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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 GuardianStage ArtsUSA

Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall | Margaret Sullivan

Americans don’t want the government to decide what TV comics can and can’t sayA few days before the , one comic’s joke on his late-night show sounded routine enough, if a little edgy.Taking a jab at the hefty age gap between Donald and , ABC’s – playing the role of guest comic at a mock White House correspondents’ dinner – described the first lady as having “a glow like an expectant widow”.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA

Two justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final act

Latest ruling is culmination of Justices Roberts and Alito’s campaign to slowly but surely strangle efforts to protect democratic rights of Black and other minority AmericansThe ruling from the US supreme court destroying one of the last pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) marks the end of a long and painstaking campaign to roll back civil rights legislation by two titans of the court’s rightwing majority, chief justice John Roberts and Samuel Alito.Acting as an unspoken double act, the duo have chipped away at what has been called the crown jewel of the civil rights movement. Wednesday’s ruling in is the fifth major supreme court decision authored by the two justices that have slowly but surely strangled efforts to protect the democratic rights of Black and other minority Americans.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA

The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy | Moira Donegan

The US was not a true democracy before the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday’s decision has essentially destroyed the lawIs America a democracy? The term implies an equality of rights and dignity among citizens, a collective and uniform right of individuals to participate in self-government and to shape the laws that rule them. In that sense, the answer is no: though it has been a republic since its founding, America has only rarely been a true democracy, one where all citizens have the full right to vote and to have that vote counted.Political scientists such as the University of Notre Dame’s Christine Wolbrecht have argued that America wasn’t really a democracy, not in the meaningful sense of the term, until the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the law that formed the signature achievement of the civil rights movement and sought to end racial barriers to voting across the south when it was passed in 1965. If you accept that premise, you could say that the era of American democracy officially ended on Wednesday, when the supreme court finished its project of dismantling the VRA in Louisiana v Callais. Whatever this country has become now, “democracy” does not describe it.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist

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The GuardianScandalNorth America

US charges Sinaloa governor and other Mexican officials with drug trafficking offences

Indictment accuses high-level officials in Sinaloa of offences such as drug trafficking, weapons offences and kidnapping The US justice department has charged the governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former officials for alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel, accusing them of aiding in the massive importation of illicit narcotics into the United States .Some officials were members of Mexico’s progressive ruling party, Morena, posing a political conundrum for Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum as she seeks to offset mounting pressures from the Trump administration.

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The GuardianElectionsColombia

‘Total peace’ or ‘all-out war’? Colombian voters face stark choice as rebel attacks surge

As the country prepares to elect a new president, a fierce debate is raging on how to end the decades-long armed conflict for good The landmark between the Colombian government and the largest insurgent army in Latin America succeeded in some ways: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) agreed to lay down their weapons, and the violence that had racked the country was substantially reduced.But the deal alone could not end the decades-long armed conflict for good. Subsequent administrations slow-walked the implementation of the settlement, which was rejected by Farc dissidents and other rebel factions.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA

States rush to redraw congressional districts to gut Black voting power

More governors call for special sessions following supreme court’s decision severely weakening Voting Rights ActBefore the supreme court’s decision came on Wednesday, some states had already begun initiating processes to redraw districts and gut Black voting power. Following the decision, more states followed, with governors calling for special sessions to redraw congressional districts, potentially before the midterms.Voting districts are typically redrawn once a decade, after the census. Last year, triggered a round of mid-decade redistricting after he urged Texas Republicans to give a boost to the Republican party during the midterm elections. California Democrats responded in turn. From there, multiple other states began pushing redistricting, along with those whose maps were already tied up in state and federal courts.

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The GuardianClimateUSA

Revealed: British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry

WPP accused of breaching its climate policy after report reveals firm linked to twice as much oil advertising as US rivalsA British advertising conglomerate has helped the oil companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP spend an estimated $1.5bn (£1.1bn) on adverts in the US since the 2015 Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis, a shows.London-based was the leading advertising group serving the US’s oil industry over the past decade, according to analysis by the climate investigations platform DeSmog. The figure is nearly twice the respective amounts linked to its US rivals and (IPG), which merged in November.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA

‘A day of loss for our democracy’: civil rights groups slam supreme court ruling that weakens key part of Voting Rights Act – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a key policy meeting, likely the last chaired by central bank chief Jerome Powell, a frequent target of president Donald Trump’s ire.Policymakers will weigh the risks of surging energy prices and snarled supply chains due to the US-Israel war on Iran, with analysts widely expecting a third pause in a row as the effects of the conflict ripple through the world’s largest economy.

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The TelegraphHealth AlertsUnited Kingdom

FA denials over head injuries prompt fury from players’ families

The Football Association has been accused of putting money before truth by denying that repeated heading, or concussion, is proven to cause permanent brain damage. Telegraph Sport revealed on Monday how the FA made a series of controversial denials in a High Court legal defence, including over whether it had a general duty of care to footballers.

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The GuardianHumanityLondon

Captain. Leader. Far-right sympathiser. Terry joins ranks of football’s radicalised | Jonathan Liew

John Terry’s journey into the internet pipeline is by no means an isolated case – what makes footballers so susceptible?And so we ask ourselves: how did it come to this? Did we miss the signs? Were there red flags that went unheeded, cries for help that fell on closed ears, forks in the road not taken? Or ultimately, for all our best efforts, was it always going to end like this? Is it, in fact, possible that John Terry was a far-right sympathiser all along?Yes, it’s been a chastening week for those who have been fighting Terry’s corner for more than a decade. Who steadfastly defended him against the racism charges, who accepted his explanation that he was simply repeating what , who turned up at his trial in full kit, who lamented his failure to land the coaching jobs he so coveted, who right to the end just wanted to believe.

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