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- Graham Linehan told police trans teenager taunted him about divorce, trial hears The Guardian
- TV writer Graham Linehan's arrest over transgender X posts sparks free-speech debate NBC News
- Graham Linehan goes on trial over alleged harassment of trans woman BBC
- Comedy writer arrested for anti-trans tweets? UK speech crackdown is a warning. | Opinion USA Today
Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts – The Times of Israel
- Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts The Times of Israel
- Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars’ association says The Washington Post
- “Uniting for Peace”: How U.N. Could Override U.S. Veto, Send Peacekeepers to Gaza, Block Arms & More Democracy Now!
- Another Reason Not to Trust the ‘Experts’ The Free Press
- Why did genocide scholars association say Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide? Al Jazeera
Reeves has ‘full confidence’ in Rayner, and thinks deputy PM can keep her job – UK politics live
Chancellor offers unequivocal backing to colleague following stamp duty error
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, was also asked in her Sky News interview if the Rayner controversy showed that the stamp duty regime was “way too complicated”. Reeves sidestepped the question, saying:
Well, look, Angela tried to do the right thing, and of course it is incumbent on all of us to try to properly understand the rules, and she is now working to make sure that the correct tax is paid.
Well, the definitive advice came in on Wednesday morning, and that’s when Angela put out the statement.
On Tuesday as well some court injunctions were lifted related to her disabled son and those circumstances, and that’s why Angela was able to make a full statement on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns – The Moscow Times
- Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns The Moscow Times
- Russia's Putin denies economy is stagnating, as evidence suggests otherwise Reuters
- Putin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis Foreign Policy
- Russian economy is stagnating amid Ukraine war, says Sberbank CEO Euronews.com
- Putin Ally Issues Dire Warning About Russian Economy Newsweek
Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families
As ITV’s Long Lost Family airs, campaigners say retaining archives is crucial for those separated by forced adoptions at unmarried mothers’ homes
Ministers have been urged to digitise records essential to reuniting families separated by the UK’s unmarried mothers’ home scandal by campaigners who fear they could be lost in Angela Rayner’s local government reorganisation project.
Hundreds of thousands of British women were coerced to give up babies at church-linked homes, which worked alongside statutory agencies, between the 1940s and 1980s.
Continue reading...Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’
Shutting long-running literary journal, which published emerging writers as well as the cream of Australia’s literary talent, described as ‘enormous loss’
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One of Australia’s longest running literary journals has been scrapped, in what has been described as an act of “utter cultural vandalism” on the part of the University of Melbourne.
After 85 years, Meanjin, run by the university’s subsidiary Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), will publish its last edition in December. Although the journal’s editor, Esther Anatolitis, worked her last day at Meanjin on Thursday, the spring and summer quarterly editions of the journal are already at the printers.
Continue reading...NBA to investigate Kawhi Leonard-LA Clippers endorsement deal
NBA says it will open an investigation into a report that Clippers paid Leonard $28m for no-show job at a company.
Video: Israeli attacks pound displacement camps in Gaza
Fires were seen burning in a displacement camp in Gaza City where Israeli forces attacked Palestinians in tents.
Climate change driving conditions for Iberian wildfires: Study
Portugal and Spain account for two-thirds of one million hectares of land destroyed by wildfire in Europe in 2025.
Trump asks US supreme court to overturn trade tariffs ruling
Move follows federal appeals court decision that sweeping ‘liberation day’ levies on imports had overstepped presidential powers
Donald Trump has asked the US supreme court to overturn a lower court decision that most of his sweeping trade tariffs were illegal.
The US president filed a petition late on Wednesday to ask for a review of last week’s federal appeals court ruling in Washington DC, which centred on his “liberation day” border taxes introduced on 2 April, which imposed levies of between 10% and 50% on most US imports, sending shock waves through global trade and markets.
