The world’s richest man may be working for President Trump’s America, but he makes billions of dollars by playing nice with China.

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Yisroel Liebb of New Jersey claims pilot broke lock and pulled him out with his pants down, leaving him exposed An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation, exposing his genitalia to other flyers during a flight from Tulum, Mexico, to Houston. Yisroel Liebb, of New Jersey, described his trip through allegedly unfriendly skies in a federal lawsuit this week against the airline and the US Department of Homeland Security, whose officers he said boarded the plane upon landing and took him away in handcuffs. Continue reading...

Overnight raid triggers fires in capital; talks involving Ukrainian, US and Russian officials due to start in Saudi Arabia. What we know on day 1,124 Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, hitting apartment buildings, killing two people, injuring others and causing several fires throughout the city, Ukrainian officials said early on Sunday. A woman died in the Dniprosvkyi district, the emergency services said, and another died in the Holosiivskyi district. Drones hit two high-rise buildings in Podil district and started fires there, said Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration. The attacks also sparked fires in at least two other districts, said the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko. Kyiv, its surrounding region and the eastern half of Ukraine were under air raid alerts, according to Ukraine’s air force. “Stay in shelters!” Klitschko wrote on Telegram. Talks between US and Ukrainian officials are scheduled to begin on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. A Washington source briefed on the planning of the meetings said the US side would be led by Andrew Peek of the national security council and Michael Anton of the state department, Reuters reported. After US officials meet the Ukrainians on Sunday night, they will meet Russian officials on Monday, Reuters reports. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said earlier this week, however, that Ukrainian officials would be present at the talks involving US and Russian officials but would not be in the same room as the Russians. Zelenskyy is expected to present a list of facility types that could be subject to a partial ceasefire on energy targets. The Kremlin said Russian and US experts were also due to discuss ways to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea at the talks in Saudi Arabia. Zelenskyy said on Saturday he had met top military commanders in Ukraine’s north-east to discuss the frontline as well as the upcoming talks with US officials. In social media images, Zelenskyy was seen in Kharkiv, a frequent target of Russian attacks. He said he discussed frontline sectors in Ukraine’s east as well as in western Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops remain seven months after a cross-border incursion. Authorities in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region brought in firefighting trains loaded with water on Saturday to help battle a blaze still raging at an oil depot after a Ukrainian drone attack. Regional officials said four trains were drafted into the site at Kavkazskaya, where the fire first broke out last Tuesday. Firefighters were tackling a fire still burning at one of the tanks at the site covering 1,250 square metres while also trying to cool other equipment at the site. On Friday, depressurisation of the burning tank triggered an explosion and the release of burning oil, Russian officials said. Continue reading...

Source involved says Dermer — who took the lead after PM's sidelining of Mossad and Shin Bet chiefs — hasn't maintained pace of professionals and his effort with Witkoff has failed

Treasurer seizes on shadow finance minister’s comments on ‘out of control’ disability insurance scheme * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Coalition has hinted at a more aggressive approach to containing the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in comments treasurer Jim Chalmers says would “send a shiver up the spine” of people relying on the $47bn program. The shadow finance minister, Jane Hume, said on Sunday that there was “more that can be done” to curb the scheme’s rapid growth. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

"The inclusion of China in a 'coalition of the willing' could potentially increase Russia's acceptance of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine," an unnamed EU diplomatic source reportedly told Die Welt.

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A giant fire near one of the world’s busiest airports knocked out power, and the cause was under investigation. Hundreds of flights were canceled or rerouted, and analysts said disruptions could last ...

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German customs officials have confiscated a tanker carrying 100,000 tons of oil, which they claim is a part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet,” weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported Frid...

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Constitutional reform passes last legislative hurdle days before outgoing parliament’s term expires

Eliminating department, which distributes billions in federal money to schools and manages federal student loans, would likely require act of Congress