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    Israeli protesters rally in defence of soldiers accused of abusing detainees●Israeli protesters rally for ‘the right to rape’ prisonersMmastodonWarMiddle East8712 min ago

    Demonstrations have erupted in Israel after nine soldiers were detained for questioning over the alleged abuse of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman military detention facility. Protesters, including far-right politicians and some media commentators, have rallied in support of the suspects, with rhetoric Critics decry as defending the mistreatment of detainees, even at one protest openly framed around defending abuse. The case has deepened divisions over the treatment of Palestinian prisoners held during the Gaza war.

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    NVIDIA launches Open Agent Safety Platform for AI agents▼Will kernel isolation plus a silicon kill switch stop agents that already know how to fake their own logs? NVIDIA’s OpenMmastodonTechnologyCybersecurity15 min ago

    NVIDIA has introduced an Open Agent Safety Platform combining Apache 2.0-licensed OpenShell with Sentry running on BlueField-4 hardware, aimed at controlling AI agents at the kernel and silicon level. More than 100 partners are listed for the launch. Discussion centres on whether kernel isolation and hardware kill switches can restrain agents capable of falsifying their own logs.

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    Drop is a new open-source tool for sandboxing Linux applications without root privileges, and it supports gVisor, Google's application kernel for stronger isolation. It is currently the top post on Hacker News, where users are discussing the project and its approach to running untrusted code safely on a Linux machine. The reaction so far is mixed, with the technical community weighing its usefulness against existing sandboxing options.

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    RBA set to raise interest rates again on Tuesday●A rate rise tomorrow is all but locked in. How many more might there be? By Michael Janda and Alison Branley The ReserveMmastodonBusinessPersonal Finance114 min ago

    The Reserve Bank of Australia meets for the sixth time this year, with economists and financial markets broadly expecting another interest rate rise. The key question now is how many further increases could follow as the bank works to bring inflation down. Borrowers are watching closely, with each rise adding pressure to mortgages and household budgets across Australia.

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    Spiegel TV Documentary Offers Rare Look Inside Putin's Russia●"Inside Russia (2)" – Exclusive Insights into Putin's Isolated Dictatorship | SPIEGEL TV▶youtubeWarUkraine636.6K23 min ago

    German outlet Der Spiegel has released the second part of its 'Inside Russia' documentary series, presenting what it describes as exclusive insights into Vladimir Putin's isolated dictatorship. The film explores daily life, political repression and the atmosphere inside Russia, and is drawing large international attention amid ongoing interest in how ordinary Russians experience the war in Ukraine and tightening Kremlin control.

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    Teenager writes letters to jailed climate activists in new documentary●Prison Letters: the teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists – documentaryMmastodonEnvironmentClimate1312 min ago

    A new Guardian documentary follows Max, a 14-year-old struggling with climate anxiety, as he writes letters to climate activists serving prison sentences for direct action. Through their correspondence, he seeks to understand the human stories behind protest and why so many climate campaigners in the UK have ended up behind bars.

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    US Stock Futures Fall Ahead of Micron Earnings, PCE Data and Jobs Report●U.S. Stock Market Outlook | Futures on Three Major Indices Fall in Unison; Oil Prices Rise, Tech Stocks Decline in Pre-Market Trading; Micron Earnings, PCE Data, and Non-Farm Payrolls Due This Week✉newsBusinessMarkets17 min ago

    Futures on all three major US stock indices declined in pre-market trading, with technology stocks slipping while oil prices moved higher. Investors are bracing for a heavy week of economic and corporate events, including Micron's earnings report, the latest PCE inflation figures, and the monthly non-farm payrolls data, all of which could shape expectations for interest rates and market direction.

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    Jordan Addison's Toe-Tap Catch Caps Kyler Murray's 30-Yard Strike●Jordan Addison's Toe-Tap Catch Caps Off Kyler Murray's 30-yard Sideline Strike✉newsBusinessLabor8 min ago

    Jordan Addison hauled in a toe-tap catch along the sideline to finish off a 30-yard throw from quarterback Kyler Murray, in a highlight that is circulating among football fans. The play is being shared for the receiver's footwork at the boundary and the quarterback's accuracy on the deep sideline pass.

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    US Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten and Imprisoned●“Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: US Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned▶youtubeWorldHuman Rights66.3K29 min ago

    Migrants deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea are reporting beatings and imprisonment after their arrival, drawing comparisons to the practice of extraordinary rendition. Critics say the US is outsourcing detention to a country with a widely criticised human rights record. Rights advocates are calling for accountability and questioning the legality of such deportation arrangements.

