87 m. ago Despair deepens for a Palestinian family forced to flee across Gaza yet again

The Abu Jarad family has been forced to uproot and move across Gaza 11 times since war broke out nearly two years ago

Society

2 h. ago US judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported citing ‘misrepresented facts’ on green card form

Lawyers say pro-Palestinian activist remains protected from immigration enforcement while separate federal court case proceedsAn immigration judge in the US state of Louisiana has ordered the deportation of pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil to Algeria or Syria, ruling that he failed to disclose information on his green card application, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.Khalil’s lawyers said they intended to appeal against the deportation order, and that a federal district court’s separate orders remain in effect prohibiting the government from immediately deporting or detaining him as his federal court case proceeds. The lawyers submitted a letter to the federal court in New Jersey overseeing his civil rights case and said he will challenge the decision. Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago ‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader

In the 1970s, the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation may have spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetenceIn the summer of 1970, a group of aspirant revolutionaries arrived in Jordan from West Germany. They sought military training though they had barely handled weapons before. They sought a guerrilla war in the streets of Europe, but had never done anything more than light a fire in a deserted department store. They sought the spurious glamour that spending time with a Palestinian armed group could confer. Above all, they sought a safe place where they could hide and plan.Some of the group had flown to Beirut on a direct flight from communist-run East Berlin. The better known members – Ulrike Meinhof, a prominent leftwing journalist, and two convicted arsonists called Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader – had faced a more complicated journey. First, they’d had to cross into East Germany, then they took ...

Politics

2 h. ago France should have recognised Palestinian statehood years ago. The cynic in me asks: why now? | Rokhaya Diallo

Weakened domestically, Emmanuel Macron wants an international legacy. Yet still, he does nothing to sanction IsraelWhen Emmanuel Macron announced that France intended to recognise Palestinian statehood, he drew a furious rebuke from Israel – and caused a diplomatic storm with the US. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote a letter accusing the French government of failing to “confront the alarming rise of antisemitism” in France, adding the harsh and unequivocal assessment: “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire.”In the same letter, he praised Donald Trump’s action to “protect the civil rights of American Jews”.Rokhaya Diallo is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago ‘We pray a visa comes before death’: Gaza’s injured children left in limbo

Mariam, Nasser and Ahmed were evacuated from the warzone but are now stranded in an Egyptian hospital that cannot treat their life-threatening injuries after Trump’s sudden ban on Palestinians entering the USMariam Sabbah had been fast asleep, huddled under a blanket with her siblings, when an Israeli missile tore through her home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, in the early hours of 1 March.The missile narrowly missed the sleeping children but as the terrified nine-year-old ran to her parents, a second one hit. “I saw her coming towards me but suddenly there was another explosion and she vanished into the smoke,” says her mother, Fatma Salman. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago China’s ‘temple economy’ in the spotlight as scandals rock influential religious leaders

Powerful Buddhist monks who have previously escaped punishment are the latest target of the government’s crackdown on excess wealth and alleged corruptionFor a religious leader, the allegations were scandalous. Mistresses, illegitimate children, embezzlement. But in 2015, the head abbott of Shaolin monastery, the cradle of Zen Buddhism and kung-fu in China, was untouchable. Shi Yongxin, the so-called “CEO monk” who turned the 1,500-year-old monastery into a commercial empire worth hundreds of millions of yuan, held firm. Soon he was cleared of all charges.But 10 years later, the 60-year-old monk was not so lucky. In July, not long after Shi returned from a trip to the Vatican to meet the late Pope Francis, the Shaolin Temple released a statement saying that he was being investigated for allegedly misappropriating funds and for fathering illegitimate children with multiple mistresses. Less than a fortnight later he was dismissed and stripped of his monkhood. He has not been heard fro...

Politics

6 h. ago Now the Home Secretary blasts lefty lawyers on Day 2 of Starmer's delicious human rights humiliation! Shabana Mahmood says migrants are 'making a mockery of our laws' as PM's 'one

Scheduled Air France flights to Paris from London Heathrow - one this morning and one this afternoon - departed with no Channel migrants aboard.

