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The GuardianElectionsEast of England
‘Clacton voters need a serious person’: the independent candidates taking on Nigel Farage – and Count Binface

‘Clacton voters need a serious person’: the independent candidates taking on Nigel Farage – and Count Binface

Attieh Fard and Andy Erlam make their byelection pitch to voters, but Reform UK’s leader is conspicuously absentIn the town square in Clacton, in the blazing midday sunshine, some of the candidates for the upcoming byelection made their pitch to a scattering of potential voters, passing Deliveroo drivers and a giant gull.But as the independent candidate Attieh Fard shouted into a megaphone that she would be a voice for Clacton, a passing youth shouted: “Where’s Binface?”

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The GuardianHumanityIslamic World
Israel charges West Bank settler over death of renowned Palestinian activist

Israel charges West Bank settler over death of renowned Palestinian activist

Yinon Levi faces trial for reckless manslaughter related to the 2025 killing of Awdah Hathaleen Israeli prosecutors have charged a Jewish settler over the killing of a Palestinian community leader in the occupied West Bank last year- the ⁠first such indictment in nearly three years.In papers filed by the state attorney’s office, Yinon Levi is charged with reckless manslaughter in the death of Awdah Hathaleen, a prominent ⁠activist who was involved in the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA
‘It just means more’: Black college gymnasts competing in a divided south

‘It just means more’: Black college gymnasts competing in a divided south

Nyla Aquino’s rise at the University of Georgia reveals the tensions facing Black athletes as the SEC thrives while DEI programs and voting rights come under attackIt’s a February Friday night at the University of Georgia, but Stegeman Coliseum is alive.Situated in the center of the sprawling southern campus, the towering arena has hosted Georgia Bulldogs basketball, volleyball and gymnastics teams for over six decades. On 22 February 1964, Stegeman Coliseum hosted its first athletic event and, concurrently, its first win.

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The GuardianScandalSouth Korea
Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage

Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage

Coffee chain has faced backlash over marketing promotion tied to anniversary of Gwangju massacreSouth Korean police have raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea as part of an investigation into a marketing campaign accused of trivialising the country’s 1980s pro-democracy movement.Investigators searched the building in southern Seoul on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. No further details were released, although South Korean media reported that officers also searched the homes of the Starbucks Korea executives.

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The TelegraphWar & ConflictEastern Europe
Russia turns Ukraine’s fallen soldiers into propaganda

Russia turns Ukraine’s fallen soldiers into propaganda

A Russian governor has proposed turning the belongings of dead Ukrainian soldiers into a war museum floor, allowing visitors to walk over them as a symbol of victory. Oleg Melnichenko, the governor of Russia’s Penza region, said he had donated identity cards, insignia and a helmet taken from fallen Ukrainian troops to the museum of the “special military operation” (SVO), Russia’s euphemism for its war in Ukraine.

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The GuardianEducation
An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000

An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000

The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer from Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiringWhen the University of Minnesota (UMN) extended an offer to historian Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in June 2024, it did so upon the near-unanimous recommendation of a committee of academics after a rigorous search process. The scholars had enthusiastically praised Segal, with one committee member describing a presentation he gave as “breathtaking”.But five days after making the offer, the university abruptly withdrew it, citing “perspective” it had received from members of the community. The reversal followed backlash over Segal’s criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he called “” in an October 2023 op-ed published in Jewish Currents. Segal’s critics condemned the piece, published just days after the 7 October attacks in Israel, accusing him of justifying Hamas crimes – an assertion that Segal rejected and the article does not sustain.

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The GuardianScandalSwitzerland
Mark Carney has ‘no confidence’ in Infantino as Luís Figo calls for Fifa president to resign

Mark Carney has ‘no confidence’ in Infantino as Luís Figo calls for Fifa president to resign

Canadian prime minister calls abortive sell-off plan ‘fatal’Figo says Infantino should stand down ‘to save football’The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, said on Wednesday that he had no confidence in Gianni Infantino’s leadership of Fifa after for the beleaguered president during which the Portugal legend Luís Figo also called for him to resign.Figo had described Infantino’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors as “the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed”. Although more measured, Carney’s intervention could be more significant, as the former governor of the Bank of England is close to the Concacaf president, Victor Montagliani, who is being urged to run against Infantino in next year’s Fifa presidential election.

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The GuardianHealth AlertsCongo
Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say

Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say

Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalationThe virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as confirmed cases pass 4,000.Africa’s public health watchdog said the time for incremental action was over as they announced plans to scale up every aspect of the response and go “door to door” looking for patients.

