for 30 minutter sidenAustralia news live: tens of thousands to join pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge; wild weather continues
NSW SES have responded to more than 1,400 incidents in the state amid severe rainfall, thunderstorms and snow. Follow today’s news live Good morning. Graham Readfearn here, bringing your live news coverage for Sunday, with a lot going on. Later this morning, tens of thousands of people are expected to begin gathering at Lang Park in Sydney for a march across the Harbour Bridge in support of Palestine. Protesters are also planning to blockade the King Street bridge in Melbourne at lunchtime. Continue reading...
for 4 timeer siden- Det vondeste av alt
Fredrik Græsvik har dekket konflikter i Midt-Østen siden 1992, og mener det aldri har vært verre enn nå.
for 5 timeer sidenGaza hospitals say 18 killed by Israeli fire as aid site shootings continue to rise
UN says 859 have died near GHF sites since May while hospitals report growing number of hunger-related deaths Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli fire killed more than a dozen people on Saturday, eight of them while trying to get food, as malnutrition-related deaths continue to rise in the territory. The bloodshed comes a day after Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, visited an aid distribution site run by the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Continue reading...
for 6 timeer sidenDet er ikke nok
100 palestinske pasienter og pårørende, inkludert mange barn, har nå ankommet Norge. Men flere bør hentes ut fra blodbadet.
for 7 timeer sidenIsrael closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report
Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’ Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor. Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024. Continue reading...
for 7 timeer sidenForbereder flytting av hele landet
Øystaten Tuvalu kan om få år være ubeboelig. Innbyggerne må delta i loddtrekninger om å bli klimaflyktninger.
for 10 timeer sidenIndia to still buy oil from Russia despite Trump threats, say officials
No pause on Russian imports by Indian oil firms which base decisions on ‘price, grade of crude, logistics and economic factors’ Indian oil refineries will continue to buy oil from Russia, officials have said, before threatened US sanctions next week against Moscow’s trading partners over the war in Ukraine. Media reports on Friday had suggested India, a big energy importer, would stop buying cheap Russian oil. Trump told reporters on Friday that such a move would be “a good step” if true. Continue reading...
for 13 timeer sidenGrowing number of Jewish American groups speak out over Gaza famine
Prominent groups, including traditional defenders of Israel, urge action on aid as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens ‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones As global outrage intensifies over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a growing number of prominent Jewish American organizations, including some traditional defenders of Israel, are speaking out and imploring the country to ensure that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza. This week, a UN-backed food security group warned that a “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza and health authorities there report dozens of deaths from starvation. Continue reading...
for 14 timeer sidenHow a high-speed ocean chase led to an £18m cocaine seizure in Cornwall
Operation also shed unique light on backgrounds of those involved in running drugs into UK from ‘mother ships’ Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on ‘mother ships’ to UK coast To the surfers and dog walkers on the Cornish beach it must have looked like a scene from a crime thriller. An ocean chase ending with two boats crunching aground on the sand, a stumbling attempt by three men to escape into the dunes, dramatic arrests and the discovery of millions of pounds of cocaine. For the investigators it was the start of a painstaking investigation that has shone a unique light into a tactic used by South American drug gangs and British organised crime groups known as at-sea drop-offs or Asdos, in which bales of cocaine fitted with GPS trackers are dumped at sea from a transatlantic “mother” ships to be picked up by small vessels and smuggled into the UK via quiet coves and harbours. Continue reading...
for 14 timeer siden- Sjokkert
New Zealand vil ta betalt inntil 240 kroner fra utenlandske turister ved de mest populære turiststedene.
for 18 timeer siden‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones
Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out The people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger experts that the “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding there. For months they have watched as their children waste away. “All my children have lost nearly half of their body weight,” said Jamil Mughari, a 38-year-old from Maghazi in central Gaza. “My daughter, who is five years old, now weighs only 11kg. My son Mohammad has become just skin and bones. All my children are like this. Continue reading...
for 20 timeer sidenWong criticises Israel’s conduct in Gaza in closed-door meeting with Israeli ambassador
The foreign affairs minister’s meeting with Amir Maimon was requested by the Israeli embassy, according to federal government sources Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast In a private meeting with Israel’s ambassador to Australia, the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, criticised Israel’s conduct in Gaza and called for it to urgently comply with international law and increase the supply of food to Palestinians. Wong’s Thursday meeting with Amir Maimon was requested by the Israeli embassy, according to federal government sources, and took place inside Wong’s office at Parliament House in Canberra. Continue reading...
for 23 timeer sidenMusk’s X must face claim of negligence over child abuse images, judge rules
Court revives part of lawsuit accusing X of failing to promptly report uploaded images to relevant authorities A federal appeals court on Friday revived part of a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s X of becoming a haven for child exploitation, though the court said the platform deserves broad immunity from claims over objectionable content. While rejecting some claims, the ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco said X, formerly Twitter, must face a claim it was negligent by failing to promptly report a video containing explicit images of two underage boys to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenGaza-helvetet må stoppes nå
Et land som nekter underernærte og døende babyer næring, må møte sanksjoner og isolasjon.
