India’s Modi has ‘insightful’ talks in Putin’s limo
The two leaders - both under pressure from Donald Trump - spent 45 minutes inside the Russian leader's car.
Gaza school year starts but barely any children are in lessons
As the school year begins, Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al Khalili visits a makeshift school in Gaza.
Guatemala says it is willing to receive hundreds of deported children from US
Announcement comes a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors
Guatemala is ready and willing to receive about 150 unaccompanied children of all ages each week from the United States, the country’s president has said, a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children.
Those children had already boarded a plane when a court responded to an emergency appeal on Sunday. They were later returned to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Continue reading...Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s leading experts say
The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s leading experts say
The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
Home secretary suspends refugee family reunion applications until new, tighter rules are put in place – as it happened
Yvette Cooper says rules were designed years ago to help families separated by war but are being used in a different way now
And while we are talking about Blair-era Labour aides, Peter Hyman, who wrote speeches for Tony Blair and later worked for Keir Starmer in the run-up to the general election, has launched a new Substack blog. It is called Changing the Story, which tells you quite a lot about what he thinks is going wrong with No 10. Here is an extract from his first post.
Starmer is an ‘opportunity’ prime minister forced to become a ‘security’ one. And that’s why the government’s narrative is seen by some to be elusive.
Let me explain.
I remember well Tim Allan’s leaving drinks at Number 10 in the earlyish Blair era. In his fulsome farewell speech Tony Blair noted only half jokingly “Tim’s even more right wing than me..”
The same Tim Allan who as head of Portland had a contract to polish Vladimir Putin’s reputation?
Continue reading...Woman, 81, among latest people charged over Palestine Action protests
Yvonne Hayward and 46 others, including a senior NHS doctor, charged under section 13 of the Terrorism Act
An 81-year-old woman is among 47 more people charged for allegedly showing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action during protests this summer.
More than half are over 60, according to details released by the Metropolitan police. The overall number of people charged now stands at 114.
Continue reading...Watch: BBC analyses the warmth and hand-holding at Xi, Modi and Putin’s summit
The Chinese, Indian and Russian leaders were among those attending a regional security summit in China over the weekend.
Guyana blames Venezuela for attack on election officials ahead of vote
The shooting incident comes as Guyanese voters head to the polls to elect a president and parliament.
Afghanistan earthquake: What we know – and what we don’t
Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the quake, which struck in a mountainous eastern region.
US suspends most visas for Palestinian passport-holders, reports say
The new restriction comes after a group of Palestinian officials were refused visas for a key UN meeting in New York.
Global media stages Israel blackout in protest of Gaza war – The Jerusalem Post
- Global media stages Israel blackout in protest of Gaza war The Jerusalem Post
- Israel’s response to the Nasser hospital attack is part of a dehumanization campaign MSNBC News
- Media outlets demand Israel grant access to Gaza, halt attacks on journalists there NPR
- RSF and Avaaz launch international media operation: “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed” Reporters sans frontières
- The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war The Guardian
Boy, 11, shot dead after playing doorbell-ringing prank in Houston, police say
Boy struck several times as he and friends played ‘ding-dong ditch’ which involves ringing doorbell and running
An 11-year-old boy playing a common prank game of ringing doorbells in Houston, Texas, was shot dead on Saturday as he ran away from a house.
Authorities said the boy was struck several times as he and some friends were buzzing doorbells in an Eastside neighborhood.
Continue reading...Iraq mosque wrecked by ISIL officially reopened after restoration
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its leaning minaret have reopened in Iraq, eight years after being destroyed by ISIL.
Guyana votes in elections amid oil boom debate and Venezuela tensions
Three-way race is on between President Irfaan Ali of PPP, Aubrey Norton of PNCR, and billionaire Azruddin Mohamed.
Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen – The Guardian
- Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen The Guardian
- EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming BBC
- Russia suspected of jamming navigation on EU leader’s plane above Bulgaria Al Jazeera
- Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference Financial Times
- Plane carrying EU’s top leader targeted by alleged Russian GPS jamming CNN
Climate change kills, Spanish PM tells deniers at launch of plan to tackle crisis
Pedro Sánchez says country’s deadly August wildfires show society needs to mobilise and take immediate action
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a 10-point plan to prepare the country for the climate emergency, warning: “If we don’t want to bequeath our children a Spain that’s grey from fire and flames, or a Spain that’s brown from floods, then we need a Spain that’s greener.”
Sánchez said August’s heatwave-fuelled wildfires – which killed four people, burned through an area six times the size of Ibiza and required “the biggest human and technical deployment” ever seen in Spain – showed that immediate action must be taken to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.
Continue reading...Victorian Liberal members to push for regulated cannabis market at state council
Proposal to treat cannabis similarly to alcohol among 62 policy motions on draft agenda, alongside increased parental leave and scrapping net zero
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Rank-and-file Victorian Liberal party members will use this month’s state council meeting to push for a regulated cannabis market for adult use, overhaul heritage and planning laws to tackle the housing crisis and introduce a full year of parental leave with a “daddy quota”.
The motions are among 62 on the draft agenda for the Victorian Liberal state council – the party’s annual general meeting – on 12-13 September. Other motions include proposals to scrap net zero targets, renters’ rights reforms and diversity quotas.
Continue reading...Under-16s ban: how hard will it be for Australian social media users to prove their age?
The age assurance technology trial found errors are inevitable – meaning users might have to provide other ID or appeal against wrongful bans
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It could take just 40 seconds: that’s how long Australians might have to wait for age assurance technology to assess they’re allowed to be on social media from December, when the under-16s ban comes into effect.
But the reality is, for many users, it could be a much more complicated and time-consuming process.
Continue reading...Doctors find bullet fragment in neck of 10-year-old Minnesota school shooting survivor
Shrapnel found perilously close to carotid artery in Weston Halsne’s neck who survived after a friend shielded him
Doctors have found a bullet fragment lodged perilously close to the carotid artery in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who narrowly survived the mass shooting in Minneapolis last week after a friend shielded him from the gunfire.
Fifth-grader Weston Halsne recounted running under a pew and covering his head while shots fired by the alleged shooter, Robin Westman, came through the stained-glass windows during the shooting at Annunciation Catholic school last Wednesday. He described how his friend Victor Greenawalt had jumped on top of him to shield him.
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