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Abdul El-Sayed embraces Trump claim he represents ‘very different’ America

Abdul El-Sayed embraces Trump claim he represents ‘very different’ America

Michigan nominee, who spoke to Obama after primary win, vows to fight inequality as president ‘makes billions off you’Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Michigan, embraced Donald Trump’s suggestion that the two represent “VERY DIFFERENT” versions of the US, pledging to fight inequality while the president is “making billions of dollars off of you”.In a Saturday night post on his Truth Social platform, Trump shared an image of himself and the first lady, Melania Trump, beside a photo of El-Sayed, who is Muslim, and his wife, Sarah Jukaku, wearing a hijab. “Two VERY DIFFERENT America’s [sic],” read the caption.

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The GuardianPolitics
La Liga president Javier Tebas says ‘Infantino era is over’ at Fifa

La Liga president Javier Tebas says ‘Infantino era is over’ at Fifa

Tebas says Swiss is ‘destroying essence of football’Any reform at highest levels must be ‘genuine’Javier Tebas says Gianni Infantino’s position as Fifa president is untenable, claiming he is “destroying the very essence of football” while calling for reform at the highest levels of the game.The La Liga president, who is a longstanding and vociferous critic of the current Fifa regime, said “the Infantino era is over” and called for control of the game to be expanded beyond the current “elite”.

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The GuardianScandalSwitzerland
Fifa defends Gianni Infantino and launches attack after ‘effort to undermine’ president

Fifa defends Gianni Infantino and launches attack after ‘effort to undermine’ president

Fifa backs ‘democratically-elected’ presidentThinly-veiled attack aimed on Uefa as crisis roars onFifa last night issued a thinly-veiled attack on Uefa and other leading figures in European football in a statement which alleged there is a “concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine Fifa and its president,” as football’s civil war escalated further.Uefa has made it clear they regard Infantino’s continued leadership of world football as untenable following his role in , while the Guardian revealed on Friday the Norwegian Football Federation has , with Fifa responding by accusing them of attempting to subvert the organisation’s democratic processes.

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The TelegraphScandalLondon
PM could block early release of killers of emergency service workers

PM could block early release of killers of emergency service workers

Andy Burnham is examining whether to block the release of all prisoners responsible for the death of emergency service workers to ensure Pc Andrew Harper’s killers remain behind bars. The Prime Minister has also been presented with an alternative plan by the Civil Service to block the release of all prisoners guilty of manslaughter, but there are concerns that the number of prisoners convicted for the crime would place too much pressure on an overcrowded prison system.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift

‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift

With Abdul El-Sayed’s win, the party’s leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats’ direction and leadershipStanding before , a landmark bronze statue in the city’s downtown, in the early hours of a Wednesday morning, Abdul El-Sayed channelled boxing great Muhammad Ali. “We shook up the world,” he declared.The 41-year-old former public health official had just delivered a knockout blow to the Democratic establishment, to claim the party’s nomination for the Senate in swing state Michigan.

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The GuardianSex & IdentityUSA
WNBA commissioner says league will continue discussing issue of transgender eligibility

WNBA commissioner says league will continue discussing issue of transgender eligibility

Commissioner sends memo to teams on eligibility rulesPlayers’ union refuses to be used as a political pawnCunningham remarks have prompted rallies and protestsWNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has sent a memo to teams that addresses ongoing discussions around transgender athletes in women’s basketball.“I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women’s basketball, and I expect this topic will continue to receive significant attention,” Engelbert wrote in the memo, which was sent Friday afternoon and obtained by the Associated Press. “I wanted to reach out to share how we are approaching these conversations at the league office and to thank those of you who have responded to questions from the media with thoughtfulness and professionalism.”

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The GuardianDiplomacySpain
Italy condemns Spain’s ‘unacceptable’ border controls as Ceuta fallout intensifies

Italy condemns Spain’s ‘unacceptable’ border controls as Ceuta fallout intensifies

Travellers caught up in ongoing migration row as Madrid introduces retaliatory measures on visitors from Italy after Rome imposed checks Italy’s foreign minister has called Spain’s decision to impose retaliatory checks on travellers from Italy “incomprehensible and completely unacceptable” as people making their way between the two EU countries were left grappling with the fallout of the escalating feud. on visitors from Italy at midnight on Saturday. The tit-for-tat move came after Rome infuriated Madrid on 1 August for travellers from Spain in response to the recent influx into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in north Africa.

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The GuardianImmigrationSpain
Spain to introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy

Spain to introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy

Move comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to CeutaSpain has announced it will introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass rush of people from Morocco into Ceuta.The checks, which come “amid the persistent irregular migration pressure” facing Italy, will start at midnight on Saturday and last until 7 September, Spain’s interior ministry said in a statement.