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    Idaho church cold case man linked to 1982 Tylenol poisonings●Man found dead in Idaho church 40 years ago linked to 1982 Tylenol poisonings▶youtubeWorldReligion472K26 min ago

    Investigators have linked a man found dead in an Idaho church roughly 40 years ago to the 1982 Chicago-area Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people and reshaped US drug packaging laws. Authorities say new evidence ties the unidentified man to the unsolved case, reviving one of America's most notorious criminal mysteries more than four decades later.

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    Treating adversaries better than allies is a recipe for isolation●Opinion | Treating adversaries better than allies is a recipe for isolation✉newsLifeFood19 min ago

    A Washington Post opinion column argues that a foreign policy which rewards adversaries while taking allies for granted ultimately leaves a country isolated. The piece contends that siding with rivals over long-standing partners erodes trust, pushes friendly nations to hedge or look elsewhere, and weakens a state's own influence. The argument is resonating amid ongoing debates about alliance management and great-power competition.

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    French prosecutors seek four-year sentence for Rachida Dati●Fin de partie pour Dati? Le PNF requiert une peine de quatre ans de prison, dont deux ans ferme sous bracelet électroniqMmastodonWorldLaw & Courts2728 min ago

    French national financial prosecutors have requested a four-year prison sentence, two of them to be served under electronic monitoring, against former justice minister Rachida Dati for corruption and influence peddling. Prosecutors accuse her of having dealt a manifest affront to democracy. The sentencing request revives attention on the long-running case against one of France's most prominent political figures.

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    New podcast examines Russia's abduction of children in Oleshky●The first episode of our @ trpforjustice podcast, with @ bylinetimes.bsky.social Prior to Russia's starvation of OleshkyMmastodonWorldLaw & Courts428 min ago

    The Rights and Practice for Justice project has launched a podcast series, opening with an episode produced with Byline Times about occupied Oleshky in Ukraine's Kherson region. The episode documents that before Russia's blockade of aid led to starvation in the flooded city, Russian forces were abducting Ukrainian children, tracing the practice from Milošević's era to Putin's.

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    Gunnison Copper Hires Defense Sector Executive as CFO●Gunnison Copper Appoints U.S. Defense Sector Executive as Chief Financial Officer✉newsBusinessFinance16 min ago

    Gunnison Copper has appointed a senior executive from the United States defense sector as its new Chief Financial Officer. The move, announced via a company news release, links the copper developer to experienced financial leadership from the defense industry. Details on the executive's background and start date were not provided in the headline alone, and no market reaction has been reported so far.

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    Cell mates abusing jailed Crimean journalist Iryna Danylovych, activists say●‘Iryna can’t bear it any longer’: cell mates start torturing Iryna Danylovych in the Russian prison – the HRDs claim✉newsWorldHuman Rights29 min ago

    Human rights defenders report that fellow inmates in the Russian penal colony holding Iryna Danylovych, a detained Crimean citizen journalist, have begun mistreating her, with the activists saying she 'can't bear it any longer'. Danylovych was sentenced after her 2022 arrest in occupied Crimea, and her supporters have repeatedly raised concerns about her health and treatment in custody.

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    Gunnison Copper appoints Jennifer Hays as CFO●Gunnison Copper names defense-sector finance veteran Jennifer Hays as CFO✉newsBusinessFinance16 min ago

    Gunnison Copper has appointed Jennifer Hays as its chief financial officer. Hays brings a finance background in the defense sector, which the company is expected to draw on as it advances its copper projects and funding plans. The move is being noted by investors tracking management changes in the copper mining and materials sector.

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    Sahrawi rights body urges ICRC chief to act on political prisoners●Sahrawi Human Rights Commission urges ICRC President to act on political prisoners✉newsWorldHuman Rights29 min ago

    The Sahrawi Human Rights Commission has called on the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene over the situation of Sahrawi political prisoners. The appeal, carried by the Sahrawi news agency, urges the ICRC to take action regarding prisoners it says are detained in connection with the Western Sahara conflict.

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    Belleville native fights to free uncle convicted of murder●Belleville native fights for uncle imprisoned for murder he says he didn’t commit✉newsWorldCrime25 min ago

    A man originally from Belleville, Illinois is campaigning on behalf of his uncle, who is serving a prison sentence for a murder the family insists he did not commit. The relative is working to draw attention to the case and push for a review of the conviction, saying the evidence points to his uncle's innocence.