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An inquiry into the murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in Britain finds there was a “fundamental failure” by state bodies and the killer’s parents to recognise and act on the risk he posed. Source link

Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, says he will resign from Congress following multiple sexual assault allegations.  Source link

Manila has accused China of poisoning waters around a ship where it has marines stationed, but Beijing has dismissed the allegations.  Source link

A record number of Hungarians turned out not just to send a strong message to their far-right prime minister, but to reject Donald Trump.  Source link

It began with a dish once served to Nixon in 1972. Now Beijing is using the same stage to reshape the Taiwan question. China is advancing a slower strategy: using economic incentives and political engagement to influence Taiwan’s future. Source link

Key insiders from Fiji’s largest-ever meth bust say the drug import had alarming links to organised crime in Australia. Source link

The case related to a Wall Street Journal article that described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper said was included in a 2003 album compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday.  Source link

Donald Trump’s looming blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will likely lead to confrontation warns a former 4-star general and former head of the CIA. Source link

A tense exchange between the United States and Iran, recorded by a sailor in the Persian Gulf who has been speaking with the ABC, shows the extremely fraught situation in the Strait of Hormuz, as a fragile ceasefire hangs in the balance. Source link

Donald Trump’s planned United States naval blockade of Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz reveals the president once again playing loose with the fortunes of financial markets and the global economy as he struggles to find a way out of the war that he and Israel started. Source link