France suspends Gaza evacuations after student antisemitism row
The Palestinian student, who arrived in France in July, has had her university accreditation withdrawn.
Pakistan and Afghanistan pen UAE T20 tri-series before Asia Cup
Tri-series between UAE, Pakistan and Afghanistan hastily penned as warm-up for Asia Cup and T20 World Cup.
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Trump calls on Fed board to take control from Powell over interest rates
The US president has hurled insults at Jerome Powell, renewing calls for the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates.
Protesters demonstrate against Trump’s steep tariffs in Brazil
Trump has slapped Brazil with 50 percent tariffs in reaction to the prosecution of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, an ally.
Confusion and anger in Switzerland – hit by highest tariffs in Europe
Trump threatened Switzerland with 31% tariffs but they ended up even higher, leaving the country asking why.
Confusion and anger in Switzerland – hit by highest tariffs in Europe
Trump threatened Switzerland with 31% tariffs but they ended up even higher, leaving the country asking why.
Israeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza
Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’
The award-winning Israeli author David Grossman has described his country’s campaign in Gaza as a genocide and said he now “can’t help” but use the term.
“I ask myself: how did we get here?” the celebrated writer and peace activist told the Italian daily La Repubblica in an interview published on Friday.
Continue reading...Israeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza
Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’
The award-winning Israeli author David Grossman has described his country’s campaign in Gaza as a genocide and said he now “can’t help” but use the term.
“I ask myself: how did we get here?” the celebrated writer and peace activist told the Italian daily La Repubblica in an interview published on Friday.
Continue reading...Storm Floris to hit UK on Monday with unseasonably strong winds forecast
Yellow weather warning for wind in Scotland, Northern Ireland, north Wales and north of England from 6am
Storm Floris is forecast to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK on Monday, the Met Office has said.
The strongest winds are expected during the afternoon and night across Scotland, with gusts of up to 85mph possible on exposed coasts and hills.
Continue reading...New UK civil service internship scheme open only to working-class students
Minister says programme will help ensure Whitehall has ‘broadest range of talent and truly reflects the country’
A new civil service internship scheme will be open only to working-class students as part of a drive to make Whitehall better reflect the country, the government has said.
The programme will give students from lower-income backgrounds the chance to apply for paid government placements. The definition of working class will be based on what jobs were held by their parents when the applicant was 14 and replaces an existing programme open to all.
Continue reading...Rhino horns turned radioactive to fight poachers in South Africa
The scheme is the latest innovation in decades of work aiming to protect South Africa’s rhinos.
Bishop who shut down London choir in his dressing gown issues apology
Bishop of Fulham says sorry for offence caused when he told singers to leave for making ‘terrible racket’
A bishop who went on stage in a dressing gown and shut down a choir for making a “terrible racket” has apologised for the “distress and offence” he caused.
Last Friday, Jonathan Baker, the bishop of Fulham, told a room of about 360 people, including the City Academy Voices choir, to leave St Andrew church in Holborn, central London, as they neared the end of their special summer concert.
Continue reading...UK Online Safety Act risks ‘seriously infringing’ free speech, says X
Elon Musk’s social media platform says lawmakers made a ‘conscientious decision’ to increase censorship
Elon Musk’s X platform has said the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of “seriously infringing” free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content.
The social media company said the act’s “laudable” intentions were being overshadowed by its aggressive implementation by the communications watchdog, Ofcom.
Continue reading...British siblings, 13 and 11, who drowned off beach in Spain named
Family say Ameiya Del Brocco and younger brother Ricardo Junior were ‘beautiful, bright, and deeply loved children’
A British brother and sister who drowned off a beach on the north-eastern coast of Spain have been named as Ameiya Del Brocco, 13, and 11-year-old Ricardo Junior.
Their father, Ricardo Senior, who had also entered the water, was rescued by local emergency services after the incident during a family holiday in the Catalan town of Salou on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Adani promised Australia billions from its Carmichael mine but it hasn’t paid a cent in tax. How did we get here?
The coalmine generated millions in revenue in its early days but recorded an operating loss – a pattern that would repeat at scale
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It was entirely foreseeable, and has resulted in billions of dollars in forgone revenue for Australia.
But just how did policymakers fail to extract a single cent in company tax from Adani’s Carmichael coalmine, even though it opened during the start of a commodity price boom?
Continue reading...Maryland boy dies after being trapped in storm drain as rains drench east coast
Baltimore saw up to 4in of rain and the New York transportation system was flooded on Thursday; more rain is possible, weather service warns
A 13-year-old boy has died after he was trapped in a storm drain in Maryland during heavy rainfall and flooding on the east coast, officials said.
Kids were playing in the rain on Thursday in a common area between apartment buildings in Mount Airy, a town of about 10,000 people about 30 miles (48km) west of Baltimore, but flood waters rushed in and the boy was swept into the pipe, according to Mount Airy volunteer fire company spokesperson Doug Alexander.
Continue reading...Trump steps up attacks on Fed’s independence amid interest rates row
US president called on top Fed officials to seize control from chair Jerome Powell if he fails to cut interest rates
Donald Trump called on top Federal Reserve officials to seize control from its chair, Jerome Powell, if he fails to cut interest rates, stepping up his extraordinary attacks on the central bank’s independence.
The US president called Powell “a stubborn MORON” in a series of critical social media posts on Friday, days after the Fed held rates steady for the fifth consecutive time.
Continue reading...Staffordshire police chief suspended after concerns raised about off-duty conduct
IOPC also investigating Chris Noble over allegations he shared confidential information without policing purpose
A police chief has been suspended after serious concerns were raised about his behaviour outside of work.
The Staffordshire police chief constable, Chris Noble, who denies any wrongdoing, is under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for the matters, which predate his employment with the force.
Continue reading...Putin offers no hint of concessions as he says he wants ‘stable’ peace in Ukraine
Russian president’s remarks come as Kyiv rescuers find more than a dozen dead in apartment block after strikes
Vladimir Putin has said he wants a “lasting and stable peace” in Ukraine but given no indication that he is willing to make any concessions to achieve it, after a week in which Russian missiles and drones again caused death and destruction across Ukraine.
“We need a lasting and stable peace on solid foundations that would satisfy both Russia and Ukraine, and would ensure the security of both countries,” said Putin, speaking to journalists on Friday, a week before a new deadline imposed by Donald Trump for hostilities to cease.
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