3 h. ago The Guardian view on the UN’s genocide finding: Britain – and the world – can no longer look away | Editorial

A UN commission has found Israel’s war in Gaza ranks among history’s greatest crimes. The UK government must stop hiding behind legal fictions and recognise the realityA United Nations commission of inquiry has now said what Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organisations, as well as many genocide scholars, have already argued: that Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide. The commission finds that mass killings, attacks on vital infrastructure, starvation, displacement and denial of medical care meet the legal definition of history’s gravest crime. It finds genocidal intent “the only reasonable inference” from both the statements of Israel’s leaders and the conduct of its forces in Gaza.Against this, Israel’s repeated assertions that it is acting in lawful self-defence ring hollow in the face of overwhelming evidence and a deliberate pattern of destruction. The UN’s conclusion imposes moral clarity. It also demands political action, especially from those, includi...

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4 h. ago Evidence of 'Doomsday comet' that wiped out forgotten civilization 12,800 years ago found in US

Nearly 13,000 years ago, a vast, hurtling fragment of a comet exploded over the US, according to a controversial theory. Now, scientists have found evidence of this cataclysmic event.

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5 h. ago Kash Patel claims no evidence Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to anyone but himself

FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau has no proof that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to anyone other than himself.

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6 h. ago Judge dismisses state terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione

US court rules evidence on terrorism counts is ‘legally insufficient’ but murder trial can go ahead

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6 h. ago NASA responds to claims comet is alien spacecraft 'sent to destroy humanity'

The comet is the first we have spotted from outside our solar system and easily the fastest we have ever seen

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6 h. ago Can you ‘microdose’ exercise when you’re short on time? Here’s what the evidence says

There aren’t downsides to breaking a long workout into smaller chunks, but that doesn’t mean you should

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6 h. ago Rasmus Hojlund shows true colours in Scott McTominay message after Man United transfer

Rasmus Hojlund is off to a flying start with Napoli after leaving Manchester United on loan this summer, and it's evident that the youngster has gelled with one team-mate in particular

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7 h. ago Scientists discover world’s earliest evidence of human mummification

The evidence is far older than better-known examples from ancient Egypt and South America

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7 h. ago More than 1,000 people helped into employment in North Lanarkshire over past 12 months

The number of people claiming JobSeekers Allowance in August stood at 6,800 - a reduction of 1040 on the previous 12 months which is a 13 per cent reduction.

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8 h. ago Serie C club Crotone placed under judicial administration due to Mafia infiltration

Italian club played in top flight in 2020-21Ndrangheta clans had infiltrated ticketing operationsThe Italian third-tier club Crotone have been placed under judicial administration for a year because police found “sufficient evidence” of pervasive Mafia infiltration, prosecutors said on Tuesday.Crotone, based in the southern Calabria region that is home to the powerful ’Ndrangheta Mafia, are seventh in group C of the Serie C league, on five points from four games. They played in Serie A for two consecutive seasons almost 10 years ago, and in 2020-21. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago JD Vance backs mass ‘doxing’ campaign to find and harass Charlie Kirk critics

US vice-president encourages ‘calling out’ anyone who celebrates Kirk’s murder, including notifying employersA mass “doxing” effort to track down, intimidate and harass people perceived not to have sufficiently mourned the killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was endorsed on Monday night by JD Vance.The US vice-president guest-hosted Kirk’s podcast on Monday and said that people who “see someone celebrating Charlie’s murder” should “call them out”. He added: “Hell, call their employer. We don’t believe in political violence, but we do believe in civility, and there is no civility in the celebration of political assassination.” Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Chairman will do ‘everything possible’ to answer Southport families’ questions

Sir Adrian Fulford spoke at Liverpool Town Hall after the Southport Inquiry heard impact evidence.

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12 h. ago Alan Rickman's forgotten last ever film now streaming on Amazon Prime

Eye in the Sky boasts an ensemble of Hollywood A-listers, including the likes of Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman, in a military thriller that has 'must-watch status'

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13 h. ago Israel IS committing genocide against Palestinians, says UN inquiry as IDF bombards Gaza City

The report said there is clear evidence of genocidal intent against Palestinians in the words and actions of Israel’s leaders

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14 h. ago Government payroll surges to record 4.04 million on NHS and civil service hiring spree

But state pensioners can look forward to £560 pay rise next April as wage growth stays above inflation

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16 h. ago For some minority Britons the ‘unite the kingdom’ rally shows far

Westminster’s hardening attitudes to immigration are leading anti-racist campaigners to warn a far-right UK government no longer seems unthinkable“I remember my father marching against the National Front in the 1970s. It felt like it was a minority. The majority of people are still decent. But now, the far right seems legitimised and popular,” Dabinderjit Singh, a retired senior civil servant said.Singh was reacting to Tommy Robinson’s 13 September far-right “unite the kingdom” rally, which drew 110,000 people to London. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash

I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everywhereI return to Europe from the US with a clear conclusion: American democrats (lowercase d) have 400 days to start saving US democracy. If next autumn’s midterm elections produce a Congress that begins to constrain Donald Trump there will then be a further 700 days to prepare the peaceful transfer of executive power that alone will secure the future of this republic. Operation Save US Democracy, stages 1 and 2.Hysterical hyperbole? I would love to think so. But during seven weeks in the US this summer, I was shaken every day by the speed and executive brutality of President Trump’s assault on what had seemed settled norms of US democracy and by the desperate weakness of resistance to that assault. There’s a growing body of international evidence to suggest that once a liberal democracy has been eroded, it’s very difficult to restore i...

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17 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian court sentences Pussy Riot members in absentia to jail over war criticism

Terms of eight to 13 years handed down over a music video and a Berlin show, according to reports, as collective rejects charges as politically motivated. What we know on day 1,301See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Trump team plans to give historically black and tribal colleges $500 million in money taken from DEI program cuts

Shifts in education budget to HBCUs as Trump administration has slashed civil rights investigations and sought to de-emphasize parts of Black history in major U.S. museums

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25 h. ago Cause of an explosion which killed a grandfather 'cannot be properly explained'

Lost evidence has meant that the cause of the fire could not be explained

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