Uganda’s 80-year-old president in bid to extend 40-year rule
Yoweri Museveni has been endorsed by the ruling party as its candidate in the 2026 election.
Hezbollah chief vows not to surrender weapons under Israeli threats – The Times of Israel
- Hezbollah chief vows not to surrender weapons under Israeli threats The Times of Israel
- Hezbollah chief says won’t disarm until Israel leaves southern Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Hezbollah weighs scaling back its arsenal in wake of Israel conflict Reuters
- Lebanon prepares response to US demand to disarm Hezbollah The Jerusalem Post
- Is Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon loosening? UnHerd
Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson says – BBC
- Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson says BBC
- Scrapping two-child benefit cap may be harder after welfare U-turn, minister says The Guardian
- Ministers ‘pushed ahead too fast’ on welfare reform, says Phillipson The Independent
- Plan to scrap two-child benefit cap ‘dead’ after welfare retreat The Times
- Assessing the Two-Child Benefit Cap U-Turn: A Tipping Point for Retail and Household Spending AInvest
Iran tells millions of Afghans to leave or face arrest on day of deadline
Move follows war with Israel, but humanitarian groups warn mass deportations may further destabilise Afghanistan.
Supporting Palestine group in UK now a “criminal offence”
Attorney Laura O’B talks about the proscription of UK group Palestine Action as a terror group and why it’s raised conce
US deports eight men to South Sudan after legal battle
The US Supreme Court had overturned a judge's decision that the men be allowed to contest their removal.
Trump’s new version of Oval Office meetings has rattled some foreign leaders – CNN
Richard Gere joins Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday celebrations
The Hollywood attended alongside thousands of Tibetan Buddhists in the Himalayan town of Dharamsala.
Israel and Hamas to hold indirect ceasefire talks in Qatar – Axios
- Israel and Hamas to hold indirect ceasefire talks in Qatar Axios
- Netanyahu Heads to Washington as Trump Pushes for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire The New York Times
- What’s in Trump’s ceasefire proposal and can it end Israel’s war on Gaza? Al Jazeera
- Israel and Hamas Have Different Reasons for Pursuing Gaza Deal WSJ
- Israel sends delegation to Qatar for Gaza talks ahead of Netanyahu trip to US Reuters
Texas floods: search continues with dozens dead and missing
Hundreds of rescuers searching for those missing in devastating floods including girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth camp
The father of Blair, 13, and Brooke Harber, 11, confirmed to CNN yesterday that his daughters had died in the Texas flooding after having gone missing in Kerr County.
RJ Harber told CNN that Blair “was a gifted student and had a generous kind heart” and that Brooke “was like a light in any room, people gravitated to her and she made them laugh and enjoy the moment”.
Officials defended their preparations for severe weather and their response but said they had not expected such an intense downpour that was, in effect, the equivalent of months’ worth of rain for the area.
One National Weather Service (NWS) forecast this week had called for only 3-6in (76-152mm) of rain, said Kidd, of the Texas division of emergency management.
Continue reading...Anger as Nationwide refuses members a binding vote on boss’s 43% pay hike
Lender says Debbie Crosbie’s package ‘should compete with banks’ but critics say building societies are ‘supposed to be the good guys’
Nationwide is under fire for refusing to give members a binding vote on a controversial 43% pay rise for its chief executive, Debbie Crosbie, which could total up to £7m.
Campaigners say it leaves the mutual’s members with fewer rights than shareholders of listed UK banks and exposes a worrying “loophole” in building society rules.
Continue reading...China retaliates against EU with a ban on European medical devices – AP News
Europe’s Dilemma: Build a Military Industry or Keep Relying on the U.S. – The New York Times
- Europe’s Dilemma: Build a Military Industry or Keep Relying on the U.S. The New York Times
- Europe does not have to choose between guns and butter. There is another way | Shahin Vallée and Joseph de Weck The Guardian
- Breakingviews - Some dos and don’ts for Europe’s defence buildup Reuters
- Military spending splurge ‘risk factor’ for EU economy, says Denmark Euractiv
- A Transatlantic Reckoning: Why Europe Needs a New Pact Beyond Defence Spending Social Europe
‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status
Family of Cynthia Olivera reconsiders support for president after Ice detained her at green card interview
The family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants say they are feeling betrayed after federal agents recently detained the woman in California while she interviewed for permanent US residency – and began working to expel her from the country.
“We feel totally blindsided,” Cynthia Olivera’s husband – US citizen and self-identified Trump voter Francisco Olivera – told the California news station KGTV. “I want my vote back.”
Continue reading...‘We’ve made progress’: environment secretary is upbeat despite Labour’s struggles
Steve Reed says changes to living standards are happening and will make a big difference to trust in government
It was probably easier for Steve Reed to feel more cheerful about Labour’s most torrid week in government while sitting on bales of hay in the blazing sunshine about 40 miles from Westminster.
The environment secretary might have sympathised with Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall – he has experience of bearing the flak for some of the government’s most controversial decisions on family farm taxes – but at Hertfordshire’s Groundswell festival, named the Glastonbury for farms, he may simply have been happy not to be pelted with manure by unhappy farmers.
Continue reading...Search intensifies for missing children after deadly Texas floods
Helicopters, boats, and drones deployed in frantic search for missing children as the floods kill at least 50 people.
Keir Starmer should be bold and consider a wealth tax, Neil Kinnock says
Former Labour leader says government needs a better narrative and risks being bogged down by ‘imposed limitations’
Keir Starmer’s government is suffering from a “lack of narrative” about what it is trying to achieve and should be more fiscally bold and consider a tax on wealth, Neil Kinnock has said.
The former Labour leader said too many of the government’s achievements were being overshadowed. A year after a landslide election win, the party is struggling in the polls and has U-turned on policies including cuts to winter fuel payments and welfare.
Continue reading...ISW: Russia may trade deep breakthrough attempts for slow envelopment around fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast – Euromaidan Press
- ISW: Russia may trade deep breakthrough attempts for slow envelopment around fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast Euromaidan Press
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 5, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Putin Plots Summer of Relentless Attacks on Ukraine WSJ
- Russia unleashes its summer offensive with an army mired in problems The Washington Post
- The Shifting Front Lines of the Ukraine Conflict Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
‘I was naive in being hopeful’: Labour voters feel let down after first year
Party’s supporters tell of dissatisfaction, but many feel the Starmer government’s good points have been overlooked
Labour supporters have told the Guardian of their dissatisfaction with the party’s first year in government, as Keir Starmer marks 12 months since becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown.
Members and voters said initial optimism had given away to unhappiness about the government’s record, although many were keen to state the positives they felt had been forgotten under the weight of recent events.
Continue reading...Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1227: Russian missiles release toxic clouds over Ukrainian cities – Euromaidan Press
- Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1227: Russian missiles release toxic clouds over Ukrainian cities Euromaidan Press
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,229 Al Jazeera
- Russia launches largest aerial attack on Ukraine's capital as pessimism grows over a Trump ceasefire NBC News
- Russia pounds Kyiv with largest drone attack, hours after Trump-Putin call Reuters
- Zelensky Reveals How 'Cynical' Russia Responded to Trump-Putin Call Newsweek