Far-right figure Tommy Robinson released early from UK prison
Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was originally scheduled for release in late July.
Rare antelope captured on camera as experts say under 100 exist
The picture of the Upemba Lechwe was taken through the window of an aeroplane during a survey.
‘Betrayal’ or ‘win-win’?: Britain’s EU deal reopens old wounds
Polls suggest most Britons want closer ties with the EU, but some believe the new deal violates Brexit's mandate.
Drone war, ground offensive continue despite new Russia-Ukraine peace push
Tit-for-tat drone attacks as Russia blames Ukraine and Europe for efforts to disrupt diplomacy.
Humanitarian groups slam Gaza’s new US-Israeli aid operation
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it has started sending limited aid into Gaza, after Israel’s three-month siege.
Girl tells Al Jazeera how she escaped school inferno
Ward al-Sheikh Khalil spoke to Al Jazeera after surviving an Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza city.
Syrian admits triple murder at trial for German knife attack
Issa al H is accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group before the attack.
Teenage Gaza gymnast who lost both legs dreams of walking again
Ahmed is a 16-year-old gymnast who lost both his legs in an Israeli attack on Gaza.
UN Security Council must renew the arms embargo on South Sudan
Free access to weapons would only spur the ongoing violence in the country.
US-Israel scheme dispenses Gaza aid as UN says 180,000 displaced in 10 days
The United Nations slams GHF plan as ‘distraction’ amid global condemnation, as death toll in enclave surpasses 54,000.
Naim and Wadee’a
This documentary explores the life of the filmmaker’s Palestinian grandparents through the Nakba.
Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving in war zone and is one of dozens of minors who have died in recent attacks
Her life was one of war but Yaqeen Hammad somehow found a reason to smile. The 11-year-old was Gaza’s youngest influencer, whose bright smile reached tens of thousands, including other children, while she offered practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas.
In one social media post, Yaqeen wrote: “I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war.”
Continue reading...Reform pledge to lift two-child cap aims to make having children ‘a bit easier for British families’ says Farage – UK politics live
Leader says policy ‘not aimed at those who come into the country and suddenly decide to have a lot of children’
The co-leader of the Green party of England and Wales, Adrian Ramsay, has renewed his call for Russia to face greater sanctions. Posting to social media, the MP for Waveney Valley said “Putin has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian civilians because he thinks he’ll face no consequences. Much tougher sanctions are urgently needed to bring him into serious peace talks to end this horrific war.”
As well as appearing on the media round today, shadow chancellor Mel Stride has written for the Daily Mail, saying that the Conservatives continue to back the two-child benefit cap.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Syria and Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say – Reuters
- Exclusive: Syria and Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say Reuters
- Syria in direct, face-to-face deconfliction talks with Israel: Report Middle East Eye
- Israel, Syria holding face-to-face meetings to calm border tensions — sources The Times of Israel
- Trump’s Warming Toward Syria Complicates Israel’s Military Strategy The New York Times
- Israel and Syria hold direct talks to curb spiralling tensions Financial Times
‘She saw them burn’: Gaza girl ‘devastated’ after family killed in Israeli strike – Middle East Eye
- 'She saw them burn': Gaza girl 'devastated' after family killed in Israeli strike Middle East Eye
- Live: Israel bombs Gaza journalist’s home, killing at least eight Al Jazeera
- IDF says dozens of targets struck across Gaza over past 48 hours The Times of Israel
- Unable to Justify Their Army Killing Children in Gaza, Israelis Retreat Into Deep Denial Haaretz
- Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children BBC
Young offenders at Midlands prison ‘dehumanised’ by violence, say mothers
Families share incidents of sons being slashed and afraid to leave their cells at HMP Swinfen Hall
Young offenders at a troubled prison in the Midlands have been stabbed, “dehumanised” and are “becoming more violent” in order to survive, mothers of prisoners have told the Guardian.
HMP Swinfen Hall, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, has seen a growing number of disturbances, including the intervention of riot officers. The prison officers union last month called for the Ministry of Justice to intervene and clear the place of weapons after several staff members were attacked.
Continue reading...Israel-Gaza war: UN says it is unsure how much aid has been delivered inside Gaza by Israeli-backed logistics group – as it happened
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says lorry loads of food have been delivered to sites in Gaza but UN humanitarian agency says it is unaware if any aid has been distributed
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has written a powerful opinion piece in Israeli newspaper Hareetz, saying Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza and carrying out the “indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing” of Palestinian civilians.
Olmert said that over the last year he had publicly rejected accusations of genocide and war crimes being levelled at Israel, arguing that although “excessive killing happened” the Israeli government did not “give orders to hit Gazan civilians indiscriminately”. But he said his view has changed over recent weeks. Olmert, who served as prime minister from 2006 to 2009, wrote in the Hareetz opinion piece:
What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians.
We’re not doing this due to loss of control in any specific sector, not due to some disproportionate outburst by some soldiers in some unit. Rather, it’s the result of government policy – knowingly, evilly, maliciously, irresponsibly dictated. Yes, Israel is committing war crimes.
Continue reading...British man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped – AP News
- British man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped AP News
- A British man on trial in Bali for a drug offense pleads for a lenient sentence AP News
- Cumbrian man handed Bali prison sentence for drug offence BBC
- Thomas Parker: British man sentenced in Bali after facing death penalty over MDMA package The Independent
- Indonesia British Drug Trial New Castle News
Nepali breaks world record with 31st summit of Mount Everest
Kami Rita, a 55-year-old Sherpa known as “Everest Man”, first climbed the world’s highest mountain in 1994.
Two of 10 prisoners who escaped from New Orleans jail remain on the run
Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves still at large, while at least 11 people arrested on suspicion of aiding prisoners
Two of the 10 prisoners who escaped from New Orleans’s jail on 16 May remained on the run as of Tuesday, after three more of the group were rearrested on Monday, authorities said.
One of the men was arrested by local police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, about 80 miles north-west of New Orleans. Two others were arrested in Walker county, Texas, Louisiana state police said on the Twitter/X.
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