In Syria’s south, Bedouins uprooted by sectarian clashes see little hope of return – Reuters

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  1. In Syria’s south, Bedouins uprooted by sectarian clashes see little hope of return  Reuters
  2. Syria thaws relations with Druze ahead of President Al Shara's US trip  thenationalnews.com
  3. Syria’s Bedouins Lose Hope of Returning Home After Southern Clashes  Modern Diplomacy
  4. Bedouins Uprooted in Sweida See Little Hope of Return  Sri Lanka Guardian
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Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: A dim shadow – National Catholic Reporter

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  1. Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: A dim shadow  National Catholic Reporter
  2. Lord's Day Reflection: Anger issues? Try a little holy zeal  Vatican News
  3. This Sunday, Celebrate the ‘Safe Space’ Jesus Would Die To Protect: Our Church  Benedictine College
  4. The Catholic Church: Ever Ancient, Ever New  outreach.faith
  5. No one can have God as Father without having the Church as Mother: Commentary by Fr. Jorge Miró  exaudi.org
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Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer

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UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%

A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a “moral failure” and a strategic disaster.

With ministers and officials expected to decide the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria within days, the letter renews pressure on Starmer to pull back from an expected 20% cut.

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Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release

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Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission

Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.

Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission from her probation officer, although the Ministry of Justice dropped the condition after she brought a legal challenge.

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Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight

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Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months

Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.

The detainees have included at least two civilians held for months without charge or trial: a nurse detained in his scrubs, and a young food seller, according to lawyers from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) who represent both men.

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