Holy Land clerics ‘stand in solidarity’ with people of Gaza after visit
Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders condemned Israel’s bombardment on Gaza after a rare visit to the territory July 18.
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood
Exclusive: Wes Streeting among ministers pushing for action after calling Israeli attacks on aid sites ‘intolerable’
Keir Starmer is under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza.
The prime minister is understood to have been urged by a number of senior ministers in different cabinet meetings over recent months that the UK should take a leading role in issuing recognition.
Continue reading...US House speaker shuts down chamber to block Epstein vote
The decision to bring forward the summer recess means Republican leaders can delay a politically fraught vote on the disclosures.
Trump team seeks meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell amid Epstein pressure
The request is Trump's latest move to defuse uproar over recent report that yielded no new evidence in Epstein scandal.
More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria, report finds
Gov't committee in Syria says it identified 298 suspects in mass killings in Syria's coastal regions.
French culture minister and fugitive former auto exec to face corruption trial – politico.eu
US NATO ambassador warns China over ‘subsidizing’ Russia’s war in Ukraine – The Kyiv Independent
- US NATO ambassador warns China over 'subsidizing' Russia's war in Ukraine The Kyiv Independent
- Opinion: Opinion | Tariff Blitz: Is India Becoming Collateral Damage In Someone Else's War? NDTV
- Trump NATO Envoy Warns China Over ‘Subsidizing’ Russia’s War Bloomberg
- Breakingviews - US can squeeze Russia without ‘secondary tariffs’ Reuters
- 'Will crush your economy if…': US Senator Lindsey Graham warns India, China over Russian oil Hindustan Times
French culture minister to be tried for alleged corruption while an MEP, source says
Rachida Dati denies lobbying for Renault-Nissan carmaker
The French culture minister, Rachida Dati, is to go on trial over alleged corruption and abuse of power while she was a member of the European parliament, a judicial source has said.
Dati, 59, who had hoped to run for Paris mayor in next spring’s municipal elections, was charged in 2019 on suspicions she lobbied for the Renault-Nissan carmaking group while an MEP. She has denied the allegations and has repeatedly sought without success to have the charges quashed.
Continue reading...Gaza’s generation of amputees
Ismail Abu Omar speaks about Gaza’s rising amputee toll and the resilience of people living with permanent wounds.
‘Completely unprecedented’: resident doctors to press ahead with strike
Wes Streeting says move shows ‘disdain for patients’ while BMA insist pay demands not taken seriously in talks
Wes Streeting has condemned the decision by resident doctors to “recklessly and needlessly” press ahead with strike action, saying it is “completely unprecedented in the history of British trade unionism”.
In a fiery statement after the British Medical Association (BMA) said there was no offer on the table that could avert the industrial action on Friday, the health secretary said resident doctors were offered changes to working conditions and career progression but chose to continue with industrial action.
Continue reading...Bangladesh students demand accountability after deadly air force jet crash
Students' demands include compensation for families, as well as new training procedures for the country's air force.
Explainer: Why China’s neighbours are worried about its new mega-dam project – Reuters
- Explainer: Why China's neighbours are worried about its new mega-dam project Reuters
- China begins building world's largest dam, fuelling fears in India BBC
- China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam theguardian.com
- China starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet Al Jazeera
- China’s $167 Billion Mega-Dam Promises Boost for Green Finance Bloomberg
Jeremy Bowen: Israel’s allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up
The Middle East has been transformed since 7 October, and almost two years on, the conflict in Gaza is at another inflection point.
Jeremy Bowen: Israel’s allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up – BBC
- Jeremy Bowen: Israel's allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up BBC
- Opinion | Israel and Gaza: Is It Genocide? The New York Times
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- The Dam of Gaza Genocide Denial Has Broken New Lines Magazine
- In the Not-so-distant Future, Israel Will Have to Reckon With Its War Crimes in Gaza Haaretz
Jeremy Bowen: Israel’s allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up
The Middle East has been transformed since 7 October, and almost two years on, the conflict in Gaza is at another inflection point.
General Motors profit drops 35% as Trump tariffs hit car industry
GM’s quarterly profit tumble comes a day after Stellantis says it expects $2.7bn loss in first six months of the year.
Gaza war: Is the UK selling arms to Israel?
The UK suspended dozens of arms licences to Israel last year, but many say the measures do not go far enough.
Wife of Diogo Jota posts ‘forever’ tribute
Rute Cardoso has shared photos of their 22 June wedding in a post to Instagram.
Tucker Carlson channels Maga rage over Epstein files – and opens rift with Trump
As Maga supporters revolt over the Epstein scandal, figures like Tucker Carlson are now a gadfly of the White House’s handling of the controversy
As Donald Trump tries to contain an ugly rift with his own supporters about the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal, influential media personalities in the Maga movement face a tricky dilemma.
Should they close ranks with the US president – who has denounced demands for more information on Epstein as a “waste [of] Time and Energy” about “somebody that nobody cares about” – or pick at a political wound that the Trump administration desperately wants to scab over?
Continue reading...Trump administration says the US will leave the UN cultural agency UNESCO
The White House cited 'anti-Israel rhetoric' and 'woke, divisive' causes as the reason for the US's withdrawal.