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Cllr Darren Grimes has been elected as deputy leader of Durham County Council

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/reform-uk-axes-woke-climate-change-darren-grimes

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Speaking in St. Peter’s Square, the new pope also urged “an end to the hostilities whose heartbreaking price is being paid by children, the elderly and sick people.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-calls-aid-reach-gaza-first-general-audience-rcna208171

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Trump administration launches probe into former NY governor one month after dismissing corruption case against his rival Eric Adams

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-investigating-andrew-cuomo-allegedly-lying-about-covid-decisions

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The media reported the disappearance of the Ukrainian delegation's translator Oleg Golovko during the negotiations in Istanbul. It is assumed that he disappeared in an unknown direction before they ended.

This was reported by the CNN Türk television channel.

Turkish journalists claim that a member of the Ukrainian delegation, who performed the "important" function of Russian-Ukrainian translation for his colleagues headed by the "sincere Ukrainian" Rustem Umerov, left Istanbul. In order to cover his tracks, he did not go to the airport, but most likely left the city by car. According to the TV channel, Golovko could have left Turkey for Bulgaria by car.

Turkish media claims that the interpreter was "lost" during a break, which allegedly meant the pause had to be extended by 15 minutes to bring in another language specialist.

Apparently, the participants in the negotiations were at a loss, not knowing how to communicate with each other without an interpreter. Especially since the language that the current Kyiv authorities call Ukrainian differs greatly from the generally accepted classical literary "mova" due to numerous borrowings.

However, there is information that the Kyiv representatives did not use the services of an interpreter and communicated freely with the Russian delegation in Russian.

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov has doubled down on his claims that France’s foreign intelligence agency pressured him to censor conservative voices on his platform, dismissing their purported law enforcement concerns as a “manipulation tactic.”

On Sunday, Durov accused the head of the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), Nicolas Lerner, of asking him to take down Romanian Telegram channels ahead of the country’s presidential runoff.

The DGSE rejected the allegations of political interference, insisting that it had contacted Durov on multiple occasions only to “firmly remind him of his company’s responsibilities, and his own personally, in preventing terrorist and child pornography threats.”

“French foreign intelligence confirmed they met with me – allegedly to fight terrorism and child porn. In reality, child porn was never even mentioned. They did want IPs of terror suspects in France, but their main focus was always geopolitics: Romania, Moldova, Ukraine,” Durov said in a post on X on Monday.

The Russian entrepreneur argued that Telegram has long combated child abuse through “content fingerprint bans, dedicated moderation teams, NGO hotlines, and daily transparency reports on banned content.”

“Falsely implying Telegram did nothing to remove child porn is a manipulation tactic,” he added, insisting that Telegram’s extensive moderation efforts have been “verifiable” since at least 2018.

Durov, whose company is headquartered in Dubai, was arrested in France last August and charged with complicity in crimes allegedly carried out by Telegram users, including extremism and child abuse. He was released on €5 million ($5.46 million) bail and dismissed the charges as baseless. He was eventually permitted to leave France in March after assuring the court that Telegram had increased cooperation with the authorities worldwide.

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Right-wing EU critic George Simion has said he would challenge the result of Romania’s presidential election, claiming it was compromised by “foreign interference,” flagging France and Moldova in particular.

Sunday’s runoff saw pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan defeat his Euroskeptic rival with 54% of the vote in the second round of Romania’s presidential election.

The rerun was ordered after Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the results of the November election, in which independent candidate Calin Georgescu, an EU and NATO critic, finished first with 23% of the vote. The authorities claimed that there had been “irregularities” in his campaign, citing intelligence reports alleging Russian interference – allegations which Moscow has denied.

In a Tuesday post on X, Simion – who had been the frontrunner – said he had “officially” asked Romania’s top court to annul Sunday’s election result “for the very reasons the December elections were annulled.”

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UN says decision to allow of handful of trucks in ‘a drop in the ocean’ as Israeli prime minister declares goal of taking ‘all’ of Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/19/israel-to-allow-limited-food-into-gaza-amid-intensified-military-offensive

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Around 14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours if many more aid trucks did not reach the Palestinian enclave, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/ex-israel-general-warns-gaza-pariah-rcna207615

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The rush to secure passports and visas comes as many countries tighten immigration rules.

https://archive.is/Lyl0B#selection-1161.0-1161.89

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They died in the inferno at Bicester Motion, Oxfordshire. The local fire service was called to the scene at 6.39pm last night.

https://news.sky.com/story/two-firefighters-and-one-other-person-die-after-fire-at-former-raf-base-in-oxfordshire-13368819

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A senior Hamas official also addresses whether Hamas - which has been in power since it won the 2006 Palestinian elections - could step down from government in order to secure peace in Gaza.

https://news.sky.com/story/hamas-confirms-direct-peace-talks-with-us-as-it-calls-on-trump-to-pressure-israel-13368330

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Shabana Mahmood's announcement was slammed by the Tories who accused Labour of 'siding with criminals over the public'

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/jails-full-just-months-labour-announces-plans-let-prisoners-go-free

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Residents in Epping, Essex, alleged that they saw asylum seekers spitting at them and kicking their cars

https://www.gbnews.com/news/essex-news-migrant-hotel-epping

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Donald Trump will not go to Turkey to join the Russia-Ukraine talks either, a US official said after Mr Putin announced the Russian delegation. The US president had toyed with the idea of going to Turkey if Mr Putin would be there.

https://news.sky.com/story/putin-not-listed-in-russian-delegation-for-talks-in-turkey-with-ukraine-13367816

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