companies, which collaborated to try to recruit government employees and researchers, have been traced to the same IP address. They have used, among other things, job advertisements on Linkedin.
The network has targeted those affected by the mass layoffs in the United States, explains Max Lesser, an analyst from the Washington-based Defense of Democracies foundation, which revealed the networks.
Lesser says it is a “well-established technique” that China uses. The FBI also states that it is a tactic that China has used in the past.
China has denied involvement in the recruitment campaign.
Tory leader stayed with climate sceptics and turned
The new leader of the British Tories, Kemi Badenoch, and other party leaders were given a week's free stay on an estate with a swimming pool, donkeys and 70 hectares of sheep-grazed grass. The estate belongs to climate sceptic Neil Record, who heads a lobby group that claims that it is too expensive to act against the climate threat, reports The Guardian.
A month after the visit in February, Badenoch made a U-turn and said that it is "impossible" to reach zero climate emissions by 2050, which was the party's previous goal, the newspaper notes.
Trump's USA The cuts
China network's attempt: Recruit US civil servants
A Chinese network is said to have tried to recruit former government employees from the US, reports Reuters.
Four of the companies, which collaborated to try to recruit government employees and researchers, have been traced to the same IP address. They have used, among other things, job advertisements on Linkedin.
The network has targeted those affected by the mass layoffs in the United States, explains Max Lesser, an analyst from the Washington-based Defense of Democracies foundation, which revealed the networks.
Lesser says it is a “well-established technique” that China uses. The FBI also states that it is a tactic that China has used in the past.
China has denied involvement in the recruitment campaign.
The war in Sudan
Hundreds killed in army attack on market in Darfur
Hundreds of civilians are said to have been killed when the Sudanese army recently carried out an airstrike on a market in the Darfur region of western Sudan. This is stated by the war monitor Emergency Lawyers according to AFP.
Many more were injured when fighter jets carried out “an indiscriminate airstrike,” according to the monitor.
The civil war in Sudan broke out in 2023. The conflict is between rival factions within the country’s government.
Hundreds killed in army attack on market in Darfur
Hundreds of civilians are said to have been killed when the Sudanese army recently carried out an airstrike on a market in the Darfur region of western Sudan. This is stated by the war monitor Emergency Lawyers according to AFP.
Many more were injured when fighter jets carried out “an indiscriminate airstrike,” according to the monitor.
The civil war in Sudan broke out in 2023. The conflict is between rival factions within the country’s government.
Putin's Russia
Spies identified by BBC – were after journalists
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The Bulgarian women Cvetelina Gencheva and Tsvetanka Doncheva were part of a Russian spy network that has been exposed in London, reports the BBC.
The cell is said to have carried out "very sophisticated" espionage activities that threatened lives, according to British police. The group is said to have targeted investigative journalists who have investigated Russian espionage, among other things.
Cvetelina Gencheva worked for an airline. She found out information about the journalists' trips and booked spies into nearby seats, close enough that they could see what the journalists were typing on their phones. On one occasion, a password was allegedly revealed.
Tsvetanka Doncheva lives in Vienna – across the street from investigative journalist Christo Grozev. From there, she is said to have photographed Grozev, among other things.
The BBC reached both women, but neither would comment. Neither has been charged in London. However, six other Bulgarian citizens in the same spy network are charged and awaiting their sentences.
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