Pete Buttigieg was caught blushing after a retired teacher praised his speaking skills—in an apparent jab at President Donald Trump.
“It’s a complete pleasure to be able to hear somebody speak in complete sentences,” the man told a town hall led by former transportation secretary Buttigieg in Iowa on Tuesday.
The room erupted in cheers and applause, and many people rose to their feet in appreciation of the former teacher’s quip, which didn’t mention Trump by name, but appeared to be aimed at the Republican president. A bashful Buttigieg responded, “I do my best.”
Members of the veterans’ group VoteVets Action Fund attended the town hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday. It is where Buttigieg won a Democratic primary in his unsuccessful bid to run for president in 2020.
The former teacher asked Buttigieg to speak to a court case in Oklahoma about the separation of church and state, and about tax money being spent on religious schools.
In another quip, he told the audience, “I pay more taxes than Jeff Bezos does… I don’t mind paying taxes, but I would like to have it spent where it needs to be spent.”
Buttigieg said the separation of church and state was a “foundational principle” of the U.S. that was “being tested” in schools.
He described going to a Catholic school in South Bend, Indiana, but said that his parents never thought that their neighbors should have to pay for it through their taxes.
The former transportation secretary was asked whether he thought the Democrats would have fared better in the 2024 Presidential election if Joe Biden had not tried to run, to which he responded “maybe.”
“Right now, with the benefit of hindsight, I think most people would agree that that’s the case.”
Buttigieg has hinted he may run for president in 2028, saying he will “assess” a potential campaign and see “what I bring to the table,” during a live interview with Substack The Ink.
“There are times I’ve followed that process and decided to run, and there are times I’ve decided not to run. And the process can lead you to surprising places,” he told Anand Giridharadas.
Trump openly mocked Buttigieg’s potential candidacy last week, telling reporters: “He’s actually a contender for president, between him and [Jasmine] Crockett you can have that party.”
Israeli strikes killed dozens of Palestinians in northern Gaza overnight, Palestinian health officials said on Wednesday, as Israel threatens to ramp up its military campaign in the enclave despite mounting international pressure.
The bodies of more than 50 people killed overnight had arrived at the Indonesian Hospital by noon on Wednesday, according to Marwan Sultan, director of the medical facility in the town of Beit Lahia. He said dozens more had been injured. Gaza’s health ministry also said that dozens of people were killed overnight, without specifying where.
Gaza health officials do not distinguish between combatants and civilians when reporting death tolls.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Avichay Adraee, an Israeli military spokesman, had warned on Tuesday night of an impending attack on parts of northern Gaza where he said militants had been firing rockets at Israeli territory.
The Trump administration has been seeking to broker an end to the 18-month war, which Palestinian health officials say has killed more than 50,000 people and brought the enclave to the brink of starvation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has threatened an “intensive” escalation in Gaza unless Hamas lays down its weapons and turns over the hostages it still holds. The Israeli military has called up thousands of additional soldiers to bolster the war effort, and the government has vowed to seize additional territory there until Hamas complies.
The leaders of Hamas have refused to disarm and have said that they will not free the remaining hostages unless Israel ends the war and withdraws from the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday night, Israeli fighter jets bombarded the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis in an effort to kill Muhammad Sinwar, one of the group’s top remaining military commanders. The Israeli military said it had targeted a Hamas complex underneath the European Hospital near Khan Younis. Neither Israel nor Hamas have publicly commented on whether Mr. Sinwar was killed in the bombardment.
Israeli officials said they hoped eliminating Mr. Sinwar, one of Hamas’s most intransigent negotiators, would make the group more flexible on the demands for a truce. But Israel has assassinated numerous Hamas leaders since the beginning of the war, without compelling the group to accept its terms.
Mr. Sinwar’s older brother, Yahya Sinwar, led Hamas in Gaza and was one of the main planners of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel that ignited the war. After Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces last year, Muhammad Sinwar assumed a more prominent role inside the group.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak with U.S. President Donald Trump via phone during the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” meeting, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 10, 2025.
