Israel bombed Syria with “no real consultation”
Akiva Eldar on Israel’s attack on Damascus – framed as protecting Syria’s Druze community.
Column | The rest of the world struggles to restrain Israel – The Washington Post
- Column | The rest of the world struggles to restrain Israel The Washington Post
- Coalition of Nations Announces Steps to “End Israel’s Era of Impunity” After Global Summit Democracy Now!
- Colombia hosts first Hague Group summit to finalize action against Israel’s Gaza offensive EL PAÍS English
- UN’s Albanese hails 30-nation meeting aimed at ending Israeli occupation of Palestine The Guardian
- UN rapporteur demands global action to stop Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza Al Jazeera
Exclusive / Saudi considers NEOM job cuts, relocations amid cost pressures – Semafor
- Exclusive / Saudi considers NEOM job cuts, relocations amid cost pressures Semafor
- Saudi Arabia reckons with its costly megaprojects as $500 billion 'The Line' is reviewed CNBC
- Saudi Arabia Taps Consultants to Review Neom’s ‘Line’ Project Bloomberg
- New Aerial Photos Show Progress on World's Biggest Construction Site Newsweek
- Saudi Arabia's Neom weighs deep layoffs and relocations: Report Middle East Eye
Two UK charities donate millions to Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
Charity Commission criticised for endorsing transfer of about £5.7m to high school in illegal village of Susya
Two UK charities have transferred millions of pounds to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank with the endorsement of the charities regulator, the Guardian can reveal.
Documents show that the Kasner Charitable Trust (KCT), via a conduit charity, UK Toremet, has donated approximately £5.7m to the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva high school in Susya, in the Israeli-occupied territory.
Continue reading...Iran resupplies militia proxies: Israel, US strikes don’t stop arms flow – The Jerusalem Post
- Iran resupplies militia proxies: Israel, US strikes don't stop arms flow The Jerusalem Post
- Yemen fighters allied to exiled government claim seizure of tons of Iranian-supplied Houthi weapons AP News
- Yemeni Partners Successfully Interdict Massive Iranian Weapons Shipment Bound for the Houthis centcom.mil
- Iran moves to rearm Houthis and Hezbollah Yahoo
- Iran Responds to Massive US Weapons Bust Newsweek
How disinformation fuelled Spain’s anti-migrant riots after attack on pensioner – Euronews.com
- How disinformation fuelled Spain’s anti-migrant riots after attack on pensioner Euronews.com
- Police Arrest Far-Right Leader After Anti-Immigrant Riots in Spanish Town The New York Times
- Fourteen people arrested after anti-migrant riots in southern Spain BBC
- Inside the private Telegram chat calling for immigrants in Spain to be ‘hunted down’: ‘Arab heads will roll’ EL PAÍS English
- Torre Pacheco riots: Race tensions simmer in Spain after mob rampage The Times
UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future – The New York Times
- UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future The New York Times
- As US support for NATO wobbles, France and UK strengthen nuclear ties The Hill
- Britain and Europe are changing together European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
- U.K. and France recommit to Storm Shadow missile and its successor Axios
- U.K. Tries to Mend Fences in Europe to Defend Against Threats The Wall Street Journal
Festivalgoers help drive Burberry to best sales performance in 18 months
Music fans snap up wellies, scarves and light jackets, with shares rising more than 4% on back of better-than-expected performance
Shoppers snapping up Burberry wellies, scarves and light jackets to wear at music festivals have helped the fashion brand to its best sales performance in 18 months despite lacklustre spending by tourists around the world.
Sales of the luxury British brand fell by 2% to £433m in the three months to the end of June, with a 1% decline at established stores, an improvement from the 6% fall in the previous quarter and the best performance since Christmas 2023.
Continue reading...North Korea bans foreigners from seaside resort weeks after opening
Tourism authorities say foreigners are "temporarily" not allowed to visit the Wonsan Kalma resort.
North Korea bans foreigners from seaside resort weeks after opening
Tourism authorities say foreigners are "temporarily" not allowed to visit the Wonsan Kalma resort.
Migrants deported by the US to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement – The Guardian
- Migrants deported by the US to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement The Guardian
- Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration The New York Times
- ‘Not Trump’s dumping ground’: Outrage over arrival of foreign US deportees in tiny African nation CNN
- Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time PBS
- Trump administration restarts third-country deportations with flight to Eswatini NBC News
One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Others – The New York Times
- One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Others The New York Times
- Trump says BRICS would end quickly if they ever form in a meaningful way Reuters
- BRICS and the future of strategic non-alignment The International Institute for Strategic Studies
- ‘Little group fading fast’: Donald Trump mocks Brics; reiterates 10% tariff threat to protect US dollar d Times of India
- The Brics Coalition Is Starting to Gel Into a Real Threat to the West Barron's
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics – Politico
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics Politico
- Browse political cartoons for the week of July 14 The Morning Call
Native title win for Millewa-Mallee First Nations peoples in Victoria after decades-long fight
Historic decision in Australia’s federal court gives traditional owners in state’s north-west the right to control access to their country
After a difficult journey spanning more than two decades, traditional owners say they’ve “weathered the storm” to finally have their native title rights recognised.
The federal court on Friday awarded the historic native title determination to the Indigenous peoples of the Millewa-Mallee from north-west Victoria, for the first time granting exclusive native title rights in the state.
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Continue reading...Europeans warn Iran of UN sanctions if no concrete progress on nuclear issue – Reuters
- Europeans warn Iran of UN sanctions if no concrete progress on nuclear issue Reuters
- France, UK and Germany would restore UN sanctions on Iran next month without progress on a deal AP News
- Iran faces August deadline to accept comprehensive nuclear deal or face renewed UN sanctions Fox News
- Iran faces stiff sanctions if no deal by end of August, U.S. and allies agree Axios
- Iran Makes Nuclear Threat Newsweek
North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort – ABC News
- North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort ABC News
- North Korea bans foreigners from seaside resort weeks after opening BBC
- Wonsan Kalma Beach Resort Hosts a High-Level Visit 38 North
- North Korea Bans Foreigners From Beach Resort After Lavrov Trip Bloomberg.com
- Kim Jong Un’s New Water Park Promptly Boots Out Tourists The Daily Beast
North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort – AP News
Grant Shapps defends use of superinjunction to suppress Afghan data leak
Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save lives
The former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the use of an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a data breach that led to the UK government relocating 15,000 Afghans.
The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was created in haste after it emerged that personal information about 18,700 Afghans who had applied to come to the UK had been leaked in error by a British defence official in early 2022.
Continue reading...Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live
Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’
Grant Shapps said he supported the publication of a defence assessment which formed the basis of the superinjunction over the Afghan data leak and he was “surprised” the gagging order had remained in place “so long”.
Asked whether he backed calls from the Intelligence and Security Committee for the report to be released, the former defence secretary told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Yes I would.
Continue reading...Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time
Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance ‘to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper’
Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, in a move the streaming company’s boss said will make films and programmes cheaper and of better quality.
Ted Sarandos, a co-chief executive of Netflix, said the Argentinian science fiction series El Eternauta (The Eternaut) is the first it has made that involved using generative AI footage.
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