Trump administration says the US will leave the UN cultural agency UNESCO
The White House cited 'anti-Israel rhetoric' and 'woke, divisive' causes as the reason for the US's withdrawal.
Immigration and deprivation causing UK public to lose faith in politicians, says Rayner
Deputy PM says government must show it is helping people amid concerns about potential for more riots in England
Immigration and deprivation are the main factors causing public disenchantment with politicians and the government that has led to social unrest and rioting, Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, has warned.
According to an official summary of Tuesday’s meeting of the cabinet, Rayner, who is leading a wider government project on improving social cohesion, also highlighted the increasing amount of people spending time alone and online as a driver of disturbances.
Continue reading...‘Hero’ father pulls four-year-old child out of mountain lion’s jaws in Washington state
Family was hiking when big cat attacked child, who was later airlifted to hospital and is in satisfactory condition
A mountain lion bit a four-year-old child on Sunday while the child hiked with family on Hurricane Ridge in Washington state’s Olympic national park, authorities said.
The child’s father reportedly saved the minor’s life by pulling the child from the creature’s jaws.
Continue reading...U.S. Passport Drops 2 Places To No. 10 In World’s Most Powerful List – Forbes
- U.S. Passport Drops 2 Places To No. 10 In World’s Most Powerful List Forbes
- US slips again in passport power rankings CNN
- India Makes Big Jump In Henley Passport Index, Visa-Free Entry To 59 Countries Now NDTV
- Singaporeans continue to hold world’s most powerful passport in latest ranking The Straits Times
- World's most powerful passport grants visa-free access to 193 countries. It is not the US or UK Hindustan Times
UK strikes deal with private investors to build £38bn Sizewell C nuclear power plant
Government’s deal with EDF, Centrica and other backers marks end of 15-year journey to win funding for project
The UK government has struck a deal worth more than £38bn with private investors to back Britain’s biggest nuclear project in a generation, at the Sizewell C site on the Suffolk coast.
The long-awaited multibillion-pound deal, which will be paid for through taxes and energy bills, gives the final go-ahead for construction of the nuclear project, which has almost doubled in cost from when it was first proposed.
Continue reading...‘No long sermons’: how influencer Catholic priests are spreading the word of God online
Vatican invites 1,000 social media missionaries to digital jubilee conference
Mixing prayer and gospel with poetry, art and bodybuilding, the rising stars in the influencer world are not just those flaunting fashion and travel but also Roman Catholic priests spreading the word of God.
Pope Francis latched on to the trend and, just months before his death in April, made the mission of evangelising on social media a priority for the church.
Continue reading...Protest against Gaza war prevents Israeli visitors from touring Greek island – AP News
- Protest against Gaza war prevents Israeli visitors from touring Greek island AP News
- Israeli cruise ship turned away from Greek island by Gaza war protest The Guardian
- Israelis stuck on cruise ship by Greek pro-Palestine rally The Jerusalem Post
- Cruise ship carrying Israelis heads to Cyprus after anti-Israel protest prevents docking in Greece - report The Times of Israel
- Traveling Israelis Can Expect Interference Anywhere The Media Line
Ukraine Moves to Defang U.S.-Backed Anticorruption Agency – The Wall Street Journal
- Ukraine Moves to Defang U.S.-Backed Anticorruption Agency The Wall Street Journal
- Zelensky’s Government Takes Aim at Ukraine’s Corruption Fighters The New York Times
- Anti-Zelenksy protests break out in Kyiv The Telegraph
- Ukrainian lawmakers vote to scuttle independence of anti-corruption agencies politico.eu
- Ukraine lawmakers vote to curb autonomy of anti-graft agencies Reuters
Homeland security denies reports that Ice ‘secretly deported’ Pennsylvania grandfather
The department said in a statement that Ice never arrested or deported Luis Leon to Guatemala, and that the reports were a ‘hoax’
Confusion swirled around the fate of a Chilean resident of the US after the Department of Homeland Security called reports of his deportation to Guatemala a “hoax”.
