13 h. ago MAGA political guru bashes Trump for Ukraine peace talks while ignoring war 'right here in this country'

One of President Donald Trump's fiercest supporters has slammed his decision to host peace talks with Ukraine rather than focus on crises closer to home.

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23 h. ago Theatre of war: making an Edinburgh Fringe show about Iran while your country is being bombed

As Israel bombed Iran in June, Sara Amini was preparing to bring a play about her childhood in Tehran to the Edinburgh Fringe. Here the writer and performer explores the impact of war - then and now - on her creative work

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5 d. ago Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed

MSF charity calls situation ‘beyond urgent’ as thousands seeking refuge from war rely on contaminated waterThe “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.Overwhelmed medical centres are resorting to treating patients on mattresses on the floor, MSF said, as the country’s two-year civil war aids the spread of the disease. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Truck drivers, doctors and bakers: ordinary Yemenis turn to veteran journalist when justice fails

Fatehi Bin Lazreq has used social media, newspapers and radio to expose corruption and everyday injustices since the country’s civil war started a decade agoWhen dozens of gas tankers near Yemen’s southern city of Aden were held up at a checkpoint by soldiers demanding heavy bribes, the frustrated drivers and traders turned to a man they trusted: Fatehi Bin Lazreq, a prominent Yemeni journalist.Known for using his media outlets and social media platforms to demand accountability, Bin Lazreq posted about the drivers’ ordeal on Facebook. It quickly went viral, generating thousands of likes and comments. Within hours, the post prompted a phone call from the prime minister and another senior official, both pledging to resolve the issue. Soon, the tankers were able to move on. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it | Jodi Ginsberg

The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crimeIsrael always boasted that it was the only country in the region to support press freedom. That boast rang hollow even before the current war. Now, it’s not even pretending. On Sunday, Israel openly and brazenly killed six journalists as they were sheltering in a tent that housed reporters and media workers.Israel accuses one of those journalists – Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif – of being a terrorist. It has not said what crime it believes the others have committed that would justify killing them. The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump places Washington DC police under federal control and will deploy National Guard – live updates

Trump declares ‘public safety emergency’ despite record crime low; DC mayor says ‘any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false’Trump vows to ‘clean up’ DC crime despite sharp drop in violenceDonald Trump said on Truth Social today that DC “will be LIBERATED today”.Ahead of his press conference, in just over an hour, the president said that “crime, savagery, filth, and scum will disappear” from the city.I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! I quickly fixed the Border (ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months!), D.C. is next!!! Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump says Washington DC will be ‘liberated’ as city mayor disputes claims of violent crime – live updates

Trump to speak about Washington DC at 10am; mayor Muriel Bowser says ‘any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false’Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DCDonald Trump said on Truth Social today that DC “will be LIBERATED today”.Ahead of his press conference, in just over an hour, the president said that “crime, savagery, filth, and scum will disappear” from the city.I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! I quickly fixed the Border (ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months!), D.C. is next!!! Continue reading...

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Antiques Roadshow: VJ Day Special on BBC1: Poignant keepsakes of the Forgotten Army brought a lump to the throat...

The words are inscribed on war memorials across the country: 'When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.'

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1 week ago US envoy's fury at Starmer over Gaza: PM attacked after warning Israel's escalation would 'only bring more bloodshed'

After the Prime Minister warned Israel's latest escalation would 'only bring more bloodshed', Mike Huckabee likened the country's situation to Britain in World War Two.

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1 week ago Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians

Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimatesMore than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict.A Guardian investigation into the 72-hour attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on North Darfur’s Zamzam camp, the country’s largest for people displaced by the war, found repeated testimony of mass executions and large-scale abductions. Hundreds of civilians remain unaccounted for. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin – Europe live

Talks between the two men come ahead of this Friday’s deadline set by Donald Trump for ending the war in UkraineOver in Poland, the inauguration ceremony of the country’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, will start in just under an hour at 10am local time (9am London).42-year-old Nawrocki narrowly won the presidential election in June, defying the polls and beating the Oxford-educated liberal Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski who was widely regarded as the clear favourite to replace the conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda stepping down after two terms. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DARREN LEWIS: Angry mobs could do well to remember the facts about asylum

Social media has replaced Enoch Powell’s racist scaremongering with shameful attempts to minimise the work of low-paid immigrants who rebuilt this country after the Second World War, writes Darren Lewis

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2 w. ago Germany’s biggest sports retailer considers moving production to China

Intersport eyes spare Chinese manufacturing capacity as Nike and Adidas back away from the country amid trade war

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last month Less than a fifth of Italians would fight for their country, social studies survey suggests

It showed almost a third of Italians believe the country will be directly involved in a war within five years, but only 16 per cent of those of fighting age would be willing to take up arms.

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