Gaza’s generation of amputees
Ismail Abu Omar speaks about Gaza’s rising amputee toll and the resilience of people living with permanent wounds.
‘Completely unprecedented’: resident doctors to press ahead with strike
Wes Streeting says move shows ‘disdain for patients’ while BMA insist pay demands not taken seriously in talks
Wes Streeting has condemned the decision by resident doctors to “recklessly and needlessly” press ahead with strike action, saying it is “completely unprecedented in the history of British trade unionism”.
In a fiery statement after the British Medical Association (BMA) said there was no offer on the table that could avert the industrial action on Friday, the health secretary said resident doctors were offered changes to working conditions and career progression but chose to continue with industrial action.
Continue reading...Bangladesh students demand accountability after deadly air force jet crash
Students' demands include compensation for families, as well as new training procedures for the country's air force.
Explainer: Why China’s neighbours are worried about its new mega-dam project – Reuters
- Explainer: Why China's neighbours are worried about its new mega-dam project Reuters
- China begins building world's largest dam, fuelling fears in India BBC
- China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam theguardian.com
- China starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet Al Jazeera
- China’s $167 Billion Mega-Dam Promises Boost for Green Finance Bloomberg
Jeremy Bowen: Israel’s allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up
The Middle East has been transformed since 7 October, and almost two years on, the conflict in Gaza is at another inflection point.
Jeremy Bowen: Israel’s allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up – BBC
- Jeremy Bowen: Israel's allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up BBC
- Opinion | Israel and Gaza: Is It Genocide? The New York Times
- It is not genocide: A response to Omer Bartov eJewishPhilanthropy
- The Dam of Gaza Genocide Denial Has Broken New Lines Magazine
- In the Not-so-distant Future, Israel Will Have to Reckon With Its War Crimes in Gaza Haaretz
Jeremy Bowen: Israel’s allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up
The Middle East has been transformed since 7 October, and almost two years on, the conflict in Gaza is at another inflection point.
General Motors profit drops 35% as Trump tariffs hit car industry
GM’s quarterly profit tumble comes a day after Stellantis says it expects $2.7bn loss in first six months of the year.
Gaza war: Is the UK selling arms to Israel?
The UK suspended dozens of arms licences to Israel last year, but many say the measures do not go far enough.
Wife of Diogo Jota posts ‘forever’ tribute
Rute Cardoso has shared photos of their 22 June wedding in a post to Instagram.
Tucker Carlson channels Maga rage over Epstein files – and opens rift with Trump
As Maga supporters revolt over the Epstein scandal, figures like Tucker Carlson are now a gadfly of the White House’s handling of the controversy
As Donald Trump tries to contain an ugly rift with his own supporters about the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal, influential media personalities in the Maga movement face a tricky dilemma.
Should they close ranks with the US president – who has denounced demands for more information on Epstein as a “waste [of] Time and Energy” about “somebody that nobody cares about” – or pick at a political wound that the Trump administration desperately wants to scab over?
Continue reading...Trump administration says the US will leave the UN cultural agency UNESCO
The White House cited 'anti-Israel rhetoric' and 'woke, divisive' causes as the reason for the US's withdrawal.
Immigration and deprivation causing UK public to lose faith in politicians, says Rayner
Deputy PM says government must show it is helping people amid concerns about potential for more riots in England
Immigration and deprivation are the main factors causing public disenchantment with politicians and the government that has led to social unrest and rioting, Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, has warned.
According to an official summary of Tuesday’s meeting of the cabinet, Rayner, who is leading a wider government project on improving social cohesion, also highlighted the increasing amount of people spending time alone and online as a driver of disturbances.
Continue reading...‘Hero’ father pulls four-year-old child out of mountain lion’s jaws in Washington state
Family was hiking when big cat attacked child, who was later airlifted to hospital and is in satisfactory condition
A mountain lion bit a four-year-old child on Sunday while the child hiked with family on Hurricane Ridge in Washington state’s Olympic national park, authorities said.
The child’s father reportedly saved the minor’s life by pulling the child from the creature’s jaws.
Continue reading...U.S. Passport Drops 2 Places To No. 10 In World’s Most Powerful List – Forbes
- U.S. Passport Drops 2 Places To No. 10 In World’s Most Powerful List Forbes
- US slips again in passport power rankings CNN
- India Makes Big Jump In Henley Passport Index, Visa-Free Entry To 59 Countries Now NDTV
- Singaporeans continue to hold world’s most powerful passport in latest ranking The Straits Times
- World's most powerful passport grants visa-free access to 193 countries. It is not the US or UK Hindustan Times
UK strikes deal with private investors to build £38bn Sizewell C nuclear power plant
Government’s deal with EDF, Centrica and other backers marks end of 15-year journey to win funding for project
The UK government has struck a deal worth more than £38bn with private investors to back Britain’s biggest nuclear project in a generation, at the Sizewell C site on the Suffolk coast.
The long-awaited multibillion-pound deal, which will be paid for through taxes and energy bills, gives the final go-ahead for construction of the nuclear project, which has almost doubled in cost from when it was first proposed.
Continue reading...‘No long sermons’: how influencer Catholic priests are spreading the word of God online
Vatican invites 1,000 social media missionaries to digital jubilee conference
Mixing prayer and gospel with poetry, art and bodybuilding, the rising stars in the influencer world are not just those flaunting fashion and travel but also Roman Catholic priests spreading the word of God.
Pope Francis latched on to the trend and, just months before his death in April, made the mission of evangelising on social media a priority for the church.
Continue reading...Protest against Gaza war prevents Israeli visitors from touring Greek island – AP News
- Protest against Gaza war prevents Israeli visitors from touring Greek island AP News
- Israeli cruise ship turned away from Greek island by Gaza war protest The Guardian
- Israelis stuck on cruise ship by Greek pro-Palestine rally The Jerusalem Post
- Cruise ship carrying Israelis heads to Cyprus after anti-Israel protest prevents docking in Greece - report The Times of Israel
- Traveling Israelis Can Expect Interference Anywhere The Media Line
Ukraine Moves to Defang U.S.-Backed Anticorruption Agency – The Wall Street Journal
- Ukraine Moves to Defang U.S.-Backed Anticorruption Agency The Wall Street Journal
- Zelensky’s Government Takes Aim at Ukraine’s Corruption Fighters The New York Times
- Anti-Zelenksy protests break out in Kyiv The Telegraph
- Ukrainian lawmakers vote to scuttle independence of anti-corruption agencies politico.eu
- Ukraine lawmakers vote to curb autonomy of anti-graft agencies Reuters
Homeland security denies reports that Ice ‘secretly deported’ Pennsylvania grandfather
The department said in a statement that Ice never arrested or deported Luis Leon to Guatemala, and that the reports were a ‘hoax’
Confusion swirled around the fate of a Chilean resident of the US after the Department of Homeland Security called reports of his deportation to Guatemala a “hoax”.
On 18 July, the Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that the family of the man, Luis Leon, said he was handcuffed after showing up at to immigration office on 20 June to report a lost green card. They said he was first sent to a detention facility in Minnesota, then to Guatemala, where they said a Chilean relative informed them he was in a hospital.
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