Society

6 h. ago Together for Palestine concert: Benedict Cumberbatch, Damon Albarn and Neneh Cherry take stage at galvanising and star

Scores of artists, speakers and activists appear at four-hour fundraiser curated by Brian Eno – but it’s Palestinian voices who make the biggest impressionThe sheer scale of it was boggling. A total of 69 artists, speakers and activists were to appear at Ovo Arena Wembley.There were stars of music: Damon Albarn, Bastille, PinkPantheress, Hot Chip and a festival’s worth of others. There were stars of stage and screen: Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh, Guy Pearce, Ramy Youssef and a huge supporting cast. There were the firebrands, the podcasters, the people you’re sure are important but you have no idea why. And there were the people who, well, you don’t really know what they’re bringing: the former footballer Eric Cantona, the Love Island host Laura Whitmore, the Chicken Shop Dates YouTuber Amelia Dimoldenberg. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago UK 'will formally recognise Palestine as a state'... after Trump leaves the country

Sir Keir Starmer will recognise a Palestinian state over the weekend after Donald Trump concludes his state visit to the UK. 

Politics

7 h. ago Major report names Labour's 'best shot' at taking on Nigel Farage over small boats

A study by think-tank British Future called on Keir Starmer to pledge to cut small boat crossings by 75% in three years by adopting a 'bold' new strategy with France

Politics

8 h. ago Starmer to recognise Palestinian statehood this weekend, reports suggest

The Prime Minister has previously said he plans to recognise Palestinian statehood ahead of the United Nations general assembly this month.

Politics

12 h. ago Home secretary vows to ‘fight vexatious modern slavery claims’ stopping deportation flights to France

Shabana Mahmood has claimed that migrants are ‘deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal’

Society

13 h. ago Shabana Mahmood blasts migrants for 'making a mockery of our laws' with last

Scheduled Air France flights to Paris from London Heathrow - one this morning and one this afternoon - departed with no Channel migrants aboard.

Events

13 h. ago Home Secretary voices fury as migrant's deportation to France blocked by court

Shabana Mahmood said it was 'intolerable' that last minute legal appeals can prevent removals to France under a new agreement, and vowed to 'fight them at every step'

Events

13 h. ago Starmer's UK's 'one in, one out' small boats migrant deal with France is struggling, but is far from sunk

Keir Starmer’s government fell at the first hurdle with its France ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal. A rocky legal battle awaits

Economics

14 h. ago Precious gold samples stolen in raid on French natural history museum

Museum says specimens taken are worth €600,000 based on price of gold but have ‘immeasurable heritage value’Historic gold samples with a street value of €600,000 but priceless to scientists and researchers have been stolen from the French national natural history museum in the latest of a series of museum robberies in France.“This has happened in a critical context for cultural establishments in France, particularly museums,” the Paris museum said. “Several public collections have been the victims of robberies in the past months.” Continue reading...

Culture

14 h. ago Home secretary vows to ‘fight vexatious modern slavery claims’ to stop deportation flights to France

Shabana Mahmood claimed migrants are ‘deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal’

Society

14 h. ago Robert Redford was a 'kind man' who loved hikes near San Francisco but had a 'deep sadness' after son died 5 years ago, say locals

'Tere was an intense sadness to him after his son died a few years ago. Bob talked about how much he missed his son, it was a heartbreaking thing for him,' added the waiter in Tiburon, California.

Events

14 h. ago Opponents of 2030 Winter Olympics in French Alps launch legal action

A citizens' group in France is taking legal action to demand a public debate on the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

Politics

14 h. ago Charlie Hunnam opens up on Ed Gein transformation to achieve 'malnourished' look

Charlie Hunnam has undergone a dramatic transformation to play the infamous serial killer Ed Gein in the upcoming third series of Netflix's Monster franchise.

Politics