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Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard Bryant

Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard Bryant

A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followedAmerica likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings – more accurately, police killings of Black people that went unpunished either internally or by the courts – by taking a knee during the national anthem for the entirety of the 2016 NFL regular season. He never played in the league again.Ten years covers a lot of ground, especially in these years of American darkness, and many of the important details surrounding Kaepernick, his banishment and significance have disappeared, time replaced by more time and more darkness – time moving faster than ever, at internet speed, where nothing matters, where nothing sticks. We consume by clip, by click, by meme, and knowledge by meme is not knowledge at all.

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HaaretzHumanityIslamic World
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 GuardianWellnessEngland
Number of young people with no close friends has soared since 2014 in England

Number of young people with no close friends has soared since 2014 in England

Data paints sobering picture of 11- to 24-year-olds growing up in ‘bleak world’ shaped by pandemic and social mediaThe number of young people with no close friends has risen fivefold since 2014 as a result of growing up in a “bleak world” dominated by austerity, the pandemic and social media.New research paints a sobering picture of how 11- to 24-year-olds in England are increasingly lonely, isolated and “disconnected” from themselves, peers and wider society.

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The GuardianClimateIndia
‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas

‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas

As families await news of missing loved ones, the disaster is a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is creating a fast-growing threat. Plus, the town considered India’s ‘Jurassic Park’It has been hard not to despair while watching the ruinous floods , and harder, still knowing that the agony compounds each passing day for dozens of Indian families whose members remain unaccounted for.Social media is awash with desperate pleas, photos and details of the young and old, men and women, from Mumbai to Kolkata, posted by families searching for traces of life. The when a melting glacier slammed into the valley below, unleashing a deadly cascade of rock and ice down the Bhote Kashi River, which flows from Tibet into Nepal.

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The GuardianClimate
The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire

In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggeredYou may not have felt it, but the earth beneath our feet is getting twitchier, and global heating is to blame. As temperatures surge and climate breakdown accelerates, interactions between climate and geology are becoming ever more apparent – as marked by last week’s horrific events in . We still have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to the idea that a changing climate can impact what scientists call the geosphere, but the evidence has long been incontestable.In 2021, a similar deluge ripped through a series of mountain valleys in the , severely damaging two hydroelectric power plants and taking about 200 lives. In August 2025, a colossal landslide in an Alaskan fjord in an area frequented by cruise ships. A few months earlier, the collapse of part of a glacier in Switzerland’s Valais canton caused a debris-laden torrent that most of the already evacuated village of Blatten.Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL. His latest book is The Fate of the World – a History and Future of the Climate Crisis

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The GuardianClimateSouth Asia
Monday briefing: Nepal and Tibet’s floods are a warning for the future

Monday briefing: Nepal and Tibet’s floods are a warning for the future

In today’s newsletter: As rescuers search for survivors after catastrophic floods, the disaster offers a stark warning about the climate risks facing the region, and the worldGood morning. Over the weekend, rescue workers in Nepal and Tibet raced to find people who are still trapped in villages affected by catastrophic flash floods. As of this morning, the death toll stands at 903, and more than 4,000 people are missing.For those of you reading this in a place where life continues as usual, the scale of devastation is hard to fathom. In a matter of minutes, a torrent of mud and debris engulfed entire villages, snapped bridges and swept away people’s homes and families. Some survivors are marooned on top of buildings that rescue workers can’t reach. Others are trapped in tunnels beneath the ground. Many have no idea if their loved ones are still alive.UK politics | PC Andrew Harper’s killers after Andy Burnham announced changes to the early release scheme that will see anyone convicted of unlawful killing, including all forms of manslaughter, excluded from the scheme.Milo Yiannopoulos | Far-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in connection with what the agency said was expired authorisation to be in the country.US-Iran | Iran has launched in Jordan after the United States attacked Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the strait of Hormuz, the first such strikes in a month.Iceland | In a blow to Brussels, Iceland has that has narrowly ⁠rejected ⁠the government’s proposal ​to hold ⁠accession talks with ⁠the ​EU.Nepal-Tibet disaster | A headteacher in Nepal moments before a deadly wall of water struck their town amid the devastating flash floods that have killed almost 800 people and left thousands missing.Tuesday | Justice secretary Alex Norris is due to present the government’s revised plans for the prisoner early release scheme, which includes a headroom review aimed at freeing up more space in the system.Thursday | In the first UK visit by an EU leader of Andy Burnham’s tenure, the prime minister is will host talks with French president Emmanuel Macron.Saturday | Officials from Jamaica will visit the UK to lodge a petition with King Charles to seek legal guidance from the privy council on the country’s request for reparations over Britain’s involvement in the slave trade, on the anniversary of the 1781 Zong slave ship departure from West Africa.

