

Australia 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...


- Det vondeste av alt
Fredrik Græsvik har dekket konflikter i Midt-Østen siden 1992, og mener det aldri har vært verre enn nå.

Pårørende av Hamas-gisler: Israels regjering jobber ikke for gisselavtale
Israel stiller urealistiske krav og prøver ikke virkelig å lande en avtale om løslatelse av Hamas-gislene, sier familiene til Hamas-gislene i en uttalelse.


Gaza 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...


Det er ikke nok
100 palestinske pasienter og pårørende, inkludert mange barn, har nå ankommet Norge. Men flere bør hentes ut fra blodbadet.


Israel 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...


Tysklands utenriksminister: – Israel blir stadig mer isolert
– Situasjonen må bedre seg fundamentalt for folk på Gazastripen. Hele verden ser på, sier Tysklands utenriksminister på besøk i Midtøsten.


Forbereder flytting av hele landet
Øystaten Tuvalu kan om få år være ubeboelig. Innbyggerne må delta i loddtrekninger om å bli klimaflyktninger.


India 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...


Growing 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...

Mistet tommelen i seilbåt-drama – døde i sommer
Mannen som skal ha blitt utsatt for et økseangrep på en seilbåt i Atlanterhavet, er død. Likevel går saken mot kapteinen som planlagt.


How 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...


- Sjokkert
New Zealand vil ta betalt inntil 240 kroner fra utenlandske turister ved de mest populære turiststedene.


UD: Norge har mottatt 100 pasienter og pårørende fra Gaza
Det skriver UD i en pressemelding.


Hvor mange skal dø før det får konsekvenser?
Vi har sett bilder av blodige barn, sønderbombede nabolag og hjelpeløse mødre som skriker i ruiner. Så hvorfor er verdens mektigste fortsatt stille? Hvor mange skal dø før det får konsekvenser?


‘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...


To folk, bare én løsning
Det går en palestinsk livslinje fra Oslo Arbeidersamfunn til London og Paris.


Wong 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...

Elleve såret i russisk droneangrep mot Kharkiv
Minst elleve mennesker er såret i et kraftig russisk droneangrep mot byen Kharkiv øst i Ukraina, ifølge lokale myndigheter.


Musk’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...

– Russland har gravd sin egen grav
Selv om Vladimir Putin tilsynelatende sitter stille i båten, til tross for Donald Trumps mange trusler om sanksjoner, så kan det være et spill for galleriet.


Gaza-helvetet må stoppes nå
Et land som nekter underernærte og døende babyer næring, må møte sanksjoner og isolasjon.


Three 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...


Trump 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...

IDF: Israel har skutt ned missil fra Jemen
Flyalarmen har gått av flere steder i Israel fredag kveld.


Tar grep
USAs president Donald Trump beordrer utplassering av to atomubåter i nærheten av Russland, melder han selv på sosiale medier.


Første i EU som forbyr våpeneksport til Israel
Slovenia forbyr import, eksport og transitt av alle våpen til og fra Israel som svar på krigshandlingene i Gaza.

Trump: Har sendt atomubåter nær Russland etter Medvedev-kommentarer
USAs president Donald Trump opplyste fredag at han har beordret to atomubåter til å posisjonere seg i områder nær Russland.

Trump: Har beordret atomubåter nær Russland
Kommer som svar på «provoserende» russisk kommentar.


Night 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...


Two 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...


Spania og Frankrike har sluppet ned nødhjelp over Gaza
Fransk nødhjelp er sluppet ned over Gazastripen, opplyser president Emmanuel Macron. Også Spania har sluppet nødhjelp fredag.


Biskopene ringer med kirkeklokkene for sivile i Gaza – jødiske trossamfunn skuffet
To jødiske trossamfunn reagerer på at kirkeklokkene i Norges domkirker skal ringe i solidaritet med sivilbefolkningen på Gaza og ikke for sivile israelere.


Spania og Frankrike har sluppet ned nødhjelp over Gaza
Fransk nødhjelp er sluppet ned over Gazastripen, opplyser president Emmanuel Macron. Også Spania har sluppet nødhjelp fredag.