for 1 dag sidenThree Grenadan men sentenced to decades in prison for killing of elderly US couple in Caribbean
Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel were sailing their catamaran last year when they were attacked and killed Three men from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada who were convicted of killing an elderly US couple last year after hijacking their catamaran have been sentenced to decades in prison. They had escaped after their arrests but were recaptured shortly thereafter. Ron Mitchell, a sailor in his 30s who was accused of being the ringleader, received two life sentences late on Wednesday in the killings of Ralph Hendry, 66, and Kathy Brandel, 71. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after threatening tweet from Dmitry Medvedev
Order suggests president might be ready to launch nuclear strike against Russia as tensions rise over Ukraine war Donald Trump has said that he has deployed nuclear-capable submarines to the “appropriate regions” in response to a threatening tweet by Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev, suggesting that he would be ready to launch a nuclear strike as tensions rise over the war in Ukraine. In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that he had decided to reposition the nuclear submarines because of “highly provocative statements” by Medvedev, noting he is now the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTar grep
USAs president Donald Trump beordrer utplassering av to atomubåter i nærheten av Russland, melder han selv på sosiale medier.
for 1 dag sidenTrump: Beordret to atomubåter til å bli plassert i passende områder nær Russland
Det melder USAs president på Truth Social.
for 1 dag sidenNight goggles may have hampered sight of army pilots before DC plane crash, experts say
Goggles would have made it hard for helicopter pilots to see plane’s colored lights, experts said at inquiry into the crash The pilots of a US army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington DC in January would have had difficulty spotting the plane while wearing night vision goggles, experts told the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Friday. The army goggles would have made it hard to see the plane’s colored lights, which might have helped the Black Hawk determine the plane’s direction. The goggles also limited the pilots’ peripheral vision as they flew near Ronald Reagan Washington national airport that evening. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTwo wildfires in US west spur ‘fire clouds’ with erratic weather systems
Containment slips for megafire in Grand Canyon and large blaze in Utah as hot and dry weather fans flames Two wildfires burning in the western United States – including one that has become a “megafire” on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon – are so hot that they are spurring the formation of “fire clouds” that can create their own erratic weather systems. In Arizona, the wind-whipped wildfire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge is 9% contained and has charred more than 164 sq miles (424 sq km) to become the largest fire now burning in the continental US and one of the top 10 largest in recorded Arizona history. Getting around it would be roughly like driving from New York City to Washington DC. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenDozens of countries scramble to cope with latest wave of Trump trade tariffs
Markets tumble as US president unleashes global chaos with rates from 10% to 50% due to take effect next week Trump tariffs – live updates Leaders of more than 60 countries have been plunged into a fresh race to secure trade deals with the US after Donald Trump unleashed global chaos with sweeping new tariff rates. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenIsraeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza
Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and a broken heart’ Middle East crisis – live updates The award-winning Israeli author David Grossman has described his country’s campaign in Gaza as a genocide and said he now “can’t help” but use the term. “I ask myself: how did we get here?” the celebrated writer and peace activist told the Italian daily La Repubblica in an interview published on Friday. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenBritish siblings, 13 and 11, who drowned off beach in Spain named
Family said Ameiya Del Brocco and younger brother Ricardo Junior were ‘two beautiful, bright, and deeply loved children’ A British brother and sister who drowned off a beach on the north-eastern coast of Spain have been named as Ameiya Del Brocco, 13, and 11-year-old Ricardo Junior. Their father, Ricardo Senior, who had also entered the water, was rescued by local emergency services after the incident during a family holiday in the Catalan town of Salou on Tuesday. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenPutin offers no hint of concessions as he says he wants ‘stable’ peace in Ukraine
Russian president’s remarks come as Kyiv rescuers find more than a dozen dead in apartment block after strikes Vladimir Putin has said he wants a “lasting and stable peace” in Ukraine but given no indication that he is willing to make any concessions to achieve it, after a week in which Russian missiles and drones again caused death and destruction across Ukraine. “We need a lasting and stable peace on solid foundations that would satisfy both Russia and Ukraine, and would ensure the security of both countries,” said Putin, speaking to journalists on Friday, a week before a new deadline imposed by Donald Trump for hostilities to cease. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenFamily of Briton murdered in Jamaica seek answers over UK officials’ ‘indifference’
Delroy Walker’s relatives say they were initially told ‘your brother’s not British, or not British enough’ to receive help The family of a “generous and loving” British man who was murdered in Jamaica are demanding answers over the British government’s “indifferent” response after the tragedy. Delroy Walker, from Birmingham, was stabbed to death weeks after retiring to the Caribbean island where he was building his dream home. The 63-year-old charity worker was murdered by a “jealous” tradesman he employed to help decorate the property in preparation for a family visit in summer 2018. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenCaribbean LGBTQ+ activists celebrate as court strikes down colonial-era laws
‘Stride in the right direction’ as Eastern Caribbean supreme court rules St Lucia’s laws on gay sex unconstitutional Activists have hailed a historic judgment striking down colonial-era laws that criminalised gay sex in St Lucia as a step forward for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean country. This week the Eastern Caribbean supreme court found that the island’s so-called buggery and gross indecency laws, which criminalised consensual anal sex, were unconstitutional. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenFN: Over 1300 palestinere drept mens de har ventet på mat på Gazastripen
Over 1300 palestinere er blitt drept mens de har ventet på mat i Gaza siden mai, ifølge FNs menneskerettskontor.
for 1 dag sidenFN: Over 1300 palestinere drept mens de har ventet på mat på Gazastripen siden mai
Minst 1373 palestinere er blitt drept mens de har ventet på mat i Gaza siden mai, ifølge FNs menneskerettskontor.
