‘Immensely heartened’: Sally Rooney hails Palestine Action high court ruling as victory for UK civil liberties

Exclusive: Irish author, who feared her books being withdrawn from UK, says proscription had been ‘extreme assault’ on rights and freedoms

Sally Rooney has hailed the high court’s decision that it was unlawful to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws as a victory for civil liberties in Britain.

Ministers suffered a humiliating legal defeat a week ago when three senior judges ruled that proscription of the direct action group, which targets organisations it considers complicit in arming Israel, was disproportionate and unlawful.

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Ukraine Path to Victory: 50,000 Russian Casualties a Month, Target the Russian Economy, Logistics – Daily Kos

  1. Ukraine Path to Victory: 50,000 Russian Casualties a Month, Target the Russian Economy, Logistics  Daily Kos
  2. Ukraine ‘needs 250,000 more troops’ to win war with Russia  The Times
  3. Ukraine’s Army Under Strain as Russia Gains Advantage  Военное дело
  4. Pentagon report warns Russian military maintains strategic edge as Ukraine exhaustion grows  Harici
  5. Ukraine needs to mobilize another 250,000 people to change the situation at the front - Media  Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
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Japan bill requires airlines deny boarding to unauthorized visitors – Nikkei Asia

  1. Japan bill requires airlines deny boarding to unauthorized visitors  Nikkei Asia
  2. Japan: with JESTA authorization, Tokyo aims to “prevent the entry of undesirable foreign nationals”  VisasNews
  3. All the new rules you need to know for traveling to Japan in 2026  Forbes
  4. Recovery Stalling in Domestic Tourism among Japanese  nippon.com
  5. Japan Makes Prior Appointment Mandatory for Visa Submissions in Four Indian Cities From 2 March  VisaHQ
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Ukraine strikes missile plant deep inside Russia – DW.com

  1. Ukraine strikes missile plant deep inside Russia  DW.com
  2. Ukraine hits Russian ballistic missiles producer in Udmurtia, Kyiv says  Reuters
  3. Damage at Votkinsk Missile Facility Seen in Satellite Images After Flamingo Attack  Мілітарний
  4. Ukraine Claims New Long-Range Cruise Missile Hit Weapons Factory In Central Russia  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  5. Ukraine strikes a key industrial site deep inside Russia  NBC News
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Don’t be fooled by recent good news, the UK economy is still in a precarious state

Labour MPs may clamour for bolder spending, but – like their Tory and Reform counterparts – they ask for the unaffordable

Too many Labour MPs want it all, and no amount of pleading from the top of government about the depleted public finances seems to make a difference.

The mainly leftist MPs want all the wrongs of the last 15 years put right and quickly. Their next opportunity to demand more cash arrives when Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement on 3 March.

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Combative Carlson-Huckabee interview reveals US right’s chasm over Israel

Parts of Maga view Israel with suspicion, but US ambassador continues to believe in its divine right to much of the Middle East

Parts of the Maga right may be souring on Israel – but a hardline form of Christian Zionism seems to remain unofficial Trump administration policy, if a heated debate between Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, is any indication.

On Friday, Carlson released a confrontational video interview with Huckabee, conducted at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, that vividly illustrated a gaping divide between two factions of the Republican party. On one side is a Christian nationalist stream of the Maga movement, which views the United States’s close relationship with Israel with increasing suspicion. On the other is an older Christian conservative establishment that views that alliance as a totem of US foreign policy – and in some cases believes that Israeli Jews possess a divine right to a large swathe of the Middle East, US public opinion be damned.

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OpenAI debated calling police about suspected Canadian shooter’s chats – TechCrunch

  1. OpenAI debated calling police about suspected Canadian shooter’s chats  TechCrunch
  2. Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Tumbler Ridge suspect's ChatGPT account banned before shooting  BBC
  4. OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago  The Guardian
  5. Federal AI minister raises concerns over OpenAI safety protocols after Tumbler Ridge mass shooting  CBC
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Death of far-right activist in France sends tensions soaring and draws US criticism – CNN

  1. Death of far-right activist in France sends tensions soaring and draws US criticism  CNN
  2. Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom  BBC
  3. Thousands march in Lyon after French far-right activist killed last week  Reuters
  4. Macron tells Meloni to 'stay at home' after comments on activist death  Euronews.com
  5. A Far-Right Activist’s Killing Deepens Divisions in France  The Wall Street Journal
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Morocco’s ‘Gaza gamble’: why Rabat is sending troops to the strip – Ynetnews

  1. Morocco’s 'Gaza gamble': why Rabat is sending troops to the strip  Ynetnews
  2. Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations  The New Yorker
  3. Stephen Colbert Balks at Trump’s Board of Peace  The New York Times
  4. Trump gets his Board of Peace, even as bigger countries steer clear  Politico
  5. “Colonial Apartheid Regime”: Jeremy Scahill on Trump’s “Board of Peace” & Plans For Gaza  Democracy Now!
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