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Axios: U.S. pushing to finalize plan for international Gaza security force

Would they come under the UN flag though?

They aren't UN peacekeepers, so I doubt it, they are (if it actually happens) something else.

Axios: U.S. sees Rafah tunnels crisis as potential model for disarming Hamas

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been released by their court of appeal. He'd served 20 days at La Santé prison out of a five-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy linked to illegal 2007 campaign financing from Libya. He described his imprisonment as a gruelling nightmare and there is an appeal set for next year.

I often hear people say "the Chinese would have built that in a third of the time for half the price" or similar.

Oh, would they now?

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/n...63239.html

And I thought that we had some silly laws.

"Speed walkers could be hauled before the authorities in a tiny European country after the government announced plans to fine pavement users who exceed 3.7 miles per hour. Pacey pedestrians perhaps pounding the pavement to the office can easily clock four or five mph, but now they could fall foul of the speed limit set in Slovakia."

(11-11-2025 20:57 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  I often hear people say "the Chinese would have built that in a third of the time for half the price" or similar.

Oh, would they now?

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/n...63239.html

But things are generally cheaper in China in comparison to the UK. For instance, a high end mobile phone contract typically costs about £30 in here in the UK, in comparison in China a high mobile phone contract typically costs about £10 (once you have done the currency conversion from Chinese Yuan)

So what is the current situation with this Russian intelligence ship? and at what point do we have to the right to escort it out of British waters - or is there actually nothing we can do?