Labour does not deserve to win next election without change, Reeves says

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Chancellor admits voter frustration as government faces renewed calls from Labour politicians for a wealth tax

Labour does not “deserve” to win the next election if it does not change the country, Rachel Reeves has said, as she acknowledged some voters were disappointed with the party’s record since entering government.

The chancellor said she understood the unhappiness felt by some voters towards a government that has U-turned on winter fuel allowance and welfare policies in recent months.

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“No piecemeal deals”: Witkoff tells hostage families Trump wants full Gaza agreement – Axios

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  1. "No piecemeal deals": Witkoff tells hostage families Trump wants full Gaza agreement  Axios
  2. Israeli hostage families hold emergency protest after Gaza militants release videos showing emaciated captives  CNN
  3. ‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza  The New York Times
  4. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Gaza hostage families in Tel Aviv  CBS News
  5. Witkoff said to tell families no progress in 'complicated' hostage talks but that 'Hamas said it is ready to demilitarize'  The Times of Israel
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Forged signatures listed on New York City mayor’s re-election campaign petition – report

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More than 50 signatures were revealed to be fraudulent on Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent in election

More than 50 signatures on New York mayor Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent candidate in November’s election are fraudulent, according to a report published on Friday.

The Gothamist said it had found 52 signatures from people who said their names were forged, including signatures of three people who turned out to be dead. The publication cited others who said they were deceived into signing the petitions.

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Forged signatures listed on New York City mayor’s re-election campaign petition – report

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More than 50 signatures were revealed to be fraudulent on Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent in election

More than 50 signatures on New York mayor Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent candidate in November’s election are fraudulent, according to a report published on Friday.

The Gothamist said it had found 52 signatures from people who said their names were forged, including signatures of three people who turned out to be dead. The publication cited others who said they were deceived into signing the petitions.

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‘Wait Wait’ for August 2, 2025: Live in Salt Lake City with Heather Gay! – NPR

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  1. 'Wait Wait' for August 2, 2025: Live in Salt Lake City with Heather Gay!  NPR
  2. ‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’  The Atlantic
  3. What Many Israelis Don’t Want to See  The New York Times
  4. Looting, chaos and Israeli gunfire prevent aid from reaching Gazans  The Washington Post
  5. College Basketball Coach Blames Barack Obama For 'Dividing' United States  yahoo.com
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Pro- and anti-migrant prroters face off at London hotel housing asylum seekers

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Anti-racism campaigners outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodation

Anti-racism demonstrators turned out in large numbers on Saturday outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed to counter-protest against those opposed to it being used as Home Office accommodation.

Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington, north London.

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Chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’

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Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean

Rachel Reeves’ efforts to intervene in the supreme court case on the car finance scandal were “unprecedented and disgraceful” and send a “really bad message” to consumers that the government is willing to defend wrongdoing by banks, Treasury committee member and Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean has said.

While the supreme court largely sided with finance companies on Friday – helping lenders avoid a £44bn compensation bill – Dean said the chancellor had gone too far to show she was on the side of business.

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Chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’

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Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean

Rachel Reeves’ efforts to intervene in the supreme court case on the car finance scandal were “unprecedented and disgraceful” and send a “really bad message” to consumers that the government is willing to defend wrongdoing by banks, Treasury committee member and Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean has said.

While the supreme court largely sided with finance companies on Friday – helping lenders avoid a £44bn compensation bill – Dean said the chancellor had gone too far to show she was on the side of business.

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Ukraine says it uncovers major drone procurement corruption scheme – Reuters

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  1. Ukraine says it uncovers major drone procurement corruption scheme  Reuters
  2. Ukraine uncovers major bribery scheme in electronic warfare systems procurement: MP and officials involved  Українська правда
  3. One of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades exposed the embezzlement of funds for the purchase of drones  Mezha.Media
  4. MP, officials caught taking bribes – NABU reveals details  Ukrinform
  5. MP Kuznetsov suspended from "Servant of the People" faction due to corruption scandal  Українські Національні Новини
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Man allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways

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Kevin Sinning was charged with criminal mischief and larceny after allegedly driving cart over walkways while drunk

A man commandeered a transportation cart at New York’s Buffalo Niagara international airport and destroyed moving walkways with it at the facility, according to authorities investigating the unusual incident.

Kevin J Sinning, 29, of Wyoming, faces charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal nuisance, third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property worth more than $3,000 after his arrest at about 1am on 28 July, the Niagara frontier transportation authority police department said.

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Man allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways

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Kevin Simmons was charged criminal mischief and larceny after allegedly driving cart over walkways while drunk

A man commandeered a transportation cart at New York’s Buffalo Niagara international airport and destroyed moving walkways with it at the facility, according to authorities investigating the unusual incident.

Kevin J Sinning, 29, of Wyoming, faces charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal nuisance, third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property worth more than $3,000 after his arrest at about 1am on 28 July, the Niagara frontier transportation authority police department said.

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Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report

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Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor.

Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024.

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Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report

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Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor.

Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024.

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‘A living skeleton buried alive’: Hostage’s family pleads for help after Hamas video shows him starving – The Times of Israel

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  1. ‘A living skeleton buried alive’: Hostage’s family pleads for help after Hamas video shows him starving  The Times of Israel
  2. New Hostage Videos Sow Fear and Horror in Israel  The New York Times
  3. Israeli official: Hamas has plenty of food, is deliberately starving the hostages  The Times of Israel
  4. Hamas shows starved Israeli hostages alongside emaciated Palestinian babies  Financial Times
  5. Hamas publishes hostage video of starved Evyatar David  The Jerusalem Post
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Hamas says it won’t disarm unless independent Palestinian state established – Reuters

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  1. Hamas says it won't disarm unless independent Palestinian state established  Reuters
  2. Arab States Call for Hamas to Disarm Amid Push for a Palestinian State  The New York Times
  3. Hamas denies it expressed willingness to disarm, slams Witkoff’s Gaza trip  Al Jazeera
  4. Hamas vows not to lay down arms after Witkoff reportedly says it’s ready to demilitarize  The Times of Israel
  5. Hamas responds to disarmament reports as health officials say 18 killed in Israeli fire - including people trying to access food  Sky News
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Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

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President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad

Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.

The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US.

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Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

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President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad

Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.

The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US.

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