US sanctions ‘sprawling shadow banking network’ that helps Iran’s military
Those sanctioned are involved in the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals, money that pays for weapons, proxy groups.
Russia blocks 81 EU media outlets in retaliatory move – BBC.com
- Russia blocks 81 EU media outlets in retaliatory move BBC.com
- Putin bans POLITICO in crackdown on European media outlets – POLITICO POLITICO Europe
- Moscow says to block access to 81 EU media outlets, including AFP website Arab News
- Russia bans 81 media organizations in response to EU restrictions The Hill
- Russia bans 81 EU media outlets in tit-for-tat move Al Jazeera English
A right to drink? Inside the debate to protect US workers against the heat
As summer intensifies, so too does the scrutiny over the US’s lack of workplace protections against environmental heat.
Haitians wary as Kenyan police arrive on latest US-backed mission
First contingent of multinational team lands in operation to end chaos in gang-controlled country
Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti as part of a US-backed security intervention aiming to rescue the Caribbean country from a criminal insurrection that toppled the prime minister and brought death and chaos to the streets.
About 400 members of the Kenya-led multinational police operation stepped off a Kenyan Airways plane at Port-au-Prince’s international airport on Tuesday. The US president, Joe Biden, hailed their arrival as the start of “an effort that will bring much-needed relief to Haitians”.
Continue reading...New York judge partially lifts Trump gag order in hush-money case
Trump is allowed to make comments about witnesses in the case, but still can't speak about court staff.
Pentagon chief calls for urgent diplomacy to avoid Israel-Hezbollah war
Meeting with Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant, US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin warns against 'catastrophe' of wider war.
Russia blocks dozens of independent media outlets
Access to 81 outlets will be blocked by Russia in retaliation for a decision taken by the EU last month.
War crimes arrest warrants issued for top Russian officials
Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov are wanted for their role in attacks on civilians targets.
UK general election live: Labour suspends candidate Kevin Craig over Gambling Commission probe
Party says it acted after being contacted by the regulator about the candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
All along the course of the Thames, turning north, meandering south, passing through locks, historic landmarks, Richmond and Kew, swelling beneath the House of Commons with the turning tide, and on to Docklands and beyond – concern for the health of the Thames has led many other ordinary people, who live, work or play on the water, to take up the fight for the health of the river.
The last 15 years of decline in rivers suggests they have much to do. In 2009, a year before the Conservatives first took power in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, a quarter of English rivers were judged as being of good ecological standard, a marker which examines the flow, habitat and biological quality; by 2022 not one river was in a healthy state.
Continue reading...Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years – The Associated Press
- Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years The Associated Press
- Russia-Ukraine war: ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets – as it happened The Guardian
- Ukraine, Moldova and the EU begin formal negotiations. But neither country will join the bloc soon CNN
- Ukraine begins talks to join European Union Voice of America - VOA News
- Ukraine Begins Membership Talks With European Union In 'Historic Moment' Forbes
From a plea deal to a 2am prison call: how Julian Assange finally gained freedom
A lawyer’s offer, a judgment that foretold years of legal wrangling, and diplomatic pressure all played a part in the release of the WikiLeaks founder
• Julian Assange released from prison – live updates
It was, as his friends described it, the “last kick of the British establishment”. At 2am on Monday, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was woken in his small cell in the high-security Belmarsh prison, south-east London, and ordered to dress before being put in handcuffs.
It was the beginning of the end of Assange’s incarceration in Britain but it was going to be on his jailers’ terms.
Continue reading...Julian Assange en route to US Pacific island after accepting US plea deal – live
Julian Assange to be sentenced at a hearing on the US territory island of Saipan Wednesday; WikiLeaks founder’s wife says he will seek a US pardon
- Assange released from prison after striking deal with US
- Explainer: what are the details of the plea deal?
- Analysis: not a clear victory for freedom of the press
The plea agreement comes months after the US president, Joe Biden, said he was considering a request from Australia to drop the US push to prosecute Assange.
Assange was indicted during the former president Donald Trump’s administration over WikiLeaks’ mass release of secret US documents, which were leaked by Chelsea Manning, a former US military intelligence analyst who was also prosecuted under the Espionage Act.