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Major European powers threw their weight behind an unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire on Saturday, with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, and threatened President Vladimir Putin with “massive” new sanctions if he did not accept within days.
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine set the start of the ceasefire for May 12 at a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with Trump.
“So all of us here together with the U.S. are calling Putin out. If he is serious about peace, then he has a chance to show it,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a press conference.
“No more ifs and buts, no more conditions and delays.”
Soon after the European leaders’ announcement, the Kremlin appeared to pour scorn on it.
“We hear many contradictory statements from Europe. They are generally confrontational in nature rather than aimed at trying to revive our relations. Nothing more,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agency Interfax.
Western sanctions against Russia have been toughened repeatedly since its full-scale invasion in 2022, without ending the war. But following through on the threat would be a sign of growing Western unity after months of unpredictability in U.S. policy since Trump’s return to the White House in January.
After engaging directly with Russian officials, clashing publicly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and briefly cutting vital military aid to Kyiv, Washington has patched up ties with Ukraine and signed an agreement giving the U.S. preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals.
Trump, who did not immediately comment publicly on the European leaders’ remarks, has also signalled frustration with what Washington views as Putin’s foot-dragging over a ceasefire.
“In the event that the ceasefire is violated, massive sanctions will be prepared, in coordination between the Europeans and the United States,” French President Emmanuel Macron said.
By imposing new sanctions, the White House would be aligning itself more closely with western Europe, which has been rattled by a trade war in which Trump has imposed tariffs on them and other countries and has suggested he might not come to the defence of NATO allies that underspend on their defence.
Zelenskiy said he and the visiting leaders had agreed the unconditional ceasefire must start on Monday and cover air, sea and land. If Russia refused, it would face new sanctions, including the strengthening of punitive measures targeting its energy and banking sectors, he said.
Peskov had been quoted as saying on Friday that Russia supported the implementation of a 30-day ceasefire, but only with due consideration of “nuances”.
In remarks to U.S. broadcaster ABC broadcast earlier on Saturday, Peskov had suggested Western military assistance for Ukraine must stop for a temporary ceasefire to take effect. “Otherwise it will be an advantage for Ukraine,” he said.
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Macron said that if the ceasefire went ahead, it would be monitored mainly by the U.S. and European countries would contribute.
Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president who is now a senior security official, derided the idea of giving Russia an option between being sanctioned or giving Ukrainian forces an opportunity to rebuild.
“Shove these peace plans up your pangender arses!” he wrote on X.
The European leaders said the terms of a peace deal would be negotiated during the 30-day pause in fighting.
“We have no illusions that the ceasefire will be breached,” Zelenskiy said.
On the eve of the summit, the U.S. embassy in Kyiv warned of a “potentially significant” air attack in the coming days.
When the European leaders arrived in Kyiv by train on Saturday, a screen on the platform announced the arrival of the “Bravery Express”. Zelenskiy accompanied them as they paid their respects at a Kyiv memorial honouring Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war.
The visit falls on the final day of a May 8-10 ceasefire declared by Putin that Ukraine did not accept, denouncing it as a sham. Both sides have accused each other of violating it.
Reuters journalists at a field hospital near the front line in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region saw soldiers being brought in with combat injuries sustained since the Russian ceasefire began.
“There hasn’t been any ceasefire, shelling has continued just as before, drones are flying just like before, the same with explosives being dropped. Nothing has changed at all,” said a wounded soldier who gave his name as Stanislav.
