Is the Sudanese army gaining momentum against the RSF?
The SAF claims victory in a vital North Kordofan town, weakening RSF’s access to fighters and supply routes.
Will Brazil’s Lula halt the right-wing wave sweeping Latin America?
Lula has remained a symbol for much of the global left amid the rise of the far right in Latin America.
Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’
Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiser
The former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has found himself defending Britain’s decision to fight against Adolf Hitler after inviting the US rightwinger and Vladimir Putin sympathiser Tucker Carlson into his home for an interview.
During the encounter, Carlson repeatedly suggested the west was to blame for inviting aggression from Russia and said of the prospect that Britain could have lost to Hitler: “Who cares?”
Continue reading...Russia’s nuclear plants are ageing. Who will pay to dismantle them?
Moscow faces a huge decommissioning bill at home even as it expands its nuclear industry abroad.
Spain protests flare after housing bill rejected: Will it cause snap poll?
Measures pushed by Spain's leftist government fail to pass parliament as the protests spread.
Iraq Shifts Oil Strategy by Arranging Tanker to Move Past Hormuz – Bloomberg.com
Pennsylvania health officials brace themselves as measles outbreak expected to spread
Most counties don’t have their own health agencies, and some specific population groups have low vaccination rates
Pennsylvania is bracing for a wave of measles cases, with some public health officials concerned that it’s “only a matter of time” until the disease spreads beyond the outbreak’s epicenter.
Last week the state reported its fifth measles-associated death amid 943 confirmed cases across 39 counties. The outbreak comes amid concerns that public health in the US has been hit by increasing vaccine skepticism, especially due to the power and influence of controversial health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Continue reading...She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter – NPR
- She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter NPR
- Fox News Star Blamed for Producer’s Death in Explosive Report The Daily Beast
- Fox News Lawsuit: Parents Say Safety Warnings Were Ignored Before Daughter’s Death in Ukraine finchannel
- Fox News Faces Lawsuits Over Ukraine War Reporting Deaths suaragarut.id
- Fox News wanted war images in Ukraine - their journalists died : The Sunday Story NPR
As it happened: Israel condemns Green party passing ‘Zionism is racism’ as a ‘stain on history of UK’
Party formally adopts policy which equates Zionism with racism, as all Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism
On Friday the Times revealed that Katie Lam, the communities secretary, told a meeting in private earlier this year that the state pension system needs a fundamental overhaul.
Speaking in June, when she was a frontbencher but not yet in the shadow cabinet, Lam was asked at a meeting with activists if she thought the pensions triple lock was sustainable. She replied:
Ultimately I think what we will need in the end is an entirely new pension system.
I mean, a baby that is born today has a 20% chance of living to be 100 and I don’t think we can fund one in five people half of their lives, you know, for the first 20 and the last 30 years. But obviously if you are 90 you probably can’t go out and get a job right, so I think you have to be realistic about how you would taper that and bring that in across the population.
The fact is, the triple lock and pensions are things that people have contributed to.
Conservatives believe that if you have contributed, then you deserve to get your state pension.
Continue reading...Cornell University to take ‘serious look’ at fraternities after rape allegations
Ivy League school’s president promises action after woman alleged she was drugged and raped by fraternity members
Cornell University will examine the role of fraternities and sororities on campus after an outcry over the school’s handling of a student’s rape allegations, the Ivy League school’s president said on Saturday.
A civil lawsuit filed last month by the woman, who alleges she was drugged and raped in 2024 by several members of the Chi Phi fraternity, has sparked outrage and soul-searching at Cornell over its campus culture at the school in Ithaca, New York.
