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Overnight News Digest: It is nearly fall [1]
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Date: 2025-09-12
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From the BBC:
Bike gifted to round-the-world trip theft victim Isaac Ashe, and Monika Plaha A content creator from India who had his motorbike stolen 15,000 miles (24,140km) into a round-the-world challenge in the UK was left "speechless" at being gifted a new one. Yogesh Alekari had travelled through 17 countries on his black, white and orange KTM 390 Adventure before it was stolen while parked at Wollaton Park in Nottingham on 28 August.
From The Guardian:
‘Someone must know this guy’: four-year wedding crasher mystery solved Bride finally tracks down awkward-looking stranger she and husband noticed only when looking through photos Libby Brooks A baffled bride has solved the mystery of the awkward-looking stranger who crashed her wedding four years ago. Michelle Wylie and her husband, John, registered the presence of their unidentifiable guest only as they looked through photographs of their wedding in the days after the happy occasion.
From the BBC:
Defiant nuns flee care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps Bethany Bell Three Austrian nuns in their 80s have run away from the old people's home where they were placed and gone back to their former convent. Sister Bernadette, 88, Sister Regina, 86, and Sister Rita, 82, are the last three nuns at the Kloster Goldenstein convent in Elsbethen, just outside Salzburg.
From USA Today:
Feeling the Heat? These fossil fuel giants are to blame, new study says A new study finds more than 50 heat waves would have been "virtually impossible" without climate-change causing emissions from fossil fuel producers. Karissa Waddick Climate change increased the probability and intensity of more than 200 heat waves across the globe over the last two decades, according to a newly published study. The study, published Sept. 10 in the journal Nature, linked carbon emissions from some of the world’s top fossil fuel producers, including companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell, directly to the heat events.
From the BBC:
Epstein paid for Mandelson's travel in 2003, documents show Olivia Davies Jeffrey Epstein paid for Lord Mandelson's travel on two separate occasions in 2003 totalling more than $7,400 (£5,400), according to documents released by the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee. Mandelson was sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US on Thursday over his links to the late convicted paedophile.
From The Guardian:
Assisted dying bill is a ‘licence to kill’, Theresa May says Former prime minister makes comments as Lords debate legislation for England and Wales for first time Esther Addley The bill to legalise assisted dying is a “licence to kill” that puts vulnerable people at risk, Theresa May has said, as the legislation was debated in the House of Lords for the first time. The former prime minister said she opposed the bill because she said people in England and Wales with disabilities, chronic illnesses or mental health conditions could feel under pressure to end their lives, and “because there is a risk that legalising assisted dying reinforces the dangerous notion that some lives are less worth living than others”. She added: “I have a friend who calls it ‘the licence to kill bill’.”
Also from The Guardian:
Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: what’s gone wrong at Tate? The museum group is struggling with its identity – while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern art Jonathan Jones When a national institution starts to sound like Spın̈al Tap, you know it’s in trouble. Recently, Tate channelled the mythic rock band’s claim that its audience was not shrinking, just “becoming more selective”. In response to a decline in visitor numbers and a cash crisis leading to redundancies, the museum group emphasised “record numbers of young visitors” to Tate Modern (who cares about all those uncool visitors above the age of 35?). Yet in the summer, Tate’s director, Maria Balshaw, blamed the group’s problems on a dearth of 16-24-year-old visitors from continental Europe. So they appeal to youth, but the wrong youth?
And a last one (for now) from The Guardian:
The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones Editorial Sea life needs protection, and the UK’s current system of marine management isn’t up to it Up to 90% of the ocean floor around Britain is covered with sand and gravel, derived from the erosion of shell and rocks. Other, more unusual habitats include maerl beds, seagrass meadows and kelp forests. These biodiverse landscapes are home to 330 species of fish, as well as seals, seahorses and thousands of lesser‑known species – which share them with the offshore energy, fishing and shipping industries. Heightened awareness of pollution from sewage and plastics means that the public knows more about marine conservation than it used to. For his 99th birthday this year, the broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough made a film, Ocean, in which he described the seas as the planet’s “greatest life support system”, and urged people to get behind efforts to protect and renew marine nature.
From Al Jazeera:
Netherlands threatens to boycott Eurovision 2026 if Israel participates Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS says it would not take part in next year’s competition given the ‘severe human suffering in Gaza’. The Netherlands has announced it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision in Vienna if Israel participates, joining other European countries that have threatened to withdraw from the song contest over Israel’s war on Gaza. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, one of dozens of public broadcasters that collectively fund and broadcast the contest, on Friday said it would not take part in next year’s competition in Vienna if Israel participates, “given the ongoing and severe human suffering in Gaza”.
From Politico:
Loss for Trump as Denmark chooses Franco-Italian air defense system over US Patriots The decision comes after the U.S. president threatened to annex Greenland. Laura Kayali By Denmark has chosen the Franco-Italian SAMP/T air defense system over U.S. Patriots, in a massive win for Paris and a blow to Donald Trump. "The Danish Armed Forces are building a ground-based air defence that can protect civilians, military targets and critical infrastructure from threats from the air," the Danish Defense Ministry said Friday.
From Deutsche Welle:
Turkey: Erdogan rival Imamoglu stands trial Felix Tamsut 8 hours ago A trial has begun against Istanbul's deposed mayor and Turkish opposition leader, Ekrem Imamoglu, who is accused of forging a university degree. Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's jailed mayor, stood trial on Friday on charges of falsifying his university degree. Imamoglu, who is being held in a prison 80 kilometers away from Istanbul, is accused of "repeated falsification of official documents" regarding his degree, according to official documents.
