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Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.

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The TelegraphCrime & SafetyUnited Kingdom

The emails that prove Hermer was warned of Iraqi lies – but pursued veterans anyway

Lord Hermer’s key role in one of the most notorious witch hunts in British military history has been laid bare in thousands upon thousands of pages of court documents analysed by The Telegraph. The documents show how Richard Hermer – as he was before becoming Lord Hermer in 2024 – gave key legal advice to lawyers acting for Iraqis suing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for torture and wrongful detention.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictAustralia

Ben Roberts-Smith planned to leave Australia and researched buying wellness business in Spain, court documents show

Partner of soldier accused of war crimes says the couple discussed possibility of moving overseas to ‘create some normalcy in our lives’Get our , or Ben Roberts-Smith was planning to leave Australia to live overseas and had a business class flight out of the country booked in four days’ time when he was arrested at Sydney airport this month, court documents allege, with investigators telling a court “his willingness to return to Australia to face prosecution cannot be judged”.Roberts-Smith was ultimately , a move opposed by prosecutors who said there was potential concern he was a flight risk and might try to avoid ever having to face trial for a series of alleged murders he committed in Afghanistan.

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The GuardianClimateUnited Kingdom

A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is more likely to collapse than previously thought. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny doesn’t do existential crisesThe poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay politicians. It’s , but it bears repeating until everyone has heard it. The more money billionaires accumulate, the greater their control of the political system – which means they pay less tax, which means they accumulate more, which means their control intensifies.They reshape the world to suit their demands. One of the symptoms of the is an inability to see beyond their own short-term gain. They would sack the planet for a few more stones on the pointless mountain of wealth. And we can see it happening. Last week delivered the biggest news of the year so far, perhaps the biggest news of the century. But partly because billionaires own most of the media, most people never heard it. We might find ourselves committed to a civilisation-ending event before we even learn that such a thing is possible.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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The TelegraphScandalUSA

ChatGPT faces criminal investigation over shooting

Prosecutors in Florida have launched a criminal investigation into ChatGPT because of claims that the AI bot helped an alleged killer prepare for a mass shooting. James Uthmeier, Florida’s attorney general, said state officials were demanding answers from OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, which allegedly offered “significant advice” to a gunman who left two people dead at Florida State University in April 2025.

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The GuardianHealth AlertsIndia

‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India

Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Canada. What explains his seemingly undimmed power?The border that separates India from Pakistan is lined with 50,000 towering poles that hold 150,000 floodlights, which at night create a glare that is visible from outer space. Passing through the towns on the Indian side of the border, it can be difficult to tell, even in daylight, where one ends and the other begins. Curving along the rolling fields of wheat are nameless dirt roads where men sit on rope benches, whiling away their afternoons, staring as you pass by.Dutarawali, right by the highway, is slightly different: here, the houses are big, with spacious courtyards. One of the houses – three storeys, painted white with red accents – has a 7ft boundary wall topped with barbed wire and four CCTV cameras overlooking the unpaved street. The symbol of Om is curled on its brown iron door, which has no nameplate. It is the house of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is today, at the age of 33, India’s most notorious gangster.

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The TelegraphScandalUnited Kingdom

The Queen decorated me for bravery. Then Hermer put me through hell

The proudest day of Brian Wood’s life was receiving the Military Cross, the medal pinned to his chest by the late Queen at Buckingham Palace. The investiture was held in April 2005, less than a year after L/Cpl Wood had shown extraordinary courage in a firefight with Iraqi insurgents – members of the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army – who had ambushed British troops at the Danny Boy checkpoint in southern Iraq.

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The TelegraphFinanceUnited Kingdom

Drivers ‘owed hundreds of pounds more’ in motor finance scandal

Drivers who were mis-sold car finance should be getting hundreds of pounds more in compensation, a consumer group has claimed, as it prepares to take the City watchdog to court because of its £9.1bn redress scheme. Consumer Voice accused the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of siding with lenders in how its compensation scheme was designed for millions of drivers who were mis-sold car finance.

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The GuardianWar & Conflict

‘Impossible’ to reopen strait of Hormuz amid ‘flagrant’ ceasefire breaches, Iran says

Iranian forces seize two ships in critical waterway as Washington and Tehran maintain separate blockadesIranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the critical shipping waterway that have choked global energy markets.The standoff over the strait – through which about 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied fossil gas passed through during peacetime – has raised doubts about whether stalled peace negotiations will resume.

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The GuardianHealth AlertsCanada

‘A well-known secret’: inside Toronto’s violent tow truck wars

A string of violent incidents, including shootings and trucks set on fire, has been linked to Toronto’s towing industryWhen Cameron moved his family to a suburb north of last year, neighbours told him it one of the safest streets in the area. The roads were lined with cream-brick houses and manicured lawns. In summer, kids played between driveways; in winter, they dug tunnels through snowbanks.But any hope of a peaceful life on Allison Ann Way was shattered when a house across the street was shot at four times in five months. The most recent attack came in early February, as Cameron was leaving for work. Moments after his children had headed out for school, gunfire tore into the neighbour’s garage and a dark SUV sped off.

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The GuardianHumanity

One ship, three deaths: the shocking truth behind working conditions on a Chinese fishing vessel

Damning testimony from the crew of one longline tuna-fishing boat has lifted the lid on the treatment of workers in the fleets supplying fish to the UK and EUAbdul was the first to fall sick, in February 2025, four months into his first ever stint on a longline tuna fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean. Told he was “weak” and “overreacting” by other crew members, he forced himself to keep working, even when he could barely stand, his legs swollen and bruised.In the months that followed, other crew members of the Tai Xiang 5, a Chinese vessel belonging to , a large state-owned fishing company, allegedly began to suffer similar symptoms: swollen, painful limbs and debilitating weakness, with some becoming very short of breath. They were offered no proper medical care, claims Abdul, 36, nor rest from the gruelling 16-hour days, for which they earned 4.6m Indonesian rupiah (about £198) a month.

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The TelegraphScandalUnited Kingdom

Sharron Davies threatens Parkrun with legal action over transgender policy

Parkrun and nine sports bodies have been threatened with legal action by Sharron Davies over their refusal to ban those born male from their female categories. The Football Association of Wales, Irish Football Association, Swim England, British Gymnastics and Royal Yachting Association (RYA) have also been targeted a year after the Supreme Court ruling that only those born female should be considered women under the Equality Act 2010.

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BBCFootballLondon

Hapless Chelsea owners have built a monument to chaos and decline

The ownership of Behdad Eghbali (left) and Todd Boehly has plunged Chelsea into chaos as head coach Liam Rosenior is sacked amid fan unrest Chelsea's decision to sack Liam Rosenior after only 106 days in charge is the latest example of the monument to dysfunction and chaos owners BlueCo have built at Stamford Bridge. Rosenior was supposedly a symbol of the multi-club model BlueCo has created, effectively promoted from within as he moved from Strasbourg to Chelsea in January to succeed the sacked Enzo Maresca.

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