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☆ The Netherlands gifted Ukraine a fleet of F-16 fighter jets 9 years after Putin's proxies blew MH17 out of the sky, killing 196 Dutch passengers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Netherlands is sending up to 42 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help aid its war against Russia. The event marked the arrival of the first bodies of the victims of flight MH17, which was shot down over Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 298 passengers, including 196 Dutch nationals. Matthew LotzColijn said the tragedy also helped Dutch people contextualize Russia's war on Ukraine. REUTERSBut while the delivery of F-16 jets may seem symbolic, Colijn said it was largely a pragmatic move. The Dutch defense ministry has long been planning on phasing out its aging F-16 fleet, which it has been replacing with F-35s.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Mark Rutte, Chris Colijn, Matthew Lotz Colijn, Rutte, doesn't, Colijn, Piet Ploeg, Ploeg, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia Paul van Hooft, van Hooft, Van Hooft, I'm Organizations: Russia, Eindhoven Airbase, Service, Eindhoven, Malaysia Airlines Amsterdam, Ukraine —, Reuters, RTL Nederland, US Air Force, Fighting Falcons US Air Force, Tech, REUTERS, MH17, Foundation, Dutch, Hague, Strategic Studies Locations: Netherlands, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Kuala Lumpur, Russian, Russia

☆ Fact Check-Optical illusion makes Dodgers Stadium appear flooded
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The reflection of light on the wet parking lot of the Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles caused an optical illusion that made the area appear flooded on Aug. 20 following heavy rains from tropical storm Hilary, tricking social media users. Hilary brought heavy rains to Los Angeles on Aug. 20, flooding streets and downing power lines ( here). However, there is no evidence the stadium parking lot was flooded by the rains. The Los Angeles Dodgers also shared photos of the stadium and parking lot the following day (here) on X, formerly known as Twitter, commenting, “It looks beautiful this morning.”Joe Jareck, a spokesperson for the LA Dodgers, said in an email that the stadium was not flooded. Videos and photos of Dodgers Stadium during storm Hilary on Aug. 20 made the wet parking lot appear to be flooded, but it was an optical illusion.

Persons: Hilary, Grigoras, ” Grigoras, ” Joe Jareck, Read Organizations: Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, National Center for Media Forensics, University of Colorado, Reuters, Twitter, LA Dodgers, Fox Locations: Los Angeles, University of Colorado Denver, Local

CNN —The US has not seen indications that a missile downed the airplane Russian authorities say was carrying Wagner founder Yevgheny Prigozhin, according to four US officials. Another source familiar with the western intelligence echoed the US officials, saying there was no indication a missile was launched. Ryder also said that the Pentagon “doesn’t have any information to indicate right now” that the plane Prigozhin was on was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Some US officials were not altogether surprised when the news broke on Russian state media about the plane crash. The officials did not say that US had confirmation that Prigozhin was on the plane.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgheny Prigozhin, it’s, Patrick Ryder, Defense Department’s, Prigozhin, “ I’m, ” Ryder, Ryder, Vladimir Putin, I’m, Joe Biden, “, Putin, ”, ” Putin, Bill Burns, Antony Blinken, ” Burns, ” Blinken Organizations: CNN, Officials, Embraer, Pentagon, Defense, Russia’s, Wednesday, Donetsk People’s, ”, Biden, Kremlin, CIA, “, NATO Locations: Moscow, Russian, Russia, FlightRadar24, St . Petersburg, Tver, Donetsk, Donetsk People’s Republic, Kremlin

☆ An old video of Vladimir Putin saying 'betrayal' is absolutely unforgivable has resurfaced after Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The clip resurfaced on X, formerly Twitter, after Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crashed on Wednesday. The downing of Prigozhin's plane has fueled speculation that Putin was behind it. Russian media outlet RIA Novosti also released footage of what it claims is Prigozhin's plane spiraling out of the sky before hitting the ground. The circumstances of Prigozhin's plane crash have fueled speculation that Putin ordered his death. Wagner-affiliated social media channels have claimed unspecified air-defense systems in Russia took out Prigozhin's plane.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Putin, Wagner, Prigozhin, Ravil Maganov, Pavel Antov, Antov, Bill Burns Organizations: Service, TASS, Novosti, Russian, CIA Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russian, Tver, Moscow, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, India, Aspen