for 1 dag sidenWeather tracker: deadly floods devastate northern China
Torrential rain batters Beijing and surrounding areas, while intense heat lingers in parts of Scandinavia At least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain triggered flooding, the latest in a series of extreme rainfall events in recent months. Between 23 and 29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded an average of 166mm, equivalent to the monthly norm. The suburban district of Miyun received the highest amount of rainfall, with 543mm recorded, equivalent to the region’s annual average. The death toll included 31 people in a Miyun care home, 10 who were swept away in a minibus in Shangxi province, and eight people in a landslide in the city of Chengde. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenUS envoy to visit Gaza aid sites as number of Palestinians killed while desperate for food grows – Israel-Gaza war live
Steve Witkoff to visit food distribution sites in Gaza as Israeli government faces pressure over hunger in Gaza Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit food distribution sites in Gaza run by the controversial US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) where hundreds of Palestinians have died in recent weeks trying to get food. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenDeath toll from Russian strikes on Kyiv rises to 26 as Ukraine calls for UN security council meeting – Europe live
Over 150 injured making Thursday one of the deadliest days for the Ukraine capital since start of war The death toll from Thursday’s Russian attack on Kyiv has risen to 26 with over 150 injured, making it one of the deadliest attacks on the capital since the start of the full-scale war in 2022. Responding to the attack, Ukraine called for an emergency meeting of the UN security council this afternoon as it seeks to unite its allies and ramp up pressure on Russia to end the war. Continue reading...
for 1 dag siden- En katastrofe
Sveits er i sjokk etter å ha fått Europas verste toll mot USA. - Uforutsigbart, sier næringsminister Myrseth om tollen.
for 1 dag sidenAmerikansk toll på australske varer blir stående på 10 prosent
Australias regjering sier at varer som USA importerer fra landet, beholder en tollsats på 10 prosent, men at målet er…
for 1 dag sidenAustralian activists allege they were ‘brutalised psychologically’ after Israeli military detained Gaza aid boat
Tania Safi and Robert Martin allege they were strip-searched and barred from external communication and access to medication before Australian embassy was allowed to assist Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two Australian activists say they were “brutalised psychologically” and treated “like criminals” by the Israeli military, including being strip-searched, shackled and denied external communication, after a boat they were on was intercepted and detained while attempting to transport aid to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Journalist Tania “Tan” Safi and human rights activist Robert Martin were among 21 activists on board the Handala when it was intercepted on Sunday and transported to Israel. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump signs order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods from 25% to 35%
Decision comes amid escalating trade tensions between the two countries and before a deadline to negotiate a deal Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday increasing tariffs on Canadian goods imported to the United States from 25% to 35%. The new import tax rates goes into effect on Friday, according to a White House factsheet. The tariff would cover all products not covered by the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. Goods transshipped to another country to evade the new tariffs would be subject to a transshipment levy of 40%. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenUS labor activist Chris Smalls assaulted by IDF during Gaza aid trip, group says
Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Smalls was ‘choked and kicked’ after aid ship trying to reach Gaza was intercepted On Saturday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted and boarded the Handala, an aid ship that attempted to reach Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots international collective that has worked to end Israel’s blockade of Gaza since 2010. According to the coalition, IDF soldiers beat and choked the American labor activist Chris Smalls, who was onboard the ship. Smalls is most well-known for co-founding the Amazon Labor Union. The Handala, which carried food, baby formula, diapers and medicine, was attempting to breach Israel’s blockade of Gaza, as Palestinians there continue to starve in what UN-backed hunger experts have called a “worst-case scenario of famine” that is unfolding. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenRhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project
Isotopes can be detected at airports and borders even in large containers and are harmless to the animals A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinoceroses with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents. Under the collaborative project involving the University of the Witwatersrand, nuclear energy officials and conservationists, five rhinos were injected in what the university hopes will be the start of a mass injection of the declining rhino population, which they are calling the Rhisotope Project. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenPanama files lawsuits against owner of ports at centre of US-China struggle
Comptroller general lodged two cases in country’s supreme court after failed attempt to sell to consortium Panama’s comptroller general has lodged two cases with the country’s supreme court against the owners of two ports at the centre of a geopolitical struggle between the US and China, in a move likely to be seen as a victory for Donald Trump in his attempt to rid the Panama canal of Chinese influence. The decision follows a failed attempt to sell the ports to a consortium headed by the US investment fund BlackRock and Swiss shipping firm MSC. Continue reading...
for 2 dager siden- Siste vi trenger
Norge risikerer 15 prosent toll på varer til USA fra fredag. SVs Ingrid Fiskaa ber regjeringen stå opp for folkeretten – og ikke smiske med Trump.
for 2 dager sidenAt least 91 killed seeking aid in Gaza as US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Israel
Crowds of hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid at Zikim crossing shot at by Israeli soldiers At least 91 people have been killed and 600 wounded while waiting for aid in Gaza over the past 24 hours, as the US envoy, Steve Witkoff, visits Israel for ceasefire discussions and to inspect food distribution. On Wednesday night, crowds of hungry people had gathered at the Zikim crossing with Israel, waiting for trucks loaded with humanitarian aid to enter the besieged strip, when they were shot. Al-Saraya field hospital said it had received more than 100 dead and wounded after the shooting, while the death toll was expected to rise, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenFamily pleads for release of Palestinian-American teen held in Israeli prison
Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim, 16, has been detained for five months on accusations of rock-throwing and has reportedly developed scabies The family of a 16-year-old dual American-Palestinian citizen is trying to secure his release from an Israeli prison where he has been held in detention for more than five months and where they say he has lost a significant amount of weight and developed a severe skin infection. Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim was still 15 when he was arrested at his family’s home in the occupied West Bank village of Silwad in February. According to relatives, he was blindfolded and handcuffed before being taken to the Megiddo prison in Israel, where he remains in pre-trial detention accused of throwing rocks – accusations his family denies. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenIsraeli police release settler accused of killing Palestinian activist
Yinon Levi was placed under three days of house arrest, while police have refused to release the body of Awdah Hathaleen Israeli police have refused to release the body of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and journalist who helped make the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, while the settler accused of killing him, Yinon Levi, has been released from custody. Hathaleen was shot to death on Monday night during a confrontation between settlers driving a bulldozer in the village of Umm al-Khair in the occupied West Bank and residents of the town. A video appears to show Levi firing his gun wildly and then people screaming as Hathaleen, standing a distance away in the town centre, collapsed. Continue reading...
