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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 TelegraphWar & Conflict

The US has fired much of its advanced weaponry at Iran. It cannot do that again

Since February 28, when the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, American forces have conducted an intense 39-day air and missile campaign, striking more than 13,000 targets before the current ceasefire, such as it is. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the US has fired a very significant proportion of its most advanced weapons.

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The GuardianCrime & SafetyUnited Kingdom

‘It’s David and Goliath’: how UK campaigners feel silenced by Slapps

Pressure is growing on government to act on legal threats designed to ‘harass and intimidate’ opponentsVerity Nevitt was just 21, a student living away from home for the first time, when she learned she and her twin sister, Lucy, were going to be sued in the high court. Someone knocked on the door of her London house share with a big bundle of papers and asked her to sign for them.A year earlier, the sisters had reported a man to the police, accusing him of sexually assaulting Verity and then, after she had left the house, raping Lucy. When the case was dropped by police, they decided to name him on social media, in order to warn others. The man responded by suing them for misuse of private information, harassment and eventually defamation.

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The GuardianHumanityMyanmar

Trump ally Roger Stone condemned for providing lobbying services to Myanmar’s military junta

Stone being paid $50,000 a month to ‘rebuild’ relations between Washington and Myanmar’s military-backed governmentThe US lobbyist Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of Donald Trump, has been condemned for accepting $50,000 a month to “rebuild” relations between Washington and Myanmar’s military-backed government.Myanmar’s leaders have been internationally isolated since , and have repeatedly been . Activists say the military rulers, which recently held , are now trying to reassert themselves abroad.

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The IndependentWar & Conflict

Iran war briefing: Missile attacks on UAE with ceasefire under pressure

Download our app Iran launched new missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates, a key US ally, with the UAE defence ministry reporting interceptions of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, though no injuries were reported. Donald Trump insisted an agreement with Iran was still holding despite three US destroyers coming under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting US retaliatory strikes on Iranian military sites and a warning from Donald Trump of 'more violent' future action if a deal is not swiftly signed.

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The TelegraphWar & Conflict

Iran ceasefire on the brink as US strikes the Strait of Hormuz

The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran teetered on the brink on Thursday night after both sides exchanged missile fire in the Strait of Hormuz. US central command (Centcom) announced late Thursday it had carried out “self-defence strikes” on Iranian military targets after three destroyers came under missile attack while transiting the shipping lane.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA

Tennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority district

Move comes days after supreme court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymandering Republican-dominated legislature passed redistricting maps on Thursday, eliminating the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district a week after the effectively gutted a major section of the The move cracks Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which covers Memphis, into three pieces, each of which contains almost exactly a third of the city’s Black voters. The new maps mean that all nine of Tennessee’s congressional districts are Republican-leaning.

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