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#politics
Le Monde: Global plastic pollution treaty talks extended in 'haze' of confusion
Negotiations in Geneva on a global plastic-pollution treaty were extended by a day, with no clear end in sight.
A split bloc stalemate: the High Ambition Coalition seeks bold cuts, while the Like-Minded Group pushes a waste-management focus; Macron urged action.
Breitbart: While Fire Victims Struggle to Rebuild, Gavin Newsom Sends Resources to Puerto Rico
Newsom sends emergency resources to Puerto Rico ahead of a tropical storm as California battles wildfires.
Breitbart claims he downplays CA predeployment failures, cites past vacations and a 2028 bid, and ties Puerto Rico aid to national politics.
Breitbart: Democrats Fume over Federal Agents Gathering for Immigration Raid
About 100 federal agents gathered outside Newsom’s Downtown L.A. press conference near Little Tokyo as he spoke at the Japanese American National Museum.
Bass says timing was a provocation to embarrass Newsom; DHS says CBP patrols LA daily and enforces the law.
#society
GB News: M6 chaos: Drivers warned of severe delays near Birmingham Airport as HGV fire causes hours of congestion
HGV fire on the M6 southbound near Birmingham Airport has closed J4–J3. Fire crews extinguished the blaze; smoke is clearing.
Diversion via Hollow Squared signs: exit J4, take A446/A45/A46 to rejoin at J2. Extra lane opened; M6 Toll advised. Normal traffic by 12:45–1pm.
#war
Times Of Israel: Ben Gvir filmed visiting cell of Palestinian terror convict Barghouti, taunting him
Ben Gvir taunts jailed Marwan Barghouti in a video that drew PA outrage; Barghouti’s family says he’s in solitary and beaten, claims IPS denies.
Barghouti remains a popular PA figure; Hussein al-Sheikh condemns the clip and pushes for international protection for prisoners.
#foreignaffairs
Le Monde: Mexico steps up cooperation with the US on drug trafficking
Mexico says 26 drug traffickers were transferred to U.S. prisons; 988 officers were involved. Harfuch: not extradition, a transfer under a U.S. judiciary request with no death penalty.
Experts say it reflects U.S. pressure to curb fentanyl exports, framed as national-security cooperation.
#religion
The Imaginative Conservative: A Poem for the Assumption of Mary
The Assumption is a Catholic dogma defined in 1950; its ancient roots are debated and the New Testament offers no eyewitness account.
Jerusalem sites claim Dormition and Mary’s tomb; the piece notes uncertainty and a poet’s meditation on die or fall asleep.
#culture
The Imaginative Conservative: "Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God"
Tavener's Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God (1985) is the second Marian devotion.
Its text, drawn from the Orthodox Dormition Feast (Aug. 15), repeats "bury my body in Gethsemane" and "receive my Spirit" three times in different musical settings