for 2 dager siden- Kommer til å svi
Dersom Trump gjør alvor av toll-truslene mot Russland, vil det få store konsekvenser for Europa, mener ekspert.
for 2 dager sidenFrance under pressure to stop $9.7m of USAID contraceptives being destroyed
US reportedly planning to destroy contraceptives, probably destined for Africa, in France after dismantling USAID The French government has said it is closely monitoring a US plan to destroy millions of dollars of contraceptives stocked in Europe after outrage from French feminists, rights groups and family planning organisations at what they called a wasteful attack on women’s rights. The Guardian reported this month that Donald Trump’s administration planned to destroy $9.7m of contraceptives that are believed to be in a warehouse in Belgium but may be moved to France for incineration. They are mostly long-acting contraceptives such as IUDs and birth control implants, which had been bought under public health programmes run by the US Agency for International Development and were probably intended for women in Africa. Continue reading...
for 2 dager siden- Oppbrukt
USAs president Trump har advart om kraftig toll om Russland ikke ender krigen i Ukraina. «Rutinemessig», svarer Russland.
for 2 dager sidenAnger grows in China over reports of online groups sharing explicit photos of women
Chinese media said more than 100,000 were members of Telegram group that shared pictures taken without consent Anger is growing on Chinese social media after news reports revealed the existence of online groups, said to involve hundreds of thousands of Chinese men, which shared photographs of women, including sexually explicit ones, taken without their consent. The Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily published a report last week about a group on the encrypted messaging app Telegram called “MaskPark tree hole forum”. It said it had more than 100,000 members and was “comprised entirely of Chinese men”. Additional research by Lillian Yang and Jason Tzu Kuan Lu Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenChinese official makes rare admission of failings over deadly Beijing floods
Local Communist party secretary says there were ‘gaps’ in city’s readiness for extreme weather after at least 40 killed A Beijing city official has issued a rare public acknowledgment of official failings in the authorities’ response to the severe flooding that hit China’s capital this week. Yu Weiguo, a Communist party secretary for Miyun, the northern district worst affected by this week’s extreme weather, said in a press conference on Thursday that there were “gaps” in the city’s readiness for the deadly floods. Continue reading...
for 2 dager siden- Russisk hevn mot Norge
Falsk nyhet om «økologisk katastrofe» og massedød i Nitelva utenfor Oslo er spredt til millioner. Russisk hevnaksjon, mener analytikere.
for 2 dager sidenMyanmar junta ends state of emergency as it prepares for elections
Opposition groups have vowed to snub poll that has been dismissed as ‘a fraud’ designed to legitimise military’s rule Myanmar’s junta has ended the country’s state of emergency, stepping up preparations for a December election that is being boycotted by opposition groups and criticised by international monitors. The military declared a state of emergency in February 2021 as it deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering a many-sided civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenThursday briefing: How global preparedness prevented a tsunami tragedy
In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guard Good morning. Yesterday one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far east Russia. It triggered a tsunami that started crossing the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour. What followed was a race against time – early warning systems went into alert mode as waves fanned out towards the coastlines of Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast. Travel | The head of the UK’s air traffic control company is facing calls to resign after hundreds of flights were delayed when the system went down for about 20 minutes on Wednesday. Israel-Gaza war | A British-Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas for more than 15 months has accused Keir Starmer of “moral failure” after he set the UK on course to recognise a Palestinian state. Emily Damari, 29, who was released in January, said the prime minister was “not standing on the right side of history” and should be ashamed. UK news | The co-founder of Palestine Action can bring a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the direct action group under anti-terrorism laws, a high court judge has ruled. Environment | Ethnic minorities and people living in the most deprived areas of England are at increased risk of dying due to excess heat, according to new research. Technology | Five million extra online age checks a day are being carried out in the UK since the Online Safety Act introduced age-gating for pornography sites, according to new data from the Age Verification Providers Association. Continue reading...
for 3 dager sidenEU to start rolling out biometrics entry system for non-EU visitors from October – as it happened
EU entry exit system, involving fingerprinting and facial recognition, being introduced from 12 October for non-EU citizens Speaking of the EU-US trade deal, German finance minister Lars Klingbeil joined the growing list of national leaders expressing their dissatisfaction with the agreement today, saying he feared it would hit the German economy. “I have no illusions about it, it is rather growth-weakening,” Klingbeil said in the presentation of the 2026 draft budget as per Reuters, lamenting that the EU was “too weak” in the negotiations. “Still, all in all, it is good that there is an agreement with the US, that there are no further escalations.“ Continue reading...
for 4 dager sidenGorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids
Government launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks. The blocks opened for auction cover 124m hectares (306m acres) of land and inland waters described by experts as the “world’s worst place to prospect for oil” because they hold vast amounts of carbon and are home to some of the planet’s most precious wildlife habitats, including endangered lowland gorillas and bonobo. Continue reading...
