‘Stop Genocide!’ 300,000 March Across Sydney Bridge for Gaza – Common Dreams

  1. 'Stop Genocide!' 300,000 March Across Sydney Bridge for Gaza  Common Dreams
  2. We know the Sydney Harbour Bridge march against the killing in Gaza was huge – but just how big was it?  The Guardian
  3. Sydney Harbour Bridge: Tens of thousands turn out for pro-Palestine march  BBC
  4. Tens of thousands protest Israel’s war on Gaza in Australia’s Sydney  Al Jazeera
  5. NRL star’s wild act at Palestine protest  News.com.au
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United Airlines pilot calls ‘Mayday’ as engine fails moments after take-off for trans-Atlantic flight: audio – New York Post

  1. United Airlines pilot calls 'Mayday' as engine fails moments after take-off for trans-Atlantic flight: audio  New York Post
  2. 'Declaring an emergency': United pilot calls out mayday shortly after takeoff  USA Today
  3. United Airlines flight carrying 200+ passengers declares "Mayday" shortly after takeoff  WJLA
  4. United Airlines Flight Declares 'Mayday' amid Engine Failure  People.com
  5. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner circles over Pacific, returns to LA with RAT deployed – Video  financialexpress.com
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Montana shooting victims named as manhunt for suspect continues

Suspected gunman still at large and possibly armed after four people were fatally shot at a bar in Anaconda on Friday

Montana’s attorney general on Sunday released the names of the four people who were shot to death in a mass murder at a bar two days earlier.

The victims were Daniel Edwin Ballie, 59; Nancy Lauretta Kelly, 64; David Allen Leach, 70; and Tony Wayne Palm, 74. All four were residents of Anaconda, Montana, where the quadruple murder took place, a statement from the Montana attorney general, Austin Knudsen, said.

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Trump administration denies daily quota for immigration arrests

In May reports revealed that White House officials had set goals for Ice agents to arrest 3,000 people per day

In a new court filing, attorneys for the Trump administration denied the existence of a daily quota for immigration arrests, despite reports and prior statements from White House officials about pursuing a goal of at least 3,000 deportations or deportation arrests per day.

In May, reports from both the Guardian and Axios revealed that during a meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) leaders on 21 May, the White House adviser Stephen Miller and the Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, demanded that immigration agents seek to arrest 3,000 people per day.

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US Boeing defense workers slated to strike after rejecting latest offer

Over 3,200 union machinists around St Louis expected to strike at midnight on Monday as they seek new contract

More than 3,200 unionized workers who assemble Boeing’s fighter jets in the St Louis area rejected Boeing’s latest offer on Sunday and will strike at midnight on Monday, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said.

“IAM District 837 members ... deserve a contract that reflects their skill, dedication, and the critical role they play in our nation’s defense,” the union’s business representative, Tom Boelling, said.

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Millions in line for payouts from £18bn car loan compensation scheme

City regulator says motorists should start to get payments in 2026 with ‘most payouts likely to be under £950’

Millions of drivers could be handed a share of a multibillion-pound compensation package after the City regulator said it would open a redress scheme for consumers affected by the car finance scandal.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on the redress scheme, which could cost banks between £9bn and £18bn when it begins paying consumers compensation next year.

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Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions – AP News

  1. Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions  AP News
  2. Israeli minister sparks anger by praying at sensitive Jerusalem holy site  BBC
  3. Israel-Gaza war: anger grows over Israeli far-right minister praying at al-Aqsa mosque – as it happened  The Guardian
  4. Ben-Gvir Joined By Thousands For Prayer At Temple Mount  i24NEWS
  5. Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza  AP News
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Bruce Pearl Facing Serious Backlash For ‘Divisive’ Barack Obama Claim – Yahoo Sports

  1. Bruce Pearl Facing Serious Backlash For 'Divisive' Barack Obama Claim  Yahoo Sports
  2. In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid  NPR
  3. ‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’  The Atlantic
  4. Supplies trickling into Gaza not enough to prevent Palestinian deaths, UN office warns  PBS
  5. How much aid has made it into Gaza since Israel said it was easing restrictions?  NBC News
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Gunmen kidnap more than 50 people in north-west Nigeria

Latest ‘mass capture’ in Zamfara state shows banditry crisis shifting from land conflict to organised crime

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 people in north-west Nigeria in a mass abduction, according to a private conflict monitoring report created for the UN and seen by Agence France-Presse on Sunday.

“Armed bandits” targeted the village of Sabon Garin Damri in Zamfara state Friday, the report said, the latest attack in a region where residents in rural hinterlands have long suffered gangs who kidnap for ransom, loot villages and demand taxes.

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Oasis ‘shocked and saddened’ after fan dies in fall at Wembley concert

Man understood to have been sitting in London stadium’s upper tier was pronounced dead at the scene

Oasis have said they are “shocked and saddened” after a man fell to his death at Wembley Stadium during the band’s Saturday concert.

The man was understood to be sitting in the upper tier of the 90,000-seat stadium – the highest stands of which are 50 metres above the ground – as the Gallagher brothers performed as part of their reunion tour.

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White House officials rush to defend Trump after shaky economic week

US trade representative says ‘the president is the president’ after firing of labor statistics chief amid slow job growth

Donald Trump administration officials fanned out on Sunday’s US political shows to defend the president’s policies after a bruising week of poor economic, trade and employment numbers that culminated with the firing of labor statistics chief Erika McEntarfer.

The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said Trump had “real concerns” about the jobs numbers that extend beyond Friday’s report that showed the national economy added 73,000 jobs in July, far below expectations. Job growth numbers were revised down by 285,000 for the two previous months as well.

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US confirms Palestinian killed in alleged settler attack was American citizen – The Times of Israel

  1. US confirms Palestinian killed in alleged settler attack was American citizen  The Times of Israel
  2. Another US citizen killed by Israeli settler attack in West Bank: Family  Al Jazeera
  3. Palestinian American dies of smoke inhalation in West Bank after settlers set fires to cars, homes  CBS News
  4. Palestinian man killed in fire allegedly set by settlers was US citizen, says State Dept.  The Times of Israel
  5. BREAKING  CAIR
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Woman arrested after travelling with two-year-old in suitcase in New Zealand

Police say 27-year-old charged with ill treatment and neglect of a child after bus driver spotted a bag moving

A New Zealand woman was arrested on Sunday after travelling on a bus with a two-year-old girl trapped in her luggage.

DI Simon Harrison said the 27-year-old woman had been charged with ill treatment and neglect of a child.

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Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes

Video shows black smoke pouring from facility in Sochi, while Russian attack on Mykolaiv wounds seven people

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi ignited a raging fire, as the two countries traded strikes at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in Ukraine in recent months.

More than 120 firefighters worked to put out the blaze, said the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, as emergency officials reported a fuel tank with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres (70,000 cubic feet) had burned before it was extinguished.

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