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- Deadly train crash in Spain raises questions over railway safety
- Tanker attack raises tensions in the Strait of Hormuz
- UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara set to expire
- Ebola death toll in DR Congo passes 5,000
- Poland’s constitutional court crisis escalates
- US approves $2.1bn Patriot missile sale to Ukraine
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- RechercheThe article reports that normal protocols would have limited a train on the fallback signalling system to 40 km/h according to line of sight, rather than normal speed; the Lateral Signalling Block is described as a backup used when automatic signalling or data transmission fails.
- Deutsche WelleIndia news: Tanker carrying 27 Indians attacked in Hormuz
- RechercheIran’s Revolutionary Guard said four tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after striking naval mines while travelling on routes Tehran described as unauthorised.
- RechercheMorocco’s royal palace welcomed the failure to renew the mission and said it should mark the end of the Security Council’s involvement. Polisario representative Sidi Omar said the US draft would have undermined Sahrawi self-determination and independence.
- RechercheThe article describes this as the second-largest Ebola outbreak, behind the 2014–2016 epidemic, which infected more than 28,600 people and killed more than 11,000 across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
- The GuardianRiot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended | Poland | The Guardian
- Al JazeeraPoland’s president joins protest amid constitutional crisis at top court | Protests | Al Jazeera
- Al JazeeraUS greenlights $2.1bn Patriot missile sale to Ukraine
- The GuardianUkraine’s Zelenskyy praises US over $2.1bn Patriot missile deal but warns it could take years