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Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s killing

Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s killing

A year since his assassination, the movement Kirk started is reckoning with the void he left behind - and a revolution that eats its ownAs Charlie Kirk’s family, friends, and colleagues barreled through the sky to Utah, one staffer kept throwing up in her mouth. Each time she quietly swallowed. She did not want to add to the distress of the others sitting in deathly silence on the jet – especially Kirk’s 36-year-old wife, Erika. She was already a widow.Those who work at Turning Point USA – the ultraconservative activist organization based in Phoenix, Arizona, that Charlie Kirk founded – believe deeply in a Christian God. Many also believe that Satan and his deputies vie for influence on Earth. Earlier that day, on 10 September 2025, those forces had seemingly persuaded an angry young man to hide on a roof at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was speaking to 3,000 people, with a loaded rifle.

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The GuardianHumanityGermany
European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss | Rafael Behr

European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss | Rafael Behr

Far-right parties, Maga ideology and Kremlin money are conniving to suffocate liberal idealism for another generationNot all that long ago, Europe was a beacon of liberal idealism. One memoir recalls it as an era “comfortably saturated with confidence in the unfailing and binding power of tolerance and conciliation”. The economic system seemed obviously preferable to barbarous alternatives. “People honestly believed that the divergencies and the boundaries between nations and sects would gradually melt away into a common humanity,” the author added.Those words could describe the spirit of globalisation at the turn of the millennium. They were , reflecting on the optimism of late 19th-century Vienna from the perspective of a Jewish émigré whose world had been destroyed by murderous nationalism. Zweig took his own life in 1942. He never saw fascism defeated. He couldn’t have imagined a renaissance of liberalism in the second half of the 20th century so complete as to attain a pitch of complacency rivalling the one he remembered from his childhood.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictBalkans
Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, given hero’s funeral in Serbia

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, given hero’s funeral in Serbia

Fanfare at Belgrade funeral of man convicted of genocide raises questions for Serbia’s EU membership planThousands of mourners have gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladić, a Serbian general convicted of orchestrating the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war, and whose hero’s return home has raised international alarm.Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for ​his role during the Balkans genocide in the 1990s, in late August, aged 84, while serving a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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The GuardianCrime & SafetyEgypt
Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime

Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime

Sarah Khalifa, 39, charged with forming organised criminal gang to manufacture and traffick drugsAn Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drug case, official media reported on Saturday.The presenter, Sarah Khalifa, 39, is best known for her programme Mission Impossible, which dealt with issues concerning security and crime.

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The GuardianWar & Conflict
Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border

Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border

Connection across Tumen River is further sign of closer ties between the two countries since start of war in UkraineRussia and North Korea have opened , in the latest sign of the rapidly deepening ties between the two countries since the start of the war in Ukraine.The one-kilometre bridge spans the Tumen River between Khasan in Russia’s far east and Tumangang in North Korea, along a remote and sparsely populated stretch of the countries’ shared border just a few miles from the coast.

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The GuardianDiplomacyLondon
Commons breathes a sigh of relief as UK finally takes a moral stance on Israeli settlements | John Crace

Commons breathes a sigh of relief as UK finally takes a moral stance on Israeli settlements | John Crace

Opposition to Miliband’s announcement of sanctions rings hollow – helped by fewer than 10 Tory backbenchers turning up to debateNobody can say they weren’t warned. The Andy Burnham government might have looked like Continuity Keir with more positive vibes for the first six weeks or so, but on Tuesday a new line was drawn. When Burnham said he felt Labour had not done enough on Palestine and Gaza, he had meant it. His decision to impose was to be his first break with the past.Some opponents chose to get their retaliation in early, before Ed Miliband had even stood up to make the announcement in the Commons on Tuesday. Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador, declared on Sunday that Ed was guilty of “hating Jews”. Which rather implied he thought Ed hated himself.

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The GuardianBusinessmenLondon
Channel 4 to axe about 300 jobs in biggest layoffs in its history

Channel 4 to axe about 300 jobs in biggest layoffs in its history

Exclusive: Staff expect ‘brutal’ cutbacks as broadcaster seeks to reduce costs amid advertising slowdownChannel 4 is poised to cut about 300 jobs – about a quarter of its workforce – in the biggest round of layoffs in its 43-year history, as the broadcaster seeks to dramatically cut costs.Priya Dogra, who , is to address an all-staff meeting on Wednesday on a wide-ranging review of Channel 4’s strategy and structure.

