Reopening

由于立法者和家属的施压，以及针对这场致命灾难应对措施的调查仍在进行，陷入困境的 Camp Mystic 组织于周四宣布暂停今年夏天重新开放的计划。在做出这一决定之前，Texas 的政治领导人以及去年 7 月深夜特大洪水袭卷这家女子基督教夏令营时遇难的 27 名年轻营员的家属，已表达了数月日益强烈的愤慨。该决定是在 Texas 立法者进行了数日尖锐质询后做出的，他们正在调查营地官员对 7 月 4 日毁灭性洪水的反应，该洪水夺走了营员和两名青少年辅导员的生命。营地所有者 Dick Eastland 也在洪水中丧生。继续阅读...

State upper house MP runs unopposed after initially being dropped during a preselection challenge. Follow today’s news liveGood morning, and happy Monday. Nick Visser here to take you through the day’s news. Let’s dive in. Continue reading...

• France's defense ministry announced 35 countries participating in military discussions for a defensive mission to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. • The talks address Iran's threats to toll or block the vital waterway, critical for global energy flows. • Initiative gains traction amid US pressure on allies, potentially easing oil price spikes affecting US consumers.

Defence chiefs have been discussing how to unblock the conduit for about a fifth of the world’s oil suppliesThe UK has offered to host an international security summit to draw up a “viable, collective plan” to reopen the strait of Hormuz as economic fallout from the Iran conflict continues.Defence chiefs have been discussing how they could unblock the vital shipping lane, through which about 20% of global oil supplies usually pass, amid the Middle East crisis unleashed by the US and Israel. Continue reading...