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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 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 GuardianHumanityCentral Belt
When I first moved to Glasgow from India, I felt welcomed and included. Now I just feel scrutinised | Sanghmitra Singh

When I first moved to Glasgow from India, I felt welcomed and included. Now I just feel scrutinised | Sanghmitra Singh

The city that used to be full of kind strangers is increasingly witnessing racist disorder. I hope it can find its way back to its old friendlinessScottish people have always been known for their friendliness. “We’re not like the south of us,” they say, referring to England. The official slogan of Scotland’s largest city, “”, appears everywhere – on T-shirts, buildings, bus stops and mugs. And when I first moved to Scotland from India in 2018, I was immediately welcomed by kind strangers and helpful neighbours. People showed curiosity, rather than intrusiveness. They respected queues; told me I fit right in. Music, art and cultural events were considered inclusive spaces in the city, with calls for diversity, creativity, inclusion – all the good things.As an outsider, this was a dream come true: to be myself, to be alone, to have brotherhood and a community. It was life-changing. I could do whatever I wanted, wear whatever I wanted, walk by myself at night, even. That is a luxury, especially for a woman. But something has changed, particularly after Covid, a global recession and years of austerity. Now, I watch the steady rise of far-right, fringe violence and I feel a special scrutiny upon me.Sanghmitra Singh is a human rights lawyer and a writerThis article is published as part of a partnership with Pass the Mic, which works to amplify the expertise of women of colourDo 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 GuardianSustainabilityFrance
Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide

Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde infernoThe ruinous fires that overran parts of France this summer have burned more land than ever recorded, forced more people from their homes than at any point since the second world war and caused what scientists suspect is the country’s first firestorm thundercloud. The smoke from France’s biggest inferno in nearly 80 years choked Limoges, a city 125 miles (200km) from the flames, with more toxic dust than Delhi residents inhaled on the city’s worst day of smog last year.The blaze that tore through forests outside in late July took just a few weeks to reforge France’s relationship with fire, but the conditions behind it were centuries in the making.

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The GuardianHumanityHungary
The Guardian view on the new Hungary: de-Orbánising at pace | Editorial

The Guardian view on the new Hungary: de-Orbánising at pace | Editorial

As a Brussels deadline looms with over €10bn at stake, Péter Magyar’s first three months have been transformative in addressing a corrupt legacySome elections are more important than others. Since taking office in May, Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, has embarked upon the country’s most far-reaching and dramatic programme of transformation since the fall of communism in 1989. Mr Magyar’s predecessor, Viktor Orbán, a soft autocracy which thrived on corruption and, over 16 years, exerted its grip on most areas of Hungarian life, from religion to culture and the media. It is being dismantled at extraordinary pace.Last week, a newly appointed president following the of Tamás Sulyok, accused by Mr Magyar of having rubber-stamped the erosion of the rule of law in the country. In stark contrast, András Baka is a former president of Hungary’s supreme court, a role he was removed from by the Orbán regime in an action unlawful by the European court of human rights.

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Premium TimesElectionsNigeria
Tinubu, Atiku as awodi and opeere birds in feather-plucking war, By Festus Adedayo

Tinubu, Atiku as awodi and opeere birds in feather-plucking war, By Festus Adedayo

The 2027 election campaigns promise a reactivation of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Republics’ campaigns of acrimony and disturbing rhetoric. It will be a replica of a dog-eat-dog battle among Nigerian politicians. It brings to mind image of birds violently uprooting each other’s feathers. This fight for the heart of the electorate is demonstrated by […] The post appeared first on .

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Daily PostElectionsNigeria
2027: ‘Your hypocrisy insult to Nigerians, you’ll fail’ – Presidency bombs Atiku

2027: ‘Your hypocrisy insult to Nigerians, you’ll fail’ – Presidency bombs Atiku

Sunday Dare, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, has said the hypocrisy of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar is an insult to the collective intelligence of Nigerians navigating global economic headwinds. Dare warned that Atiku’s desperation will fail during the 2027 presidential election. Posting on X, the […]

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Premium TimesPoliticiansNigeria
Atiku’s subsidy u-turn: The bankruptcy of desperate ambition, By Sunday Dare

Atiku’s subsidy u-turn: The bankruptcy of desperate ambition, By Sunday Dare

To entertain Atiku’s hollow promise is to invite national economic suicide. The old import subsidy regime was not merely a pricing mechanism; it was a black hole of rent-seeking, round-tripping, and monumental corruption that starved health, education, and infrastructure of vital capital… Restoring it would instantly sabotage the nascent renaissance of local refining, crush private […] The post appeared first on .

