Far-right figure Tommy Robinson arrested for train station assault in UK
The 42-year-old was detained by the British Transport Police after disembarking from a flight from Portugal.
US Democrats flee Texas to block Trump-backed election redistricting
Texas House fails to establish quorum as dozens of Democrats leave state to block redrawn congressional map.
Irish missionary and child, 3, among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage
Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child were taken in the middle of the night in a "planned act", officials say.
Coleman Hughes: The Simple Truth About the War in Gaza – The Free Press
- Coleman Hughes: The Simple Truth About the War in Gaza The Free Press
- How the Israeli Right Explains the Aid Disaster It Created The New Yorker
- Opinion | Israel Must Open Its Eyes The New York Times
- Gaza war: Don't let legalism prevent defeating Hamas The Jerusalem Post
- Why Israel and Hamas Won’t Stop Fighting - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
Rwanda agrees to take up to 250 migrant deportees – Politico
- Rwanda agrees to take up to 250 migrant deportees Politico
- Exclusive: Rwanda reached deal with US to take in up to 250 migrants, government says Reuters
- Rwanda accepts up to 250 deportees from the US under Trump's third-country plan The Independent
- Rwanda-US Deportees Bluefield Daily Telegraph
- Rwanda Courts Washington’s Favour by Taking in American Deportees kenyanforeignpolicy.com
Two killed and six wounded in mass shooting at LA music festival afterparty
Police arrived to shut down ‘big party’ after possibly armed person was seen going inside building in warehouse district
Two people were killed and six others were wounded in a mass shooting at a music festival afterparty in downtown Los Angeles early on Monday, officials said.
Police first responded around 11pm on Sunday evening to shut down a “big party” after officers saw a person possibly armed with a gun go inside a building in the city’s warehouse district, Los Angeles police department spokesperson Norma Eisenman told the Associated Press. That person was arrested at the scene, she said.
Continue reading...Rocket alert sirens send millions to shelter as missile launched from Yemen – Ynetnews
- Rocket alert sirens send millions to shelter as missile launched from Yemen Ynetnews
- No reports of injuries or impacts following interception of Houthi missile The Times of Israel
- Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen Hindustan Times
- Yemen strikes three sites inside Israel with drones Tehran Times
- Morning update Middle East Eye
The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb – BBC
- The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb BBC
- Photos: What Atomic Bombs Did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki The New York Times
- 80 years later, you can still see the shadow of a Hiroshima bomb victim National Geographic
- What Happened at Hiroshima review – this rushed, flimsy look at a world-changing atrocity isn’t good enough The Guardian
- 80 years after Hiroshima atomic bombing, search for missing continues Al Jazeera
Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
When the atom bomb was dropped, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan's Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.
Milei vetoes pension, disability spending increases as Argentina feels cuts
Despite his austerity measures, the president's party is expected to do well in the crucial October mid-term elections.
Brazil judge orders house arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil's supreme court issued the order saying Bolsonaro allegedly breached a ban on using social media.
UK to start small boats returns to France ‘within days’ after EU gives green light
Some asylum seekers will be sent back across Channel for first time under treaty agreed with French president
The UK will begin detaining people who arrive on small boats and returning some to France “within days” after the EU gave the green light to a deal agreed with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.
The treaty between France and the UK will allow the Home Office to return some asylum seekers back across the Channel for the first time in exchange for accepting others directly from France via a safe route.
Continue reading...India calls Trump’s tariff threat over Russian oil ‘unjustified’
The US president threatened to "substantially" raise tariffs against India over its purchase of oil from Russia.
Trump threatens India with ‘substantial’ tariff hike for buying Russian oil
The US president says India doesn't care "how many people in Ukraine are being killed" - but India calls the tariff threat "unjustified".
Palestinians distraught over relatives missing at deadly Gaza aid sites
Many families face agonising wait to find out why loved ones never returned from distribution hubs run by notorious GHF.
Brazil Supreme Court orders house arrest of former President Bolsonaro
Justice Alexandre de Moraes says Bolsonaro violated pre-trial precautionary measures imposed by the court.
Netanyahu fires attorney general as domestic pressure over Gaza heats up – The Washington Post
- Netanyahu fires attorney general as domestic pressure over Gaza heats up The Washington Post
- Israel’s government votes to dismiss country’s attorney general CNN
- Netanyahu moves to fire attorney general prosecuting him for corruption Axios
- Israeli government votes to dismiss attorney general, escalating standoff with judiciary NBC News
- Israel court halts gov’t firing of attorney general investigating Netanyahu Al Jazeera
Speaker Mike Johnson visits occupied West Bank to support Israeli settlers
Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Republican visit for ‘undermining efforts to stop the war and cycle of violence’
Mike Johnson became the highest ranked US official to visit the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Republican House speaker drawing measures of praise and condemnation for his trip in support of Israeli settlements amid a worsening starvation crisis in Gaza.
The excursion followed Johnson’s arrival in Israel on Sunday on an unannounced visit with other Republican lawmakers, and his meeting with Israeli defense minister Israel Katz and foreign minister Gideon Saar.
Continue reading...Demands for justice on fifth anniversary of deadly Beirut port blast
Hundreds gathered in Beirut to mark five years since the deadly port explosion that killed over 218 people.
The Global Impact of the Latest U.S. Tariffs – NPR
- The Global Impact of the Latest U.S. Tariffs NPR
- After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs The New York Times
- Donald Trump thinks he’s winning on trade, but America will lose The Economist
- Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Amends Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border The White House (.gov)
- Transcript: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 3, 2025 CBS News