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The GuardianDiplomacy
Ukraine war briefing: Pressure stays on Russian economy until war is over, says Bessent

Ukraine war briefing: Pressure stays on Russian economy until war is over, says Bessent

US treasury secretary speaks with Russian counterpart who is controversially attending G20 talks; India’s Modi says war must end. What we know on day 1,651No economic relief for Russia is ‌possible ‌until its war in Ukraine ‌ends, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has told a Russian counterpart. Bessent met with Anton Siluanov, the Russian finance minister, at a G20 finance ​leaders’ meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, where Moscow’s representatives were a surprise and unwelcome presence. A source told Reuters that Bessent said no agreements of any kind were ‌possible ‌until the war ended.The Russian finance minister’s ⁠first in-person G20 appearance ​since Russia ​invaded Ukraine ​has irritated ​European officials ‌who are ​working ​on more sanctions against Russia. Britain on Monday ramped up pressure on ⁠shadow financial systems underpinning Russia’s war economy, doubling penalties for sanctions breaches, the UK treasury said. Fines would increase from 50% of the value of a sanctions breach to 100%, said John ⁠Healey, the UK finance minister. The UK’s National Crime Agency issued a nationwide ‌alert targeting the Kremlin-backed A7 network, which the British government has said was used to route funds and evade restrictions.Explosions were reported early on Tuesday morning in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. Four people ‌were injured, including two children, ‌and people should ‌seek shelter, local authorities said. Air raid alerts covered ‌most of Ukraine’s territory in the early hours ​of Tuesday. AFP said its correspondents in Kyiv saw flashes and heard loud explosions moments after Ukraine’s air force warned of inbound high-speed targets.It comes as Kyiv endures hours of daytime air raids and air raid warnings, . Russia fired 800 jet-powered drones into Ukraine in the previous four days. Past versions of the Iranian-style Shahed drones were propeller-driven. In response, Ukrainian engineers are racing to make faster interceptor drones. “Four companies have developed the relevant interceptor drones, and one company has the most successful technology,” said Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president.Nato ⁠fighter planes were scrambled, Latvia’s military said early on Tuesday, after ⁠a ​warning ‌of a ‌possible air ‌threat near the town of Ludza, close ‌to the Russian border. Separately, Russia’s ​north-western Leningrad region issued a drone ⁠threat alert, according ​to the governor, ‌Alexander ​Drozdenko.Ukrainian drones have hit another Wildberries warehouse, this time in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The Russian local governor confirmed the strike ‌on Monday, claiming that drones ‌and debris ‌also struck residential buildings. There were ​no casualties, ​he said.The suspected Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker MV Sun was boarded ⁠by the ⁠European Union’s ​naval mission in the Mediterranean on Sunday, said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s ⁠foreign policy chief. “The oil ‌tanker MV Sun, suspected ‌of sailing under false flag in breach of international maritime law, was boarded on August 30 in the ‌Mediterranean by Operation Eunavfor Med Irini forces for ​flag verification,” Kallas posted.The war in Ukraine must end for humanity’s sake, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, ​told Vladimir Putin as the two met in Kyrgyzstan. “Every day that the war continues, humanity is, in effect, set back ​a step, whilst every step towards peace gives all of humanity real hope for peace,” Modi said. “We need to move from endless war to an end to the war, to a cessation of hostilities. And we will need to move precisely in this direction.”Despite international condemnation and sanctions, India, along with China, has remained one of the biggest buyers ‌of Russian oil, which has helped Moscow fund its war against Ukraine. Modi and the Russian president met on the sidelines of ‌the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit where Putin ⁠and his Chinese ​counterpart, Xi ⁠Jinping, also met and briefly discussed ⁠the ​Ukraine war, the ​Kremlin ​said.Indonesia said it was investigating claims that several citizens had joined the Russian military to fight in the war in Ukraine. Information from Ukrainian authorities was being checked, the foreign ministry in Jakarta said. It did not say how many Indonesians were under suspicion, but they risk losing their citizenship. “If the involvement of Indonesian citizens in the armed forces of a foreign country is verified, it is an individual act and does not represent the policy or position of the Indonesian government,” the foreign ministry said.