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The IndependentScandalPakistan
What we know about the deadly protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

What we know about the deadly protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Download our app An election in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has led to deadly violence, an internet blackout, and allegations of a severe state crackdown, plunging the disputed Himalayan territory into its most serious internal political crisis in years. The unrest is driven by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a grassroots movement that began protesting rising electricity prices and the cost of living, evolving into a broader challenge to the region's constitutional structure, including a boycott of the elections and demands to abolish 12 reserved legislative seats.

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The GuardianScandalEast Anglia
Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns amid accusations of plagiarism

Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns amid accusations of plagiarism

Sociology professor to stand down after university announces investigation into his qualifications and career• Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and embellishment, has resigned after the university announced he was to face a new investigation into his qualifications and career.Arday, who had been dogged by a growing series of questions over his academic work and credentials, issued on Wednesday night, saying the “relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and on those I love”.

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The GuardianScandalUnited Kingdom
Cambridge announces investigation into professor accused of plagiarism

Cambridge announces investigation into professor accused of plagiarism

University says it has ‘new information’ about academic career of Jason Arday, the youngest black professor in its historyJason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and embellishment, is to face investigation by the university after what it called “new information” regarding his qualifications and career.Cambridge initially defended Arday – the youngest black professor appointed in the university’s history, with a compelling life story of educational disadvantage – as “the victim of a vile campaign”. But as questions mounted over Arday’s own claims, the university’s leaders felt that Cambridge’s reputation was in danger.

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The GuardianImmigrationEurope
Ceuta residents ‘sad, helpless, anxious’ as up to 5,000 migrants remain in the city, president says – Europe live

Ceuta residents ‘sad, helpless, anxious’ as up to 5,000 migrants remain in the city, president says – Europe live

Juan Jesús Vivas has been briefing EU lawmakers on the ‘humanitarian emergency’ and says updated death toll now lies at least 100 peopleThe commission also got repeatedly asked about last week’s events in Ceuta and media reports that social media accounts seen calls for another attempt to overwhelm the border on 15 August.A spokesperson said the commission was aware of various threats to the EU’s external border, and “that’s why we need to step up our work.”“I can point you to the solar eclipse next week on the 12th, which will have an impact on energy production. We have established a operational group that is dedicated to the preparation of this and … my understanding is that they have a meeting tomorrow, Friday, where they are preparing for possible impacts.

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The GuardianImmigrationSpain
Why Spain’s EU allies turned on Pedro Sanchez over Ceuta: the hard right now sets their agenda on migration

Why Spain’s EU allies turned on Pedro Sanchez over Ceuta: the hard right now sets their agenda on migration

Rightwing narratives have gone mainstream, and Madrid finds itself increasingly isolated for its humane approach to migrants• It was over almost as quickly as it began. But the human cost of the mayhem in Ceuta over the last seven days, and the disunity it exposed within the EU, will take a lot longer to fix.To recap: more than 70,000 people swam or waded into the tiny Spanish enclave in north Africa from neighbouring Morocco in a matter of hours at the end of last week. The exact circumstances in which the heavily securitised border came suddenly to be open are still unclear.

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The GuardianHumanity
Hundreds in Morocco gather near Ceuta border in anxious wait for missing loved ones

Hundreds in Morocco gather near Ceuta border in anxious wait for missing loved ones

People hope to see friends or relatives among those still returning as death toll from mass crossing nears 100Hundreds of people have gathered in the northern Moroccan town of Fnideq, near the border with Spain’s Ceuta, flashing photos of their missing loved ones to passersby in the hope of tracking them down.Their perch was the same small tranche of land that made headlines around the world last week as extraordinary scenes emerged of , a tiny Spanish territory in north Africa.

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The GuardianWellnessUnited Kingdom
The Guardian view on mental health: the new secretary of state should make it a priority | Editorial

The Guardian view on mental health: the new secretary of state should make it a priority | Editorial

Parity for people with physical and psychological ailments has been promised for years. New neighbourhood clinics are a step in the right directionThe rise in children and young people with mental health problems makes this week’s announcement of a in England particularly welcome. A&E departments have recorded an increase in including aggression and hallucinations. New specialist walk-in mental health services should take some of the pressure off. The bringing forward of a deadline for ending out-of-area acute placements, and a pledge to reduce waiting times for children, are also positive.Declining mental health was among the key themes of Alan Milburn’s on young people and work. It is a big factor behind the rise in claims for illness and disability benefits. Children’s anxiety and other psychological difficulties are also among the many challenges facing schools. Recent years have seen steep rises in , as well as in autism and neurodiversity.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our section, please .

