Pro-Palestine murals in London face council review and removal

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Tower Hamlets criticised by its own mayor for taking down murals, while Redbridge reviews artwork after complaints

Council authorities have moved to take down pro-Palestine murals in east London, while another is being reviewed after complaints were made by pro-Israel lawyers.

The latter, which depicts four journalists standing against a backdrop of ruins and under the words “Heroes of Palestine”, went up last month in Redbridge, east London, as local authorities came under pressure over similar murals.

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US postpones decision on aid to Israeli army battalion accused of abuses against Palestinians – The Associated Press

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  1. US postpones decision on aid to Israeli army battalion accused of abuses against Palestinians  The Associated Press
  2. Middle East Crisis: U.S. Won't Suspend Aid, for Now, to Israeli Unit Accused of Abuses  The New York Times
  3. State Department reviewing plans to sanction IDF unit  Axios
  4. Leahy Law: Here's What You Need to Know About the Law Roiling U.S.-Israel Ties - Israel News  Haaretz
  5. US holds off on sanctioning Israeli military units accused of human rights violations in West Bank before start of war with Hamas  ABC News
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Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says

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Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation

US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmaker’s claims did not match up with reality.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) disclosed on Friday that during its three-year Autopilot safety investigation, which it launched in August 2021, it identified at least 13 Tesla crashes involving one or more death, and many more involving serious injuries, in which “foreseeable driver misuse of the system played an apparent role”.

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Ruby Bridges: civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable

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US activist, 69, speaks to NBC amid growing effort to prevent I Am Ruby Bridges and other works being available to school students

Increasingly, the US civil rights icon Ruby Bridges – the first Black child to integrate a school in Louisiana – has seen some adults seek to prevent grade-school students from accessing the books and films that chronicle her story, saying the tale makes white children feel bad about themselves.

But that justification is “ridiculous” because “my biggest fans are kids all around the world”, Bridges told NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker in an interview airing on Sunday morning’s episode of the show.

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Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Sentenced to Death for Songs Critical of Government – Rolling Stone

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  1. Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Sentenced to Death for Songs Critical of Government  Rolling Stone
  2. Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for songs critical of regime  ABC News
  3. Court in Iran Sentences Prominent Rapper to Death, His Lawyer Says  The New York Times
  4. Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for backing protests  CBS News
  5. Lawyer says Iran rapper famous for songs after 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini sentenced to death  The Associated Press
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Reading terror attack deaths were avoidable, inquest finds

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Judge coroner highlights failings that contributed to three victims being killed by Khairi Saadallah in 2020

The deaths of three people during a terror attack in Reading were avoidable, an inquest has determined.

A judge coroner sitting at the Old Bailey on Friday said failings in intelligence sharing and in providing psychiatric care contributed to the failure to prevent the attack that took the lives of James Furlong, Dr David Wails and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett in June 2020.

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Women should give up vaping if they want to get pregnant, study suggests

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Research finds hormone that indicates fertility at lower levels in vapers and tobacco smokers

Women should give up vaping if they are hoping to get pregnant, according to a study that suggests it may affect fertility.

In the first research to demonstrate a link between fertility prospects and electronic cigarettes across a large population, analysis of blood samples from 8,340 women revealed that people who vape or smoke tobacco had lower levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which indicates how many eggs women have left in their ovaries.

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ICC rulings won’t affect Israel, but will create dangerous precedent, Netanyahu says – The Times of Israel

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  1. ICC rulings won’t affect Israel, but will create dangerous precedent, Netanyahu says  The Times of Israel
  2. Netanyahu says ICC decisions will not affect Israel's actions, set dangerous precedent  Reuters
  3. The International Criminal Court and Israel - WSJ  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Netanyahu’s office hosts emergency talks on feared ICC warrants for PM, ministers  The Times of Israel
  5. The ICC can no longer ignore the genocide in Gaza  Al Jazeera English
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Crews battle fire threatening longest wooden pier on US west coast

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Over 100 firefighters, 30 lifeguards and 32 police officers called to help as flames tore through restaurant at end of California pier

A historic southern California pier caught fire on Thursday, burning for several hours until firefighters battling the blaze from boats were able to extinguish the flames.

Flames tore through a restaurant at the end of the Oceanside Pier, the longest wooden pier on the US west coast, and heavily damaged the closed diner and a neighboring business.

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Orca calf successfully returned to open water after bold rescue in Canada

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Two-year-old calf one step closer to reuniting with family group after tragic accident that left her stranded in remote lagoon

An orca calf, trapped for weeks in a remote lagoon in western Canada, has freed herself and is travelling towards open waters, hailed as “incredible news” by a growing body of human supporters.

The move puts her one step closer to reuniting with her family one month after a tragic accident left her stranded.

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Teaching assistants routinely cover lessons in England and Wales, survey finds

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Exclusive: Research shows extent to which schools are struggling to provide qualified teachers for every class

Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England and Wales are being educated “on the cheap” by low-paid teaching assistants (TAs) covering lessons for teachers who are off sick or have quit, according to new research.

A desperate teacher recruitment crisis, compounded by inadequate funding, means schools across the country are struggling to put a qualified teacher at the front of every class, unions say.

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Ben Gvir’s car flips over after running red light, minister lightly injured – The Times of Israel

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  1. Ben Gvir’s car flips over after running red light, minister lightly injured  The Times of Israel
  2. Controversial far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taken to hospital after car accident  Sky News
  3. Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir Lightly Wounded in Car Crash; Police Source: His Driver Ran Red Light - Israel News  Haaretz
  4. Israeli minister Ben-Gvir slightly hurt in car accident  Reuters
  5. Israel's Ben-Gvir injured in car accident near suspected attack scene  Al-Monitor
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CAA cancels counter-protest against London pro-Palestinian march

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Campaign Against Antisemitism, led by Gideon Falter, cites safety fears and promises more protests to come

Campaign Against Antisemitism has cancelled its planned counter-protest against a pro-Palestinian march through central London on Saturday.

The group, led by Gideon Falter, had said it wanted to use the “walk together” initiative to support its view that the area around the planned pro-Palestinian march was not safe for Jewish people.

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Andrew Tate will stand trial on trafficking and rape charges, Romanian court rules – CNN

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  1. Andrew Tate will stand trial on trafficking and rape charges, Romanian court rules  CNN
  2. Andrew Tate and brother Tristan to be tried in Romania on rape and trafficking charges  BBC.com
  3. Andrew Tate’s human trafficking trial can proceed, Romanian court rules  The Guardian
  4. Andrew Tate: Romanian court rules trial of influencer accused of human trafficking can go ahead  Sky News
  5. Andrew Tate human trafficking trial can start, Romania court says  Reuters
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