Biskopene ringer med kirkeklokkene for sivile i Gaza – jødiske trossamfunn skuffet
To jødiske trossamfunn reagerer på at kirkeklokkene i Norges domkirker skal ringe i solidaritet med sivilbefolkningen på Gaza og ikke for sivile israelere.


Dozens 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...


Israeli 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...


British 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...


Støre: Fortsatt i toll-forhandlinger med USA
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre sier han håper Norge kan forhandle seg ned til en lavere tollsats enn 15 prosent med USA.


Oppjusterer tallet: – Det dødeligste angrepet mot Kyiv i år
Fem barn blant de drepte. Den yngste var to år gammel.


Putin 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...


Family 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...


Sveits i harnisk over Trumps sjokktoll
Toll på 39 prosent sender sjokkbølger gjennom sveitsisk industri.


Caribbean 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...

Minst 1373 palestinere drept mens de har ventet på mat på Gazastripen siden mai
Det melder FN.


Weather 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...


Vi jobber fortsatt for en avtale med USA
Regjeringen har ikke gitt opp å få landet en tollavtale med USA, understreker næringsminister Cecilie Myrseth (Ap). Men satsen kan likevel ende på 15 prosent.

Derfor får land forskjellige avtaler: – Konstant forhandling
Fra skipsbygging i Sør-Korea til store investeringer i Japan, dette er det nye forhandlingsspillet med USA, der ikke alle er med.


US 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...


Death 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...


- En katastrofe
Sveits er i sjokk etter å ha fått Europas verste toll mot USA. - Uforutsigbart, sier næringsminister Myrseth om tollen.


Ellevill vekst for norsk sjømat i Trumps USA
Sjømatbransjen går så det gviner, også i Trumps USA. – Norge og norsk sjømat har en svært sterk posisjon i USA, sier Sjømatrådet.


Varer fra Norge får 15 prosent toll
USA innfører toll på 15 prosent på norske varer, opplyser Det hvite hus.


Russland taper materiell – men vinner terreng
Russland vinner stadig mer terreng i Ukraina, men sliter med utstyrsmangel. Nord-Korea står for stadig mer av ammunisjonen.

– Norge jobber fortsatt for å få avtale med USA
Norges næringsminister sier norske myndigheter er i tett dialog med amerikanske myndigheter. Samtidig sier Trump at døra alltid vil være åpen for de som kommer med en god avtale.


Vil forhindre at Israel blir utstøtt
Tysklands utenriksminister Johann Wadephul, som er på besøk i Israel, skal møte palestinernes president Mahmoud Abbas. Målet er klart.


Australian 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...


– Norge jobber fortsatt for å få til tollavtale med USA, sier næringsministeren
Beskriver samtalene med USA som krevende.


– Norge jobber fortsatt for å få til tollavtale med USA, sier næringsministeren
– Norge er fortsatt i prosess med amerikanske myndigheter med mål om å få til en avtale mellom våre to land, sier næringsminister Cecilie Myrseth (Ap).


Trump 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...

Trump bekrefter: Norge rammes med 15 prosent toll
President Donald Trump fulgte natt til fredag opp sine trusler om «gjengjeldelsestoll». Norge får samme behandling som EU med 15 prosent toll. Sveits rammes hardest i Europa med 39 prosent.

Norge rammes med 15 prosent toll – fortsetter forhandlinger om en avtale: – Vi er ikke i mål
Norge får samme behandling som EU med 15 prosent toll fra USA. – Norge fortsetter samtalene med USA med mål om å få til en avtale, sier næringsminister Cecilie Myrseth.


USA innfører 15 prosent toll på varer fra Norge
USA innfører toll på 15 prosent på norske varer, opplyser Det hvite hus.


USA innfører 15 prosent toll på varer fra Norge
USA innfører toll på 15 prosent på norske varer, opplyser Det hvite hus.

USA innfører 15 prosent toll på varer fra Norge
USA innfører toll på 15 prosent på norske varer, opplyser Det hvite hus.


- Jeg synes det er motbydelig
USAs spesialutsending Steve Witkoff drar til Russland etter først å ha besøkt Israel og Gaza. President Donald Trump kaller det Russland gjør mot Ukraina for «avskyelig».


US 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...


Rhino 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...

