7 h. ago UK special forces veterans accuse colleagues of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan

Former personnel describe soldiers exhibiting ‘psychopathic traits’ and executions of handcuffed prisonersFormer UK special forces personnel have accused colleagues of committing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, including alleging that they executed civilians and a child.Graphic accounts of routine executions of handcuffed prisoners and the killings of people in their sleep were handed to the BBC, which reported that weapons were planted during cover-ups. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end its campaign

Food security experts say the Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign

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12 h. ago California State students protest aid blockade in Gaza with hunger strike

Two dozen fasting students also press university system to divest from weapon manufacturers in list of demandsAround two dozen California State University students began a hunger strike last week to protest starvation in Gaza due to Israel’s aid blockade, marking the latest act of political protest on college campuses.The strikers – students from San Jose State, Sacramento State, San Francisco State and CSU Long Beach – began their fast on 5 May Continue reading...

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14 h. ago SAS accused of executing handcuffed children and murdering unarmed people in their sleep in shocking new eyewitness claims of UK 'war crimes'

UK Special Forces veterans have come forward to describe seeing SAS soldiers executing a handcuffed child and Taliban suspects while they were asleep.

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15 h. ago Australian prime minister names new Cabinet that drops Israel critic

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his new Cabinet

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18 h. ago Donald Trump seeks bromance and billions as he heads to Gulf

US president expects flurry of deals on first official foreign trip but Israel’s war in Gaza is roiling the region

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20 h. ago AP PHOTOS: UN agencies warn that Israel's plans for aid distribution will endanger lives in Gaza

International aid agencies warn that plans presented by Israel to control aid distribution in Gaza will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory. They called on Friday for an end to Israel’s total blockade of Gaza that has blocked all food and other supplies from reaching its 2.3 million people for nearly 10 weeks.

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25 h. ago British law chief bringing war crimes case against Israel 'tried to use Gaza to silence his sex assault accuser and told her 'Think about Palestinian arrest warrants''

Karim Khan KC, who has served as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since 2021, has spearheaded movements to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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29 h. ago The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial

The US president has the leverage to force through a ceasefire. If he does not, he will implicitly signal approval of what looks like a plan of total destructionDonald Trump would like a big foreign policy win as he embarks on his tour of the Middle East this week. He could secure one – and save lives – by demanding that Israel agree to a lasting ceasefire in exchange for the release of all hostages held in Gaza. He might prefer to avoid the issue, but no other leader has the leverage to force its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to end this war. If Mr Trump instead backs Israel’s current proposals, he will put the US imprimatur on what looks like a plan of total destruction.Israel’s attacks have already killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities – the vast majority of them civilians, many of them children. Bakeries, hospitals and schools have been obliterated. Aid has been blocked for two months. Gaza faces famine. Last week, Isr...

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33 h. ago The US 'export' making millions for UK's gangs: How illegal drug is 'flooding' into Britain from America

EXCLUSIVE: High strength cannabis is increasingly making its way to British shores, causing a major headache for law enforcement.

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41 h. ago Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student held by Ice, vows to continue legal action after jail release

PhD student says she is excited to get back to her studies during what has been a ‘very difficult’ timeA Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was held for more than six weeks after being arrested for her political speech. Rümeysa Öztürk told reporters at Logan Airport on Saturday that she was excited to get back to her studies during what has been a “very difficult” period. “In the last 45 days, I lost both my freedom and also my education during a crucial time for my doctoral studies,” she said. “But I am so grateful for all the support, kindness and care.” A federal judge ordered Öztürk’s release Friday pending a final decision on her claim that she was illegally detained following an op-ed she co-wrote last year criticizing her university’s response to Israel and the war in Gaza.She filed a lawsuit challenging her detention now assigned to US district judge William Session...

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47 h. ago In The Hague, Rodrigo Duterte faces trial, but in Davao he is the top pick for mayor

The architect of the Philippines ‘war on drugs’ is by far the frontrunner in upcoming elections despite his detention half a word awayA convoy of bikes and cars cruises through the streets of Davao City, decked out in the campaign colours of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his family. Green balloons and red ribbons bop and flutter in the breeze. Cars beep their horns and passersby stop to raise their fists in support of the former leader.The motorcade is as noisy and colourful as any election campaign event in the Philippines, which will vote in midterm polls on Monday. But this procession is different. Duterte, who is running as mayor of Davao, his family’s stronghold, is imprisoned thousands of miles away in The Hague, following his arrest in March for the crime against humanity of murder over his deadly so-called “war on drugs”. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Trump's 'secret embarrassment' over day one promise he made that has been spectacularly broken

President Donald Trump made a key day one promise to voters both before and after he was elected. He is reportedly frustrated he hasn't been able to deliver on it well past 100 days in office.

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59 h. ago UK Lawyers for Israel condemned over claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza

Palestinian rights group says remarks criticising a Lancet analysis on impact of the conflict are ‘sickening’A UK-based advocacy group for Israel has been criticised for suggesting a reduction in obesity resulting from the war in Gaza may increase life expectancy there.The comments by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), which came amid warnings of impending famine in Gaza, were condemned as “sickening” by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat

Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world warThe former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”.Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top diplomat from 2019 to 2024, and president of the European parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticised the bloc’s failure to use all the means at its disposal to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago What is the ‘special tribunal’ for Ukraine – and could it bring Putin to justice?

Leaders hope the new international court will be able to take stronger action against Russia

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3 d. ago UN agencies warn Israel plans for aid distribution endanger lives in Gaza

International aid agencies warn that plans presented by Israel to control aid distribution in Gaza will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory

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3 d. ago Aid groups voice alarm as US pushes Israeli plan for Gaza assistance

Groups say plan to resume limited humanitarian assistance under strict Israeli rules ‘risks enabling war crimes’US politics live – latest updatesAid groups have voiced alarm at US moves to pressure them into accepting an Israeli proposal to resume limited humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged territory under strictly controlled conditions.The Trump administration has attempted to strong-arm international agencies – including the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) – into accepting Israel’s stringent rules for resuming deliveries, according to sources familiar with the discussions and news reports. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Israel laid out its harrowing plan to take Palestinian territories in 2017. Now it is happening | Ofer Cassif

Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich’s vow that Gaza be ‘entirely destroyed’ should surprise no one – he formulated this chilling idea way before 7 October• Ofer Cassif is a member of the Knesset for HadashIsrael’s announcement of a new offensive to “conquer” Gaza, along with claims by Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli minister of finance, that the strip will be “entirely destroyed”, have flustered the international community. Observers may be distressed, disturbed or upset by these plans. But they should come as no surprise. This kind of genocidal ideology has been evident, in Smotrich’s case, since long before 7 October. And opposition voices – including mine – have been warning of the government’s intentions in Gaza since October 2023.These latest actions by the fanatic nationalists in Israel’s government are causing misery to Palestinians, but also to Israelis. The decision of the Israeli cabinet to expand its invasion has terrified the families of Israeli hostages. They have accused S...

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4 d. ago Ben Jennings on Israel’s plans for a new offensive in Gaza – cartoon

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