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‘Expect to be Arrested’ Met Police Warns as Hundreds Set to Defy Palestine Action Ban
The Met Police have promised mass arrests as over 500 people are expected to take part in a protest backing the banned direct action group on Saturday
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Lessons from Fire: What Hiroshima, Tariffs and Japan’s Rising Far Right Have in Common
On the 80th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and as Japan’s far-right surges, author Iain MacGregor reflects on what Japan must never forget
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Evangelical Christian Festival Condemned as Exhibitors ‘Brand Palestinians Savage’ and Back Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan
Creation Fest, a registered charity, has said it will not invite the group back, but questions remain
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‘The Depravity of Gaza’s Aid Crisis Shows What Happens When Profit Comes Before Human Rights’
In just over a month, the UN reports that over 850 Gazans have been killed at, or within close proximity to aid distribution sites in Gaza
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Why Did the ECHR Deny Us the Right to Know the Full Extent of the Russian Attack on British Democracy?
Whistleblower Sergei Cristo argues that the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights serves to protect Kremlin meddling
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‘Keir Starmer’s Palestine Recognition Delay Is Obscene – The UK Must Act Now Without Conditions’
We cannot justify waiting a single day more while Israeli forces level Gaza, before finally choosing to act, argues Linsay Taylor
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Mystery at the Heart of £1 Billion UK Legal Offensive Against Top Putin Ally
A sanctioned former Kremlin politician was sued for shares in his multi-billion-dollar fertiliser company. But why did a trio of companies with links to Russian interests in football get involved?
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Paying to Play: Europe’s Costly Concessions in Trump’s New Trade War
The US-EU trade deal is a “hopelessly one-sided” agreement, which will ultimately harm the economy on both sides of the Atlantic, argues Simon Nixon
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Aerial Terror in Kherson – A City Under Drone Siege
As Russia declares its intent to destroy Ukraine’s front line city, 60,000 civilians face being cut off by drone attacks
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Trump Made ‘Mistake of Historic Proportions’ on Ukraine Says His Former Ambassador
The United States’ former ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, tells Alexandra Hall Hall that she couldn’t “in good conscience” execute the President’s plans for the country
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Zelensky Struggles to Stem Backlash After Joining Bid to Neuter Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Agencies
Ukrainian protesters and MPs fear that hard fought progress against systemic corruption in the country is being undone by allies of the President
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Caroline Lucas and Campaigners Consider Appeal on Russian Interference Case After European Ruling
Former MPs lose case arguing Government failed to properly investigate Moscow’s election meddling, despite judges acknowledging ‘shortcomings’ in ministers’ response
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UK Charity Sanctioned Over ‘Distressing’ Fundraising Video for Israeli Military
The action by the Charity Commission followed a Byline Times investigation into the video, which appeared to show a Palestinian being hit by Israeli munitions
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‘Britain Has Abandoned Its Soft Power for the Demands of the Military-Industrial Complex’
Keir Starmer’s decision to cut humanitarian aid in order to fund military spending is already having a deeply damaging impact, argues Iain Overton
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‘What Trump’s Ukraine U-Turn Really Tells Us About His Psychology’
Trump’s shift from betraying Ukraine to turning on Putin reveals a lot about the man and his Presidency, argues George Llewelyn
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Srebrenica: Thirty Years of Denial
On the anniversary of the Srebenica massacre, Chris Keulemans reflects on three decades of trauma, insult and neglect
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Syria’s New Rulers Blamed for Sectarian Massacre, Suggesting West Has Once Again Backed the Wrong Horse
The revelation raises huge doubts about the regime’s declared commitment to a new democratic system, reports Rana Sabbagh
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Palestine Action Ban Branded ‘Absurd and Dangerous’ as Group Asks High Court to Overturn Proscription
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the High Court in order to oppose the ban on the direct action group, Olly Haynes reports
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The Decades-Long US-Israeli Plan for Regime Change in Iran Is Taking Shape
The recent attacks on Tehran are part of a long-standing plan by the US and Israel, argues Mel Frykberg
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Leading Lawyers Back Open Letter to Home Secretary Opposing Ban on Palestine Action
Senior barristers and campaigners warn Keir Starmer’s Government is ‘conflating peaceful protest with genuine terrorism’
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The Law That Will Allow the UK Government to Ban Palestine Action
The ban will make it illegal to support the civil disobedience group, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison
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Budapest Fights Back and Defies Orban’s Pride Ban With Largest Ever March
Viktor Orbán’s Government humiliated as more than 180,000 protesters defy his decision to ban Budapest Pride
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How Billionaires ‘Look Sideways as People Die in the Very Supply Chains of Our Businesses’
The ‘Excessive Wealth’ Conference hears from a millionaire heir about how global corporations exploit consumers and undermine democracy
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‘Keir Starmer Has Missed His Chance to Make a Bold Break With the Past on Foreign Policy’
The Labour Government has so far pursued a timid, unambitious, foreign policy, marked by inconsistency and in some cases moral failure, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Misinformation on ECHR Fuels ‘Hostility, Mistrust, and Bad Law’ Warns Human Rights Group
Amnesty argues successive UK Governments ‘created the system they now condemn’
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Repression Without Borders: How Putin Targets Russian Opposition Figures Abroad
The Kremlin has successfully launched a campaign to export Russia’s repressive state machinery into the global sphere, reports Denis Mikhailov
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Ten Big Questions the US Airstrikes on Iran Leave Unanswered
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat Arthur Snell
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No Kings! Trump’s Military Parade Couldn’t Drown Out America’s Tradition of Protest
The anti-Trump protesters have done a far better job than the President of honouring what Americans have fought and died for, reports Adam Barnett
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Cambridge University Takes Own Professor to Court for Joining Pro-Palestine Protests
Protesters accuse university colleges of being “complicit in Israeli genocide” due to their investments in arms companies
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‘Israel’s Strikes on Iran Will Have Consequences for Decades and Threaten the Entire Middle East’
Chris Doyle of the Council for Arab-British Understanding on the ‘escalating fears’ experienced by people across the region
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Gambling Firm 1XBet Branded ‘The Wagner Group Of Sports Betting’
Gambling industry experts suggest 1XBet is the world’s biggest ‘visible illegal sports betting operator’ in the world
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Americans Oppose Trump Joining Israel-Iran War and Do Not See the Iranian Nuclear Program as an Immediate Threat
New polling suggests that voters do not want the President to further involve the US in the Middle East conflict
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BBC Admits ‘Regret’ After Again Failing to Disclose British Colonel’s Links to Israeli Defence Force
The broadcaster failed to inform listeners of Colonel Richard Kemp’s connections to the IDF, despite an earlier rebuke from the Charity Commission, following an investigation by Byline Times
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UK Government ‘Blocking Debt Relief’ for World’s Poorest Countries Following Corporate Lobbying
Aid groups accuse Keir Starmer’s Government of undermining poorer nations due to the influence of City lobbyists
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Inside the Collapse: How Putin’s Russia Turned Its Opponents into Exiles
There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the country, reports Denis Mikhailov
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US Journalist Austin Tice’s Family Throw Doubt on Syrian Claim He Was Executed
An upcoming BBC podcast about the reporter’s disappearance in August 2012 has unearthed new details of his case – some of which his family has dismissed
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‘The Telegraph Headline That Exposes the Hollowness of Right-Wing Rage’
The coverage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla tells you everything you need to know about the media’s failings, argues Mathilda Mallinson
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The BBC and Gaza: a Public Broadcaster Under Fire
“The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts”
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Russia Ramps Up Overnight Attacks as It Prepares for a New Summer Offensive Against Ukraine
Ukrainians are enduring a significant increase in the scale and frequency of Russian attacks, reports George Llewelyn
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BBC Scraps Pledge to Show Gaza Medics Documentary ‘As Soon as Possible’
The BBC has shelved plans to broadcast the harrowing ‘Gaza: Medics Under Fire’ documentary pending an “ongoing review” into its coverage of the conflict
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‘Geert Wilders Thought He Could Finally Push Through His Destructive Agenda – But He Ran Out Of Patience’
No government in recent history has produced so little new legislation – yet the damage caused is immense, writes Chris Keulemans
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Retaliation? Putin ‘Closely Monitors’ Criminal Strikes on Civilians in Kherson
Following the UN and Human Rights Watch identifying Russian drone attacks in Kherson as war crimes and crimes against humanity—the Russian military launched a massive combined assault on the city’s central district
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Jordan Official Threatens to ‘Mobilise the Army’ If Israel Expels Palestinians
The fragile 30 year peace between Jordan and Israel could soon be brought to an end by the actions of Netanyahu’s Government, reports Rana Sabbagh