From Al Jazeera:
Albania appoints AI bot ‘minister’ to fight corruption in world first Sceptics wonder whether ‘Diella’, depicted as a woman in traditional folk costume, will herself be ‘corrupted’. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has put an artificial intelligence-generated “minister” in charge of tackling corruption in his new cabinet.Diella, which means “sun” in Albanian, was appointed on Thursday, with the leader introducing her as a “member of the cabinet who is not present physically” who will ensure that “public tenders will be 100 percent free of corruption”.
From the BBC:
Ivory Coast's 'iron lady' - from hiding in a bunker to presidential hopeful Wedaeli Chibelushi Former Ivory Coast First Lady Simone Gbagbo has gone from hiding in a bunker in an attempt to avoid arrest to defiantly announcing she will run for president. In an extraordinary comeback, the controversial 76-year-old was this week surprisingly allowed to contest October's elections, calling on supporters to help "build a new nation".
From Al Jazeera:
Dinosaurs to supercrocs: Niger’s bone keepers preserve its ancient fossils The Sahel country is one of the few African nations to boast rare dinosaurs, but safeguarding them is a challenge. By Shola Lawal and Hannane Ferdjani Niamey, Niger – In a corner of the sprawling grounds of Niamey’s only museum – a unique, open-air style arrangement in Niger’s capital that doubles as a zoo – imposing fossil replicas of long-extinct animals stand in a corrugated iron stall. On a recent late Friday afternoon, the Boubou Hama National Museum was busy with scores of excited children. They shrilled, delighted by the rubbery grunts of the hippos near the replicas, and the faint roars of the lions further up.
From the BBC:
Nigerian pilot tests positive for alcohol after plane veered off runway Nkechi Ogbonna A pilot and co-pilot have tested positive for alcohol after the plane they were operating veered off the runway when landing in Nigeria. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) screened the pair after the accident in July, at the Port Harcourt International Airport. In addition, a crew member tested positive for cannabis. All 103 people on board the Boeing 737 at the time of the incident were unharmed.
From the BBC:
Anti-apartheid hero's new inquest should lead to justice, Biko family tells BBC Mayeni Jones A son of prominent South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko has told the BBC the family is confident a new inquest into his death 48 years ago will lead to the prosecution of those responsible. Seen as a martyr in the struggle against white-minority rule, the Black Consciousness Movement founder died from a brain injury aged 30 almost a month after being arrested at a roadblock.
Another from the BBC:
Kashmir's young are preserving history - one post at a time Bisma Farooq Bhat and Adil Amin Akhoon On a quiet summer afternoon in 2020, a calendar at a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir caught Muneer Ahmad Dar's attention. It featured a poem written in Kashmiri, the language spoken in the region. To his surprise, he struggled to read it. It made him wonder how his generation had slowly drifted away from their mother tongue, as other languages like English, Urdu and Hindi became more widespread.
From DW:
How can Indian cities become safer for women? Hridi Kundu 14 hours ago Is enough being done to ensure women's safety in India's fast-growing cities? Experts say a rethink on how public spaces are designed and built is needed. India have seen rapid expansion in recent decades, but a glaring reality casts a shadow over this growth — around 40% of women report feeling unsafe on the streets, in their neighborhoods and on public transport. This raises doubts about the effectiveness of urban planning in ensuring real safety for women. Cities inhave seen rapid expansion in recent decades, but a glaring reality casts a shadow over this growth — around 40% of women report feeling unsafe on the streets, in their neighborhoods and on public transport. This raises doubts about the effectiveness of urban planning in ensuring real safety for women. Mumbai ranks as safest, Delhi among the worst "Having lived in Delhi and now in Mumbai, I find Delhi streets are poorly lit and unsafe. I faced ogling, eve-teasing [public sexual harassment] and inappropriate touching on buses while I was a college student. Even in upscale areas, I was chased by drunk men. You are always on high alert, especially after 8:30 at night," said Bollywood costume designer, Manoshi Nath.
From NDTV:
How Nepal PM Contender's Husband Was Involved In 1973 Plane Hijacking Sushila Karki, former chief justice of Nepal and a likely frontrunner for the country's interim premiership, has drawn attention for her husband's role in a plane hijacking 52 years ago. Ms Karki is married to Durga Prasad Subedi, a former youth leader of the Nepali Congress, whom she reportedly met while studying at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi. Mr Subedi was reporterdly part of Nepal's first plane hijacking on June 10, 1973. On board the plane was Hindi film actress Mala Sinha.
From The Guardian:
North Korea executes citizens who distribute foreign TV shows, UN finds Human rights report highlights crackdown on personal freedoms in most restrictive country in the world North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign television shows, including popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, according to a UN human rights report. Surveillance has grown more pervasive since 2014 with the help of new technologies, while punishments have become harsher – including the introduction of the death penalty for offences such as sharing foreign TV dramas, the report said.
And the second to last story, also from The Guardian:
From rune megaphones to the number 88: Australia’s neo-Nazis have a new look after swastikas banned The far right have co-opted ancient Norse mythology to create a grab bag of symbols that allow them to continue to signal their white supremacy Tory Shepherd At far-right rallies in several Australian cities, neo-Nazis were photographed brandishing megaphones with unusual markings on them – ancient runic symbols, some with associations to white supremacism, while others meant “birch trees”. Far-right extremists are continuing a Nazi tradition of co-opting ancient Norse mythology to create a grab bag of symbols, allowing them to continue to signal their white supremacy now they can no longer legally display the Hakenkreuz (swastika) or the Nazi salute.
Also from The Guardian:
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