Security guard finds fame as designer of duct tape signs

 

Rescue team enters flooded cave in Laos in effort to free seven people

 

Divers who helped in the dramatic rescue of a young Thai football team in 2018 have joined efforts to free seven people who have been trapped for five days inside a remote, flooded cave in central Laos.

The group entered the cave in Xaysomboun province on Wednesday to hunt for wildlife and search for gold, reports suggest. Heavy rain led to landslides, which blocked the cave entrance.

Laos' communist government, which tightly controls the country’s media, could not be reached for comment.

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Alexiane A Million On My Soul Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets

 

Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse

 

Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detainees

Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked a diplomatic crisis by publishing footage of Israeli security forces abusing international activists who were detained as they tried to sail to Gaza with aid.

There was a rapid and furious response from countries whose citizens were onboard the boats, including the UK, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Ireland, in many cases delivered in person from the top of government.

The hidden toll of the US-Israeli war on Iran

 

Has the US-Israeli war on Iran worsened human rights in Iran? Amnesty International has documented a spike in executions in Iran under the cover of war. DW speaks to Amnesty International’s Iran researcher Raha Bahreini, who says the regime is increasingly using the death penalty to crush dissent.

Israel’s Image Crisis: Becoming Too Big to Spin?

 

As criticism of Israel mounts over its wars on Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, along with the escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank, the country is ramping up its PR offensive.

From a carefully managed appearance of Benjamin Netanyahu on CBS’s 60 Minutes to a major expansion of Israel’s Hasbara operation, the push includes pouring money into digital campaigns and media messaging.