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Fear and Loathing in Zugdidi: Dirty Tricks on the Georgian Campaign Trail
Amid mounting authoritarianism and widespread allegations of election-rigging, will Georgia’s democracy survive parliamentary polls scheduled for 26 October?
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UK Sanctions on Israeli Settlers are ‘Wholly Insufficient’ – the Violence Should be ‘Treated as Terrorism Rather Than Criminality’
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy is being urged to go much further in response to violence by Israeli settlers
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‘We Are All Palestinians’
A free preview of Anthony Barnett’s new monthly column exclusive to the Byline Times print edition
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Hezbollah Drone Attack Causes Panic Over Iron Dome as Israel’s war on UN Peacekeepers Accelerates
Hezbollah managed to breach the Iron Dome with an attack on a military base that resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and the wounding of over 60 – amid concerns Hamas may have found a way to breach the iron curtain dividing Gaza from Israel
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How the US Presidential Election may Turn November’s European Political Community Summit Into a Fight Over Ukraine
The summit, which is being hosted by Hungry’s far-right President Viktor Orbán, will take place days after the US goes to the polls.
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Politics in the Trenches: Ukrainian Soldiers Express Concern About US Support As Election Looms
The troops are fighting on as the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump puts Ukraine’s future on the frontline of US politics
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Kakhovka Dam Disaster: More Than a Year on Dnipro River is ‘Actively Recovering’ as Wildlife Returns in ‘Large Numbers’
An explosion collapsed the Russian-occupied dam on 6 June, killed 59 people and unknown amount of wildlife in the largest environmental catastrophe of the war so far
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Israel and US Plot to Reshape Middle East as ‘Compensation Package’ Offered to Stop Strikes on key Iranian Targets
The growing conflict, an analyst suggests, ‘represents a real opportunity to redraw the political map… and dismantle the Axis of Resistance’
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Israel Targets Presumed new Hezbollah Leader in Beirut Strikes as Iran’s Leader Issues Warnings in Rare Speech
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the October 7 attack on Israel was the ‘minimum punishment’ it deserved for ‘astonishing crimes’
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‘How the ‘Terrorist’ Label is Used to Shut down Grievances and Ignore Human Rights – and is Less About How You’re Fighting, Than Who’
Why Israel has a ‘right to defend’ itself, but Iran’s ‘revenge’ does not qualify as ‘self-defence’. Unpicking the double standards playing out in Western media
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MoD Admits its Kenya Desk Has Not Communicated With Kenyan Authorities Amid Rape and Murder Claims Against UK Troops
The army is set to launch an inquiry into the behaviour of British troops posted to the British Army Training Unit Kenya where Agnes Wanjiru was found dead in 2012
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Elon Musk: A Dangerous ‘Evolution’
Has the world’s richest man simply lost his marbles or been ‘radicalised’ by his own platform? David Troy traces his beliefs and behaviour to paint an altogether more concerning picture of the X owner’s political and cultural journey
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Iran Preparing for ‘Imminent’ Missile Attack on Israel, US Official Warns
The warning comes as Israel began a ground incursion into southern Lebanon and after the US told Iran it will get directly involved if it attacks Israel
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Israel Gaza War: ‘Britain Can’t Shirk its Responsibility any Longer and Must Lead International Community to Stop Bloodshed’
As the anniversary of Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack on Israel nears, the Muslim Association of Britain urges the UK not to be on the ‘wrong side of history’ and to act now
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Is Participatory Local Democracy the Antidote to Far-Right Populism? Hungarians are About to Find out
Hungarians are being encouraged to fix problems themselves at a local level and it is having results
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What Would Really Happen if Nuclear Bombs Were Fired – and How Public is Fed ‘One-Sided View’ of Weapon of Mass Destruction
On Tuesday, three more countries ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It wasn’t widely reported in the media
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David Lammy Unleashes On Vladimir Putin in Remarkable UN Speech – Then Takes aim at Russian Ambassador
The Foreign Secretary’s attack on Russian President was in stark contrast to Joe Biden’s final speech at the UN General Assembly on 24 September
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‘How the West’s Blind and Unconditional Support for Israel is Leading to a Terrifying Regional War’
At a UN General Assembly, there was enormous sympathy for the Palestinians and strong criticism of Israel’s treatment of them. Wednesday marked the third day of a wave of new strikes on Lebanon
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‘Vladimir Putin is Trapped Between Only bad Choices – he Can’t Stop the War, and he Can’t Win’
Even the Russian state’s propagandists are asking, ”What was the point of even starting this whole thing?”