With both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retiring from Test cricket, India’s roadmap to the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup enters a new phase. The legendary duo, who have served Indian cricket across formats for over a decade, will now focus solely on One-Day Internationals in the build-up to the next 50-over World Cup, to be hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in October–November 2027. India are set to play 27 ODIs across nine bilateral series against eight different nations before the tournament, offering both veterans ample match time to prepare for what could be their final World Cup appearances. Virat Kohli recently announced his retirement from Test cricket through a social media post, ending a red-ball career that spanned 123 matches and 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85. He also stepped away from T20 Internationals earlier this year, but remains committed to ODIs — the format in which he was the highest run-scorer in the 2023 World Cup held in India. Rohit Sharma, who had already stepped away from T20Is after captaining India to the 2024 T20 World Cup title, confirmed that he will carry on in the 50-over format. Speaking recently, he stated, “I will continue to play the ODI format,” making his intentions clear ahead of what could be his final World Cup campaign.Quiz: Who’s that IPL player? With both stalwarts moving on from the longer formats, India will rely on their experience to guide a younger core of players through the next ODI cycle.
India’s ODI schedule before 2027 World Cup
India’s lead-up to the World Cup will include six home series and three overseas tours, allowing them to face varied opposition in different conditions. This sequence of games will also help the selectors assess combinations and build squad depth.
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Full schedule:
August 2025 – Bangladesh (Away) 3 ODIs in turning conditions, marking India’s return to 50-over cricket after the Champions Trophy triumph.
October–November 2025 – Australia (Away) 3 high-profile ODIs between 2023 World Cup finalists.
November–December 2025 – South Africa (Home) 3 ODIs against a strong Proteas outfit in Indian conditions.
January 2026 – New Zealand (Home) 3 ODIs against the side they defeated in the 2025 Champions Trophy final.
June 2026 – Afghanistan (Home) 3 ODIs; Afghanistan bring a potent spin attack and an ever-improving squad.
July 2026 – England (Away) 3 ODIs in challenging English conditions, a vital overseas assignment before the World Cup.
September–October 2026 – West Indies (Home) 3 ODIs; the Caribbean side brings flair and power to the subcontinent.
October–November 2026 – New Zealand (Home) 3 ODIs as the Kiwis return for their second tour of India in the cycle.
December 2026 – Sri Lanka (Home) 3 ODIs; India look to avenge their 0–2 ODI series defeat from 2024 in Sri Lanka.
If fit, both Kohli and Rohit could play in most of the 27 scheduled matches, balancing form, workload, and leadership roles. Even appearing in 20–22 games would allow them to contribute meaningfully while guiding emerging talent through this important phase. The next two years will be about transition, but also about legacy — with India’s two greatest modern ODI batters preparing for one final shot at World Cup glory in southern Africa.
A rock climber who fell hundreds of feet descending a steep gully in Washington’s North Cascades mountains survived the fall that killed his three companions, hiked to his car in the dark and then drove to a pay phone to call for help, authorities said Tuesday.
The surviving climber, Anton Tselykh, 38, extricated himself from a tangle of ropes, helmets and other equipment after the fall Saturday evening. Despite suffering internal bleeding and head trauma, Tselykh eventually, over at least a dozen hours, made the trek to the pay phone, Okanogan County Undersheriff Dave Yarnell said.
The climbers who were killed were Vishnu Irigireddy, 48, Tim Nguyen, 63, Oleksander Martynenko, 36, Okanogan County Coroner Dave Rodriguez said. Irigireddy and Nguyen were from Renton and Martynenko was from Bellevue, officials said.
Tselykh was listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, CBS affiliate KIRO-TV reported Tuesday. Authorities haven’t yet been able to interview the him, Rodriguez said, so much is still unknown of the fall and his journey.
The Okanogan County Search and Rescue team responds to a climbing accident in the North Cascades mountains in Washington on Sunday, May 11, 2025.
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Falls like this leading to three deaths are extremely rare, said Cristina Woodworth, who leads the sheriff’s search and rescue team. Seven years ago, two climbers were killed in a fall on El Capitan at Yosemite National Park in California.
The group of four were scaling the Early Winters Spires, jagged peaks split by a cleft that is popular with climbers in the North Cascade Range, about 160 miles northeast of Seattle.
The group of four met with disaster that night when the anchor used to secure their ropes was torn from the rock while they were descending, Rodriguez said. The anchor they were using, a metal spike called a piton, appeared to have been placed there by past climbers, he said.
