67 m. ago Could Trump be persuaded to save Palestinians in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth

It seems paradoxical to look to Trump to save Palestinians, yet no recent US president has been better placed to stop IsraelIt seems paradoxical to look to Donald Trump to save the Palestinians, yet no recent American president has been better placed to insist that the Israeli government stop its extraordinary repression and brutality. Trump so far has largely given Israel carte blanche to continue its genocide in Gaza, but Benjamin Netanyahu would be remiss to count on the fickle and self-serving American president. And there may be a way to turn Trump around.Most US presidents have stuck with the Israeli government regardless of its atrocities because the political fallout of deviating was too high. Any pressure on Israel would be sure to trigger outrage from Christian evangelicals (Israel’s largest group of supporters in the US) and the conservative segment of American Jews represented by the lobbying group Aipac. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago More than 60 people killed in Iraq after fire sweeps through mall

The blaze erupted late on Wednesday in the city of al-Kut – with 14 bodies yet to be identified

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7 h. ago Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue

Convoys of government forces have begun withdrawing from the city of Sweida

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10 h. ago Holiday hotspot where Brits can get fined for hanging laundry on balconies

Hanging laundry on balconies or windows without using designated drying areas is prohibited in Singapore, so make sure you think twice before you get those garments up there

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19 h. ago Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump

Forum speakers said Donald Trump’s second term resembles strongman Viktor Orbán’s first years in powerDemocrats must organize urgently for the 2026 midterm elections and avoid a “it can’t happen here” mentality to stop Donald Trump from staging a full-scale autocratic takeover, a Hungarian opposition parliamentarian has said.Katalin Cseh, a critic of Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orbán, told a forum on authoritarianism that the central European country’s experience held vital lessons for Trump’s opponents in their attempts to resist his assaults on US institutions and democratic norms since his return to the White House. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 wild Donald Trump moments as he turns on supporters and rants about Epstein 'hoax'

For a man who wants everyone to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump talks about Jeffrey Epstein an awful lot

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23 h. ago Israel targets Syrian capital after days of sectarian fighting

Benjamin Netanyahu claims to be protecting the Druze, a religious sect suspicious of Syria’s new government

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24 h. ago Iran seizes foreign tanker smuggling 2 million litres of fuel

The Gulf of Oman is a vital shipping route for oil produced around the Persian Gulf

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26 h. ago At least 20 killed in crush at Gaza aid point – Middle East crisis live

Israeli-backed logistics group the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claims people trampled in Khan Younis while health officials say they were suffocatedIran’s parliament said the country should not resume nuclear negotiations with the United States until preconditions are met, in a statement reported on Wednesday by Iranian state media, Reuters reports.The statement said:When the U.S. use negotiations as a tool to deceive Iran and cover up a sudden military attack by the Zionist regime (Israel), talks cannot be conducted as before. Preconditions must be set and no new negotiations can take place until they are fully met, Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Readers' Letters: 'Stop Trump from visiting Scotland' calls counterproductive

Calls to ban Donald Trump from Scotland are short-sighted, says reader

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36 h. ago Donald Trump issued chilling 'you'll be last US President' warning by Putin mouthpiece

The warning comes on the back of threats from Trump to impose 100% tariffs on Russia if it does not stop the war in Ukraine within the next 50 days

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44 h. ago Former UK Middle East minister accused of breaching transparency rules in Bahrain advisory role

Conservative Lord Tariq Ahmad denies contact while in office with King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful CoexistenceA former UK Middle East minister has been accused of breaching transparency rules over a paid advisory role with an influential Bahraini centre that has links to the Gulf state’s government.The Conservative peer Tariq Ahmad, who denies wrongdoing, was cleared by a watchdog to take up his role as a paid adviser to the King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful Coexistence (KHC). Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Fox & Friends does just what Trump wants – they pretend the Epstein fiasco doesn’t exist

While much of the MAGA media universe is gripped in a meltdown over Donald Trump demanding that his ‘boys’ and ‘gals’ stop caring about the Epstein files, his pals at Fox & Friends are following his orders to a tee, Justin Baragona writes.

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68 h. ago Mass protests planned in London and Windsor for Trump’s state visit

Campaigners from the Stop Trump Coalition will take to the streets during the US president’s trip to the UK in September.

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2 d. ago Starmer to meet Trump in Scotland this month as demonstrations planned against state visit – UK politics live

PM to meet US president during private visit in July as Stop Trump Coalition announces protest planned for SeptemberAs Rowena Mason revealed recently, No 10 has issued guidance that in effect bans civil servants from any level of speaking at events where journalists are present.Today the Times has published a letter signed by almost 30 experts – including former senior officials, thinktank leaders, academics and union leader – saying this policy is a mistake because it is having “a chilling effect on public discussion” and that it should be withdrawn. They say:The government’s new guidance that prevents public officials from participating properly in public or stakeholder events is a mistake. Effective government relies on public servants, whose salaries are paid by the taxpayer, hearing directly from businesses, charities, academics and citizens to help them make better policy. They should be able to explain government activity to those same groups. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Wizz Air stops flights from Middle East airport overshadowed by neighbouring Dubai

Last year, 92.3 million passengers traveled through Dubai, compared to 28.8 million for Zayed

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3 d. ago Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian injured during Israel’s attacks

The attack came on the fourth day of a 12-day war Israel launched against Iran in June

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3 d. ago ‘Humanitarian city’ in Gaza a concentration camp for Palestinians: former Israeli PM

Forcing people into the proposed ‘humanitarian city’ would be ethnic cleansing, Ehud Olmert says

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3 d. ago Search ends for missing crew of ship sunk by Houthis in Red Sea

Four people presumed dead and 11 unaccounted for after Yemeni forces sink bulk carrier Eternity C

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3 d. ago Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 people including six children gathering water, hospitals say

Six children were killed by an Israeli strike on a water collection point while another three were killed when a home was struck

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