Israel’s attempted silencing of Al Jazeera’s coverage of the occupation
Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi recorded this message in case Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah.
Sri Lanka election goes to historic second count
No presidential candidate got the 50% plus one required to win in the first round.
At least 51 dead in Iran coal mine explosion
At least 51 people are reported to have been killed after a gas leak sparked a blast in eastern Iran.
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters reject old guard – The Associated Press
German police chase and detain boy at pro-Palestine rally
Video shows German police chasing a 10-year-old boy carrying a Palestinian flag, before he was taken into custody.
Israeli troops raid, order closure of Al Jazeera’s West Bank bureau – Reuters
- Israeli troops raid, order closure of Al Jazeera's West Bank bureau Reuters
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- Israel’s Military Closes Al Jazeera’s Office in the West Bank The New York Times
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Hezbollah claims rocket attack at Israeli base near Haifa – Al Jazeera English
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- The latest on Israel’s attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon CNN
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- Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire after deadly Israeli strike Reuters
Israel closes Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah: All you need to know
At 3am, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided the office of Al Jazeera in Ramallah, throwing the team out.
Three wounded when houses hit in Kiryat Bialik during Hezbollah attack – The Jerusalem Post
- Three wounded when houses hit in Kiryat Bialik during Hezbollah attack The Jerusalem Post
- Hezbollah rocket fire now targeting areas with some two million inhabitants The Times of Israel
- Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire: Over 100 rockets launched as tensions surge towards all-out war Mint
- Hezbollah attacks Israeli military industry complex in Haifa in response for pager blasts, statement says Reuters
- Multiple rocket barrages pour over Israel's North, six wounded The Jerusalem Post
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 940
As the war enters its 940th day, these are the main developments.
Brother of man arrested over 1977 Easey Street cold case says he is ‘100% sure’ of his innocence
Perry Kouroumblis, 65, was arrested at Rome airport and held for the alleged murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett
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The brother of a man accused of the 1977 Easey Street killings in Melbourne says he is “100% sure” that there has been a mistake and his brother is innocent of the double murder.
Perry Kouroumblis, 65, was arrested at Rome airport on Thursday Australian time and held for the murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett. Police plan to apply to Italy for extradition for the man to face charges in Australia.
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Continue reading...Football-mad Morocco dreams of a World Cup final in its own ark
Buoyed by the team’s success in 2022, the kingdom is eyeing a bigger goal
The rendering is dramatic, a vast white stadium inspired by the design of a Maghrebi communal tent, known as a moussem.
The language used to describe it is no less flowery: think of it as “almost like a Noah’s Ark, a place for all nature and animals to come together”, says Tarik Oualalou, head of Paris architecture firm Oualalou + Choi, one of five teams in the design consortium.
Continue reading...Cricket: India beat Bangladesh by 280 runs to win first Test in Chennai
Bangladesh were all out for 234 on the fourth day in Chennai as hometown hero Ashwin took 10 wickets after his century.
Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to northern France
Crossing desert and sea, facing pushbacks, racist attacks and homelessness; Sudanese refugees have endured them all.
At least 50 killed in Iran coal mine blast: State media
Dozens are feared trapped following one of the deadliest mine blasts in recent years.
PK begins 11-day ‘Praschit Deeksha’ over animal fat.. – Greatandhra
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China ‘testing us’ in Pacific, Biden tells Quad leaders – as it happened
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Mark Butler is asked whether a ban on vapes is having the effect he intended. The minister says the government has already “seized 5m vapes at the border”, on top of the 1 July retail ban:
We’ve taken the approach in the first few months to try to get businesses to surrender their vapes, and many have done that to the TGA. We’ve been conducting inspections in conjunction with state authorities to hundreds of premises to inform them of the new laws and warn them of the consequences in the longer term, but we have to switch to a far more assertive approach.
As I said, my starting position is that … if we can give more families the joy of having children, that’s a great place to start, but we will work through these recommendations carefully, as I imagine your viewers would expect me to.
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Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah
Israeli soldiers have entered Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, ordering staff to leave.
Ofsted cannot be allowed to reform itself, say teachers’ unions
Sister of headteacher Ruth Perry, who killed herself last year, joins call for ‘complete reset’ of schools inspectorate
Education unions are to warn that Ofsted cannot be trusted to reform itself, as headteachers continue to report that school inspections are leaving their staff feeling distressed.
Prof Julia Waters, sister of the Reading headteacher Ruth Perry, who killed herself last year after an inspection downgraded her school from outstanding to inadequate, will call on the government to make deeper reforms of the inspectorate at the Labour party conference on Sunday. While welcoming the government’s recent confirmation that Ofsted’s single-word judgments will be scrapped, Waters, along with all four teaching unions, said the inspector still operated with a culture of “fear and terror”.
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