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The GuardianWellnessUSA
‘America’s saddest murder trial’: mental health in focus in Lindsay Clancy case

‘America’s saddest murder trial’: mental health in focus in Lindsay Clancy case

Jurors hear from host of medical experts as defence says postpartum psychosis caused young mother to kill childrenIt’s been called “America’s saddest murder trial” and last week jurors in the Lindsay Clancy case listened to mental health professionals, counsellors, psychiatrists, and medication experts explain the circumstances in which the young mother killed her three children.It has been a spectacle that has gripped America, not least because Clancy’s legal defense has been supported by her now divorced husband.In the US, call or text Mental Health America at 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. You can also reach Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741. In the UK, the charity Mind is available on 0300 123 3393 and Childline on 0800 1111. In Australia, support is available at Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and at MensLine on 1300 789 978

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The GuardianScandalCentral Belt
Nicola Sturgeon ‘has not spoken to’ estranged husband, Peter Murrell, since he was jailed

Nicola Sturgeon ‘has not spoken to’ estranged husband, Peter Murrell, since he was jailed

Scotland’s former first minister says she will not visit Murrell in prison, where he is serving five-year sentence for embezzling SNP fundsNicola Surgeon has said she will not visit her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, in prison, has stopped speaking to him and views herself as a “mug” for worrying about his wellbeing and mental health earlier this year.During a podcast recording at the Edinburgh festival fringe, Scotland’s former first minister said Murrell had lied to her until the day he pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National party.

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The GuardianHumanityUnited Kingdom
Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

Exclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were located overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from USMore than half the accounts that posted on Elon Musk’s X about the rioting in Belfast and the civil disorder in Southampton in June were based outside the UK, an analysis by the Guardian can reveal.Of the 8,672 accounts whose combined posts about the events exceeded 1,000 views, just 45.3% were shown as from the UK, according to the social media platform’s own location function.

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The GuardianScandalCanada
Can the Mounties regain Canada’s trust after race, sexism and public safety scandals?

Can the Mounties regain Canada’s trust after race, sexism and public safety scandals?

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police face increasing scrutiny from critics who say they have lost touch and should be disbandedWith their bright red tunics, dark blue breeches and beige Stetsons, the officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police offer a globally recognised symbol of Canada.The Mounties, as they are colloquially known, have been featured across popular culture for decades, from Hollywood films to the Simpsons.

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Daily PostHumanityNigeria
Mass arrests, extrajudicial killings in Southeast reason Igbo youths reject military – Intersociety

Mass arrests, extrajudicial killings in Southeast reason Igbo youths reject military – Intersociety

Random military operations and mass arrest of Igbo youths by security operatives has been credited for the non-enrollment of youths of the region in security agencies. A human rights organisation, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, in a latest report released on Sunday morning, alleged that over 6,000 families in the South-East were […]

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The GuardianWar & ConflictEurope
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming review – brilliant bulletin from Ukrainian frontline dives deep into culture war

I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming review – brilliant bulletin from Ukrainian frontline dives deep into culture war

Locarno film festivalA couple attempting to leave Ukraine when the war encounter gender identity issues in this bold and challenging filmA movie’s themes could hardly be more urgent and contemporary than those on offer in this entirely absorbing film from German director Isabelle Stever and Ukrainian critic turned screenwriter Anna Melikova. It’s a bulletin from the frontline of Russia’s war on Ukraine, and from the culture war too. It is about identity and choices made in peacetime when less was at stake. There is a bold and brilliant premise that may at first look artificially satirical but is actually inspired.When Russia begins its attack, the crisis is very specific for a scared young Ukrainian couple, recently engaged: Olya (Tania Myronyshena) and Oleh (Markus Bright). As bombs rain down, they head west in the cramped car of Olya’s elderly mum and dad – with Olya grumpily objecting to her dad’s sexist comments from behind the wheel about female drivers – to stay with Olya’s sister, who is married with a young baby and whose husband, to her fury, has joined up. Oleh’s plan is to get out of Ukraine and live with Olya in the safety of Germany and the EU.

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Daily PostScandalNigeria
CISLAC, Transparency International raise concerns over Tinubu’s intervention in EFCC Osun account freeze

CISLAC, Transparency International raise concerns over Tinubu’s intervention in EFCC Osun account freeze

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International Nigeria have expressed concern over the implications of President Bola Tinubu’s direct intervention in the freezing of the accounts of the Osun State government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director, CISLAC, and Head of Transparency International Nigeria, in […]

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