Trump sets 19% tariff on Philippines in new trade deal
Details about the agreement, which US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social, are limited.
Russia to fine people for searching for ‘extremist’ content – DW
- Russia to fine people for searching for 'extremist' content DW
- Russian lawmakers pass a bill punishing online searches for information deemed to be 'extremist' AP News
- Russia passes law punishing searches for 'extremist' content Reuters
- New Russian law criminalizes online searches for controversial content The Washington Post
- New Russian law criminalises searching for online content deemed 'extremist' Euronews.com
WHO to expand medical services after staff residence in Gaza attacked by IDF – ABC News
- WHO to expand medical services after staff residence in Gaza attacked by IDF ABC News
- Israel Expands Attacks in Central Gaza City and Raids W.H.O. Offices The New York Times
- Smoke billows from Gaza's Deir al-Balah as Israeli tanks launch ground assault in city BBC
- U.N. says facilities hit, guesthouse in Gaza raided by Israeli troops The Washington Post
- Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared AP News
Renewable energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs, UN says
UN chief Antonio Guterres says 'the fossil fuel age is flailing and failing' as renewable energy becomes cheaper.
Images from Gaza are ‘unbearable,’ von der Leyen says – politico.eu
- Images from Gaza are ‘unbearable,’ von der Leyen says politico.eu
- EU warns Israel as Trump’s envoy heads to Europe for Gaza truce talks Al Jazeera
- The Today Debate: What can stop the war in Gaza BBC
- UK, Canada and 26 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ AP News
- Western nations slam Israel’s ‘drip feeding of aid’ to Gaza as health ministry says 1,000 killed seeking supplies CNN
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon, dies at 76
Osbourne was instrumental in pioneering heavy metal as his band Black Sabbath enjoyed huge success in the 70s.
‘They shot patients in beds’ – BBC hears claims of massacre at Suweida hospital
The BBC visits Suweida's National Hospital where staff claim patients were killed by Syrian government forces.
‘They shot patients in beds’ – BBC hears claims of massacre at Suweida hospital
The BBC visits Suweida's National Hospital where staff claim patients were killed by Syrian government forces.
Workers scramble to find colleagues at collapsed DRC gold mine
Workers at a collapsed mine shaft in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to dig out their colleagues.
Wild life of Ozzy Osbourne, rock’s ‘prince of darkness’
The singer helped invent both heavy metal and the image of the wild rock star, before unlikely reality TV fame.
UK’s aid cuts ‘will hit children’s education and raise risk of death’
Cutting aid budget to 0.3% of national income will hurt many African countries, says FCDO impact assessment
Labour’s deep aid cuts will hit children’s education and increase the risk of disease and death in some African countries, according to the government’s own impact assessment.
Keir Starmer announced earlier this year that he would reduce the aid budget to 0.3% of national income, from 0.5%, to fund increased spending on defence.
Continue reading...Pilots In Fiery South Korean Plane Crash Shut Off Wrong Engine After Bird Strike – Jalopnik
- Pilots In Fiery South Korean Plane Crash Shut Off Wrong Engine After Bird Strike Jalopnik
- Did Jeju Air Pilots Shut Down Wrong Engine Before Deadly Crash? The New York Times
- Pilots ‘switched off wrong engine’ in South Korea crash that killed 179 Yahoo Home
- Probe report suggests pilots responsible for South Korean plane crash, drawing protests from victims' families CBS News
- Victims' families criticise report blaming pilot error for Jeju Air crash BBC
Israeli cruise ship turned away from Greek island by Gaza war protest
Tourists greeted on Syros by banner saying Stop the Genocide and prevented from disembarking
A cruise liner carrying Israeli tourists has been forced to reroute to Cyprus after being turned away from the Greek island of Syros after a quayside protest over the Gaza war.
Around 1,600 Israeli passengers on board the Crown Iris were prevented from disembarking amid safety concerns when more than 300 demonstrators on the Cycladic isle made clear they were unwelcome over Israel’s conduct of the war and treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. A large banner emblazoned with the words Stop the Genocide was held aloft alongside Palestinian flags.
Continue reading...Holy Land clerics ‘stand in solidarity’ with people of Gaza after visit
Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders condemned Israel’s bombardment on Gaza after a rare visit to the territory July 18.
Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood
Exclusive: Wes Streeting among ministers pushing for action after calling Israeli attacks on aid sites ‘intolerable’
Keir Starmer is under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza.
The prime minister is understood to have been urged by a number of senior ministers in different cabinet meetings over recent months that the UK should take a leading role in issuing recognition.
Continue reading...US House speaker shuts down chamber to block Epstein vote
The decision to bring forward the summer recess means Republican leaders can delay a politically fraught vote on the disclosures.
Trump team seeks meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell amid Epstein pressure
The request is Trump's latest move to defuse uproar over recent report that yielded no new evidence in Epstein scandal.
More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria, report finds
Gov't committee in Syria says it identified 298 suspects in mass killings in Syria's coastal regions.