How US Big Tech supports Israel’s AI-powered genocide and apartheid
As an extension of US imperial power, US tech corporations are eager to support Israeli atrocities.
Cease-fire calls mount as Israel ramps up military operations in Gaza – POLITICO Europe
Akshata Murty: I try not to read the news now
Wife of Rishi Sunak says she finds coverage of her and her husband bizarre at times, mentioning the Adidas Sambas episode
Akshata Murty has admitted she has stopped engaging regularly with the news in an effort not to be “consumed” by living at No 10, in a rare solo interview as the next general election approaches.
The prime minister’s wife told the Times she found the coverage of her and her husband, Rishi Sunak, bizarre at times, highlighting how he recently made front-page news by wearing a pair of Adidas Samba trainers.
Continue reading...Briton with cancer living in Italy unable to get care he is entitled to after Brexit
Withdrawal agreement means Graham Beresford is eligible for free treatment but Italian authorities have said he must pay
A British man settled in Italy who has a rare cancer has been unable to receive the free healthcare he is entitled to because local officials do not understand the Brexit withdrawal agreement, he has said.
Graham Beresford, 61, has spoken out days before the foreign secretary, David Cameron, who triggered the Brexit referendum, has his first major meeting with the European commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič in Brussels about post-Brexit relations.
Continue reading...#FreeBritney movement resurges after star’s hotel fight sparks conservatorship fears
The costs of fame in the US are playing out for the singer as specter of return to an old, unhappy chapter of life looms
Britney Spears has known the highs and lows of how the US treats its celebrities, traveling from Mickey Mouse club child actor to teen pop icon, to global superstar – and then more than a decade under legal conservatorship after a mental health crisis before winning freedom, for the first time perhaps, to be herself.
But now there are fears of a new chapter in Spears’s saga, or the return to an old unhappy one, after she reportedly had a late-night fight with her boyfriend at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles resulting in paramedics being called and pictures of a barefoot pop princess, mostly naked save for a pillow and a blanket, appeared in the tabloids.
Continue reading...Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at ‘foreign influence’ bill – BBC.com
- Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at 'foreign influence' bill BBC.com
- Georgian PM vows to pass 'foreign agent' bill next week after thousands protest Reuters
- Georgia is on the verge of turning back to Russia The Hill
- Tens of thousands in Georgia protest Russian-style 'foreign agents' law The Washington Post
- Georgia Vows To Arrest Protesters Who Seek To Block Parliament In Overnight Action Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Tunisia lawyer Sonia Dahmani arrested during live broadcast – BBC.com
- Tunisia lawyer Sonia Dahmani arrested during live broadcast BBC.com
- Masked Tunisian police arrest prominent lawyer for media comments Al Jazeera English
- Three Tunisian pundits arrested over critical remarks, say lawyers Middle East Eye
- Tunisian lawyers call for strike over arrest of their colleague amid crackdown on dissent The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Tunisia Probes Pundit Over Comments On TV Show Barron's
Cult movie director Roger Corman dies aged 98
Jack Nicholson, Charles Bronson and Robert De Niro were some of the actors whose careers he helped develop.
Labour defends Natalie Elphicke after claims of lobbying over husband’s trial
Frontbencher says new Labour MP dismissed allegations from Tory former justice secretary that she lobbied him as ‘nonsense’
A senior Labour frontbencher has defended his party’s newest MP, Natalie Elphicke, after allegations that she lobbied the justice secretary in 2020 regarding the forthcoming trial of her then husband, Charlie, on sexual assault charges.
Jonathan Ashworth, a shadow Cabinet Office minister, said on Sunday that Elphicke regarded the allegations from Robert Buckland as “nonsense”, urging the former justice secretary to give a full public account of the 2020 meeting.
Continue reading...Eurovision loses almost a quarter of UK viewers compared with 2023
Saturday night’s final watched by average of 7.64m as Britain’s entry Olly Alexander finished in 18th place
Eurovision lost almost a quarter of its UK viewers compared with last year’s Liverpool extravaganza, amid a row over Israel’s participation.
Saturday night’s grand final on the BBC was watched by an average of 7.64 million people, peaking at 8.46 million, according to official figures provided by the agency Digital i. Britain’s entry, Olly Alexander, finished in 18th place with 46 points after he was awarded zero in the public vote.
Continue reading...Tunisia lawyer arrested during live news broadcast
There has been growing criticism on the restrictions on free speech under President Kais Saied.
UK foreign minister rejects Rafah offensive without ‘clear plan’ to save lives – The Times of Israel
Girls do better in exams at all-girls schools than mixed, research finds
Pupils in girls’ schools in England outperform girls with similar records and backgrounds in mixed schools, analysis says
Girls who attend all-girls schools get better exam results than girls with similar records and backgrounds at mixed schools – and outdo boys at all-boys schools – according to research.
While girls’ schools have long been known to outperform other types of school in England, the analysis by FFT Datalab found that even after adjusting for background characteristics there was an unexplained boost for pupils at girls’ schools, equivalent to 10% higher GCSE grades in 2023.
Continue reading...How do you hold the powerful accountable? – Alam and Feinstein
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam and corruption expert Andrew Feinstein on the journey into activism and the Gaza crisis.
Catalonia goes to polls in vote that will gauge support for independence
Regional election will also indicate whether Spanish prime minister’s conciliatory approach has paid off
Voters in Catalonia are heading to the polls on Sunday to cast their ballots in a snap regional election that will gauge the strength of the waning independence movement and indicate whether the conciliatory approach of Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has paid off.
The election was called in March by the Catalan president, Pere Aragonès, a member of the moderate pro-independence Catalan Republican Left party (ERC), after opposition parties voted down the budget proposed by his minority government.
Continue reading...Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies
The US hospital which carried out the operation said Rick Slayman's death was not a result of the transplant.
Weather warnings for heavy rain in parts of UK to put end to sunny spell
South-west England, south Wales and eastern parts of Northern Ireland expected to get heavy rain as thunderstorms also roll in
Weather warnings for rain have been issued across the UK on what is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far.
Temperatures could reach as high as 27C on Sunday but the recent warm and sunny spell could disappear by the end of the day.
Continue reading...Capital Group buys more than £110m in NatWest shares after UK government share cut
Leading US investor pours cash into shares after cut helps allay fears of state intervention
A leading US investor has started pouring cash into NatWest shares after a notable cut in the government’s shareholding helped to allay fears of state intervention in the bailed-out banking group.
Los Angeles-headquartered Capital Group, which is one of the world’s oldest and largest investment firms, with more than £2.5tn under management, has bought more than £110m worth of NatWest shares, days after the government cut its position, pushing the group into the bank’s top 30 shareholder list.
Continue reading...Northern lights illuminate night skies around the world
Solar flares sparked the biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, causing spectacular auroras around the world.
Sudan conflict: Two children killed as bomb falls near Darfur hospital – MSF – BBC.com
- Sudan conflict: Two children killed as bomb falls near Darfur hospital - MSF BBC.com
- Death, disease and despair as fighting closes in on besieged Sudanese city The Guardian
- Sudan's military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city The Associated Press
- “The Massalit Will Not Come Home”: Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan | HRW Human Rights Watch
- Sudan: Looming Darfur carnage likely to spur revenge DW (English)