Tunisia leader Saied’s opponents, supporters stage rival rallies
Riot police have been deployed in large numbers to separate the groups in Tunis.
Video: Republican running for congress heckles Muslim event in Texas
A Republican candidate for US Congress heckled a Muslim community day at the Texas Capitol building with hate speech.
MPs urge David Lammy to intervene as British man remains in jail in India
Jagtar Singh Johal’s hopes of being freed on bail have been dashed for now despite being cleared of charges in one case
Hopes that Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man held in an Indian jail for seven years, would be released on bail were dashed on Thursday when his case was deferred by the Indian supreme court possibly until after the summer, prompting calls from MPs for the UK to intervene.
The foreign secretary, David Lammy, is due to meet Johal’s brother again next week.
Continue reading...Seven takeaways from US-Ukraine resources deal
What this will and won't change for US assistance to Ukraine, three years into the war.
State of emergency in New Zealand as storms hit
New Zealand’s capital, Wellington has been hit by the strongest winds in over a decade, issuing a red warning.
Hegseth orders ‘comprehensive transformation’ of US Army, merging offices and cutting units – Breaking Defense
- Hegseth orders 'comprehensive transformation' of US Army, merging offices and cutting units Breaking Defense
- Falling stars? Army weighing massive cut to generals, PEO offices and AFC power Breaking Defense
- US Army leadership says it wants soldiers figuring out what's needed for war, not 'focused on things like PowerPoint slides' Business Insider
- Defense Secretary Hegseth orders total transformation, consolidation of Army Washington Times
- Defense Chief Orders Army Transformation Review Mirage News
Trump tariffs cause fastest slump in British factory export orders in five years
Decline in output and new orders in April allied with rising uncertainty is prompting layoffs, survey finds
Britain’s factories suffered a slump in export orders last month as Donald Trump’s globally unsettling tariff regime sent overseas demand for UK goods tumbling at the fastest pace in five years.
Manufacturers reported rising economic and trade uncertainties in April as some tariffs took effect and other threatened border taxes loomed, forcing them to lay off workers for a sixth consecutive month.
Continue reading...DoJ civil rights division suffers severe personnel reduction under Trump
More than 250 lawyers have left or been reassigned since January as critics fear ‘end of the division as we’ve known it’
More than 250 attorneys in the justice department’s civil rights division have either left, been reassigned, or accepted a buyout offer since January , according to an estimate provided to the Guardian by people familiar with the matter. The significant decrease in personnel underscores how Donald Trump is gutting the arm of the federal government responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws.
About 235 attorneys in the division’s civil enforcement sections have accepted buyouts or have quit the justice department and roughly another 20 have been reassigned or detailed to do other work within the agency, including handling public records requests and internal agency complaints.
Continue reading...Lebanon holds Beirut Marathon after war delay
The Beirut marathon returned after being cancelled due to attacks by the Israeli military.
Joseph Kabila: DR Congo seeks to remove ex-president’s immunity – BBC
- Joseph Kabila: DR Congo seeks to remove ex-president's immunity BBC
- Congo moves to lift ex-President Kabila's immunity, accusing him of war crimes Reuters
- DRC seeks to lift ex-President Kabila’s immunity over alleged war crimes Al Jazeera
- DR Congo seeks to strip Kabila of immunity DW
- Congo Kabila chronicleonline.com
Daily endometriosis pill approved for NHS could help 1,000 women a year
Linzagolix hailed as a possible ‘gamechanger’ in tackling the painful condition for some patients in England
More than 1,000 women a year in England could benefit from a new pill for endometriosis.
The condition occurs when tissue similar to the womb lining grows elsewhere in the body, such as the pelvis, bladder and bowel. It can cause chronic pain, heavy periods, extreme tiredness and fertility problems.
Continue reading...Japanese police arrest man after alleged car attack on schoolchildren, say reports
Motorist held in Osaka on suspicion of attempted murder after seven children injured, according to local media
Police in the Japanese city of Osaka have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after he drove his car into seven schoolchildren, according to local media.
The children were walking home from school when the suspect appeared to deliberately drive the car at them on a quiet residential street at about 1.30pm local time, the public broadcaster NHK reported.
Continue reading...Local elections: voters head to the polls across England – UK politics live
Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabs
One of the signs that Bluesky is functioning as a decent alternative to Elon Musk’s X is the fact that it has become a decent source for #dogsatpollingstations. Here are some of the nicer pictures I have seen there this morning.
The Metropolitan police has confirmed that counter-terrorism police are investigating footage that appears to show Irish language rap band Kneecap calling for politicians to be killed, and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”.
On April 22, we were made aware of an online video believed to be from a music event in London in November 2024. Following this, we were made aware of a further video, believed to be from another music event in London in November 2023.
Both videos were referred to the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit for assessment by specialist officers, who have determined there are grounds for further investigation into potential offences linked to both videos.
Continue reading...Lebedev promises to keep funding Standard after another £20m loss
Following a rebrand and move to digital-first the total losses over eight years rise to nearly £125m
Evgeny Lebedev, the owner of the Standard, has pledged to provide funds to keep the newspaper company going after it lost nearly £20m in the year before it went weekly.
The paper, formerly the Evening Standard, which had been published daily in London for almost 200 years, was rebranded last autumn to make it a digital-first publication, supported by a weekly print edition, the London Standard.
Continue reading...Sudan ‘horror knows no bounds’, says UN, as deaths in Darfur rise
UN rights chief says civilians ‘trapped in dire conditions’ in and around el-Fasher as RSF warns of further 'bloodshed'.
Can Mexico bring back the endangered axolotl?
Pollution has cut the amphibian's numbers by 99.5 percent, but scientists believe Mexico's cultural icon could return.
No Ken do: Trump says US kids may get ‘two dolls instead of 30’ due to tariffs
President acknowledged his tariff war with China could lead to a toy shortage and costlier products
Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the United States, saying American kids might “have two dolls instead of 30 dolls”, but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war.
The US president has tried to reassure a nervous country that his tariffs will not provoke a recession, after a new government report showed the US economy shrank during the first three months of the year.
Continue reading...Israel Scrambles to Extinguish Wildfires on Outskirts of Jerusalem – The New York Times
- Israel Scrambles to Extinguish Wildfires on Outskirts of Jerusalem The New York Times
- Firefighters battle blazes near Jerusalem as officials investigate cause The Washington Post
- Netanyahu Claims 18 Arrested Over Jerusalem Fires, Though It's Actually Only Three Haaretz
- Government accused of failing to take fire threat seriously despite years of warnings The Times of Israel
- Several countries sending firefighting planes to Israel to help tackle major wildfire ABC News
Israel declares national emergency as wildfires force evacuations
Witnesses tell of ‘walls of flame’ surging across woodland, while high winds disrupt Independence Day events
Wildfires continued to threaten swaths of forest and fields in Israel on Thursday, though firefighters successfully reopened the main road linking the country’s two principal cities.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, declared a national emergency after the fires broke out on Wednesday along the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, prompting police to shut the route and evacuate thousands of people from nearby communities.
Continue reading...Gaza edges closer to famine as Israel’s total blockade nears its third month – CNN
- Gaza edges closer to famine as Israel’s total blockade nears its third month CNN
- Israel redraws Gaza map, limiting Palestinians to a third of the enclave The Washington Post
- Looting of Gaza stores signals worsening hunger crisis Reuters
- The U.S. backs Israel's ban on the U.N.'s Palestinian aid agency at the World Court NPR
- Israel, Gaza, and the Starvation Weapon Foreign Affairs