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The GuardianScandalSwitzerland
More than 100,000 people add names to complaint against Gianni Infantino

More than 100,000 people add names to complaint against Gianni Infantino

Letter alleges Fifa president ‘has abused his power’Donald Trump links and FFE scandal among objectionsMore than 100,000 people have added their names to a complaint against Gianni Infantino, alleging the Fifa president has “at a minimum, abused his power, violated his duty of political neutrality, and violated his duty of loyalty” through his interactions with Donald Trump.The was launched before the World Cup with the aim of delivering “the biggest complaint Fifa has ever received” over the organisation’s alleged failings of governance. The campaign has since extended the scope of its accusations to include at the tournament and .

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The GuardianDiplomacy
Will UK sanctions have any impact on Israel’s ‘settler terrorists’ in West Bank?

Will UK sanctions have any impact on Israel’s ‘settler terrorists’ in West Bank?

A look at whether Ed Miliband’s plans will be effective and what they signal for future Israel-UK relationsThe British foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has announced plans for an import ban on goods for illegal settlements in occupied Palestine and sanctions for companies that “finance or facilitate” the construction, infrastructure and marketing of illegal settlements.He also said “settler terrorists” were in the occupied West Bank, while the government turned a blind eye and some members of the government supported it.

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The TelegraphScandalSouth East England
The ‘poison’ on Britain’s streets is a failure by the political class

The ‘poison’ on Britain’s streets is a failure by the political class

I claim no particular gift of prophecy, but it’s almost exactly a year since I wrote in this column about John, the lovely man who comes to help me with all the jobs I can’t manage in the garden. With more than 1,200 illegal migrants billeted in a former military base in our county and bussed regularly into nearby towns, John was worried about the safety of his teenage daughter.

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The GuardianDiplomacyLondon
Miliband rejects chief rabbi’s claim that West Bank sanctions put UK Jews at risk

Miliband rejects chief rabbi’s claim that West Bank sanctions put UK Jews at risk

Foreign secretary says Sir Ephraim Mirvis wrong to suggest measures against Israeli settlements will make British Jews less safeEd Miliband has rejected warnings from the UK’s chief rabbi that the government’s sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements will make British Jews less safe, as he stressed ministers can confront the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government while also fighting antisemitism.The foreign secretary, with the government taking the position that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory was unlawful.An import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories and a new ban for arms licences and other exports that “materially contribute to the occupation”.A comprehensive sanctions regime against providing services such as construction or financing for Israeli settlements and a ban on advertising them in the UK.Personal sanctions against key individuals accused of promoting settler violence.A new ban for arms licences and other exports that “materially contribute to the occupation”.

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The GuardianHumanitySouth West England
Miliband defends sanctions on Israeli settlements and pushes back against chief rabbi’s criticism – UK politics live

Miliband defends sanctions on Israeli settlements and pushes back against chief rabbi’s criticism – UK politics live

UK foreign secretary ‘regrets’ Israel’s response to ban on trade with illegal settlements but ‘proud’ of his actionsGood morning. Yesterday Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, made what may turn out to be one of the most important Commons statements of the year. Here is our overnight report by Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Kiran Stacey.Here is an analysis by Patrick Wintour, the Guardian’s diplomatic editor.

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The GuardianDiplomacy
UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing

UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing

In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlementsIsraeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has said as he announced sweeping sanctions, alongside France and Canada, on trade with Israeli settlements.In the strongest condemnation ever issued by the UK government, Miliband said the government would now take the official position that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful in its entirety, saying such acknowledgment was “the least the people who face such suffering deserve. And it should be the prelude to justice.”An import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories.A comprehensive sanctions regime against providing services such as construction or financing for Israeli settlements.A ban on the advertising in the UK of illegal settlement properties.Personal sanctions against key individuals accused of promoting settler violence.A new ban for arms licences and other exports that “materially contribute to the occupation”.

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The GuardianHumanityFrance
Eiffel Tower management under fire after decision to hide female staff

Eiffel Tower management under fire after decision to hide female staff

One-day strike called after Paris landmark agreed to keep women out of sight for visit by Hindu groupThe Eiffel Tower has reopened after a one-day strike was called in response to the landmark’s management ordering female staff to keep out of sight at the request of a visiting religious group.City Hall, which operates the Paris landmark, has apologised for breaching France’s republican principle of equality and ordered a full inquiry.