☆ Putin says Prigozhin 'made serious mistakes' in first remarks since plane crash that likely killed the Wagner boss
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow, April 8, 2023. WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his silence Thursday in quick, impersonal remarks to the families involved in the fatal plane crash believed to have killed Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. "With regard to this plane crash, first of all, I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of all the victims. The Pentagon said Thursday that initial intelligence indicates that the Wagner chief died in the Wednesday plane crash. "No real surprise here, it's a marker of how lethal, and how deadly and how unscrupulous Vladimir Putin is," Stavridis added.

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☆ Live updates: Three drones downed in Moscow region, mayor says; Russia strikes Ukraine's Danube grain facilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A building of the Moscow International Business Center, Moskva City, damaged after a drone attack on Aug. 23, 2023. Russia's Defense Ministry on Wednesday thwarted an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, downing three drones, the city's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. No casualties and only minor damage were reported in the sixth consecutive day of similar reported incidents on the capital. "This night, air defense shot down a drone in the Mozhaisk district of the Moscow region. The Defense Ministry said air defense forces had shot down two of the three drones over the wider Moscow region's Mozhaisky and Khimki districts.

Persons: Sergei Sobyanin, Sobyanin, — Karen Gilchrist Organizations: Moscow International Business, Russia's Defense, Defense Ministry, Mozhaisky, Moscow City Locations: Moskva City, Moscow, Mozhaisk, City, Khimki, Ukraine

☆ Opinion: Who the drone attacks on Russia are really aimed at
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Jade Mcglynn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Jade McGlyn Jade McGlynIt is the latest in more than 140 suspected Ukrainian drone attacks directed against Russia and its occupying forces on Ukrainian territory this year, according to the BBC. Does that mean the drone attacks are strategically pointless? Investigators work near a damaged roof following a reported Ukrainian drone shot down in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, August 18. Unlike in Russia, Ukraine’s population is not passive or depoliticised, as shown by its heroic fight for its sovereignty. The drone attacks probably won’t turn Russians against the war.

Persons: Jade McGlynn, “, Read, McGlyn, Volodymyr Zelensky, arrogate, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s, Igor Girkin, Shamil Zhumatov, pacifying, Vladimir Kara Murza, ”, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov Organizations: Center for Strategic, International Studies, CNN, Russia, BBC, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Kremlin, of Defence, Armed Forces, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Putin’s Russia, Russia, Ukrainian, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Adobe co-founder John Warnock dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

CEO and Chairman of Adobe Systems, Inc. Dr. John Warnock testifies before the U.S. Senate Joint Economics Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 6, 2000. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 20 (Reuters) - Photoshop maker Adobe's (ADBE.O) co-founder John Warnock died on Saturday aged 82, the company said in a statement early on Sunday. "It is a sad day for the Adobe community and the industry for which he has been an inspiration for decades," Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said in an email sent to employees. Warnock co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Charles Geschke. He retired as CEO in 2000 and was chairman of the board, a position he shared with Geschke, until 2017.

Persons: John Warnock, Larry Downing, Shantanu Narayen, Warnock, Charles Geschke, Nilutpal, David Goodman Organizations: Adobe Systems, Inc, U.S . Senate, Capitol, REUTERS, Adobe, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Ukraine lacks the drone capacity to strike enough targets in Russia to erode its 'will to fight,' retired US colonel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine lacks the drone capacity to conduct significant strikes in Russia, a war analyst says. Recent months have seen a spate of drone attacks in occupied Crimea and Moscow. Recent months have seen a spate of drone attacks in occupied Crimea and Moscow. Indeed, a reported Ukrainian drone strike Friday caused Moscow to shut down all four of its major airports, CNN reports. Ukraine can only use its own drones to strike inside Russia because of restrictions on using NATO weapons on Russian territory.