for 5 dager sidenChristopher Nolan criticised for filming in occupied Western Sahara city
Organisers of local film festival warn production of The Odyssey in Dakhla could normalise repression by Morocco The organisers of the Western Sahara international film festival (FiSahara) have criticised Christopher Nolan for shooting part of his adaptation of the Odyssey in a Western Saharan city that has been under Moroccan occupation for 50 years, warning the move could serve to normalise decades of repression. The British-American film-maker’s take on Homer’s epic, which stars Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o and Anne Hathaway, is due to be released on 17 July 2026. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenAt least four people killed after train derails in southern Germany
Regional passenger train carrying about 100 people derails near Riedlingen, leaving more people seriously injured At least four people have been killed and others seriously injured after a regional passenger train derailed in southern Germany, police said. Federal and local police said the cause of the crash near Riedlingen, roughly 98 miles (158km) west of Munich, remains under investigation. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenKeir Starmer to recall cabinet for emergency meeting on Gaza crisis
Prime minister expected to press Donald Trump to take tougher stance towards Israel when they meet in Scotland Keir Starmer will recall his cabinet from their summer break for an emergency meeting on the Gaza crisis this week as cross-party MPs warned his talks with Donald Trump provided a critical juncture in helping to resolve the conflict. Amid growing international horror over the situation on the ground in Gaza, he will urge the US president to take a tougher stance towards Israel and will push for ceasefire talks to resume, when they meet in Scotland on Monday. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenHerjer: På vei
Syklonen «Karl-Heinz» skaper uvær i Polen. Nå nærmer synderen seg Norge.
for 6 dager sidenHundreds gather again at Essex asylum hotel in weekend of anti-immigrant protests
Protests at Bell hotel in Epping for fifth time on Sunday as others demonstrated in Norfolk and London Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a hotel in Epping on Sunday for the fifth time to protest at the premises being used to house asylum seekers, as protests spread to other hotels over the weekend. A large police presence containing officers from multiple forces restricted contact between anti- and pro-immigrant protesters, with Essex police saying restrictions were necessary after what it described as repeated serious disruption, violence and harm to the community since the first demonstration took place on 13 July. Continue reading...
for 6 dager siden- Største avtalen noen sinne
EU og USA har blitt enige om en tollavtale.
for 6 dager sidenDPA: Flere døde
Minst tre personer skal være skadd i en togavsporing i Tyskland.
for 6 dager siden- Folk skrek av skrekk
Det skal ha hersket skrekk og kaos i et passasjerfly da et jagerfly kom susende mot flyets bane.
for 6 dager sidenGroup confronted suspect who stabbed 11 at a Michigan Walmart, video shows
Several passersby were seen yelling ‘throw it away’ and ‘get on the ground’ to a knife-wielding man now in custody Several passersby helped apprehend a knife-wielding suspect who stabbed 11 people at a Walmart in Michigan, video has revealed. Footage circulating on social media showed several citizens in Traverse City confronting a 42-year old man outside the supermarket on Saturday during the attack. Among the people confronting the suspect included an armed citizen who could be seen pointing his gun at the man. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenSyriske myndigheter varsler valg i september
Det ventes at Syria vil holde valg i september, det første etter Assad-regimets fall, opplyser landets valgmyndigheter…
for 6 dager sidenImages of children starving in Gaza have shaken some world leaders out of inertia – but what will Labor do?
Anthony Albanese’s government enters its first full week of federal parliament under pressure from outside and inside its ranks Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Images of emaciated, skeletal children in Gaza landed on news outlets’ front pages last week. It seemed to shake some world leaders and ordinary citizens out of a stupor. It’s a year and nine months since Israel began laying siege and raining devastation on Gaza, after the slaughter of Hamas’ 7 October terror attacks. After 21 months of bombing and civilian death tolls now reported in the tens of thousands, a new word has begun appearing ever more prominently in media coverage. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenMother of British victim of Air India crash left ‘heartbroken’ by casket error
Amanda Donaghey provided DNA to officials in Ahmedabad but wrong remains were flown to the UK The mother of one of the British victims of the Air India crash says her family is “heartbroken” after the wrong remains were sent home in his casket. Air India’s London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college hostel seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad on 12 June, killing 241 people onboard. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenGhislaine Maxwell is talking – but what can she tell and can she be believed?
Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend ‘knows where the bodies are buried’, his lawyer says, but her previous testimony may count against her Early one afternoon in April 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell got so angry that she struck a table. Maxwell, who was facing a defamation lawsuit from the late Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre Roberts, was being deposed by attorneys and seemed to grow incensed during questioning. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenOne injured after plane in Denver aborts takeoff due to ‘landing gear incident’
American Airlines evacuated passengers using slides amid signs of a fire underneath the plane, the FAA says One person was injured after a plane in Denver aborted its takeoff and evacuated those on board using its emergency slide, authorities reported. The Federal Aviation Administration said that a “possible landing gear incident” hit the American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 and the slides were deployed amid signs of a fire underneath the plane. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenEU delegation poised for Trump trade talks in Scotland
Maroš Šefčovič arrives to join Ursula von der Leyen, although US president says chances of deal still 50/50 A high-powered EU delegation has landed in Scotland nervously anticipating a breakthrough in talks with Donald Trump at a crunch meeting on Sunday to avoid an escalating trade war with Washington. The EU trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, and a team of aides arrived at Glasgow Prestwick airport on Sunday morning to join an advance party led by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, who flew in on Saturday to prepare for one of the most critical meetings in her tenure, due to be held at 4.30pm. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenKeir Starmer will urge Trump to resume US role in Gaza ceasefire talks
PM said to be horrified by the crisis and hopes to convince US president to help end the ‘unspeakable suffering’ Keir Starmer will personally press Donald Trump to resume ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas when they meet on Monday amid growing international alarm over the starvation crisis in Gaza. The prime minister is expected to ask the US president, who is on a four-day break at his two golf courses in Scotland, to revive the peace talks after the US and Israel withdrew their negotiation teams from Qatar. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenDaughter of woman murdered by man who US deported speaks out: ‘He was denied due process’
Thongxay Nilakout, who shot Birte Pfleger’s parents in 1994, is among eight convicted criminals who were deported The daughter of a woman murdered by a man from Laos who is among those controversially deported from the US to South Sudan has spoken out about her family’s pain but also to decry the lack of rights afforded to those who were expelled to countries other than their own. Birte Pfleger lives in Los Angeles and was a history student at Cal State University in Long Beach when her parents came to visit her from their native Germany in 1994 and ended up shot by Thongxay Nilakout during a robbery while on a sightseeing trip. Pfleger’s mother, Gisela, was killed and her father, Klaus, wounded. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenIsrael announces daily military pauses as fury mounts over starvation in Gaza
Israeli military says 10-hour ‘tactical pauses’ in certain areas will allow increase in flow of aid to territory Middle East crisis – live updates Israel has said it will halt military operations each day for 10 hours in three areas of Gaza and allow aid to come in through new corridors as it sought to quell international fury over a growing starvation crisis. Scores of Palestinians have died of starvation in recent weeks in a crisis attributed by humanitarian organisations and the UN to Israel’s blockade of almost all aid into the territory. The World Food Programme said 90,000 women and children were in urgent need of treatment for malnutrition and that one in three people were going without food for days. Continue reading...