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The GuardianWellnessEngland
NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services

NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services

Body providing care in east London and Bedfordshire accused of ‘unfathomable and unacceptable’ moveAn NHS mental health trust plans to cut a wide range of its services and axe hundreds of jobs to close a £25m hole in its finances.The move by the East London foundation trust (ELFT) and the scale of potential cuts involved have been called unfathomable given demand for NHS mental health support is rising rapidly.

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The GuardianHumanitySouth West England
Kemi Badenoch gives former neo-Nazi advisory role after he withdraws as Tory candidate

Kemi Badenoch gives former neo-Nazi advisory role after he withdraws as Tory candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine says Conservative leader has asked him to work with party’s culture and integration commission• A former neo-Nazi activist who was convicted of harassing a Jewish MP has withdrawn as a Conservative election candidate after Kemi Badenoch offered him a role as an adviser to the party.Joshua Bonehill-Paine said on Wednesday that he had withdrawn from next year’s local elections, and that the Conservative leader had instead asked him to become an adviser to her party’s culture and integration commission, where he will specifically focus on how young men become radicalised.

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The GuardianElectionsSouth West England
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MPA former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset.Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the , is due to stand for election to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive member of the Tories’ Yeovil branch, working as an events organiser.

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The GuardianHumanityLondon
I knew Rod Liddle and hated what he became. He would have wanted me to say so | Zoe Williams

I knew Rod Liddle and hated what he became. He would have wanted me to say so | Zoe Williams

A man who prized blunt speaking has been selectively eulogised. There’s a balance between decency and honesty: I’m sad he caused such harmAs tributes poured in for Rod Liddle, the Sunday Times and Sun columnist who has died at the age of 66, they were markedly coy and sanitised. Paradoxically, those were the exact deficiencies obituaries praised Liddle for avoiding – they said he shot from the hip and ruffled feathers, remorselessly attacked the liberal establishment and was ebullient. Michael Gove called him “special and brave”. But brave in the face of what? Attacked the liberal establishment how?This delicacy was particularly noticeable in a segment on Radio 4’s Today programme, of which Liddle was editor in the 90s, . “If there was a golden thread that connected the person you saw back then with the person of a few weeks ago,” Webb said, “it was a distrust of authority.” But Liddle’s targets as a columnist were not the authorities. Often they were Muslims and immigrants, transgender people and chronic illness sufferers, African-Caribbean men from Harlesden. He did not attack the establishment, he attacked the marginalised, constantly.

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The GuardianInformationYorkshire & the Humber
Rod Liddle obituary

Rod Liddle obituary

Provocative journalist whose invective-laden columns targeting the liberal-left were laced with an ebullient humourIf the first rule of column writing is to be read and the second and third to be interesting and provocative, the journalist after a short illness, certainly met the bill.His columns in the Sunday Times, the Spectator and the Sun, and his Saturday morning shows for Times Radio, gave his fans, mainly on the political right, all they needed to fulfil their prejudices, laced with a satirical edge and verve. He could fill the 2,500-seater London Palladium, as he once did for his conversational show.

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The GuardianHumanityEast Anglia
Dons call for Cambridge leaders to take blame for Jason Arday appointment

Dons call for Cambridge leaders to take blame for Jason Arday appointment

Exclusive: Academics call for inquiry, saying university must be held accountable for ‘grotesque racism unleashed’The University of Cambridge’s leaders deserve blame for the “grotesque racism unleashed” by Jason Arday’s appointment as professor, according to academics calling for the university to hold an independent inquiry.The Guardian understands that senior dons at Cambridge are circulating a joint letter calling for an inquiry into the processes and circumstances around Arday being given the position, with many suggesting the university wanted a “quick fix” to improve the diversity of its staff.

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The GuardianScandalUSA
Killing of Corey Ruiz revives calls to shift power from police to communities

Killing of Corey Ruiz revives calls to shift power from police to communities

Community organizers demand systemic changes after police killed a 38-year-old Black man in WisconsinAfter bystander footage of police killing – a 38-year-old Black man in Madison, – spread online, many questioned why the officers were not wearing body cameras, a standard practice for more than nationwide.Police said Ruiz was wielding a knife and injured an officer; multiple bystander videos showed he was . Ruiz’s family called for mandatory body cameras in the city, along with charges for the . People across the political spectrum echoed the demand for cameras, including Madison’s police chief.

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The TelegraphScandal
Figo: Infantino’s behaviour is the lowest, most deceitful I have ever seen

Figo: Infantino’s behaviour is the lowest, most deceitful I have ever seen

Luis Figo has accused Gianni Infantino of the “lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed” as the Fifa president plotted to cling on to power. Infantino held crisis talks with senior staff in Morocco on Wednesday as The Times reported that he had promised the country the next World Cup final in return for the backing of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.

