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According to a report, Iran say 78 people were killed and atleast 320 injured during a night of intense fighting between Israel and Iran. Reportedly, ballistic missiles hit parts of Israel overnight and alerts were given for the public to take shelter. According to the report, three people were killed and dozens injured as explosions were heard in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Reportedly, a spokesperson for Israel said, Iran is very very close to reaching a nuclear capability, as I understand our intelligence, it was clear from now on we will not have the ability to strike if we do not do it now. When Iran understands the consequences of not signing a nuclear deal with the u.s. it will be easier for the u.s. president to achieve this deal.

According to reports, Israel’s ambition is not just to destroy Iran’s capability to manufacture nuclear weapons, they also want to bring down a regime that has threatened to destroy Israel. Reportedly, Iran still has around 2000 ballistic missiles and a capacity to produce more.

According to a report, Israel launched a major attack on iranian nuclear sites overnight which killed civilians including children, revolutionary guard chief Hossein Salami, other senior military figures and six nuclear scientists. Reportedly, this was followed by Iran firing 100 drones towards Israel, many of which were intercepted. According to the report, Israel has declared a state of emergency.

Reportedly, the israeli prime minister said, Iran has recently taken steps to weaponise enriched uranium which is a clear and present danger to Israel’s very survival.

According to reports, Iran has accused the u.s. of supporting israeli strikes but the u.s. say they were not involved. Reportedly, the u.s. president has asked Iran to make a deal on their nuclear programme, warning of even more brutal attacks.

According to reports, the body of Mohammed Sinwar was discovered in a tunnel network below the European hospital in southern Gaza following israeli strikes.

Reportedly, Mohammed is the brother of Yahya Sinwar who was killed by the israeli defence force in 2024. According to the report, he was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza in 1975 (his family moved from Ashkelon during the 1948 arab-israeli war).

Reportedly, Mohammed Sinwar joined hamas, the sunni palestiniann authority in Gaza in 1991, becoming a member of their military wing, the Al-Qassam brigades, and was ideologically influenced by hamas co-founder Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi.

According to the report, he became close to other hamas commanders and took part in the first uprising, being arrested by Israel in 1991. Reportedly, he was released but in 1992 he was accused of kidnapping and killing an israeli soldier and was arrested by the palestinian authority. According to the report, he spent 3 years in jail before escaping in 2000.
Reportedly, during the second uprising he planned attacks against israeli targets and oversaw rocket attacks. According to the report, from 2005-2016 he was the commander of hamas’s Khan Unis brigade and became involved in the abduction of israeli soldier, Gilas Shalit who was swapped in 2011 for 1,027 palestinian prisoners, including Sinwar’s brother Yahya.

Reportedly, Israel has made several attempts to assassinate him.

According to a report, the new pope, Robert Francis Prevost who became pope Leo XIV has been described by a former roommate as outgoing, down to earth and very concerned with the poor. Reportedly, pope Leo was born in Chicago in 1955 to parents of spanish and french/italian descent, both his parents were involved in the parish. According to the report, he served as an alter boy, was ordained in 1982 and moved to Peru three years later where he worked training young priests and teaching canon law. Reportedly, he is remembered for his work with marginalised communities and for helping to build bridges.

According to the report, Leo became arch Bishop in January 2023 and later that year Francis made him cardinal. Reportedly, he is the first member of the Augustine order to be elected pope. Thomas Aquinas, up to now one of the most influential theologians in the catholic tradition and Augustine have different attitudes to philosophy. Aquinas presented logical proofs that God exists while Augustine offered individual ways to know a God that he turned to in a search for life’s basic questions following a young life of physical excess. With Augustine the accent was on a personal spiritual experience rather than the sacraments, he particularly didn’t like the sacrament of confession. Anglicans are part of the Augustine tradition and ecumenicals may prefer Augustine. Time will tell if pope Leo will continue Francis’s reforms.

Choosing the name Leo may be significant. According to the report, the first pontiff called Leo (440-461) met Attilla the Hun and persuaded him not to attack Rome, and the last pontiff named Leo (1878-1903) wrote a treatise on workers’ rights.

According to a report, a colombian presidential candidate was shot three times while addressing supporters at a rally in a park in Bogota. Reportedly, Miguel Turbay who is in a critical condition was shot twice in the head and in the knee, a 15 year old suspect has been detained by police.

According to the report, Mr Turbay’s centro democratico party condemned the attack, calling it a threat to democracy and freedom in Colombia, and the u.s. secretary of state blamed the incident on violent leftist rhetoric coming from the highest levels of the colombian government. Reportedly, Mr Turbay’s wife has asked the nation to pray for his survival.

According to a report, more than 40 people have been arrested following a major drugs trafficking raid.

Reportedly, the gang who used a complicated communication system consisting of satellite terminals and coded language smuggled 3,800 kg of cocaine from South America to the Canary Islands, 100,000 euro was also seized.

According to a report, atleast 3 people have been killed and 21 injured in a russian drone attack in Kharkiv. Reportedly, residential buildings were hit by 50 drones in one of the most intense attacks on Ukraine’s second largest city since the war began. According to the report, Russia said it was a response to a major ukrainian drone attack on Sunday.

Reportedly, the ukrainian airforce said it had shot down a su-35 fighter jet over the russian Kursk region. According to the report, the su-35 has been modified by Russia to deploy glide bombs that have been causing widespread damage across eastern Ukraine.

According to a report, Israel said that they are arming palestinian clans in Gaza .Reportedly, the group’s aim is to protect trucks bringing aid into Gaza, and according to Israel they have been armed with kalashnikov rifles, some of which were seized from hamas. According to the report, the group have been operating in Rafah in an area under israeli control.

According to a report, Carol Nawrocki won the presidency in the polish election on Sunday. Reportedly, Mr Nawrocki, a traditionalist is backed by the Conservative Law & Justice party (PiS) and is said to be representing ordinary Polish interests, identity and security, which may complicate Poland’s relationship with the e.u.

According to the report, Mr Nawrocki has been congratulated by Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, and the french National Rally leader Marine Le Pen called the win good news for Europe and a setback for the Brussels oligarchy and it’s authoritarian policies. Reportedly, the new president promised to block nato membership for Ukraine.

According to a report, russian and ukrainian delegates are meeting in Istanbul on Monday for peace talks, but expectations are low.

Reportedly, Ukraine said that on Sunday it destroyed 40 russian war planes, that is 34% of Russia’s cruise missile carriers in an operation targeting 4 military bases.

According to the report, Ukraine first smuggled drones into Russia followed by mobile wooden cabins. Reportedly, 117 drones were hidden in the cabins which had remotely operated roofs and were hidden on trucks brought near the airbases until they were opened remotely. According to the report, people involved in the operation left prior to the attack.

Reportedly, ukrainian authorities said Ukraine had experienced a drone and missile attack over the weekend. According to reports, Russia currently controls about 20% of ukrainian territory, including the Crimean peninsula.