They plummeted for about 200 feet into a slanted gulch and then tumbled another 200 feet before coming to rest, Yarnell said. Authorities believe the group had been ascending but turned around when they saw a storm approaching.
A three-person search and rescue team reached the site of the fall Sunday, Woodworth said. The team used coordinates from a device the climbers had been carrying, which had been shared by a friend of the men.
Once they found the site, they called in a helicopter to remove the bodies one at a time because of the rough terrain, Woodworth said.
The helicopter’s flight through 16 miles of rugged, mountainous terrain took longer than usual — about an hour — because of harsh weather, KIRO-TV reported. Video of the aerial recovery shared by KIRO showed the helicopter navigating blustery winds and fog as it made its way toward the climbers.
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On Monday, responders poured over the recovered equipment trying to decipher what caused the fall, Woodworth said. They found a piton – basically a small metal spike that is driven into rock cracks or ice and used as anchors by climbers – that was still clipped into the climbers’ ropes.
“There’s no other reason it would be hooked onto the rope unless it pulled out of the rock,” said Rodriguez, the coroner, noting that pitons are typically stuck fast in the rock. Rodriguez added that when rappelling, all four men would not have be hanging from the one piton at the same time, but taking turns moving down the mountain.
Pitons are oftentimes left in walls. They can be there for years or even decades, and they may become less secure over time.
“It looked old and weathered, and the rest of their equipment looked newer, so we are making the assumption that it was an old piton,” Woodworth said.
Rock climbers secure themselves by ropes to anchors, such as pitons or other climbing equipment. The ropes are intended to arrest their fall if they should slip, and typically climbers use backup anchors, said Joshua Cole, a guide and co-owner of North Cascades Mountain Guides, who has been climbing in the area for about 20 years.
Generally, it would be unusual to rappel off a single piton, said Cole, adding that it is still unknown exactly what happened on the wall that night.
“We eventually, if possible, would like to get more information from surviving party,” Woodworth said.
The spires are a popular climbing spot. The route the climbers were taking, said Cole, was of moderate difficulty, and requires moving between ice, snow and rock.
But the conditions, the amount of ice versus rock for example, can change rapidly with the weather, he said, even week to week or day to day, changing the route’s risks.
Woodworth told KIRO-TV that it’s important that climbers are “not taking any of your equipment for granted and just always staying aware of your surroundings.”
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Streaks of light illuminate the sky as Indian air defence systems engage hostile objects on May 10, 2025 in Jammu, India. Tensions between India and Pakistan have sharply escalated following India’s targeted strikes on alleged “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan, which were carried out in retaliation for a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. Both sides have since exchanged drone and missile attacks along the border, resulting in dozens of fatalities and widespread disruption, with each nation vowing further action while international mediators urge de-escalation.
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday, but the peace between the two nuclear-armed powers did not last, with explosions reported in the area of Kashmir controlled by India.
Omar Abdullah, chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, said on X that fighting started in the region’s capital city: “air defence units in the middle of Srinagar just opened up.”
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri later said that Pakistan violated the truce and that his country’s forces would “deal strongly” with any attacks.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar told Pakistani news channel Geo that, “As of now, there have not been any ceasefire violations,” Reuters reported.
The initial ceasefire announcement came hours after fighting escalated on Saturday, with both nations launching continued military operations against each other.
President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire in a post on Truth Social and said the agreement was the result of U.S.-brokered talks, but the extent of the administration’s involvement was not clear.
Pakistani and Indian leaders confirmed the ceasefire agreement but did not cite U.S. involvement in their initial statements.
An Indian foreign ministry official said the deal was “worked out directly between the two countries,” according to the New York Times.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif did, however, thank Trump for his “proactive role for peace” and the U.S. for “facilitating this outcome, which we have accepted in the interest of regional peace and stability.”
Pakistanis wave the national flag as they celebrate after the ceasefire between Pakistan and India, in Hyderabad, Sindh province, on May 10, 2025. Pakistan and India agreed on May 10, 2025, to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of deadly jet fighter, missile, drone and artillery attacks.
