Israel’s starvation denial is an Orwellian farce
The Israeli 'hasbara' cannot disprove the obvious, but it can obfuscate and exhaust.
Trump-backed World Liberty proposes $1.5bn crypto holder, Bloomberg News reports
Co-founded by president’s eldest sons, Eric and Don Jr, World Liberty has earned the family $500m since its launch
World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture backed by Donald Trump and the US president’s family, is sounding out investors for a $1.5bn fundraising round meant to set up a public company that will hold its WLFI tokens, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
The structure of the deal is yet to be finalized, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter, adding that large investors in the crypto and tech space had been approached for the venture.
Continue reading...The Tennessee execution that ‘went horribly wrong’: how Byron Black’s killing unfolded
Witnesses say disabled death-row man was in distress upon gurney, while lawyer calls execution ‘100% botched’
For attorney Kelley Henry, the visible blood was the first indication that the execution of her client was going wrong.
At 10.15am on Tuesday inside the Riverbend maximum security prison in Nashville, the longtime Tennessee death row lawyer watched as staff attempted to place an IV into the right arm of Byron Black. Black was locked on to a gurney with crisscrossing black straps over his chest, stomach and legs, and Henry saw blood ooze from the injection site.
Continue reading...‘Arab Forces’ Running Gaza? Netanyahu’s Goal Leaves Many Questions. – The New York Times
- ‘Arab Forces’ Running Gaza? Netanyahu’s Goal Leaves Many Questions. The New York Times
- UN says Israel's planned Gaza City military offensive 'must be immediately halted' ABC News
- Brooks and Capehart on Israel’s plans to exert more control over Gaza PBS
- Israel faces growing condemnation over military expansion in Gaza AP News
- August 8, 2025 - Gaza News Updates CNN
Arrests begin in London at largest protest over Palestine Action since group’s ban
Met police says it has drawn officers from other forces to form ‘significant presence’ in busy weekend of protests
Arrests have begun in central London at the largest demonstration relating to Palestine Action since the group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
The Metropolitan police said they had drawn officers from other forces to help form a “significant policing presence” in the capital as it faces a busy weekend of protests.
Continue reading...Three people injured in shooting at New York City’s Times Square
NYPD say shooting took place after verbal dispute and one person is being held in custody
Three people have been injured in a shooting at New York City’s Times Square after a 17-year-old opened fire, the New York police department has said.
Police said they were questioning one person who is being held in custody, but that no charges have been pressed yet.
Continue reading...North Korea dismantles propaganda speakers at border
The move appears to be a positive reaction to overtures from the South's newly elected president.
North Korea dismantles propaganda speakers at border
The move appears to be a positive reaction to overtures from the South's newly elected president.
National Indigenous Music awards 2025: Emily Wurramara wins artist of the year
Warnindhilyagwa singer also wins film clip of the year, while Malyangapa Barkindji rapper Barkaa wins album of the year
Emily Wurramara expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine and “all Indigenous peoples around the world” experiencing oppression as she accepted the artist of the year award at the 21st National Indigenous Music awards at the Nimas in Garramilla/Darwin on Saturday night.
“There’s nothing like coming back home and being here and playing for mob and playing for the people,” the Garramilla-born Warnindhilyagwa singer said. “Because the music is about the people. The music is freedom. Free Palestine, free Congo and free all Indigenous peoples around the world from their oppressors. It always was, always will be Indigenous land.”
Continue reading...Ukraine will not give up land, Zelenskyy warns ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
US president said end to war will involve ‘some swapping of territories’ before announcing meeting
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early on Saturday that “Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers” after Donald Trump said he would meet Vladimir Putin next week and that an end to the war must involve “some swapping of territories”.
The Ukrainian president said Kyiv was ready for real solutions that could bring peace but that any solutions without Ukraine would be against peace. “Any decisions against us, any decisions without Ukraine, are also decisions against peace. They will achieve nothing,” he said, adding that the war “cannot be ended without us, without Ukraine”.
Continue reading...Trump Burger owner in Texas faces deportation after Ice arrest
Roland Beainy from Lebanon, who opened chain of restaurants in support of president, says charges ‘not true’
The owner of a Donald Trump-themed hamburger restaurant chain in Texas is facing deportation after immigration authorities under the command of the president detained him.
Roland Mehrez Beainy, 28, entered the US as “a non-immigrant visitor” from Lebanon in 2019 and was supposed to have left the country by 12 February 2024, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) spokesperson told the Guardian.
Continue reading...The trillion-dollar war machine
Hind Hassan explores the US weapons industry and its effects on democracy, domestically and beyond.
Early Beatles photos by Paul McCartney to go on show in London
Portraits taken in early 60s reveal intimate moments before band’s fame became all-consuming
A collection of photographs taken by Paul McCartney when the Beatles were on the brink of global stardom are to be shown in an exhibition that sheds light on intimate moments as the group first experienced fame.
Rearview Mirror: Liverpool-London-Paris, which opens at Gagosian in London on 28 August, features 18 shots taken by the singer-songwriter during late 1963 after the release of the Beatles’ first album, and early 1964 as they travelled to the US.
Continue reading...India says six Pakistani aircraft shot down during May conflict
Air force chief says S-400 air defence systems took down most of the Pakistani planes; Pakistan rejects statement.
Azerbaijan and Armenia sign peace deal at White House that creates a ‘Trump Route’ in region
Deal to end four-decade conflict includes creation of transit corridor named ‘Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity’
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement at the White House on Friday, in a deal brokered by the US that brings decades of conflict to an end.
The two countries in the South Caucasus signed agreements with each other, as well as the US, that will reopen key transportation routes while allowing the US to seize on Russia’s declining influence in the region. The deal includes an agreement that will create a major transit corridor linking Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan, with the United States owning development rights to the corridor. It was to be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, the White House said.
Continue reading...Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodia amid fragile truce
It is the third incident in a few weeks in which Thai soldiers have been injured by mines around the border.
Foreign governments bet big to lobby Trump on tariffs. Most came up empty. – Politico
- Foreign governments bet big to lobby Trump on tariffs. Most came up empty. Politico
- 30 countries hired new lobbyists to negotiate with Trump, Pakistan brought on 7 firms: Report Times of India
- Cambodia, Indonesia, United States ASEAN countries seek leverage of lobbyists ahead of tariff talks with Trump Intelligence Online
- Tariff lobbying shows little success Politico
- Article | Foreign governments bet big to lobby Trump on tariffs. Most came up empty. POLITICO Pro
Russia Goes After Ukraine With Distant Strikes and New Tactics – The New York Times
- Russia Goes After Ukraine With Distant Strikes and New Tactics The New York Times
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 8, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- The Russia-Ukraine War Report Card, Aug. 6, 2025 Russia Matters
- Russia ramps up grinding summer offensive as Ukraine seeks US battlefield aid ABC News
- UK Defence Intelligence says Russia likely captured up to 550 sq km of Ukrainian territory in July Українська правда
How RFK Jr’s vaccine funding cuts fit with Trump’s vision
Latest move to cut funding for vaccines is not down to US health secretary. It is part of Trump's wider war on science.
Atlanta police officer dies after shooting near health agency HQ
Officials say the 30-year-old suspect may have been ill, or thought he was ill from a Covid vaccine.