Continue reading...Benjamin Netanyahu scraps sovereignty plan for W. Bank from meeting – The Jerusalem Post
- Benjamin Netanyahu scraps sovereignty plan for W. Bank from meeting The Jerusalem Post
- UAE warns Israel’s West Bank annexation would cross ‘red line’ and end regional integration efforts CNN
- UAE official warns Israel West Bank settlement plans cross 'red line' Reuters
- UAE warns White House that Israeli annexations could unravel Abraham Accords Axios
- UNGA, Gaza, annexation put Israel’s September on edge The Jerusalem Post
Russian economy hits ‘technical stagnation,’ biggest bank chief warns of ‘close to zero’ growth – The Kyiv Independent
- Russian economy hits 'technical stagnation,' biggest bank chief warns of 'close to zero' growth The Kyiv Independent
- Putin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis Foreign Policy
- Sberbank CEO Gref warns of Russian recession if rates not slashed Reuters
- Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns The Moscow Times
- Putin Ally Issues Dire Warning About Russian Economy Newsweek
23-minute standing ovation at Hind Rajab film premiere
‘Free Palestine,’ There was a 23-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival premiere of The Voice of Hind Rajab
‘It may be… possible to live to 150 years old’: Open mic captures Xi, Putin’s candid chat; moment caught – Times of India
- 'It may be… possible to live to 150 years old’: Open mic captures Xi, Putin's candid chat; moment caught Times of India
- Organ transplants and immortality: Might Xi and Putin be onto something? BBC
- Xi and Putin’s hot mic moment: How long will science extend the human life span? AP News
- Hot Mic in Beijing Captures Leaders’ Drive for Longevity The Wall Street Journal
- In a ‘Hot Mic’ Moment, Xi and Putin Muse About Immortality and Organ Transplants The New York Times
Guyana President Irfaan Ali claims victory in general election
The incumbent president claimed victory in an election dominated by how to manage the country's vast oil reserves.
Houthi missile, 3rd in 24 hours, falls short of Israel; Katz threatens ‘all 10 plagues’ – The Times of Israel
- Houthi missile, 3rd in 24 hours, falls short of Israel; Katz threatens ‘all 10 plagues’ The Times of Israel
- Israel threatens to unleash biblical plagues on Yemen’s Houthis Al Jazeera
- IDF says intercepted Houthi missile carried a cluster bomb warhead The Times of Israel
- Israel intercepts missile fired from Yemen Reuters
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Google told to pay $425m for breaching millions of users’ privacy
US tech giant says jury decision misunderstands its products and it will appeal.
GST: India makes ACs, tea, school supplies cheaper to mitigate shock of US tariffs – BBC
- GST: India makes ACs, tea, school supplies cheaper to mitigate shock of US tariffs BBC
- Next-gen GST regime is a booster for MSMEs, say Karnataka trade bodies The Hindu
- India's tax cut on solar and wind devices to lower clean energy tariff, experts say Reuters
- India cuts consumption taxes to boost demand after Trump’s tariff blow Al Jazeera
- Tax Cuts Ignite Hope of Festival Sales Surge for India Carmakers Bloomberg.com
US Open: Sinner dominates Musetti to set up semifinal with Auger-Aliassim
Top-seed Jannik Sinner cruised through the semifinals, losing only seven games to Italian compatriot Lorenzo Musetti.
Thursday briefing: China flexes its muscle in the tussle for global dominance
In today’s newsletter: In hosting anti-western leaders at its largest ever military parade, Beijing sent a defiant message that will be heard loud and clear across the world
Good morning. All eyes have been on China this week as the second biggest global economy flexed its muscles.
Dozens of world leaders, including from the global south, authoritarian pariah states and the EU, attended China’s largest ever military parade on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, which China calls the war of resistance against Japanese aggression.
UK news | Deputy PM Angela Rayner has admitted she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat, after coming under intense pressure to be more transparent about her property arrangements.
Russia | Vladimir Putin has invited Kim Jong-un to visit Russia during a lengthy meeting in Beijing on the sidelines of China’s biggest military parade, as Kim promised to do “everything I can to assist” Moscow.
Police | The Metropolitan police have declined to drop their investigation into the comedy writer Graham Linehan for tweets about trans issues, and said that the law used by officers to detain him needs reviewing.
Israel | Israeli drones dropped four grenades near UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon, the agency’s force said on Wednesday, in what it described as “one of the most serious attacks” on its personnel since a November ceasefire.
Portugal | A day of national mourning has been declared in Portugal after at least 15 people were killed when Lisbon’s well-known Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed on Wednesday.
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