Persons: Bob Hamilton, Boris Alekseev, Yuriy Sak, Kelly Grieco Organizations: NATO, Service, Washington Post, CNN, US Army, Foreign, Research, Eurasia Program, Post, Moscow International Business Center, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Stimson, Army Tactical Missile Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Kyiv, United States

☆ Video of a Ka-52 attack helicopter being shot down in Ukraine hints Russia isn't learning what it should have by now, former US general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Jake Epstein | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ukrainian forces destroyed three Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters this week alone. One video circulating around social media shows the moment a helicopter gets shot down. Russian forces have benefitted from its Ka-52s for much of the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive, using them to inflict damage on enemy ground forces lacking adequate protection. Ukrainian forces have found success this week in downing the formidable Ka-52, which is Russia calls the "Alligator" and NATO calls the "Hokum-B." A Ukrainian soldier looks at fragments of the Russian Ka-52 helicopter destroyed by the Ukrainian army.

Persons: couldn't, —, Ben Hodges, It's, Hodges, Maxym, Russia's, Andriy Yermak, Russia shouldn't Organizations: Service, US Army, NATO, Air Defense Systems, Army, Stingers, RBS, Getty, BBC Russian Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Donetsk, Army Europe, Soviet, Ukrainian, Moscow, Asia

☆ Ukraine says it can shoot down Ka-52 attack helicopters but Russia needs to be stopped from making new ones
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine has found recent success in shooting down formidable Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters. His comments come as Ukraine appears to be finding ways to defeat the Ka-52 helicopters, which would mark a notable achievement for Kyiv's forces that have struggled against these assets. A Russian Ka-52 military attack helicopter during practice flights at Chernigovka air base in Russia. But Ukrainian forces have seen recent success in shooting downing the aircraft, indicating an improved air-defense capability among front-line forces. Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed in a Thursday Facebook update that it "intercepted" the two helicopters Yermak referred to in his Telegram commentary.

Persons: Andriy Yermak, Yermak, Sergey Pivovarov, Ukraine's Organizations: Russian, Service, NATO, CNN, REUTERS, Kyiv, Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine's, Staff of, Armed Forces, Facebook Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Donetsk, Asia, Russia’s Rostov, Moscow, North Korea, Iran, France, Bakhmut

Sydney, Australia CNN —A Sydney court on Thursday acquitted the founder of global megachurch Hillsong of covering up child sexual abuse committed by his father in the 1970s. Brian Houston learned of the abuse decades later and informed Church leaders but did not tell police. His father admitted the abuse and was defrocked, but was never charged and died in 2004. He founded the Hills Christian Life Centre with his wife Bobbie in Sydney in 1983, which grew into the Hillsong megachurch. Houston stepped down as Hillsong’s global senior pastor in January last year after police charged him with concealing his father’s crimes.

Persons: Australia CNN —, Brian Houston, Brett Sengstock, I’ll, ” Houston, Gareth Christofi, Sengstock, ” Sengstock, Houston’s, Frank Houston, “ Frank Houston, Houston, Bobbie, “, ” Organizations: Australia CNN, Sydney, Hillsong, The Downing Centre Local, Christianity, Christian Life Centre, Hillsong megachurch, CNN Locations: Sydney, Australia, Auckland , New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Indonesia, Japan

☆ Rishi Sunak’s Vacation: Taylor Swift and Disneyland. (The Rest is a Secret.)
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mark Landler | More About Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just last year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s political fortunes almost collapsed over his wealthy wife’s privileged tax status in Britain. Yet last week, when Mr. Sunak and his family spent a 10-day vacation at their multimillion-dollar penthouse apartment in Santa Monica, Calif., there was scarcely a peep about it in the British papers. The difference, analysts said, attests both to evolving views of Mr. Sunak, a onetime hedge fund manager who became prime minister last October, and to Downing Street’s shrewd media management of the Sunak family’s American vacation. The family stayed largely under the radar, emerging only for a carefully staged photo opportunity at an amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier, playing games on what was Mr. Sunak’s first vacation in nearly four years. He and his wife, Akshata Murty, also took their two young daughters, Krishna and Anoushka, to Disneyland, where, he said, he was excited to try a “Star Wars”-themed ride.