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Daily PostPoliticiansNigeria
‘Tinubu practising Robin Hood economics, robbing poor to subsidise rich people’ – Atiku

‘Tinubu practising Robin Hood economics, robbing poor to subsidise rich people’ – Atiku

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday accused President Bola Tinubu of practising Robin Hood economics. Atiku said Tinubu is robbing the poor to subsidise the rich and powerful. The former vice president, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, made the remark while reacting to […]

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The GuardianElections
Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections

Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections

As the president tries to extract the US from his Iran war quagmire, leadership in Tehran is only too happy to crush his midterm dreamsIn the aftermath of his devastating election defeat, the US president remained haunted by regrets over .Months before lost the 1980 presidential election to , eight US servicemen died in a botched high-risk rescue mission that failed to secure the freedom of dozens of US hostages seized in Tehran.

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The GuardianWellnessUSA
Lindsay Clancy killed her children. Why do many women support her? – Stateside with Kai and Carter

Lindsay Clancy killed her children. Why do many women support her? – Stateside with Kai and Carter

The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former nurse accused of murdering her three children, is wrapping up its fifth week. On Friday morning, the defense rested, and the public attention to the case is at a fever-pitch — especially on social media. Clancy, 36, does not deny that she strangled her children, but has pleaded not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility, also known as an insanity defense. She argues that she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis, a rare and devastating condition that can go unrecognized and untreated. Host speaks with , deputy head of news for Guardian US, about how the case has renewed attention on the fundamental shortcomings in the US's maternal healthcare system, and about why Clancy's story has captivated – and polarized – so many people

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The GuardianScandal
Lindsay Clancy murder trial: rebuttal witnesses called after defense rests

Lindsay Clancy murder trial: rebuttal witnesses called after defense rests

Closing arguments could come on Monday as prosecutors seek murder conviction over deaths of three young children’s defense in her murder trial rested on Friday after calling witnesses to testify about the ailing mother’s mental state and attempts to seek help before she killed her young children.The defense wrapped more quickly than some expected given that the prosecution rested their case on Monday.

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The GuardianEconomyUSA
Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart

Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to calm bond markets is a sign of weakness not strength“Look, there’s nothing magic about that $40tn number,” the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, told CNBC insouciantly last week, as the country’s debt mountain surpassed another bleak record.Yet Bessent’s decision to intervene in government bond markets in an effort to combat soaring yields, belied his studied calm in TV interviews – and reignited fears the US may be on the road to a debt crisis.

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The GuardianHumanityUnited Kingdom
British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition

British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition

Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book saysWhen Britain abolished slavery, plantation owners from powerful families notoriously received huge sums in compensation, while those who were enslaved got nothing.Now evidence has come to light that and Company – a corporation closely linked to the merchants who got the biggest taxpayer-funded compensation payouts – continued to traffic enslaved Africans illegally after abolition to Guyana, in South America.

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Daily PostHumanityNigeria
He must be mad – Oyedepo reacts to Sheikh Jingir’s controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket remarks

He must be mad – Oyedepo reacts to Sheikh Jingir’s controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket remarks

President and founder of the Winners Chapel Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has slammed an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, over the latter’s recent comments against Christians in Nigeria. At a political function in Kano State earlier this month, the Islamic cleric claimed that Nigeria belongs to the Muslim region, insinuating that Christians are secondary […]

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The GuardianDiplomacy
Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

Grassroot groups preparing to put pressure on PM to break with Starmer policy and impose full arms embargo on IsraelGrassroot Labour groups are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy Burnham over Gaza, as the party’s members seek to force the prime minister to recognise Israel’s actions as a genocide, and impose a full arms embargo.Momentum, Labour & Palestine, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy and Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will ramp up pressure on Burnham before his first Labour conference as prime minister next month.

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The GuardianHumanityEngland
To end homelessness, look to the root causes | Letters

To end homelessness, look to the root causes | Letters

Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s pledge to get all rough sleepers off the streets by ChristmasAs a vulnerable teenage girl carrying my life in a rucksack, I have been the person Andy Burnham describes people walking past in his article (). That experience taught me that homelessness is far more complex than rough sleeping alone, and that ending it takes more than getting people off the streets.Getting everyone in for Christmas is an important ambition. But lasting success means preventing people from reaching crisis point and giving those who do the practical support and opportunities they need. I was lucky. Public sector work gave me structure, stability, and someone willing to believe in my potential.

