Real Madrid demand resignation of La Liga chief after Nazi comparison
La Liga President Javier Tebas under fire for comparing Real Madrid TV channel to Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda.
Pope Leo to make public appearance Sunday, first since cancer surgery
After undergoing surgery this week, pope can now 'carry out normal activities with full independence', say doctors.
NHS staff may have breached tiger attack victim’s medical records – BBC
- NHS staff may have breached tiger attack victim's medical records BBC
- Trump Shares Bizarre AI Tiger Video In Late-Night Spree After Posting Fatal Attack Footage Forbes
- Man killed by tiger at Yorkshire zoo had bouts of psychosis, inquest hears The Guardian
- Man killed in tiger attack identified as William Chapman BBC
- ‘Take the phone away’: Luke Russert and Symone Sanders Townsend slam Trump’s ‘weird’ late-night posts MS NOW
Brazil’s Lula says he now backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16
Lula reverses position on age of responsibility for ‘heinous’ crimes in what many see as a desperate electoral gambit
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced that he now supports lowering the age of criminal responsibility for “heinous” crimes from 18 to 16, reversing a longstanding policy in what is widely seen as a desperate electoral gambit.
The U-turn, which Lula announced during a Thursday night interview with TV Globo, comes with the presidential runoff in just over a week. The incumbent faces an uphill battle to overturn the first-round victory of his opponent, the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who remains slightly ahead at the polls.
Continue reading...Iran’s president condemns environmental impact of war in Middle East
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has decried the ecological damage caused by conflict in the Middle East
“You f****d up. You trusted us.” – Daily Kos
“You f****d up. You trusted us.” Daily Kos
Spain to appeal to CAS after FIFA penalty for Islamophobic chants
Spain appeals to Court of Arbitration for Sport following FIFA sanctions for fans' behaviour during Egypt friendly.
Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank
Settlers hurl rocks at Palestinians and beat photographer Heidi Levine as part of yearly attacks to disrupt harvest
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in a coordinated movement to disrupt the annual olive harvest, burning cars and trees and injuring Palestinians and a Washington Post photographer.
Masked settlers wielding clubs and other weapons attacked people attempting to harvest their olives in West Bank towns on Friday. Palestinian authorities said they recorded attacks in eight villages, and injuries among at least 20 people.
Continue reading...Latest poll shows Bolsonaro maintaining edge over Lula in Brazil run-off
Experts still consider race a toss up despite slate of polls showing right-wing senator leading left-wing president.
‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: reviewers on NAZA documentary – The Guardian
- ‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: reviewers on NAZA documentary The Guardian
- Jonathan Glazer says Israel’s retaliation over NAZA ‘more venal’ than anticipated The Guardian
- A Gaza war documentary sparks outrage in Israel NPR
- NAZA film review — Israeli accounts of assault on Gaza make brutally hard viewing Financial Times
- Al Jazeera probe exposes fake viewing numbers for Israeli counter-film Al Jazeera
The artisanal miners behind Nigeria’s lithium boom
Nasarawa is at the heart of Nigeria’s lithium boom, where artisanal miners hope to benefit from the clean energy race.
India’s Cockroach Janta party leader detained amid crackdown on protests
Abhijeet Dipke was arrested before planned anti-government demonstrations in Delhi
The leader of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) youth movement, Abhijeet Dipke, was detained by police on Friday as authorities cracked down on fresh anti-government protests in the Indian capital.
Dipke was detained before a planned Friday evening demonstration he had called in central Delhi, urging supporters of the movement to come out and hold up the Indian flag.
Continue reading...India’s Cockroach Janta party leader arrested amid crackdown on protests – The Guardian
- India’s Cockroach Janta party leader arrested amid crackdown on protests The Guardian
- Indian police again detain ‘cockroach’ movement founder ahead of protest CNN
- CJP, Abhijeet Dipke: 'Cockroach' party founder detained ahead of Central Park Delhi protest BBC
- Anti-CEC protest LIVE | Abhijeet Dipke to be produced before SEM Court after Delhi Police action under BNSS The Hindu
- Crowds throng New Delhi and wave Indian flags amid escalating protests NPR
Inside Ukrainian offensive pushing Russia back – with Starlink playing a key role
The BBC joins Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi as it regains crucial territory in the Donbas, but optimism has been dampened by souring relations with President Trump.
Watch: Will Ukraine get the support needed as tensions with US rise?
Zelensky thanked the "real leaders" ahead of a meeting with the EU in Brussels.
‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: reviewers on NAZA documentary
Film interviewing military insiders about mass killing of civilians in Gaza wins widespread praise around the world
Critics around the world have hailed the award-winning documentary NAZA as a “brilliant and harrowing” film that is “impossible to ignore”.
NAZA, which is produced by the Guardian and details Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, was released in UK cinemas this week and will be shown in more than 50 countries. As well as its global cinema releases, NAZA will be available free on the Guardian’s website from late November.
Continue reading...Power plant attacks reflect Russian blueprint to make Ukrainian cities unlivable
Kremlin turning to punishment of Ukraine’s population in major cities as frontlines remain frozen
As Russian missiles and drones have systematically slammed into power plants in Kyiv and Kharkiv this week, the rolling blackouts and water outages have increasingly resembled a supposed Russian blueprint to destroy life in major Ukrainian cities seen by the Guardian.
Even as Donald Trump unilaterally declared an “energy ceasefire” last week between Moscow and Kyiv, Russia continued with its methodical and devastating strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, in particular in Kyiv, in a strategy meant to punish Ukraine’s population and drive the country to capitulation.
Continue reading...Japan Mistakenly Issues Warning for Strongest Ever Earthquake – The New York Times
- Japan Mistakenly Issues Warning for Strongest Ever Earthquake The New York Times
- Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, EMSC says Reuters
- Nerves rattled in Japan as alert for magnitude 9.9 quake withdrawn minutes later The Japan Times
- Japan mistakenly sends emergency alert warning of 9.9 magnitude earthquake Hawaii News Now
- No tsunami threat to Hawaii after large quake hits Russia Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa
Some of the 200 patients were found with "sores all over their bodies" and in overcrowded rooms.
Pope speaks with Putin, denouncing recent attacks as he shows recovery from lung surgery progressing – AP News
- Pope speaks with Putin, denouncing recent attacks as he shows recovery from lung surgery progressing AP News
- Pope Leo speaks with Putin from hospital, just days after lung cancer surgery CNN
- Pope urges humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky in call with Russian President Vatican News
- Pope speaks to Putin from hospital, voices concern over Ukraine The Washington Post
- Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege The New York Times