- In an Attack at Sunset, Israelis Set a Palestinian Village Ablaze The New York Times
- Israeli settlers attack Christian village in West Bank, leaving 3 dead and homes burned OSV News
- Three Palestinians killed in West Bank clash with Israeli settlers and troops The Washington Post
- Israeli settler set fire to hundreds of olive trees in the West Bank Middle East Eye
- Israeli settlers, protected by the army, ramp up violence in occupied West Bank Le Monde.fr
Trump team threatens to prosecute CNN over reporting on Ice-tracking app
Kristi Noem says ‘we’re working with [DoJ] to see if we can prosecute them’ while president fumes over Iran reporting
Donald Trump and administration officials have threatened CNN over what they said was its promotion of a new app that allows users to track and try to avoid Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents.
Speaking to reporters in Florida on a trip to visit a new Ice detention center in Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”, Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said her department and the Department of Justice were looking at prosecuting CNN over its reporting on the app, called IceBlock.
Continue reading...Ice raids leave crops unharvested at California farms: ‘We need the labor’
Trump’s immigration crackdown has made many immigrant farmworkers scared to go to work
Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura county, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the US illegally.
Tate knows the farms around her well. And she says she can see with her own eyes how raids carried out by agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in the area’s fields earlier this month, part of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, have frightened off workers.
Continue reading...Trump celebrates harsh conditions for detainees on visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
President says immigration jail in Florida Everglades is a ‘little controversial, but I couldn’t care less’
Donald Trump on Tuesday toured Alligator Alcatraz, a controversial new migrant detention jail in the remote Florida Everglades, and celebrated the harsh conditions that people sent there would experience.
The president was chaperoned by Florida’s hard-right governor, Ron DeSantis, who hailed the tented camp on mosquito-infested land 50 miles west of Miami as an example for other states that supported Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Continue reading...Man, 92, jailed for 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol
Ryland Headley sentenced to minimum of 20 years after what is thought to be oldest cold case solved in modern English policing history
A 92-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years after being convicted of the rape and murder of a woman in Bristol 58 years ago.
The sentencing judge, Mr Justice Sweeting, told Ryland Headley that he would spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Louisa Dunne at her home in 1967.
Continue reading...Huckabee says that US B-2 bombers ‘need to visit Yemen’ after Houthis missile intercepted – The Jerusalem Post
Man arrested for ‘spying’ for Iran before possible attacks in Germany
Iran's embassy in Berlin swiftly rejects allegation after man is arrested in neighbouring Denmark.
After record Russian drone attacks in June, Ukrainian drone hits industrial plant deep inside Russia – PBS
- After record Russian drone attacks in June, Ukrainian drone hits industrial plant deep inside Russia PBS
- Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine launches one of its deepest drone strikes into Russia, killing three The Guardian
- Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on central Russia BBC
- 'Important facility hit' — Ukraine attacks Russian oil refinery in Saratov Oblast, military says The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine Says Its Drones Hit Russian Anti-Aircraft Missile Plant Bloomberg
Trump threatens to review subsidies on Musk-owned companies
Tesla's stock dropped 6 percent after Trump's call for DOGE to look into cutting subsidies tied to Elon Musk.
Spain and England record hottest June as heatwave grips Europe
Several European regions had their highest temperatures on the last day of June, as a heatwave continues into July.
UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has named several US giants among the companies aiding Israel.
Pressure grows on Yvette Cooper to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action
UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warn that proscribing group would conflate protest and terrorism
The home secretary is coming under increasing pressure to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action, as UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warned that proscribing the group would conflate protest and terrorism.
In two separate letters to Yvette Cooper, the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) lawyers’ group and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers said that proscribing the group would set a dangerous precedent.
Continue reading...Myles Turner signs with Bucks, Damian Lillard waived: Report
The Milwaukee Bucks have shaken up their playing roster in free agency, waiving Damian Lillard and signing Myles Turner.
Ukrainian drone hits a plant deep inside Russia after record Russian drone attacks in June – AP News
- Ukrainian drone hits a plant deep inside Russia after record Russian drone attacks in June AP News
- Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on central Russia BBC
- Ukraine drone attack on central Russia kills three, wounds 35 Al Jazeera
- Ukraine shows footage of Bober drones hitting Russian air defenses, fighter jet in Crimea. The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine Says Its Drones Hit Russian Anti-Aircraft Missile Plant Bloomberg
US Senate Republicans narrowly pass Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill
Vice-President JD Vance casts the tie-breaking vote after more than 24 hours of intense debate, sending the bill back to the House.
Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens – AP News
- Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens AP News
- A Russian media outlet is raided in Azerbaijan's capital as tensions rise between Moscow and Baku AP News
- Azerbaijan demands punishment for death of brothers in Russian police custody Reuters
- Baku-Moscow Relations Continue To Sour After Death Of 2 Azeris In Custody i24NEWS
- Azerbaijan jails Sputnik execs amid escalating tensions with Russia Euronews.com
Germany launches additional measures against Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ – Reuters
- Germany launches additional measures against Russia's 'shadow fleet' Reuters
- Germany launches insurance crackdown on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ Financial Times
- Shadow Fleet Exposed by Sanctions and Sensors Hellenic Shipping News
- Massive dark fleet: Europe reveals hundreds of tankers smuggling oil past sanctions RBC-Ukraine
- UK Issues Red Alert on Russian Shadow Fleet Sanctions Dodging Bloomberg
Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality – UN News
- Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality UN News
- The eternal dilemma of how to tax the super-rich Financial Times
- There is no climate finance gap – only a tax sovereignty gap Climate Home News
- Scarcity is a political choice: It’s time to tax the super-rich 350.org
- Tax The Rich, Say The Rich Electronics Weekly
By sacrificing Palestine, Europe betrays itself
By refusing to take action on Israel, EU states are violating European and international law.
Ukraine’s new interceptor UAVs are starting to knock Russia’s long-range Shahed drones out of the sky – The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine’s new interceptor UAVs are starting to knock Russia’s long-range Shahed drones out of the sky The Kyiv Independent
- Under a Drone-Swarmed Sky: Surviving in Eastern Ukraine The New York Times
- Russia Is Investing in Its Unmanned Capabilities and Plans to Increase the Number of Drones Used in Strikes Against Our State; We Are Preparing Our Countermeasures – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України
- Ukrainian UJ-26 Bober drones destroy Russian air defence systems and damage fighter jet, Ukraine's intelligence reports – video Українська правда
- Ukrainian Interceptor Drone Reaches 11km Altitude to Target High-Flying Russian UAVs Kyiv Post