Persons: Rishi, Sunak, Downing, Santa Monica Pier, Sunak’s, Akshata Murty, Krishna Organizations: Santa Locations: Britain, United States, California, Santa Monica, Calif

☆ The Return of Tony Blair
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Stephen Castle | More About Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A decade and a half after Tony Blair left Downing Street, one issue still defines the former British prime minister in the eyes of many Britons: his disastrous decision to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. When Mr. Blair was given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II last year, more than a million people signed a petition demanding the honor be rescinded. Today, with the Labour opposition sensing rising power under the stewardship of its leader, Keir Starmer, Mr. Blair is suddenly, and rather remarkably, back in favor. For Mr. Starmer, embracing Mr. Blair sends a political message, underscoring Labour’s shift to the center. But the former prime minister also has charisma and communication skills that Mr. Starmer lacks, assets that could be useful as a general election approaches.

Persons: Tony Blair, Blair, Queen Elizabeth II, Keir Starmer, Starmer Organizations: British, Labour Party, Labour, Tony, Tony Blair Institute for Global Locations: U.S, Iraq

☆ D-backs rally past Rockies behind Christian Walker
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/46] Aug 16, 2023; Denver, Colorado, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (12) in the dugout in the third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Walker finished the series with four two-run home runs, and the last one proved to be a game winner. With the Rockies leading 7-6 in the eighth, Tommy Pham led off with a single off Tyler Kinley (0-1) and Walker hit his 28th homer into the Diamondbacks bullpen to make it 8-7. Walker hit a two-run homer off Austin Gomber in the first and McMahon answered with a solo homer in the bottom of the first, his 20th, to make it 2-1. Profar scored when Rodgers grounded into a force out to put the Rockies ahead 3-2.

Persons: Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Isaiah J, Downing, Christian Walker, Kyle Lewis, Corbin Carroll, Kyle Nelson, Paul Sewald, Ryan McMahon, Nolan Jones, Ezequiel Tovar, Brendan Rodgers, Walker, Tommy Pham, Tyler Kinley, Pham, Austin Gomber, McMahon, Tovar, Slade, Jurickson Profar, Ty Gilbert, Profar, Rodgers, Cecconi, Gomber, Carroll, Buddy Kennedy, Jake Bird, Nick Ahmed, Ahmed, Brenton Doyle, Jones Organizations: Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Coors Field, USA, Denver, Arizona, Colorado, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Thomson Locations: Denver , Colorado, USA

☆ What really is plus-size fashion? Experts weigh in on the term’s meaning
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But what’s really considered a plus-size body or garment? Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesThough there are no universal criteria for plus-size clothing, the general perception of what constitutes plus-size has changed over time. Sixty-seven percent of US women are considered plus-size, Downing Peters said. The dearth of plus-size clothing adds to a stigma that makes people with bigger bodies feel marginalized, she added. Other stores have meanwhile stopped separating standard and plus-size clothing into different departments, which may help eliminate stigma, Keist said.

Persons: Ashley Graham, Paloma Elsesser, Precious Lee, Tess Holliday, what’s, ”, Lauren Downing Peters, Mike Coppola, “, Marilyn Monroe, ’ ”, Carmen Keist, —, Downing Peters, Monroe wouldn’t, ” Downing Peters, it’s, Emma McClendon, Keist, Jeff Greenberg, ” Keist, ” “, Tim Wimborne, Mina White, White, Jacopo Raule, we’ve, lionizing, ’, Fang, Lane Bryant, Christian Siriano, Michael Kors, I‘d Organizations: CNN, Columbia College Chicago, New York, Bradley University in, Bettmann, Getty, St, John’s University, El, Fashion Group, Reuters, Vogue, Brands, Universal, Dia, Co Locations: Bradley University in Illinois, Korea, United States, United Kingdom, British, New York, El Corte, Spain, Sydney, Florence, inclusivity, Meijer

☆ U.K. Moves First Group of Asylum Seekers Onto Barge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Stephen Castle | More About Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thousands of migrants travel to Britain every year on small boats, risking their lives to cross the English Channel and hoping to claim asylum when they reach dry land. Fifteen asylum seekers between the ages of 18 and 65 were transferred onto the 222-room Bibby Stockholm on Monday, with more set to arrive in the coming days. Plans to make the barge operational were delayed several weeks by fire safety concerns. On Monday Downing Street said that checks were complete and the 47-year-old vessel was safe, though campaigners and some other groups disagreed. The Fire Brigades Union, which represents rank and file firefighters, said that barges housing asylum seekers were “a potential deathtrap,” describing the policy as “cruel and reckless.”

