21 m. ago 'Major escalation' in Palestine Action protests as Parliament Square 'national mobilisation' demo announced

Week of ‘mass actions’ promised by Defend Our Juries, including the targeting of the Labour Annual Conference

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38 m. ago Apple gets official approval for Watch feature that can spot potentially fatal problem

Tool will come to new Watches announced this week – but some old ones too

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76 m. ago Rome mayor claims Tiber river could be swimmable within five years

Swimming in river cutting through heart of Rome is banned since 1960s

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81 m. ago Rangers reveal fresh SPFL probe over Fir Park incident as club issue appeal after UEFA rap

The Ibrox club's pyro rap sheet is growing after a new investigation emerged

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1 hour ago Why vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat: ‘Not our moment’

Once seen as a climate fix, vegan burgers now languish at 1% of the US market amid rising meat culturePlant-based burgers were supposed to help wean Americans off their environmentally ruinous appetite for meat. But sales have plummeted amid a surging pro-meat trend embraced by the Trump administration, raising a key question – will vegetarianism ever take hold in the US?This year has been a punishing one for the plant-based meat sector, led by companies such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, with sales of refrigerated products slumping 17%. This follows a difficult 2024, during which sales fell 7%, furthering a multi-year spiral – last year Americans purchased 75m fewer units of plant-based meat than they did in 2022. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Israel’s attack on Qatar proves Trump’s pledges of protection are worthless | Mohamad Bazzi

Deadly airstrike was Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest move to obstruct peace negotiations, threatening Qatar’s role as intermediaryWhen Donald Trump visited Qatar in May, he promised to defend the tiny, wealthy emirate and its rulers. “We are going to protect this country,” Trump declared on his state visit, where he was treated like royalty and honored in gilded palaces. “It’s a very special place, with a special royal family They are great people and they are going to be protected by the United States.”Over two decades, Qatar spent billions of dollars to upgrade the largest US military base in the Middle East and spent many more billions to buy US warplanes and other weapons. In May, as the president prepared to visit, the Qatari government donated a luxury Boeing jet, a “palace in the sky” valued at $400m, which is now being refitted so Trump can use it as Air Force One.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New...

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1 hour ago Joshua Zirkzee Man United exit claim emerges after Dusan Vlahovic transfer 'offer'

Manchester United forward Joshua Zirkzee continues to be linked with a move away from Old Trafford amid previous claims that the Reds are interested in Dusan Vlahovic

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1 hour ago Mandelson 'could be back at work in House of Lords by Christmas' as MPs warn he cannot be a 'lawmaker' again

Lord Mandelson was ousted yesterday after it emerged he sent extraordinary emails to his 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein.

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2 h. ago The truth about Richard Montague's sudden Swansea City exit as new power figure emerges

The decision to part ways with Richard Montague has came as a huge shock to many

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2 h. ago Military should axe 'woke' rule forcing defence firms to reveal how their weapons contracts will help Britain tackle 'climate change and modern slavery'

It comes amid claims a top satellite firm was forced to show how its bid to construct secretive space tech would support 'tackling modern slavery and climate change'.

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2 h. ago Wealth and power shape the climate emergency – the most important tool we have to defend ourselves is the facts | Naomi Klein

The corporate-financed backlash to calls for global climate progress has been greatly empowered by the Trump administration. It’s never been more critical to challenge the misinformation that could turn a crisis into a catastropheSupport the Guardian’s independent, fact-based journalism todayA little over a decade ago I published a book, This Changes Everything, which explored the reality of the climate crisis as a confrontation between capitalism and the planet. For a few years after the book came out, it seemed like we might just win a breakthrough. A cascade of large and militant mobilisations pressed the case for keeping warming below 1.5C as global calls for a green new deal grew louder and louder. Countries across the world announced long-term plans to reduce emissions and to hit net-zero targets; so did some of the largest corporations on the planet.And then well, we all know what happened. A corporate-financed backlash on all fronts. In the first 100 days of Trump’s second t...

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2 h. ago Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear

A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria, Louisiana, facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long staysHe arrived in Alexandria exhausted and sick.It was early April, and Amilcar Lisser-Posadas – shackled at his hands and feet – had been transferred from a nearby immigration detention center to this remote US immigration facility in Louisiana. He feared it would be his last stop before deportation. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Community groups warn against push to ‘rip up’ UK nuclear industry rules

Joint response by 25 bodies says proposals to speed up approval of new power plants weaken protection for public A coalition of civil society groups is warning of the dangers of cutting safety regulations as the government pushes to “rip up the rules” to accelerate the construction of new nuclear power stations.The 25 groups from communities neighbouring nuclear sites have submitted a joint response to a consultation by the nuclear regulatory taskforce, saying its proposals lack “both credibility and rigour”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Russian drones force Europe to defend itself, perhaps alone, as Putin puts 'down a marker' to NATO

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation

Politics

3 h. ago Spain to teach schoolchildren disaster survival skills after deadly floods and wildfires

More than eight million children across 25,000 schools to receive training on what to do during floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and nuclear accidents

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4 h. ago Vital ocean upwelling FAILS to emerge for the first time on record

The failure of a vital ocean upwelling has sparked concerns of catastrophic effects for life, according to scientists.

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4 h. ago Five new defibrillators for Kirkcudbright after community raises more than £7,000

The Merse Defibrillator Fund was launched after residents were concerned the closure of the town’s bridge earlier this year would leave them stranded if there was an emergency.

Economics

4 h. ago Political violence expert reveals his biggest worry after Charlie Kirk’s assassination

The fatal shooting of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk brought renewed attention to the climate of political violence in America

Politics

4 h. ago Heartwarming moment mother, 47, is brought to tears as she wins £1million in the Omaze prize draw

Naomi Newton-Sherlock, 47, was still in her gym outfit when she was given the life-changing news she was the first-ever winner of the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw - after spending £15 on a ticket.

Economics

4 h. ago Five key clues in hunt for Charlie Kirk's killer as disturbing new video emerges

The FBI has released a series of photos and videos of the person they believe is responsible for shooting 31-year-old Conservative activist Charlie Kirk from a rooftop

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