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The GuardianHistoryThames Valley
‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain

‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain

At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’. She reflects on her journey from teenage Tory to full-throated leftist – and says there’s still time to save the nation from the bad guysA funny thing happened on the way to 2026: I got old and the world turned nasty. It happened very quickly and it’s to do with politics (the world) and pelvic floor weakness (mine). It’s strange being this old. Sometimes when I look in the mirror, it’s a shock to see wrinkles and grey hair, because inside I am still that naughty Oxford High School girl, risking detention just for the joy of entertaining her friends. People assume that with great age comes great wisdom, but actually we remain who we have always been, only more so, and we need to make our peace with that and with each other.The Britain I grew up in, though – that feels almost unrecognisable, and everyone I speak to says the same thing. The historian Eric Hobsbawm, whom I knew and loved, argued that people invent the past they want for their own purposes – that the real past was quite different: “Today is the great age of historical mythology.” He’s right, but that past is still the safe haven I’d like to return to. People feel adrift, they don’t understand or feel a connection to the place they thought they knew.

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The GuardianHealthcareLondon
London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?

London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against themTen years ago, Alastair Harper was an advocate for young people’s health sitting in a stuffy meeting room in London planning an air pollution campaign. “My phone started buzzing,” he said. “I took the call, and then told the room I needed to leave immediately.“I had to get to UCLH [one of London’s major hospitals]. My own child was headed there in a blue-lit ambulance because she was struggling to breathe London’s toxic air.”

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
‘I hate Democrats, but I love Abdul’: voters who left over Gaza return for progressive push

‘I hate Democrats, but I love Abdul’: voters who left over Gaza return for progressive push

Michigan Senate nominee and others have re-energized one-time Democratic voters who abandoned the party under BidenTwo years ago, Zainab Bibi Ahmed thought she had turned her back on the Democrats for good. Now, she is volunteering for the party’s US Senate nominee in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed.Ahmed was one of 100,000 people to vote uncommitted in the , in a bid to send a message to then US president Joe Biden about his support for Israel, as people watched what Amnesty International later a “live-streamed genocide” in Gaza on their screens.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust

Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust

President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concernedA series of moves by ’s administration to sow doubt in the integrity of US elections have intensified concern among voting experts – and sparked hope among election deniers – that it could declare a national emergency.The White House and US federal agencies have released a string of documents this summer – including disputed analyses of alleged voting by noncitzens and historical intelligence memos – stoking expectations that the US president could move to exert greater control over November’s US midterm elections.

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The GuardianAIUSA
‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to defend against “ongoing, persistent” cyber-attacks from AIs, as cutting-edge artificial intelligence models gain advanced capabilities to plan and launch offensives.The leading AI company this week announced a pause in development of its most advanced internal models amid rising safety fears, and Chris Lehane, its chief global affairs officer, said: “We are hitting a different chapter, a different moment within AI, in terms of what the capabilities of this technology can do.”

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The GuardianHumanityEurope
The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan throughIt was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful explosion tore through a quiet square in a residential district of the Russian-occupied Crimean port city.Hidden inside a rubbish bin, a bomb containing the equivalent of about 500g of TNT detonated on 13 August as Robert Shageev, the deputy commander of a Russian Black Sea fleet submarine brigade, walked past in naval uniform. He was killed on the spot.

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The GuardianHousingUnited Kingdom
Mayors to get new powers over planning decisions under Burnham proposals

Mayors to get new powers over planning decisions under Burnham proposals

Move would allow mayors to greenlight large-scale developments and have more say on national housing fundingAndy Burnham will give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale developments in proposals to be presented next week.The move will allow mayors to “call in” the decisions and direct councils to take them forward or refuse them. They will also be able to grant upfront permission so developers can start building without having to apply.

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The GuardianImmigrationLondon
Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list

Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list

UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s partyBritish citizens who were born abroad would be made to wait longer for social housing under proposals to be announced by Reform UK on Monday.Nigel Farage’s party will announce the policy at a press conference in London. Under the policy, people born in the UK and young married couples with children would be given priority for social housing.

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