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The TelegraphHumanityFrance
Eiffel Tower workers strike after female staff removed during Hindu visit

Eiffel Tower workers strike after female staff removed during Hindu visit

The Eiffel Tower was forced to close on Monday after staff went on strike over the removal of female employees during a private visit by a Hindu religious group. Members of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (Baps) an ultra-conservative Hindu denomination from India, visited the tower on Saturday as part of wider celebrations to inaugurate a temple built by the group near Paris.

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The GuardianElectionsGermany
‘It breaks my heart’: far-right’s big election victory sparks dismay in German state capital

‘It breaks my heart’: far-right’s big election victory sparks dismay in German state capital

Fears expressed for immigrants and for country’s future after AfD vote hits historic high in Saxony-AnhaltMaryam and her best friend were ambling through Magdeburg toward the railway station, talking over the dramatic events of the previous evening and the surge by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland .“Don’t laugh at me,” she said, “but I wish we could go back to the days of Angela Merkel, when things were OK in Germany”.

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The GuardianElectionsGermany
German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election

German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election

Friedrich Merz said his conservative CDU was shaken ‘to its very foundations’ after far-right victory in Saxony-AnhaltA “shocked” and chastened Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite that has brought anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin politicians within striking distance of power.The German chancellor, appearing ashen-faced in front of reporters in Berlin, said on Monday that the landslide victory by the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt had shaken his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) “to its very foundations”.

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The GuardianElectionsGermany
Far-right AfD win in Germany is ‘grave moment’ for Europe, politicians warn

Far-right AfD win in Germany is ‘grave moment’ for Europe, politicians warn

Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon MuskMainstream politicians around Europe have expressed alarm after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) swept to a , while nationalist figures cheered the result as a mandate for change.While falling just short of an absolute majority, the AfD surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, exit polls ⁠showed, putting the far right within reach ​of power at ‌the state level for ‌the first time since the second world war.

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The IndependentHealthcareUSA
Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 documents and says New Yorkers were lied to

Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 documents and says New Yorkers were lied to

Download our app New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of internal records Tuesday that show how city officials misled the public about air safety around Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks. Speaking at a City Hall news conference alongside activist and actor Jon Stewart, Mayor Mamdani condemned previous leaders for lying about toxic air safety, which resulted in numerous first responders and residents becoming ill.

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The GuardianHumanityLondon
I am sending the assisted dying bill back to the Lords – and this time, peers must do the right thing | Lauren Edwards

I am sending the assisted dying bill back to the Lords – and this time, peers must do the right thing | Lauren Edwards

The will of the elected chamber – and a popular, compassionate piece of legislation – must not be frustrated again by a small minority of peersLauren Edwards is the Labour MP for Rochester and StroodI was elected to Westminster two years ago, when the country was crying out for change and looking to parliament to tackle the big issues that had been forgotten for too long. When that change didn’t come fast enough, trust in politics once again started to ebb away. We have one last chance to prove we can deliver on people’s priorities.Assisted dying didn’t feature in the manifesto I was elected on. Nor should it have done. Matters of conscience such as this are rightly left to individual MPs to decide upon. There will always be a range of views within all political parties. But this issue has been supported by a substantial majority in the country for a very long time. Reputable independent polling has shown support for assisted dying consistently at about 75%. The latest British social attitudes survey from the National Centre for Social Research found that “it is clear we are observing a continued high level of public support for legal change to allow assisted dying in some circumstances”.Lauren Edwards is the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood and has reintroduced the terminally ill adults bill in parliament

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The GuardianElectionsLondon
Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs

Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs

Backers seek support for second attempt to get law through House of Lords after ‘undemocratic’ rejection last yearMPs on both sides of the assisted dying debate have voiced fears about turnout affecting the vote on Friday, when the bill returns to the Commons for its second attempt to become law.Those who back the change in the law have been emphasising the “undemocratic” nature of the bill’s rejection by the House of Lords after it was talked out by a handful of peers after passing the House of Commons. The bill fell despite multiple days of debate from peers because of the number of amendments tabled in the Lords.

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