for 6 dager siden‘Really cautious’: why the ICJ is delaying a Gaza genocide verdict
While Palestinians starve and global opinion hardens, judgment from international court may not come until 2027 – or later While Palestinians in Gaza die in ever-increasing numbers from starvation each day and a growing number of legal scholars, aid officials and politicians have begun describing Israel’s actions as genocide, a definitive ruling on the question by the world’s top court will be a long time coming. Experts on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said a judgment on whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza is unlikely before the end of 2027 at the earliest, amid warnings that the international community should not use the court’s glacial proceedings as an excuse to put off action to stop the killing. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenMissionaries using secret audio devices to evangelise Brazil’s isolated peoples
Exclusive: Solar-powered units reciting biblical passages have appeared in the Javari valley, despite strict laws protecting Indigenous groups Missionary groups are using audio devices in protected territories of the rainforest to attract and evangelise isolated or recently contacted Indigenous people in the Amazon. A joint investigation by the Guardian and Brazilian newspaper O Globo reveals that solar-powered devices reciting biblical messages in Portuguese and Spanish have appeared among members of the Korubo people in the Javari valley, near the Brazil-Peru border. Drones have also been spotted by Brazilian state agents in charge of protecting the areas. The gadgets have raised concerns about illegal missionary activities, despite strict government measures designed to safeguard isolated Indigenous groups. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenGreece enlists help from European allies to tackle raging wildfires
Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft to help fight blazes that have ravaged homes and forced evacuations Greece is battling wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations for a second day, with the help of Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft expected to arrive later on Sunday. The wildfires were raging on Sunday morning in the Peloponnese area west of the capital, as well as on the islands of Evia and Kythera, with aircraft and helicopters resuming their work in several parts of the country at dawn. Continue reading...
for 6 dager siden‘That idiot Putin wants to take it all’: Russia’s kamikaze tactics fuel a slow advance in Ukraine
Latest wave of displaced citizens curse ‘imperial ambition’ that has led to an estimated one million Russian casualties It was last year when Valentyn Velykyi noticed Russia’s war with Ukraine was getting closer. In early summer, it arrived on his doorstep. “You could hear explosions day and night. Recently missiles started flying over my house. There’s a rumbling sound. You can see a trail in the sky,” the 72-year-old pensioner recalled. Velykyi’s home is at No 18 Petrenko Street, in the small agricultural village of Maliyivka. It is located on the administrative border between Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk provinces in central-eastern Ukraine. Once Russian troops were far away. Latterly, they have crept nearer, besieging the city of Pokrovsk and capturing one grassy meadow after another. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenMiddle East crisis live: Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in parts of Gaza as pressure mounts over hunger
Military says it will halt activity in Muwasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City from 10am to 8pm local time every day until further notice A boat carrying activists and journalists has been intercepted by Israeli troops while attempting to transport aid to Gaza, with a pro-Palestinian group claiming the crew have been subjected to “unlawful” detention. The Handala, led by the activist group the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was roughly 50km from the Egyptian coast and 100km west of Gaza when intercepted, an online tracking tool set up to plot the ship’s course showed. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenFlooding rains in China’s north leave two people and displaces thousands
Authorities warn of further heavy rain and the risk of disasters including landslides and flooding Heavy rain around Beijing and across northern China killed two people and forced thousands to relocate as authorities warned of further widespread rain and the risk of disasters including landslides and flooding. Two people were dead and two missing in Hebei province, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday morning. Overnight rain dumped a record 145mm per hour on Fuping county in the industrial city of Baoding. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenTwo Australians reportedly on board activist boat intercepted by Israel while trying to transport aid to Gaza
Journalist Tania Safi and human rights activist Robert Martin on board Freedom Flotilla Coalition vessel the Handala, group says A boat reportedly carrying two Australians has been intercepted by Israeli troops, Israel’s foreign ministry has confirmed, as a pro-Palestinian activist group claims its crew have been subjected to “unlawful” detention while attempting to transport aid to Gaza. The Handala, registry name Navaren, led by the activist group the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was roughly 50km from the Egyptian coast and 100km west of Gaza when intercepted, an online tracking tool set up to plot the ship’s course showed. Continue reading...