Continue reading...Russian drone slams into Kyiv bridge in escalating campaign as Germany’s chancellor arrives to airsirens and explosions – CNN
- Russian drone slams into Kyiv bridge in escalating campaign as Germany’s chancellor arrives to airsirens and explosions CNN
- Kyiv bridge hit in further Russian drone attack as German chancellor makes surprise visit BBC
- Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support The Guardian
- Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline The New York Times
- Russia says it hit Kyiv bridge, two vessels in Black Sea Reuters
Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge – The Kyiv Independent
- Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge The Kyiv Independent
- Russian drone slams into Kyiv bridge in escalating campaign as Germany’s chancellor arrives to airsirens and explosions CNN
- Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline The New York Times
- Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support The Guardian
- Zelenskyy says Ukraine will intensify oil refinery attacks as Kyiv bridges come under fire dw.com
Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge – The Kyiv Independent
- Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge The Kyiv Independent
- Russian drone slams into Kyiv bridge in escalating campaign as Germany’s chancellor arrives to airsirens and explosions CNN
- Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline The New York Times
- Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support The Guardian
- Zelenskyy says Ukraine will intensify oil refinery attacks as Kyiv bridges come under fire dw.com
Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in fire-and-rehire plan after union talks break down
Unison refuses to ballot members on offer that would see thousands of council employees worse off
Thousands of Glasgow council workers face being sacked and reappointed under less favourable terms in one of the UK’s biggest ever “fire-and-rehire” exercises, after union negotiations broke down once again this week.
About 23,000 workers – all of the council’s non-teaching staff – first heard they were affected last week when talks between the SNP-led council and the GMB, Unison and Unite unions fell apart. Those negotiations concerned a new pay and grading system designed to resolve historical pay equality issues. Unison refused to ballot its members on an offer that would see pay cuts for 11% of council employees, prompting the council to begin issuing fire-and-rehire letters.
Continue reading...Tens of thousands protest against Spain’s housing crisis following eviction of 87-year-old woman – Sky News
- Tens of thousands protest against Spain's housing crisis following eviction of 87-year-old woman Sky News
- 'Anger in the streets': Tens of thousands protest in Spain over housing crisis BBC
- ‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain The Guardian
- Spanish Lawmakers Reject Eviction Freeze, Spurring Calls for Early Elections The New York Times
- Spain: Massive protests after housing bills voted down dw.com
How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits – The New York Times
- How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits The New York Times
- There’s gold in that thar swamp! Las Vegas Sun
- Trump reboots his most brazen scandal —and nobody's stopping him this time AlterNet
- LETTER: Gold for the grifters, iron pyrite for you Clinton Herald
Polls close in first round of Brazil’s high-stakes presidential election
Leftwing incumbent Lula trying to fight off close rival Flávio Bolsonaro, far-right son of jailed ex-president
The polls have closed in the first round of Brazil’s highly polarised and high-stakes presidential election that could change not only the direction of Latin America’s largest country but that of the entire region.
The election pits the leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, against the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of Donald Trump and the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup after his failed 2022 re-election attempt.
Continue reading...Israel election double standard: Arab leader forced out, far right cleared – Al Jazeera
- Israel election double standard: Arab leader forced out, far right cleared Al Jazeera
- Israel's Justices Ruled Jews and Arabs Have Different Kinds of Free Speech Haaretz
- Balad chairman Abu Shehadeh withdraws following Supreme Court approval The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli Arab leader quits election under pressure from court over October 7 remarks reuters.com
- Israel’s Supreme Court overturns decision to disqualify Arab parties jns.org
Flydubai captain says copilot asked to pray, then struck him from behind; describes exactly how he opened cockpit door – The Times of Israel
- Flydubai captain says copilot asked to pray, then struck him from behind; describes exactly how he opened cockpit door The Times of Israel
- FlyDubai Attacker Used ‘Crash Ax,’ a Common Fixture on Many Jets WSJ
- Haaretz Explains: How did a pilot flagged for extremism end up flying to Israel? Haaretz
- Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country BBC
- Why Were 4 Pilots Aboard FlyDubai Flight 1073? The New York Times
Lack of inspections at fish slaughterhouses a ‘disgrace’, says Animal Equality UK
Charity calls for faster progress on humane slaughter laws for farmed fish in England and Wales
Up to 77m fish are slaughtered each year in the UK but there are no routine or mandatory inspections of fish slaughterhouses in England and Wales, it can be revealed.
Concerns within government about the way fish are slaughtered date back decades but all of the official bodies responsible for animal welfare and food standards in England and Wales said they do not undertake regular inspections.
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