Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Brazilian police arrest 2nd suspect in disappearance of journalist, Indigenous expert

Brazil Amazon

Brazil's federal police said Tuesday they arrested a second suspect in connection with the disappearance of an Indigenous expert and a British journalist in a remote area of the Amazon.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-police-arrest-missing-journalist-1.6489022?cmp=rss

Historic flooding forces Yellowstone National Park to get visitors out, close gates

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More than 10,000 visitors were ordered out of Yellowstone as unprecedented flooding tore through the northern half of the nation's oldest national park.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yellowstone-flooding-evacuation-1.6488893?cmp=rss

Iran preparing space rocket launch, satellite images suggest

Iran

Iran appeared to be readying for a space launch Tuesday as satellite images showed a rocket on a rural desert launch pad, as tensions remain high over Tehran's nuclear program.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-rocket-nuclear-1.6488525?cmp=rss

British government resolute as it begins deporting 1st asylum seekers to Rwanda

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Britain's first scheduled flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda was due to depart on Tuesday, with the government warning anyone who avoided it through last-minute legal challenges would be put on a later flight, despite the outcry from critics.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-rwanda-migrant-deportations-1.6487790?cmp=rss

Scotland's leader begins campaign for new independence vote

BRITAIN-POLITICS/SCOTLAND

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launched her campaign for a second independence referendum on Tuesday, arguing that Scotland would be economically better off outside the United Kingdom.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/scotland-independence-nicola-sturgeon-1.6487793?cmp=rss

Brutal honesty meets 'prudence': Canadian and U.K. parliaments dissect the Afghanistan withdrawal

Afghans flee to Hamid Karzai International Airport

Two Parliaments — the U.K. and Canadian — released reports recently on the chaotic withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan. The U.K. report was brutally direct in its description of the fallout for Afghans and British interests. The Canadian report was considerably more gentle.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-canada-united-kingdom-1.6487473?cmp=rss