for 6 dager sidenAlbanese accuses Israel of ‘clearly’ breaching international law but resists push to recognise Palestinian state
‘Quite clearly it is a breach of international law to stop food being delivered,’ PM tells ABC’s Insiders Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia has no plans to imminently recognise a Palestinian state, Anthony Albanese says, cautioning further steps must be met for a two-state solution despite growing pressure inside the Labor party for the government to follow through on its long-held commitment. The prime minister has also accused Israel of a breach of international law in blocking aid into Gaza, saying “you can’t hold innocent people responsible” for the actions of Hamas, and warning that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is “losing support” internationally. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenStanset
Norske Vigdis Bjorvand (70) er blant passasjerene som var på vei til Gaza med nødhjelp.
for 1 uke sidenLandlord who stabbed Palestinian American boy to death dies in prison
Joseph Czuba sentenced to 53 years for murder of Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding of mother in October 2023 A landlord jailed for decades after he attacked a Palestinian American boy and his mother has died. Three months ago, Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars for the attack. He was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of the boy’s mother, Hanan Shaheen. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenWildfire burns through northern suburb of Athens as residents told to evacuate
People in Kryoneri, north-east of the Greek capital, receive SMS messages telling them to get to safe areas A wildfire burned through a northern suburb of the Greek capital of Athens on Saturday and some residents were ordered to evacuate, the country’s fire service reported. Residents of the town of Kryoneri, 12.5 miles (20km) north-east of Athens, received three SMS messages to evacuate to safe areas, fire service spokesperson Vassilis Vathrakoyannis told reporters. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenGrenade missing from scene of blast that killed three LA police officers
LA county sheriff’s deputies died when one of two ‘military-style’ grenades detonated at police training complex A grenade is missing from the scene of an explosion that killed three people at a Los Angeles law enforcement training facility, authorities said. Three veteran deputy sheriffs died in the explosion last Friday, the LA county sheriff’s department’s largest loss of life in a single incident since 1857. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenThe bitter feud fuelling the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia
Animosity between former friends and political patriarchs Hun Sen and Thaksin Shinawatra is exacerbating clashes The dispute over Thailand and Cambodia’s contested border, which dates back more than a century to disagreements over colonial-era maps, has broken into conflict before. But the most recent clashes, which erupted on Thursday, have been fuelled by another factor: a bitter feud between two powerful political patriarchs. Hun Sen, 72, and Thaksin Shinawatra, 76, former leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, were once such close friends they reportedly called one another brothers. Hun Sen has, over the years, supported Thaksin’s family during their long-running power struggle with Thailand’s military. Thaksin and his sister Yingluck stayed at Hun Sen’s home after they were ousted from power, while Hun Sen appointed Thaksin an economic adviser to the Cambodian government. Thaksin frequently visited Cambodia, and Hun Sen was the first foreign guest to see the former Thai leader after he returned home after more than 15 years in self-imposed exile. Continue reading...
for 1 uke siden- Aldri skjedd før
Medier melder at svenske fly er tatt i bruk i angrep mot Kambodsja. Det skal være første gang flyene benyttes i aktive angrep.
for 1 uke sidenMen freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say
Venezuelans back home under Maduro-Trump deal tell of isolation, beatings and dirty water – ‘a living nightmare’ Venezuelans that the Trump administration expelled to El Salvador’s most notorious megaprison endured “state-sanctioned torture”, lawyers for some of the men have said, as more stories emerge about the horrors they faced during capacity. When José Manuel Ramos Bastidas – one of 252 Venezuelan men that the US sent to El Salvador’s most notorious mega-prison – finally made it back home to El Tocuyo on Tuesday, the first thing he did was stretch his arms around his family. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenAt least 57 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Israel withdraws from ceasefire talks
Israeli PM looking at ‘alternative options’ to the discussions that had been held in Doha after removing his negotiators At least 57 people were killed in Gaza over the last 24 hours, many killed while seeking aid as well as by Israeli airstrikes, with ceasefire talks appearing to have hit a dead end amid a worsening starvation crisis. Many were shot dead as they were waiting for trucks carrying aid close to the Zikim crossing into Israel . It has become common for hungry crowds to gather and wait for aid trucks to enter Gaza as mass starvation spreads, which humanitarians widely blame on Israel’s blockade on the territory. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenStarmer confirms plan to airdrop aid to Gaza and evacuate sick children will go ahead
UK, France and Germany leaders call for lifting of aid restrictions and immediate ceasefire after holding talks Israel-Gaza war live – latest updates Keir Starmer has outlined to his French and Germancounterparts how the UK will take forward plans to airdrop aid and evacuate children requiring medical assistance in Gaza, Downing Street has said. The prime minister held emergency talks with Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz on Saturday morning, in which the three leaders agreed to work closely together on a plan to “pave the way to a long-term solution and security in the region”. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenTrump tells Europe to ‘get your act together’ on immigration before US-EU trade talks
Ursula von der Leyen will meet with US president on Sunday, who describes ‘20 sticking points’ in negotiations Intensive negotiations are continuing on Saturday between the EU and the US before a crunch meeting in Scotland between Donald Trump and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, to avert a costly trade war. Trump spent the night at his family-owned Turnberry golf resort on a private visit, but took time to criticise European leaders over wind turbines and immigration claiming there won’t be a Europe unless they “get their act together”. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenAt least nine killed in militant attack on courthouse in south-east Iran
Jihadist separatist group Jaish al-Adl claims responsibility for mortar, shooting and grenade attack in Sistan-Baluchestan An attack by the jihadist separatist group Jaish al-Adl on a courthouse in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan killed at least nine people, including a mother and child, and wounded 22, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Attackers stormed the building, shooting a number of people inside. They then launched a second attack with mortars and grenade launchers on the courthouse, where a clash that lasted three hours began with security forces, according to the Baluch human rights group Haalvsh. Continue reading...