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Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar did not mention the role of the U.S. in a statement confirming the ceasefire and said that “India has consistently maintained a firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”
“It will continue to do so,” Jaishankar wrote on X.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s ceasefire announcement on X also did not mention U.S. involvement.
“Pakistan has always strived for peace and security in the region, without compromising on its sovereignty and territorial integrity!”
Mohammad Rafiq, 57, displays shrapnel fragments in Gingal village, Uri, about 100 kilometers from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on May 10, 2025.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that Vice President JD Vance met with leaders of the two nations over the last two days and that the countries agreed “to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site.”
Indian or Pakistani officials have not publicly confirmed that they’ve agreed to such talks.
Jaishankar said he did speak with Rubio Saturday morning, but did not detail U.S. involvement in the ceasefire deal talks.
New Delhi: Delhi Capitals’ Jake Fraser-McGurk upon his arrival in the national capital via a special train as authorities evacuate Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals players from Dharamsala, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)
Australia opener Jake Fraser-McGurk will not be coming for the remainder of IPL 2025, which will restart on May 17. The Delhi Capitals opener is still ‘shaken up’ after the Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals fixture in Dharamsala was halted midway due to security reasons. Mustafizur Rahman has already been named as his replacement.“I’m honestly not sure. He is still tossing up a decision. I spoke to him this morning, and he is still unsure,” Shanon Young, coach of Fraser-McGurk, told TimesofIndia.com.Young, who was in Dharamsala, revealed that despite how well the Delhi Capitals management handled the situation, it was too much to handle for the 23-year-old.“He was shaken more than most. Not surprising given he is the youngest of the tourists, and he was quite uneasy the day before the game and then obviously after we were evacuated and then the subsequent trip back to Delhi,” Young shared.“He wasn’t in a good way, and I am very thankful I was there to help guide him through that. It was hard enough for a 50-year-old well-travelled man, let alone a kid.“The Delhi Capitals staff and organisation as a whole were amazing and always had our safety as paramount as soon as all this happened. They really were incredible in a time of uncertainty,” he added.
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Delhi Capitals will play their next match on Sunday against Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.Mustafizur replaces JFMDelhi Capitals have signed Bangladesh seamer Mustafizur Rahman as Jake Fraser-McGurk’s replacement. Mustafizur Rahman has so far played 57 IPL matches and has 61 wickets against his name. He has played 106 T20Is for Bangladesh, picking up 132 wickets from the same. The left-arm medium pacer will join Delhi Capitals for Rs 6 Crore.Starc unlikelyIt is also understood that left-arm quick Mitchell Starc is all set to pull out from the IPL 2025 as well.Australia’s women’s cricket team captain and Mitchell Starc’s partner, Alyssa Healy, who was also there in Dharamsala, revealed in a podcast how panic gripped the overseas players of both the teams.
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“We weren’t sure what was going to unfold in the next three days because all the Northern airports were shut,” Healy said on the Willow Talk podcast.“Everything you heard was different. So what was actually taking place? No one really knew. Even the governments weren’t really sure what was going on because no one could really understand unless you were quite literally living in these villages that were getting attacked.“So I think that probably created more of the anxiety. I think there was a lot of talk around why we shouldn’t be playing. It’s not a great time to be playing, first and foremost, but also we’re quite close to what’s being fought over.”Who’s that IPL player?Uncertainty over Punjab Kings playersA couple of days ago, Punjab Kings CEO Satish Menon was convinced that their Australian contingent, including Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, and Aaron Hardie, who returned home, would return.However, it is now understood that they, too, are unwilling to come back. Punjab will take on Rajasthan Royals on Sunday at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. It is also reliably learned that head coach Ricky Ponting, who stepped out after boarding the flight once he heard the announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, is trying to convince the Australian players to return to India.The Punjab Kings contingent reached Jaipur on Wednesday and will resume their training from Thursday.
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