Daniel (24) kriget for Israel – klarte ikke leve mer
70.000 israelske soldatmødre krever våpenhvile i Gaza. Mange ser sønnene sine hjemsøkes av det de har sett og gjort i krigen.


Panama 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...


- 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.


Folkerettsekspert om Russlands praksis: – Som å stjele barn
Ukraina har en liste med navn på 19.546 barn og én klar målsetning: Hvert eneste barn skal hjem igjen.


At 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...

MC-fører døde i ulykke
Politiet jobber videre på stedet.


ISS-samarbeidet mellom Russland og USA forlenges
Samarbeidet mellom USA og Russland om den internasjonale romstasjonen (ISS) forlenges til 2028, ifølge lederen for det russiske romfartsbyrået Roskosmos.


USAs spesialutsending skal besøke Gaza
USAs spesialutsending for Midtøsten Steve Witkoff skal til Gaza og «inspisere utdelingen av nødhjelp» som del av sitt Israel-besøk, ifølge Det hvite hus.


Family 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...


Israeli 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...


Stort russisk angrep mot Kyiv
Minst 13 mennesker ble drept og 132 såret i et angrep mot Kyiv natt til torsdag, ifølge Ukraina. President Volodymyr Zelenskyj ber om økt press på Russland.


- Kommer til å svi
Dersom Trump gjør alvor av toll-truslene mot Russland, vil det få store konsekvenser for Europa, mener ekspert.


Sveriges Radio: Journalister kan stoppes fra å dekke Gaza
Flere svenske mediehus vurderer nekte journalistene å dekke krigen i Gaza etter opprop.


France 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...


- Oppbrukt
USAs president Trump har advart om kraftig toll om Russland ikke ender krigen i Ukraina. «Rutinemessig», svarer Russland.


Vigdis ble anklaget for å smugle hasj: Det var snus
Vigdis (70) satt i fengsel i Israel. Nå er hun tilbake i Norge.


Anger 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...

Nå er Vigdis (70) tilbake i Norge
Norske Vigdis Bjorvand ble pågrepet og satt i Givon-fengselet i Israel.


Chinese 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...


Når du er jøde og støtter et fritt Palestina havner du under dobbelt ild
I Israel/Palestina-konflikten blir alt svart-hvitt. Når du er jøde og støtter et fritt Palestina havner du under dobbelt ild.


- Russisk hevn mot Norge
Falsk nyhet om «økologisk katastrofe» og massedød i Nitelva utenfor Oslo er spredt til millioner. Russisk hevnaksjon, mener analytikere.


Myanmar 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...

Elleve personer hoppet i sjøen – sju båter tapt i brann
– Takket være årvåkenhet gikk ingen liv tapt, sier innsatsleder Bernt Aamodt til TV 2.


Inngått avtaler med Kambodsja og Thailand
USA har inngått handelsavtaler med Kambodsja og Thailand dagen før president Donald Trumps tollfrist 1. august, sier USAs handelsminister Howard Lutnick onsdag.


Thursday 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...

Trump midnattsmelding til India og Russland: –De kan ta sine døende økonomier ned sammen
Det du må vite før arbeidsdagen begynner.


Norge bidrar til å holde det israelske krigsmaskineriet i gang
Norge skal ikke være venn med et regime som driver okkupasjon, apartheid og folkemord. Hver dag vi unnlater å handle, gjør oss mer medskyldige.

Canada vil anerkjenne Palestina
Canada planlegger å anerkjenne en palestinsk stat i FN i september, bekreftet statsminister Mark Carney i en uttalelse onsdag.

FNs sjef for flyktninger advarer om migrantstrøm: – Katastrofale
Tidligere i år reduserte USA sin bistand til FNs høykommissær for flyktninger. Det kan føre til en stor migrantstrøm til Europa, advarer UNHCR-sjef Filippo Grandi.


Mer enn 100 meldes drept i israelske angrep mot Gaza det siste døgnet
Mer enn 100 mennesker er drept i israelske angrep på Gazastripen det siste døgnet, ifølge palestinske helsemyndigheter. Mange av dem skal ha ventet på mat.


EU 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...


Vigdis (70) har kommet hjem
Den norske aktivisten Vigdis Bjorvand (70) er løslatt etter fire dager i israelsk fengsel, melder Dagbladet.