for 1 uke siden- Alt ble svart
Verdens rikeste mann skal ha beordret å stenge Starlink da Ukraina forsøkte å gjenerobre land fra Russland under lynoffensiven høsten 2022, melder Reuters.
for 1 uke sidenRussiske stjerner rammet
En gruppe russiske milliardærer skulle ha reist fra Svalbard på cruise til Nordpolen med en luksusisbryter, men eieren av skipet har avlyst turen.
for 1 uke sidenIsrael-Gaza war live: European nations debate recognition of Palestine as starvation spreads in Gaza
Keir Starmer is under pressure from UK MPs while Italy’s Giorgia Meloni said she was in favour but not prior to the state being established Twenty-eight doctors from Gaza are being held inside Israeli prisons, eight of whom are senior consultants in surgery, orthopaedics, intensive care, cardiology and paediatrics, according to data from Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical organisation. Twenty-one of those detained have been held for more than 400 days. HWW said none had been charged with any crimes by the Israeli authorities. Three healthcare workers have been detained since the start of July. The Israeli military said a “projectile” was fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on Saturday. “A projectile was identified crossing the Gaza Strip from the south and most likely falling in an open area,” the military said in a statement, adding that there were no injuries reported. Four Palestinian-Americans have been killed in the occupied West Bank since the war in Gaza began and their families are losing hope for justice. They told AP Israel and its law enforcement have made them feel like culprits - by imposing travel bans and, in some cases, detaining and interrogating them. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the US recalled their negotiating teams, throwing the future of the negotiations into further uncertainty. Netanyahu’s statement came as a Hamas official said negotiations were expected to resume next week and portrayed the recall of the Israeli and American delegations as a pressure tactic. Continue reading...
for 1 uke siden- Har kniven på strupen
På den ene siden trues vi av et aggressivt Russland. På den andre av USA. - Verdenshistorisk forjævlig, mener utenriksekspert Iver B. Neumann.
for 1 uke sidenChina calls for global AI cooperation days after Trump administration unveils low-regulation strategy
Chinese premier warns at global conference AI development must be weighed against security risks, urges ‘further consensus from the entire society’ Chinese premier Li Qiang has proposed establishing an organisation to foster global cooperation on artificial intelligence, calling on countries to coordinate on the development and security of the fast-evolving technology, days after the US unveiled plans to deregulate the industry. Speaking at the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, Li called AI a new engine for growth, adding that governance is fragmented and emphasising the need for more coordination between countries to form a globally recognised framework for AI. Continue reading...
for 1 uke siden- Svært utfordrende
Populære turistmål i skuddlinjen. UD advarer nordmenn mot å reise til grenseområdene mellom Thailand og Kambodsja.
for 1 uke sidenRising number of doctors among hundreds of medical staff detained in Gaza, say rights groups
Detention of Dr Marwan al-Hams by Israeli undercover unit on Monday takes number of doctors being held to 28, says Healthcare Workers Watch Twenty-eight doctors from Gaza are being held inside Israeli prisons, eight of whom are senior consultants in surgery, orthopaedics, intensive care, cardiology and paediatrics, according to data from Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical organisation. Twenty-one of those detained have been held for more than 400 days. HWW said none had been charged with any crimes by the Israeli authorities. Three healthcare workers have been detained since the start of July. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenTwo injured after Southwest plane plummets to avoid potential collision
Reports say plane flying from Burbank to Las Vegas took dramatic plunge after takeoff to avoid Hawker Hunter jet Two Southwest Airlines flight attendants are being treated for injuries after a passenger jet heading to Las Vegas from southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff on Friday, the airline and passengers said. Southwest flight 1496, headed from Burbank to Las Vegas, received two alerts that made the plane climb and then descend, according to a statement from Southwest. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenCambodia calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ with Thailand after two days of deadly clashes
Thousands of people have been evacuated from either side of the border, while fighting has left at least 16 people dead Cambodia wants an “immediate ceasefire” with Thailand, the country’s envoy to the United Nations has said, with Bangkok also signalling an openness to talks after two days of deadly clashes that have left 15 dead and thousands displaced. “Cambodia asked for an immediate ceasefire – unconditionally – and we also call for the peaceful solution of the dispute,” said UN ambassador Chhea Keo, after a closed meeting of the Council attended by Cambodia and Thailand. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenCabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine
Exclusive: Rayner and Cooper understood to back action as 221 MPs sign letter calling for UK recognition of statehood • Middle East live – latest updates Keir Starmer is under intense pressure from his most senior cabinet ministers and more than a third of MPs to move faster on recognising a Palestinian state in response to Israel withholding aid to starving civilians in Gaza. Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, and Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, are understood by the Guardian to be among ministers who believe the government should take the lead on Palestinian statehood alongside France. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenVon der Leyen to meet Trump in Scotland as EU and US close in on trade deal
Commission chief to meet president on Sunday as Irish PM says deal will ‘hopefully’ be signed this weekend The EU appears to be on the verge of signing a trade deal with Donald Trump after the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, announced she would meet the US president on Sunday during his four-day trip to Scotland. Trump was scheduled to land on Friday evening before the opening of his new golf course in Aberdeenshire and was planning to meet the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, on Monday. Continue reading...