On 18 July, the Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that the family of the man, Luis Leon, said he was handcuffed after showing up at to immigration office on 20 June to report a lost green card. They said he was first sent to a detention facility in Minnesota, then to Guatemala, where they said a Chilean relative informed them he was in a hospital.
Continue reading...Israel is proceeding with annexation, and there is only one way to stop it
Global grassroots organising is the only way to challenge Israel and its plan to legalise the theft of Palestinian land.
Global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza
UN secretary general warns ‘last lifelines’ may soon collapse after Israeli forces attack WHO facilities in Deir al-Balah
Israel is facing intensifying international condemnation for its killing of starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and its attacks on humanitarian efforts, as the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said the “last lifelines keeping people alive [in the strip] are collapsing”.
An angry chorus of senior figures, among them the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, and a senior Catholic cleric, expressed on Tuesday a growing sense of global horror over Israel’s actions.
Continue reading...Two-year-old girl sexually assaulted at Victorian childcare centre, mother claims
Exclusive: Worker named by ‘deeply traumatised’ child still has job and has not been charged because no one witnessed the alleged incidents and there was no CCTV
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A mother has claimed that her two-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by a worker at a Victorian childcare centre but because there was no witness or CCTV of the alleged incidents, the educator is still working there and has not been charged.
Angela* told Guardian Australia that her daughter, Emily*, had disclosed the alleged sexual offences in mid-December, when she was nearly three. She said that on multiple occasions Emily had named the educator and said the offences had taken place while her nappy was being changed.
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Continue reading...DR Congo rescuers dig with bare hands for trapped miners
Six people have been pulled out alive, with one seriously injured, since shafts collapsed on Sunday.
DR Congo rescuers dig with bare hands for trapped miners
Six people have been pulled out alive, with one seriously injured, since shafts collapsed on Sunday.
White House confirms Trump objected to Israeli strikes in Syria – Axios
- White House confirms Trump objected to Israeli strikes in Syria Axios
- How Long Can Israel Keep Frustrating the U.S.? Time Magazine
- Trump ‘caught off guard’ by Israel’s actions in Gaza and Syria last week as skepticism of Netanyahu grows inside White House CNN
- Trump ‘caught off guard’ by recent Israeli strikes, White House says AP News
- Netanyahu’s Hold on Power Is Slipping. Will Trump Help? Foreign Policy
‘Flour, fire and fear as I try to parent in a starving Gaza’
Al Jazeera's Maram Humaid writes about trying to take care of her children while worrying her family will starve.
Trump’s border czar to target sanctuary cities in US: ‘We’re gonna flood the zone’
Homan vows to escalate Ice operations after off-duty officer allegedly shot by undocumented person in New York City
The Trump administration is targeting sanctuary cities in the next phase of its deportation drive after labelling them “sanctuaries for criminals” following the shooting of an off-duty law enforcement officer in New York City, allegedly by an undocumented person with a criminal record.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline border czar, vowed to “flood the zone” with Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (Ice) agents in an all-out bid to overcome the lack of cooperation he said the government faced from Democrat-run municipalities in its quest to arrest and detain undocumented people.
Continue reading...The boy who bled to death as an Israeli soldier ‘celebrated his shot’
The youth of Sebastia have learned to hide in their homes whenever Israeli soldiers approach the town.
Number of aid seekers killed by Israel in Gaza tops 1,000: UN
Starvation, malnutrition kill 101 Palestinians during Gaza war, including 80 children, according to hospitals.
Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds – theguardian.com
- Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds theguardian.com
- Russian TV shows teenagers at 'world's biggest drone factory' making arms to hit Ukraine Reuters
- Russia appears to be launching its exploding Shahed-style drones from American-designed pickup trucks Business Insider
- Inside Russia’s suicide drone factories manned by teenagers The Telegraph
- Russia seen as boosting combat-drone output, switching attack angles Defense News