Rallies held in Brazil in support of embattled Bolsonaro facing legal peril
The ex-president, accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 election that he lost, has been backed by US's Trump.
The real reason the West is warmongering against China
China's spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and dwindled Western corporate profits.
Millions in line for payouts from £18bn car loan compensation scheme
City regulator says motorists should start to get payments in 2026 with ‘most payouts likely to be under £950’
Explainer: what the supreme court ruling means for UK motorists
Editorial: Mis-sold loans demand action, not excuses or spin
Millions of drivers could be handed a share of a multibillion-pound compensation package after the City regulator said it would open a redress scheme for consumers affected by the car finance scandal.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on the redress scheme, which could cost banks between £9bn and £18bn when it begins paying consumers compensation next year.
Continue reading...Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions – AP News
- Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions AP News
- Israeli minister sparks anger by praying at sensitive Jerusalem holy site BBC
- Israel-Gaza war: anger grows over Israeli far-right minister praying at al-Aqsa mosque – as it happened The Guardian
- Ben-Gvir Joined By Thousands For Prayer At Temple Mount i24NEWS
- Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza AP News
Bruce Pearl Facing Serious Backlash For ‘Divisive’ Barack Obama Claim – Yahoo Sports
- Bruce Pearl Facing Serious Backlash For 'Divisive' Barack Obama Claim Yahoo Sports
- In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid NPR
- ‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’ The Atlantic
- Supplies trickling into Gaza not enough to prevent Palestinian deaths, UN office warns PBS
- How much aid has made it into Gaza since Israel said it was easing restrictions? NBC News
Gunmen kidnap more than 50 people in north-west Nigeria
Latest ‘mass capture’ in Zamfara state shows banditry crisis shifting from land conflict to organised crime
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 people in north-west Nigeria in a mass abduction, according to a private conflict monitoring report created for the UN and seen by Agence France-Presse on Sunday.
“Armed bandits” targeted the village of Sabon Garin Damri in Zamfara state Friday, the report said, the latest attack in a region where residents in rural hinterlands have long suffered gangs who kidnap for ransom, loot villages and demand taxes.
Continue reading...More than 65 refugees and migrants die in boat sinking off Yemeni coast
Rescue operations are ongoing to find dozens more missing, local authorities say.
Oasis ‘shocked and saddened’ after fan dies in fall at Wembley concert
Man understood to have been sitting in London stadium’s upper tier was pronounced dead at the scene
Oasis have said they are “shocked and saddened” after a man fell to his death at Wembley Stadium during the band’s Saturday concert.
The man was understood to be sitting in the upper tier of the 90,000-seat stadium – the highest stands of which are 50 metres above the ground – as the Gallagher brothers performed as part of their reunion tour.
Continue reading...Tensions high as new violence spirals in Syria’s Suwayda despite ceasefire
State media says armed groups violated the truce agreed in the predominantly Druze region.
White House officials rush to defend Trump after shaky economic week
US trade representative says ‘the president is the president’ after firing of labor statistics chief amid slow job growth
Donald Trump administration officials fanned out on Sunday’s US political shows to defend the president’s policies after a bruising week of poor economic, trade and employment numbers that culminated with the firing of labor statistics chief Erika McEntarfer.
The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said Trump had “real concerns” about the jobs numbers that extend beyond Friday’s report that showed the national economy added 73,000 jobs in July, far below expectations. Job growth numbers were revised down by 285,000 for the two previous months as well.
Continue reading...US confirms Palestinian killed in alleged settler attack was American citizen – The Times of Israel
- US confirms Palestinian killed in alleged settler attack was American citizen The Times of Israel
- Another US citizen killed by Israeli settler attack in West Bank: Family Al Jazeera
- Palestinian American dies of smoke inhalation in West Bank after settlers set fires to cars, homes CBS News
- Palestinian man killed in fire allegedly set by settlers was US citizen, says State Dept. The Times of Israel
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Woman arrested after travelling with two-year-old in suitcase in New Zealand
Police say 27-year-old charged with ill treatment and neglect of a child after bus driver spotted a bag moving
A New Zealand woman was arrested on Sunday after travelling on a bus with a two-year-old girl trapped in her luggage.
DI Simon Harrison said the 27-year-old woman had been charged with ill treatment and neglect of a child.
Continue reading...Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes
Video shows black smoke pouring from facility in Sochi, while Russian attack on Mykolaiv wounds seven people
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi ignited a raging fire, as the two countries traded strikes at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in Ukraine in recent months.
More than 120 firefighters worked to put out the blaze, said the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, as emergency officials reported a fuel tank with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres (70,000 cubic feet) had burned before it was extinguished.
Continue reading...Tens of thousands protest Israel’s war on Gaza in Australia’s Sydney
Australia may join more than a dozen other nations in recognising the state of Palestine.
UK pornography taskforce to propose banning ‘barely legal’ content after Channel 4 documentary airs
Programme about performer Bonnie Blue condemned for ‘glamorising and normalising’ extreme pornography
The new pornography taskforce will propose legislation this autumn aimed at banning a type of “barely legal” content produced by the porn star Bonnie Blue, the Guardian has learned.
The proposed action by the independent pornography taskforce, launched last month by the Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin, comes in response to the broadcast of the Channel 4 documentary 1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story. The programme followed the performer for six months and included her claim to have had sex with 1,057 clients over the course of 12 hours.
Continue reading...Starmer plan to recognize Palestinian state could destabilize international system, top British legal expert warns – Ynetnews
- Starmer plan to recognize Palestinian state could destabilize international system, top British legal expert warns Ynetnews
- 'Thank you, but it's too late': Why some Palestinians aren't convinced by Starmer's promise BBC
- Britain and France Have Pledged to Recognize a Palestinian State. What Would It Mean? The New York Times
- Starmer’s Palestine problem The Economist
- Boris Johnson blasts Starmer for backing Palestinian state: ‘Ridiculous’ The Hill
Logies 2025: Home and Away’s Lynne McGranger wins gold as Fisk dominates Australia’s TV awards
Soap star wins as her 32-year run playing Irene Roberts ends, while streamers go home mostly empty-handed and Magda Szubanski gives emotional speech as she is inducted into the Hall of Fame
The Home and Away actor Lynne McGranger has won the Gold Logie award for most popular personality on Australian television as she ends her record 32-year run playing the much-loved matriarch Irene Roberts.
McGranger is the longest-serving female actor in any Australian drama, having played Irene for nearly 33 years. She announced her departure in February and her final episode will air mid-August.
Continue reading...New Zealand woman arrested after two-year-old found in luggage
A bus driver became concerned when he noticed the luggage moving, police said.
Senate confirms Trump ally Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for DC
Former Fox News host boosted lies that Trump lost 2020 election because of electoral fraud
The US Senate has confirmed Jeanine Pirro – a former Fox News host and staunch Donald Trump ally who boosted lies that he lost the 2020 presidential race because of electoral fraudsters – as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital.
Pirro – a former New York state district attorney and county judge who joined Fox News in 2011 – was confirmed on Saturday in a 50-45 vote along party lines.
Continue reading...UK to evacuate ill and injured children from Gaza to receive NHS care
Government to announce taxpayer-funded initiative after three children were brought to UK under private scheme
The UK government will evacuate seriously ill and injured children from Gaza to the UK for NHS treatment under a scheme to be announced within weeks.
Ministers will enable children in severe need to receive taxpayer-funded care. Three children were brought to the UK this year through a private scheme by the charity Project Pure Hope.
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