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BBCHumanityLithuania
'I feel unsafe', says powerlifter over racism row

'I feel unsafe', says powerlifter over racism row

Belgian champion Sonita Muluh is of Cameroonian descent A powerlifter who alleged she was subjected to a racially motivated act that she says led to her disqualification from an event has said she "does not feel safe" when competing. Belgium's Sonita Muluh was attempting a record 334.5kg squat at the Powerlifting Championships in Lithuania in June when Ernestas Kusinas - a 'spotter' who helps to ensure the validity of an attempted lift - touched the weights with his knee.

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The GuardianSex & IdentityColombia
‘They were told bikes were for men’: how Latin America’s city of cycling is breaking gender barriers

‘They were told bikes were for men’: how Latin America’s city of cycling is breaking gender barriers

With less than a third of cycling journeys taken by women, Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, is installing bike lanes, teaching cycling and making sure ‘stereotypes are left behind’Eliana González has a busy morning ahead of her, dropping off her son at school and picking up groceries. Her trusted vehicle to get around in Bogotá is a colourful cargo bike, adapted to carry her two children and occasionally her dog.“For me, my cargo bike is a way to carry my children safely and comfortably without polluting the environment,” she says.

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The GuardianScandalSwitzerland
How to fix Fifa: what can be done to salvage football’s beleaguered governing body?

How to fix Fifa: what can be done to salvage football’s beleaguered governing body?

Gianni Infantino followed World Cup controversies with a widely scorned plan to let private investors in. Here’s how the game’s leaders can find a path forwardHow can an organisation that runs the biggest sporting event in the world also be the one that sets the rules for the entire game? We saw the reality of such a conflict at the recent World Cup as Fifa ran roughshod over its rulebook – be it over or – in an attempt to generate more attention for its competition. One person with extensive knowledge of the inside workings of Fifa puts it like this: “They have shown that they will bend the rules to make them more money. This is a big conflict of interest. Not only should the commercial and the regulatory parts of Fifa be separated, but so should the development part and possibly one or two others as well.”

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The GuardianDiplomacy
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez is a progressive outlier in Europe – and over Ceuta, he is being made to pay for it | Eoghan Gilmartin

Spain’s Pedro Sánchez is a progressive outlier in Europe – and over Ceuta, he is being made to pay for it | Eoghan Gilmartin

The Spanish PM has been one of few European leaders to stand up to Trump. He now faces coercive diplomacy and an emboldened far right at homeThe dramatic footage last Thursday of thousands of migrants entering Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta generated an online frenzy among the far right. And the alarmist rhetoric was also evident in the European mainstream, as EU leaders wasted little time attributing the chaotic scenes to Spain’s liberal immigration policies.In a organised by Italy and Denmark, and signed by 22 EU heads of government, they appeared to blame the crisis on Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s recent programme to regularise undocumented migrants, which received more than . They argued that Europe must “[address] all policies that can serve as pull factors”.

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The GuardianEconomyUSA
Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases

Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases

Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projectsThe German energy company RWE has reached a $1.22bn deal with the US government to relinquish its offshore wind leases and instead redirect funds towards fossil fuel investments.The agreement marks the fifth deal the Donald Trump administration , offering payouts in exchange for abandoning renewable energy projects and redirecting investment towards fossil fuels.

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The GuardianUEFASwitzerland
Uefa maintains World Cup boycott still stands despite Fifa’s backing for Infantino

Uefa maintains World Cup boycott still stands despite Fifa’s backing for Infantino

European body says Fifa statement ‘changes nothing’Fifpro condemns ‘profound abuse of presidential power’Uefa has doubled down on its and reiterated its loss of confidence in Gianni Infantino’s presidency.The latest damning intervention from European football’s governing body came as criticism of Infantino continued to rain in from several angles. The global players’ union, Fifpro, condemned “a profound abuse of presidential power” while the South American confederation Conmebol, usually a strong Infantino ally, was moved to chastise “repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue”.

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The GuardianDiplomacySouth Asia
India-Bangladesh relations hit new low over exiled PM’s speech to press in Delhi

India-Bangladesh relations hit new low over exiled PM’s speech to press in Delhi

Dhaka accuses India of giving platform to a ‘convicted genocider’ by allowing Sheikh Hasina to address journalistsBangladesh has lashed out at India for allowing the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to address journalists in New Delhi, plunging already strained bilateral relations to a fresh low.Dhaka accused India of giving a platform to a fugitive it labelled a “convicted genocider” and of undermining efforts to repair ties, after despite facing a death sentence on charges of “crimes against humanity”.

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