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Points failure at London Euston causes hours-long delays for rail travellers

Transportinfo.org.uk 

The Guardian - Network Rail cautions passengers to check services as it reopens lines to and from station after disruptionRail passengers endured hours of delays on trains to and from Euston station in London after a points failure on Sunday.Network Rail warned passengers at Euston to expect major disruption as all trains were suspended from about 10.40am to 1pm at the earliest. Continue reading...

SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds

Transportinfo.org.uk 

The Guardian - Exclusive: UK climate campaign group Possible calls for polluter pays tax based on vehicle sizeThe increasing popularity of ultra-heavy SUVs in England means a conventional-engined car bought in 2013 will, on average, have lower carbon emissions than one bought new today, new research has found.The study by the climate campaign group Possible said there was a strong correlation between income and owning a large SUV, which meant there was a sound argument for polluter pays taxes for vehicle emissions based on size. Читать дальше...

Up to 1,500 cars in Luton airport fire unlikely to be salvageable

Transportinfo.org.uk 

The Guardian - Airport says it is working with insurers to see if any personal items can be saved from destroyed vehiclesLuton airport has said it is unlikely that any vehicles will be salvageable after a huge fire that caused a car park to collapse.Bedfordshire fire and rescue service has received a report about the blaze on level three of the airports terminal car park on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Gaza edges closer to humanitarian catastrophe ahead of likely Israeli invasion

CBSNews.com 

Authorities said more than 2,600 people in Gaza have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel, which claimed at least 1,300 lives there. Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled to southern Gaza, following Israeli military orders to evacuate the north ahead of a pending ground incursion. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.



Westpac appoints Steven Gregg as new chairman

Sydney Morning Herald 

The Ampol chairman will start in Westpac’s top board position, continuing a technology transformation after the bank slimmed down under retiring chair John McFarlane.

Israel’s War Isn’t Against Hamas—It’s on the Palestinian People

Thedailybeast.com 

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If you had any doubt about the brutality of Israel’s war on Gaza and the Palestinians, then you should look no further than Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who stated last week that he “ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we will act accordingly.”

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Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as humanitarian crisis deepens

AOL.com 

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams 

  GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces kept up their bombardment of Gaza on Monday after diplomatic efforts to arrange a ceasefire to allow foreign citizens to leave and aid to be brought into the besieged Palestinian enclave failed. 

  Residents of Hamas-ruled Gaza said overnight air strikes were the heaviest yet as the conflict entered its 10th day with an Israeli ground offensive of the densely populated coastal strip believed to be imminent. Читать дальше...

Middle East on 'verge of the abyss' UN warns, as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens Gaza crisis - UN News

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  1. Middle East on 'verge of the abyss' UN warns, as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens Gaza crisis  UN News
  2. Middle East on ‘verge of the abyss,’ UN warns as Gaza suffers and Israel prepares for offensive  CNN
  3. Dozens of Countries Scramble to Identify More Than 150 Citizens Held Hostage in Gaza  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Biden Says Hamas Barbarism "as Consequential as the Holocaust"  Newsweek
  5. "Innocent Civilians, Children Paying The Price": WHO Chief On Israel-Hamas War... Читать дальше...

NDLEA nabs wanted drug barons, seizes assets

The Punch 

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested two wanted heads of transnational criminal organisations, Okafor Williams and Hakeem Salami, with multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs and assets seized from them after weeks of intelligence-led operations across the country and outside Nigeria. The two drug barons were nabbed after an interception of consignments

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