- How the growing push for a 2-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could backfire AP News
- Western recognition won’t change the reality on the ground: A Palestinian state has never seemed further away CNN
- How to burst the Israeli bubble | Noam Sheizaf The Guardian
- As Israel bombs Gaza, recognition of Palestine is a last-gasp effort Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 9,000 Israelis sign petition to recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN summit The Times of Israel
Watch: Keir Starmer says UK recognises Palestinian state
Prime Minister Starmer says the move will "revive the hope of peace" but Israel says it is "nothing but a reward for jihadist Hamas".
Broadcaster John Stapleton dies aged 79
Tributes paid to ‘consummate pro’ and ‘rock solid’ presenter of Newsnight, Watchdog and GMTV’s News Hour
Tributes have been made across the world of television to the “rock solid broadcaster and ultimate gentleman” John Stapleton, who has died at the age of 79 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2024.
Stapleton’s agent, Jackie Gill, said on Sunday: “John had Parkinson’s disease, which was complicated by pneumonia. His son Nick and daughter-in-law Lise have been constantly at his side and John died peacefully in hospital this morning.”
Continue reading...Trump joins thousands at memorial for right-wing US activist Charlie Kirk
President Donald Trump praises Kirk as an 'American martyr' in his address at the Arizona service.
Netherlands: Violence erupts at anti-immigration protest – DW
- Netherlands: Violence erupts at anti-immigration protest DW
- Dutch police clash with anti-immigration protesters BBC
- Violence erupts at right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands ahead of election CNN
- Anti-immigration demonstration in The Hague turns violent, weeks before general election Euronews.com
- Dutch police use water cannon to disperse anti-immigration protesters Al Jazeera
Sussan Ley fights for conservative airtime as she struggles to hold together a fractured opposition | Josh Butler
Strip away the pinball machines and photo booth props at Cpac, and the scale of Ley’s challenge in simply keeping the Coalition alive, let alone making it competitive again, becomes clear
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Aside from one crude caricature distributed in the crowd, Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s name was almost entirely absent from the rightwing Conservative Political Action Conference in Brisbane.
But stripping away the sideshow attractions – Pauline Hanson’s pinball machine, George Christensen’s photo booth props – the thread running through the two-day event was the challenge Ley has to simply hold her party together amid a volatile fracturing of the conservative landscape, let alone for the Coalition to be competitive again.
Continue reading...Transcript: French President Emmanuel Macron on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Sept. 21, 2025 – CBS News
- Transcript: French President Emmanuel Macron on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sept. 21, 2025 CBS News
- Can France’s Palestinian Proposal Change 75 Years of Failed Diplomacy? The New York Times
- France's Macron defends decision to recognize Palestinian statehood Politico
- French towns fly Palestinian flag despite government orders ahead of state recognition AP News
- Naftali Bennett condemns rewarding Hamas, Gaza for Oct. 7 The Jerusalem Post
Israeli attack kills at least 25 from the same family in Gaza City homes
Palestinian family members at the scene say they fear as many as 50 people are trapped under the rubble.
Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man
LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who could take €1bn hit, says proposed 2% levy ‘aims to destroy liberal economy’
Europe’s richest man, the luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, has said that a wealth tax that could cost him more than €1bn (£817m) would be deadly for France’s economy.
The French founder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said in a statement to the Sunday Times that calls for a 2% wealth tax on all assets “aims to destroy the liberal economy, the only one that works for the good of all”.
Continue reading...Bodies of three transgender people found in Pakistan
Police said the victims were shot dead by unidentified assailants in the southern city of Karachi.
Charlie Kirk mourned as Jimmy Kimmel supporters fear erosion of free speech
As thousands gather for Charlie Kirk’s memorial, debate rages over a clampdown on free speech in the US.
A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died – CNN
Afghan Taliban rejects Trump threats over taking back Bagram airbase
US President Donald Trump has pushed for regaining Bagram airbase, citing proximity to China's nuclear facilities.
UK announces recognition of State of Palestine
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the United Kingdom’s formal recognition of Palestinian statehood.
Canada, Australia, Portugal join UK in recognising Palestinian statehood
Recognition of Palestine from Canada, Australia comes in coordination with UK, ahead of UN General Assembly meeting.
Recognising Palestinian statehood opens another question – who would lead it?
With the president approaching 90 years of age and another possible candidate in jail, finding the right leadership would be a challenge
Recognising Palestinian statehood opens another question – who would lead it?
With the president approaching 90 years of age and another possible candidate in jail, finding the right leadership would be a challenge
California bans most law enforcement including ICE from wearing masks
Law enforcement officials will also be required to identify themselves while conducting duties by both name and badge number.
Israel unleashes horror in relentless attacks on Gaza City
Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza City has obliterated families, flattened homes, and depleted hospitals.
British couple released after detention in Afghanistan say they feared being executed
Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, said it was never explained to them why they were imprisoned
A British couple who were reunited with their family in the UK after being released from almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan have said they feared being executed by the Taliban.
Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife, Barbie, 76, who arrived at Heathrow on Saturday, said it was never explained to them why they were imprisoned in Afghanistan after their arrest in February.
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