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Monday briefing: How the new phase of confrontation at al-Aqsa signals a challenge to the status quo

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Monday briefing: How the new phase of confrontation at al-Aqsa signals a challenge to the status quo

In today’s newsletter: Jerusalem’s most volatile site has again become a flashpoint, with Arab states and former Israeli officials sounding the alarm over Benjamin Netanyahu’s complicity Good morning. In late July, Itamar Ben-Gvir, West…

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Ford Fathom: New budget electric ute named and priced

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Ford Fathom: New budget electric ute named and priced

The new affordable dual-cab ute will be Ford’s cheapest electric vehicle when it goes on sale in the US in 2027, and could make its way to Australia.

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Liberia: District 10 By-Election Deadline Falls Friday, Court Yet to Rule

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA - Montserrado County District 10 has gone nearly four months without a representative in the House, and the outer constitutional deadline for holding a by-election to fill the seat falls this month, with…

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Liberia: Prison Officer Wants Cocaine Suspects Held Outside Liberia, Hints Prison Break

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA - The senior officer who ran daily operations at Monrovia Central Prison says the police operation that pulled him off his post on Aug. 1 was staged in a way that could have set off a mass prison break at a…

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Liberia: Senate Judiciary Chair Urges Police Chief to Step Aside in Drug Probe

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA - Liberia's police inspector general and other senior security officials should step aside from the drug trafficking investigation, the chairman of the Senate judiciary committee said, warning that…

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Nigeria: State Police Won't End Insecurity, Tackle Poverty First - ADP Chieftain Tells Tinubu

[Leadership] A United States-based entrepreneur and chieftain of the opposition Action Democratic Party (ADP), Chris Emejuru, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to proceed with caution over the proposed establishment of state policing…

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Nigeria: Military Airstrikes Wound Iswap Commander, Kill 4 in Lake Chad

[Leadership] A series of military airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) around the Lake Chad region has severely wounded a prominent commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and…

Woman questions hosepipe ban while leak not fixed

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Woman questions hosepipe ban while leak not fixed

Linda Kirby says she reported the leak in June.

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Nigeria: NAF Airstrikes Kill ISWAP Commander Khalid Al Muhajir, 8 Others in Borno

[Leadership] The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrike has eliminated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) Commander Abu Khalid Al Muhajir, and eight others following a precision air strike in Borno State