Persons: Bibby Organizations: Conservative Party, Monday Downing, Fire Brigades Union Locations: Britain, Bibby Stockholm

A “complicated and active” storm system swept across the Eastern United States on Monday evening, delivering widespread thunderstorms that killed at least two people, grounded thousands of flights and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. The line of storms barreled through a stretch from Georgia to New York, downing power lines, sending trees crashing into homes and tearing roofs from buildings, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service. At least one tornado was confirmed, just after 5:30 p.m. in the village of McGraw, about 30 miles south of Syracuse, N.Y. In Florence, Ala., a 28-year-old man died after he was struck by lightning in a parking lot in the city, about 60 miles west of Huntsville, local police said. And in Anderson, S.C., a 15-year-old boy was killed when a large tree fell and struck him, according to local fire officials.

Organizations: Eastern, National Weather Service, Weather Service Locations: Eastern United States, Georgia, New York, McGraw, Syracuse, N.Y, Florence, Ala, Huntsville, Anderson, S.C

☆ TikToker says she spotted the prime minister of the UK at her 7 a.m. Taylor Swift-themed SoulCycle class in Santa Monica
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A TikToker said she saw Rishi Sunak at a Taylor Swift-themed SoulCycle class in LA. The UK PM has previously confessed to being a Swiftie and is on vacation in Santa Monica. UK officials wouldn't be drawn on Sunak's exercise routine, but Sunak was on vacation in Santa Monica at the time described in the post. The TikToker — Hannah Harmelin — said she realized somebody important was in the class because of heavy security there. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Anoushka Sunak, Akshata Murty and Krishna Sunak at Santa Monica Pier on August 03, 2023 in Santa Monica, California.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Taylor Swift, Santa Monica –, wouldn't, Sunak, Hannah Harmelin —, Swift, Spears, Anoushka, Akshata Murty, Krishna Sunak, Emma McIntyre, Akshata Murthy, Oppenheimer Organizations: PM, Downing, Service, LBC, Santa Monica Pier, Stanford, Infosys Locations: LA, Santa Monica, Wall, Silicon, California, Santa Monica , California, Coachella

☆ Fact Check-Video of Zelenskiy with a robot in Ukraine is edited
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meeting and greeting former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022 has been edited to show Zelenskiy interacting with a robot in Kyiv. “New leaked footage of a robot sent to Ukraine from UK,” reads the caption in the video, with a “Breaking News” banner, shared on Facebook (here) (ghostarchive.org/archive/wn9JM). The edited video uses footage from an April 2022 Sky News report (here). Johnson met Zelenskiy in Kyiv on April 9, 2022, and discussed providing Ukraine with more financial and military aid, Reuters reported (here). Video does not show a robot sent to Ukraine from the UK.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Boris Johnson, ”, Rishi Sunak, Johnson, Zelenskiy, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, British, Sky Locations: British, Kyiv, “, Ukraine, Ukraine’s

☆ USA Today-publisher Gannett raises profit targets as ad demand rebounds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The corporate flags for the Gannett Co and its flagship newspaper, USA Today, fly outside their corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia, July 23, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File photo(Reuters) - USA Today-publisher Gannett Co boosted its annual earnings expectations on Thursday, as advertising demand recovers from post-pandemic lows. Gannett’s revenue from advertising and marketing services fell 8% to $353.3 million in the second quarter ended June 30 from a year earlier. Analysts on average expect 2023 profit of $8.2 million, according to Refinitiv data. The company reiterated annual revenue between $2.75 billion and $2.80 billion, above estimates of $2.74 billion.

