Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon, dies at 76
Osbourne was instrumental in pioneering heavy metal as his band Black Sabbath enjoyed huge success in the 70s.
‘They shot patients in beds’ – BBC hears claims of massacre at Suweida hospital
The BBC visits Suweida's National Hospital where staff claim patients were killed by Syrian government forces.
‘They shot patients in beds’ – BBC hears claims of massacre at Suweida hospital
The BBC visits Suweida's National Hospital where staff claim patients were killed by Syrian government forces.
Workers scramble to find colleagues at collapsed DRC gold mine
Workers at a collapsed mine shaft in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to dig out their colleagues.
Wild life of Ozzy Osbourne, rock’s ‘prince of darkness’
The singer helped invent both heavy metal and the image of the wild rock star, before unlikely reality TV fame.
UK’s aid cuts ‘will hit children’s education and raise risk of death’
Cutting aid budget to 0.3% of national income will hurt many African countries, says FCDO impact assessment
Labour’s deep aid cuts will hit children’s education and increase the risk of disease and death in some African countries, according to the government’s own impact assessment.
Keir Starmer announced earlier this year that he would reduce the aid budget to 0.3% of national income, from 0.5%, to fund increased spending on defence.
Continue reading...Pilots In Fiery South Korean Plane Crash Shut Off Wrong Engine After Bird Strike – Jalopnik
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Israeli cruise ship turned away from Greek island by Gaza war protest
Tourists greeted on Syros by banner saying Stop the Genocide and prevented from disembarking
A cruise liner carrying Israeli tourists has been forced to reroute to Cyprus after being turned away from the Greek island of Syros after a quayside protest over the Gaza war.
Around 1,600 Israeli passengers on board the Crown Iris were prevented from disembarking amid safety concerns when more than 300 demonstrators on the Cycladic isle made clear they were unwelcome over Israel’s conduct of the war and treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. A large banner emblazoned with the words Stop the Genocide was held aloft alongside Palestinian flags.
Continue reading...Holy Land clerics ‘stand in solidarity’ with people of Gaza after visit
Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders condemned Israel’s bombardment on Gaza after a rare visit to the territory July 18.
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood
Exclusive: Wes Streeting among ministers pushing for action after calling Israeli attacks on aid sites ‘intolerable’
Keir Starmer is under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza.
The prime minister is understood to have been urged by a number of senior ministers in different cabinet meetings over recent months that the UK should take a leading role in issuing recognition.
Continue reading...US House speaker shuts down chamber to block Epstein vote
The decision to bring forward the summer recess means Republican leaders can delay a politically fraught vote on the disclosures.
Trump team seeks meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell amid Epstein pressure
The request is Trump's latest move to defuse uproar over recent report that yielded no new evidence in Epstein scandal.
More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria, report finds
Gov't committee in Syria says it identified 298 suspects in mass killings in Syria's coastal regions.
French culture minister and fugitive former auto exec to face corruption trial – politico.eu
US NATO ambassador warns China over ‘subsidizing’ Russia’s war in Ukraine – The Kyiv Independent
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French culture minister to be tried for alleged corruption while an MEP, source says
Rachida Dati denies lobbying for Renault-Nissan carmaker
The French culture minister, Rachida Dati, is to go on trial over alleged corruption and abuse of power while she was a member of the European parliament, a judicial source has said.
Dati, 59, who had hoped to run for Paris mayor in next spring’s municipal elections, was charged in 2019 on suspicions she lobbied for the Renault-Nissan carmaking group while an MEP. She has denied the allegations and has repeatedly sought without success to have the charges quashed.
Continue reading...Gaza’s generation of amputees
Ismail Abu Omar speaks about Gaza’s rising amputee toll and the resilience of people living with permanent wounds.
‘Completely unprecedented’: resident doctors to press ahead with strike
Wes Streeting says move shows ‘disdain for patients’ while BMA insist pay demands not taken seriously in talks
Wes Streeting has condemned the decision by resident doctors to “recklessly and needlessly” press ahead with strike action, saying it is “completely unprecedented in the history of British trade unionism”.
In a fiery statement after the British Medical Association (BMA) said there was no offer on the table that could avert the industrial action on Friday, the health secretary said resident doctors were offered changes to working conditions and career progression but chose to continue with industrial action.
Continue reading...Bangladesh students demand accountability after deadly air force jet crash
Students' demands include compensation for families, as well as new training procedures for the country's air force.
Explainer: Why China’s neighbours are worried about its new mega-dam project – Reuters
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