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How Russia’s war on Drugs Provides a Steady Stream of Manpower for Ukraine Invasion
Russia’s prison population is shrinking fast as it pardons inmates to fill the frontlines in Ukraine
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Keir and Loathing: Proudly Unpopular Starmer Gives Labour Supporters Little to Cheer About
The Prime Minister’s conference speech did little to lift the mood of disappointment and unease surrounding his fledgling administration
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Ukraine Breaches Another Section of Russian Border in Kursk Region as it Continues to Call Putin’s Bluff
The delayed and limited Russian retaliation in the Kursk offensive has strengthened Kyiv’s argument that Putin’s “red lines” are mere scare tactics designed to deter Ukraine’s allies from supporting deeper strikes into Russian territory
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As Israel Fights war Crime Claims, Questions Raised About Prosecutions of IDF’s Thousands of ‘Foreign Fighters’
An estimated 30,000 foreign-born soldiers are fighting for Israel – and many are leaving a questionable trail of evidence on social media
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What the Media Doesn’t Say About Our Monarchy
‘The depravity that millions of people had to endure in the name of the monarch. Even the clothing, the crown, the gems – everything is soaked in blood’
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What Gazans Really Think of the War, Who They Blame, and What They Want to Happen Next
An ‘extraordinary’ new poll reveals some uncomfortable truths about the war in Gaza
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Supply Chain Sabotage: The Explosive Plot Behind the Deadly Attacks in Lebanon
As funerals were held for the dead and the wounded filled hospitals, social media and the international press buzzed with the alarming question: Could smartphones be next?
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‘Obscene, Illogical, Unworkable’: The Trump/Vance Plan for Ukraine Revealed
Paul Niland examines J D Vance’s recent statements on the Trump plan to end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours”
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Brexit Adds £8 Million to UK Sanctions Costs, 300% Increase in Personnel, Yet Only One Russian So Far Sanctioned
Iain Overton finds that financial strain on the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is a direct result of the UK’s departure from the European Union
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Victims of Jewish Chronicle Falsehoods are Demanding Action from Press Regulators
A series of columnists have resigned from the paper over fabrications in articles by former IDF soldier Elon Perry. Now victims of the publication’s false claims are speaking up
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Can the West and Russia Co-operate to Save a Melting Arctic?
“Half the Arctic is now a black box of empty data” as Russian scientists and journalists no longer work with the Arctic Council
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From Assassination to Misinformation: Kremlin’s Strategic Use of Digital Disinformation
“Ukraine played a role.” Once again Russian disinformation networks are weaponising an attempt on the life of a US President
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‘Keir Starmer Must Rid Himself of his Brexit Blind Spot’
The Prime Minister’s view of Brexit remains stuck in the past. It’s time he embraced the opportunities of Europe, argues Richard Barfield
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‘BBC, Bias and Gaza: A Partial Study of Impartiality’
A new much publicised report that claims the BBC is “heavily biased against Israel” flies in the face of other specialist and academic studies
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The Kursk Curse: Russians in Ukrainian Controlled Territory Reveal the Terrifying Truths of Indoctrination
One month on from the Ukrainian occupation, Byline Times’ investigations in the town of Sudzha reveal the lethal power of disinformation on young and old Russians
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Russia Allegedly Spent $10 Million Funding US Media Company and its ‘Superspreader’ Creators to Push Pro-Kremlin Disinformation
One of the content creators was allegedly paid $400,000 a month for four weekly video productions
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The Sudan War has Been Dubbed the ‘Forgotten Crisis’ by the Same Media who Have ‘Forgotten to Report on it’ – Here’s Why
‘Human suffering should not be weighed and measured – but the unfortunate reality of diplomatic and humanitarian relief is that crises are often left to compete. Those that get no media, get no help’
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How a Lack of Support for the International Criminal Court may Have Emboldened Israel and Hamas
‘It may be that Israel was able to believe that pressure on the ICC was working and that its eight years of impunity from international law since 2014 would continue’
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Palestine Protesters Demand Met Police Backs Down on ‘Unjustified’ Restrictions Ahead of Major March
Palestine Solidarity Campaign hits out at ‘unacceptable’ orders from police to change protest times and routes at late notice
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‘David Lammy’s Token Move on Israel Arms Licences is no Answer to Genocide – It’s a Form of Denial’
‘You do not respond to genocide with gestures; you do not continue to treat a state that is suspected of committing genocide as an ally; and cancelling a number of export licences does not cancel Britain’s complicity’
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Labour Needs the Muslim Vote to Stabilise its ‘Sandcastle Majority’
Sufyan Gulam Ismail offers some advice on how Labour can win back British Muslim voters after losing so many over the issue of Gaza
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Third Front Opens in West Bank as Israeli Economy Shuts Down After Deaths of Six Hostages
The discovery of the bodies in a Hamas tunnel has set off a chain reaction in Israel
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Keir Starmer’s Partial Israeli Arms Embargo Has Pleased Nobody
The Government’s constant attempts to second guess its critics are only disappointing its supporters and emboldening its opponents