Persons: Larry Downing Organizations: Gannett Co, USA, REUTERS, U.S . Federal Reserve, U.S ., Google, Gannett Locations: McLean , Virginia, U.S

That has drawn fury from climate protesters who have stepped up their campaigns, disrupting high-profile sporting events, classical music concerts and political speeches. loadingPictures posted online by Greenpeace UK on Thursday showed four protesters atop the property in Yorkshire, northern England, covering it in swathes of black fabric, while a banner read "RISHI SUNAK - OIL PROFITS OR OUR FUTURE?" Around two hours later at 11:00 BST (1000 GMT), four protesters were still on the roof with a sign saying "NO NEW OIL." Greenpeace said they were protesting the government's backing for new North Sea oil and gas licences and a proposed development of Equinor's (EQNR.OL) Rosebank oilfield, which is subject to a final investment decision. "We desperately need our prime minister to be a climate leader, not a climate arsonist," Greenpeace UK said.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Rishi, Read, Sunak, YouGov, Vladimir, Putin, William James, Farouq Suleiman, Kate Holton, Giles Elgood Organizations: Greenpeace, British, Greenpeace UK, Wednesday . Police, Sunak's Conservative, Thomson Locations: Yorkshire, England, Britain, California, Ukraine, Sunak's

☆ Zelenskiy says Ukrainian strength dominates, top officers report progress
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian accounts said Moscow's forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near Bakhmut, farther north where fierce fighting has also flared and on the southern front. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces faced fierce Russian resistance in all frontline sectors. Very fierce attacks," Zelenskiy said, referring to Bakhmut and other centres in the east. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had thwarted eight Ukrainian attempts to advance near Bakhmut and nearby areas. Two Ukrainian attacks were countered near Lyman and Svatove farther north and attempted advances in the south were also stopped.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Viktor Khorenko, Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Serhiy Cherevatyi, Cherevatyi, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Leslie Adler, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, Senior, Ukrainian, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk region, Russian, Bakhmut, Azov, Crimean, Moscow, Izmail, Lyman

☆ Activists cover Rishi Sunak’s mansion in black cloth after climbing onto the roof with ropes and ladders
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Martin Goillandeau Chris Liakos Laura Paddison | Martin Goillandeau | Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Climate activists draped black cloth over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s private mansion in northern England on Thursday, in a protest against his policy to “max out” the UK’s oil and gas resources in the North Sea. Four demonstrators from the environmental group Greenpeace managed to climb onto the Conservative party leader’s manor house in his North Yorkshire constituency of Richmond early Thursday. They used ladders and climbing ropes to access the roof, where they unraveled 200 square meters of “oil-black fabric” to cover part of the mansion, Greenpeace said in a statement. Greenpeace said Sunak’s announcement is a blow to the UK’s environmental goals. “We desperately need our prime minister to be a climate leader, not a climate arsonist,” said Philip Evans, Greenpeace UK’s climate campaigner.

Persons: Rishi, Sunak, greenlighting Rosebank, “, ”, Philip Evans, ” Evans, Downing, Putin, Kirby Sigston Organizations: CNN —, British, ., Greenpeace, Conservative, Richmond, International Energy Agency, Downing Street, CNN, Downing, North Yorkshire Police Locations: England, North, North Yorkshire, Europe, Southeast Asia, greenlighting, Kirby

☆ Cindy Crawford recreates her iconic Pepsi ad in ‘One Margarita’ music video
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —TikTok’s song of the summer, the ecstatically explicit “One Margarita,” just got a raucous new music video — with a cameo from none other than supermodel Cindy Crawford. In the music video, Crawford recreates her famous 1992 Pepsi Super Bowl ad, in which she visited a dusty vending machine at a general store to grab and gulp a cold Pepsi while young boys ogled her. With one margarita, Moore raps, she’ll “open her legs.” By the time she’s had five margaritas, well, even her partner is feeling open to experimentation. From Giant Music“One Margarita (The Margarita Song)” was originally improvised by Moore on the spot in May. The original 1992 Pepsi ad featured Cindy Crawford gulping down the soda in sweltering heat.

Persons: CNN —, Margarita, ”, Cindy Crawford, Chick Angel, Crawford, margarita, Rande Gerber, Angel Laketa Moore, Moore, she’ll, she’s, she'll, Kevin Fredericks, Cindy, tickled Moore, Fredericks, Casa, Steve Terrell, Carl Dixon, —, Saucy Santana, Cindy Crawford gulping, James Corden Organizations: CNN, Pepsi, Louisiana State University, Children’s Locations: Mexican, Madison , Wisconsin

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