Continue reading...Accused said Holly Willoughby attack was his ‘ultimate fantasy’, court hears
Jury hears of Gavin Plumb’s online searches and messages, including saying he didn’t ‘care about the consequences’
A man accused of masterminding a plot to kidnap, rape and murder the television personality Holly Willoughby searched on Google for “how to meet people who plan to kidnap celebrities”, a court has heard.
Gavin Plumb’s online searches were read to a jury at Chelmsford crown court along with messages in which he said attacking Willoughby had been his “ultimate fantasy” and that “fantasy isn’t enough anymore [sic], I want the real thing”.
Continue reading...Judge partially lifts Trump gag order in hush-money case – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on Trump’s trial, read our full coverage here.
While his primary contest may be too close to call, the vote count thus far shows Republican congressman Bob Good trailing his challenger John McGuire by a small amount.
Good is now casting aspersions on the fairness of the election, NBC News reports:
Good claimed during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast Monday that Lynchburg “did not secure their drop boxes.”
“There’s no accountability for when those boxes were opened,” Good said. “They were apparently left to be stuffed for two or three days after the election.”
Continue reading...EU centrists’ deal paves way for von der Leyen to return as commission president
Agreement between three pro-European blocks would make Estonian PM top diplomat and former Portuguese PM council president
Ursula von der Leyen looks likely to clinch the nomination for a second term as European Commission president under a deal by EU leaders from the three pro-European political groups that sews up the bloc’s top jobs.
According to the agreement made by the centre-right European People’s party (EPP), the Socialists and the Liberals, von der Leyen will be nominated for a second five-year mandate at the head of the EU executive at a Brussels summit on Thursday.
Continue reading...Taxing super-rich debate should start with 2% levy, says economist behind plan – Yahoo Finance UK
- Taxing super-rich debate should start with 2% levy, says economist behind plan Yahoo Finance UK
- International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study finds The Guardian
- Brazil Unveils Global Billionaire Tax Plan That Has Split G-20 Bloomberg
- Brazil-backed G20 report calls for global, wealth-based income tax Fox News
- Macron joins Brazil's Lula to tax billionaires — but is it all it's made out to be? POLITICO Europe
Experts warn Julian Assange plea deal could set dangerous precedent
Human rights organisations want the next UK government to seek assurances from the US that it will not pursue journalists publishing classified information
The next UK government must push the US for reassurance it will not pursue journalists for publishing classified information, human rights organisations and experts have argued after the release of Julian Assange.
Experts have warned that the plea deal struck between the WikiLeaks founder and the US authorities – which will see him plead guilty to one charge under the Espionage Act, but avoid serving any additional time in custody – could set a dangerous precedent.
Continue reading...Stonehenge likely to be put on world heritage danger list over tunnel plan
Unesco officials recommend adding Wiltshire stone circle amid fears road scheme would compromise its integrity
Stonehenge is likely to be put on a list of world heritage sites that are in danger because of the plan to build a tunnel under the precious landscape.
Unesco officials have recommended adding the Wiltshire stone circle and the area around it to the list because of concerns that the tunnel would “compromise the integrity” of one of the Earth’s great prehistoric sites.
Continue reading...Live BBC report interrupted by man with gun in Nairobi
Kenya: Live BBC report interrupted by gunman
Anti-DEI law forces closure of University of Utah LGBT center
News comes amid anti-diversity legislation that has gutted inclusionary programs at several public universities
After 21 years of service, the University of Utah’s LGBT Resource Center will close on Friday, as the second-largest public university in the state comes into compliance with HB 261, Utah’s version of the anti-DEI legislation that has swept the country and gutted inclusionary programs at several public universities.
“As we’ve evaluated how best to comply with the legislation, I want to be clear that we’ve faced very difficult decisions,” the vice-president for student affairs, Lori McDonald, said in a statement. “The law and subsequent guidance require a foundational change in how we approach student support, and we will follow the law. This isn’t about changing the words we use; we’re changing how we approach the work.”
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