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Pete Ross on Global News Podcast
Halk TV, Turkey’s main private opposition channel, was raided and shut down in Istanbul, with a state-appointed trustee taking control after a 6:30 AM police operation. Prosecutors cited bribery, tender-rigging and money-laundering allegations, while 11 people were detained and the channel and owner called it an attack on democracy.Pete Ross on Global News Podcast
Thousands of students protested for a second consecutive night in Tirana, Albania, demanding the prime minister’s resignation over university conditions, jobs and corruption. Demonstrators attacked the constitutional court and set it on fire, while police said Molotov cocktails injured officers and a European Union delegation reported excessive police force.Pete Ross on Global News Podcast
A four-lane bridge across the Yalu River between China and North Korea has opened after more than a decade on hold. The project is expected to carry mostly freight and signal closer relations and increased trade as North Korea deepens ties with Russia and sends troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.Chris Coons on Global News Podcast
US Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged restoring intelligence sharing and public support for Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine. He said 12 senators urged Donald Trump to respect the law blocking Russian oil and gas imports after his agreement with Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel.David Sillitoe on Global News Podcast
Irish author Sally Rooney can no longer sell new books in Britain because of her support for Palestine Action, a group proscribed last year. Publisher Faber suspended further UK publishing, saying legislation prevents it passing her earnings, while existing books remain on sale and Rooney says royalties could breach terrorism laws.Pete Ross on Global News Podcast
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says Nairobi, Kenya, hosting the 2029 World Championships should leave Africa a new facility and expertise. The event covers 46 disciplines, lasts more than nine days and expects 2,000 athletes, while more than 140 Kenyan athletes have been suspended for doping since 2017.Pete Ross on Global News Podcast
Skia, a six-year-old black Labrador working at low tide on Scotland’s west coast, was named Animal of the Year by a UK charity. She detects invasive carpet sea squirts, also called sea vomit, by scent under seaweed, helping find creatures that can smother native wildlife and damage marine environments and economies.Pete Ross on Global News Podcast
Federico Veronese won Wildlife Photographer of the Year for a black-and-white image of a female elephant carrying a dead calf in Namibia’s Huab River Valley. Researchers later said the elephant was not the calf’s mother and had carried dead calves, including others, since suffering a miscarriage two years earlier.