What is happening to US and South Korea’s relations?
US immigration sweep on South Korean workers at Hyundai-LG electric vehicle battery plant sparks shock in Seoul.
Turkey’s main opposition calls for rallies after police barricade Istanbul office – Reuters
- Turkey's main opposition calls for rallies after police barricade Istanbul office Reuters
- Turkey’s opposition head accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’ Financial Times
- Turkey Police Blockade Opposition Istanbul HQ in Stand-Off Bloomberg.com
- Turkey's CHP to hold extraordinary congress after court dismisses Istanbul leadership Middle East Eye
- Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for Sept 21 Chronicle-Tribune
US treasury secretary denies Trump tariffs are tax on Americans
Billionaire Scott Bessent dismisses concerns about president’s levies and predicts ‘acceleration’ in US economy
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has refused to acknowledge that the sweeping trade tariffs imposed by Donald Trump around the world are taxes on Americans.
In a new interview on Sunday with NBC host Kristen Welker, Bessent, a former billionaire hedge fund manager, dismissed concerns from major American companies including John Deere, Nike and Black and Decker who have all said that Trump’s tariffs policy will cost them billions of dollars annually.
Continue reading...Chicago churches urge calm resistance as Trump threatens intervention
Residents told to stay connected to family and tell people their whereabouts as city readies for expected crackdown
The Rev Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicago’s West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family and protest as the city readied for an expected federal intervention.
“You need to start telling people about your whereabouts, so you don’t disappear,” Hatch said during services at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist church. “We’re not going to despair. We’re not going to feel threatened. We’re not going to give up and give in to fascism and authoritarianism.”
Continue reading...Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla arrives in Tunisia
The boats, carrying 350 pro-Palestinian activists and stocked with medical and food supplies, are en route to Gaza.
Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla arrives in Tunisia
The boats, carrying 350 pro-Palestinian activists and stocked with medical and food supplies, are en route to Gaza.
As LGBTQ+ pilgrims cross Vatican’s Holy Door, some see church in transition – The Washington Post
- As LGBTQ+ pilgrims cross Vatican’s Holy Door, some see church in transition The Washington Post
- L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics Have Jubilee With Pope’s Blessing, if Not His Presence The New York Times
- LGBTQ+ Catholics make historic pilgrimage at Vatican BBC
- A historic pilgrimage: Why LGBTQ Catholics hope Pope Leo will take up Francis’ legacy CNN
- LGBTQ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new sense of acceptance NBC News
Greece announces €1.6bn relief package to tackle population decline
Government to use tax breaks and other financial incentives to encourage people to have more children
Greece has announced drastic measures, including tax breaks and other financial incentives, to address a population decline that is on course to make it the oldest nation in Europe.
The prime minister said the €1.6bn (£1.4bn) relief package had been dictated by one of the biggest challenges facing the Mediterranean nation : a demographic crisis of unprecedented scale.
Continue reading...Houthi Drone Hits Israeli Airport After Warning System Failure – The New York Times
- Houthi Drone Hits Israeli Airport After Warning System Failure The New York Times
- Sirens fail as Houthi drone hits arrivals hall at Ramon Airport in southern Israel, authorities say CNN
- Israel threatens to unleash biblical plagues on Yemen’s Houthis Al Jazeera
- Israel's Ramon Airport near Eilat reopens after being hit by drone from Yemen Reuters
- Israel steps up Gaza City attacks while Houthi drone strikes an Israeli airport in rare hit PBS
Israel’s top court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Justices rule state is legally obliged to ensure ‘basic level of existence’ and orders authorities to improve nutrition
Israel’s supreme court has ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition.
Sunday’s decision was a rare case in which the country’s highest court ruled against the government’s conduct during the nearly two-year war.
Continue reading...Timelapse shows Blood Moon rising around the world
As the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, it takes on a deep red hue, creating a striking "Blood Moon".
Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes
Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’
Keir Starmer has been warned by senior Labour figures to stop making mistakes, before a battle over the party’s deputy leadership and amid fears the government could row back on workers’ rights.
As candidates began to jostle to replace Angela Rayner, the prime minister faced public criticism from Emily Thornberry, a potential contender, who said further mistakes from Starmer could lead to having to “hand our country to [Nigel] Farage”.
Continue reading...300 South Koreans detained at Hyundai plant in US to be released, says Seoul
Footage of raid by US immigration officials showed detained workers in handcuffs and with chains around their ankles
South Korea announced on Sunday that the roughly 300 of its nationals detained during an immigration raid in Georgia would be released and flown home, as the sudden detention of workers appeared to strain the longstanding diplomatic and economic relationship between the two nations.
Nearly 500 workers, among them at least 300 South Koreans and at least 23 Mexicans, were arrested at the Hyundai-LG battery plant in the city of Ellabell on Thursday.
Continue reading...Labour insiders form new centre-left network in bid to change party’s direction
Exclusive: Andy Burnham-backed Mainstream group will inevitably influence looming deputy leadership contest
Keir Starmer is facing fresh pressure from Labour insiders, days after a sweeping government reshuffle, as party figures from the left and centre mobilise through a network, backed by Andy Burnham, designed to change Labour’s direction.
The network, called Mainstream, will inevitably influence Labour’s looming deputy leadership contest, with Burnham already throwing his weight behind former cabinet minister Louise Haigh as well as Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader.
Continue reading...Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He may be the last. – Chicago Tribune
- Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He may be the last. Chicago Tribune
- Who is Japan’s ‘dragonfly’ prince, who could be the last emperor of the world’s oldest monarchy? CNN
- Male-only succession rules overshadow Japan prince’s coming-of-age Al Jazeera
- Japan's Prince Hisahito adorned in coming-of-age ceremony DW
- Japan’s second in line to emperor’s throne comes of age amid succession debate The Guardian
Home of Ukraine football star damaged in strike
Ukraine midfielder Georgiy Sudakov says his apartment in Kyiv is severely damaged after being struck by a Russian drone while his wife and child were at home.
UN says time is short to stop famine spreading as Israel bombards Gaza City – Reuters
- UN says time is short to stop famine spreading as Israel bombards Gaza City Reuters
- Gaza: UN experts urge General Assembly to respond to famine and genocide ohchr
- The Take: What does survival look like inside Gaza City? Al Jazeera
- Escalating Israeli offensive in Gaza City will have catastrophic and irreversible consequences for Palestinians Amnesty International
- Window to prevent famine spreading in Gaza is ‘closing fast’, UN warns UN News
Argentine rights activist Rosa Roisinblit dies aged 106
A leading member of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, she helped convict men who abducted hundreds of babies.
As home secretary, Shabana Mahmood will face enormous challenges
With Reform exploiting tensions in society, Mahmood must address frustration about immigration
Shabana Mahmood already showed she was willing to defy convention when she praised Margaret Thatcher for smashing a political mould – now she’s making history as the first Muslim woman to hold one of Britain’s great offices of state.
It’s not the new home secretary’s only moment as a surprising politician. Mahmood has spoken of how she has a “natural affinity for the faith, flag and family element of Blue Labour”, a small socially conservative fraction of the party which now holds some sway in No 10.
Continue reading...Guyana’s Irfaan Ali is sworn in for the second time as president – Reuters
- Guyana's Irfaan Ali is sworn in for the second time as president Reuters
- Oil, threat of war, and China: why elections in this small South American country are crucial for the US CNN
- Guyana President Irfaan Ali wins second term in general election BBC
- Irfaan Ali re-elected for second term as oil-rich Guyana’s president Al Jazeera
- Guyana’s National and Regional Elections U.S. Department of State (.gov)