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https://www.newsweek.com/arrest-warrant-issued-for-jill-stein-after-court-no-show-12335181 Arrest Warrant Issued, Then Dropped, For Jill Stein After Court No-ShowAn arrest warrant was issued, and then subsequently dropped, for the Green Party's former presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein following a failed court appearance related to a 2024 assault charge. The case had a hearing on Monday at 9 a.m. Neither Stein nor her attorney attended, though prosecutors were in attendance. St. Louis Judge Karma Johnson said of Stein's absence, "There will be a failure to appear warrant for Ms. Stein," per St. Louis Magazine. The warrant was later dropped after Stein's attorney, Joseph Welch, appeared in court in the afternoon and Judge Johnson granted his request to have the warrant quashed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/18/italy-security-law-death-moroccan-man-police-custody-abderrahim-fakir 'Migration has been weaponised': Italy's security law criticised after death of Moroccan man in police restraintCase of Abderrahim Fakir is first in which legal shield giving police greater protection from prosecution has been invoked Video footage widely shared online showed him being handcuffed and forcibly restrained by police on a street in Pilastro, a neighbourhood in the north-east of Bologna. Fakir, a 42-year-old small business owner born in Morocco but who had lived in Italy since he was a child, was pinned to the ground by two police officers as emergency health workers looked on. He repeatedly begged for help before his body stopped moving. Fakir was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death is still being established, although an initial postmortem indicated lung compression. Fakir's is the first case in which a new legal shield giving public officials greater protection from prosecution if it can be demonstrated they acted in self-defence or within the line of duty, has been invoked. As a result, although prosecutors in Bologna are investigating the two officers and four healthcare workers in connection to an inquiry into involuntary manslaughter, they will not be formally registered as criminal suspects unless authorities determine the use of restraint was unjustified.

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y'all pay attention to the primaries in hawaii tomorrow... there's a decent chance that we may get Keohokalole in over Case, polling is very close: case voted for the save act keohokalole wants medicare for all and supports cutting all military funding to israel

TheJournal.ieConcerns over supporting data centres ahead of transport...Several aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector were later cut from the final version released to the public.Concerns over supporting data centres ahead of transport or housing scrubbed from government reportA DRAFT VERSION of the government's recent data centre report included several key aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector but were later cut from the final version released to the public. These included the opportunity cost of supporting data centres instead of housing, calls for mandated sustainability targets on water and energy use, and the impact of farmland used for data centre development.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/austria-breaks-heat-record-under-new-european-heat-dome/ Austria breaks temperature record under new European heat domeTemperatures in Vienna reached 41°C on Tuesday as hot air became trapped over Central Europe by a new 'heat dome'. Heat domes have become a defining feature of Europe's summer in 2026, with these atmospheric phenomena trapping hot air, supercharging temperatures in a region over several days while disrupting overnight cooling. This time, thermometers from Paris to Budapest climbed above 40°C. Vienna on Tuesday broke its all-time temperature record, according to Austria's meteorological institute, GeoSphere Austria.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/rapporteur-iceland-asks-brussels-to-stay-away/ Iceland asks Brussels to stay awayIceland's government wants to restart the country's stalled EU membership negotiations. It just does not want the EU helping it win the vote. Senior Icelandic government officials have publicly warned against foreign interference in the referendum campaign. Euractiv has learned that Reykjavík has delivered the same message behind closed doors to Brussels. Icelandic officials have asked the European Commission to stay out of the campaign ahead of the 29 August referendum, two EU officials told Euractiv. One said that senior EU figures were nevertheless considering ways to help the Yes campaign without upsetting Reykjavík. A Commission spokesperson denied the account, insisting that the institution does not intervene in national elections or referendums. Icelandic authorities declined to comment. But the referendum may be slipping away from Reykjavík. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir deliberately gave voters – and herself – a summer break from campaigning, hoping others would make the case for reopening negotiations. But with early voting under way, polls tied and rural Iceland turning against 'Yes', the government's attempt to depoliticise the referendum is beginning to look like political absence. Reykjavík seems reluctant to spend too much political capital on the campaign. The government's leading pro-negotiation figures have found time for several high-profile interviews with foreign media, but no cabinet minister is confirmed for a domestic head-to-head debate. Foreign Minister Þorgerður Gunnarsdóttir declined one despite being offered several dates. Frostadóttir appears to want to win a referendum without making it her referendum. The strategy has given opponents an obvious line of attack. Former foreign minister and No campaigner Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson accused the government of doing the country a disservice. "The less the people know about the EU, the more likely they are to say yes," he told Rapporteur.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/uk-france-germany-italy-warn-over-russias-south-ossetia-plans/ UK, France, Germany, Italy warn over Russia's South Ossetia plansThe four capitals issued a joint statement on the 18th anniversary of the Russia's 2008 war with Georgia The United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy on Friday, reaffirmed their support for Georgia's territorial integrity, warning that Russia's latest moves in the occupied region of South Ossetia raise concerns about a potential formal annexation. In a joint statement marking 18 years since Russia's 2008 war with Georgia, the four countries condemned Moscow's continued military presence in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and accused the Kremlin of violating international law and the 12 August 2008 ceasefire agreement. The statement comes amid renewed concerns over Russia's deepening political and military integration of South Ossetia. The governments pointed to the recently signed "Agreement on Deepening Alliance and Cooperation" between Moscow and the region's de facto authorities, saying it further undermines Georgia's sovereignty. The text also arrives shortly after the nomination of Marat Kambolov, a Russian federal administrator with personal links to Vladimir Putin, as the new 'president' of the breakaway region. The four countries urged the handful of countries that still recognise the territories as independent to reverse their decisions. Besides Russia and Nicaragua, these still include Syria and Venezuela despite the recent power shifts. On July 30, 2026, the Republic of Naoero (formerly Nauru) officially revoked its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states and ended all diplomatic ties.

https://balticsentinel.eu/8522244/spy-ranking-there-is-a-consensus-in-the-spy-community-that-slovakia-has-the-worst-intelligence-service-of-all-europe SPY RANKING ⟩ There Is A Consensus in the Spy Community That Slovakia Has The Worst Intelligence Service of All EuropeAccording to Etienne Girard, the journalist at the French magazine L'Express who compiled the new ranking of European intelligence services, the results contained two major surprises: the Netherlands' AIVD in third place and the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service in eighth. Ranking of European Intelligence Services United Kingdom — MI6 France — DGSE Netherlands — AIVD Ukraine — GUR/HUR Germany — BND Sweden — MUST Norway — ET Estonia — Foreign Intelligence Service Poland — AW Denmark — FE Romania — SIE Spain — CNI 13.–14. Finland — FDIA; Switzerland — NDB 15.–17. Italy — AISE; Belgium — VSSE; Czech Republic — ÚZSI Lithuania — AOTD Portugal — SIED Austria — DSN Latvia — SAB Services receiving zero points: Bulgaria's DANS, Croatia's SOA, Ireland's J2, Greece's EYP, Cyprus's KYP, Luxembourg's SREL, Malta's MSS, Slovakia's SIS, and Slovenia's SOVA.