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The GuardianHealthcareUSA
US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts

US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts

RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the deaths were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing themTop US health officials and government agencies are currently not including the two recent measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania in their counts.“This is highly unusual,” said Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She noted that this did not happen with the three deaths reported from measles in Texas and New Mexico last year.

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The TelegraphPublic PolicyUnited Kingdom
How should we protect you, Labour asks victims of early release criminals

How should we protect you, Labour asks victims of early release criminals

Victims will be asked how they want to be protected from criminals who are being released early from prison, the Justice Secretary has said. Alex Norris said victims would start receiving letters on Tuesday updating them on the early release scheme, before a victim liaison officer from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contacts them to ask “what sort of controls” they would like to help “live their life fully”.

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The GuardianPublic PolicyUnited Kingdom
What is Burnham doing to the early prison release scheme and why?

What is Burnham doing to the early prison release scheme and why?

Offences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisisGrooming gang perpetrators and killers including those will be blocked from early prison release under changes announced by Andy Burnham after a backlash over the scope of the scheme.Here is a primer on how the crisis unfolded and what the upshot of Burnham’s decision could be.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA
The media’s Hasan Piker obsession is letting Republican Mike Rogers off the hook | Mehdi Hasan

The media’s Hasan Piker obsession is letting Republican Mike Rogers off the hook | Mehdi Hasan

Mike Rogers isn’t merely campaigning alongside a controversial supporter. His campaign put an extremist on its faith leadership teamHasan Piker.Turn on cable news. Pick up a newspaper. Log on to Twitter. It doesn’t seem to matter where you get your political news: for the past month, the leftist Twitch streamer has become one of the dominant subjects of coverage, conversation and controversy surrounding the crucial Michigan Senate race between the Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and the Republican Mike Rogers.

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The GuardianHumanityChina
China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners

China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners

Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is ‘far higher’ than Beijing admitsA Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of the border in last week’s deadly floods, raising questions about of the scale of the disaster.Public discussion about the flash floods has been restricted, with security officials in Tibet announcing on Sunday that it had penalised at least 10 people for sharing “false disaster information”. There was no further information on the nature of the penalties.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA
Life after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning Trumpism

Life after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning Trumpism

The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the Trump-built movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addictionStephania Messina kept birthing boys. In the Quiverfull conservative Christian church she belonged to outside Detroit, Michigan, that made her a community celebrity. Your quiver, as the church taught it, is your womb, meant to be filled with as many arrows – a metaphor for children – as you can shoot unto the Lord. She shot five. “They treated me like I was Mother Mary, like I was this gift to the church,” she said.But while she was quickly pushed into leading worship and Bible study groups for women and children, she wasn’t permitted to talk about politics.

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The GuardianHumanity
Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds ‘reasonable cause to believe’ tech firm subjected workers spoke up about Palestine to hostile work environmentThe US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws, has found that Cisco, the global tech company, probably violated the civil rights of Middle Eastern, Muslim and other company employees.The determination, reached earlier this summer, is believed to be the first by the federal agency finding a major company at fault in connection to pro-Palestinian advocacy that swept campuses and workplaces in recent years.

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The GuardianScandalSouth West England
Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year

Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year

Increase coincides with proscription of Palestine Action last year which has led to thousands of arrests for allegedly supporting the protest groupAlmost half of all terrorism arrests in Great Britain since the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers in 2001 have come in the past year, official data shows.There have been 6,539 arrests for terror-related activity in Great Britain since the 2001 attacks and 3,021 of those arrests were in the year ending 31 March 2026, according to the Home Office.

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The GuardianFarmingUSA
Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92

Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92

Author and Kentucky native, who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, died at homeWendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian whose poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and misjudgments of an industrial, commercialized society, has died aged 92.His daughter, Mary Berry, confirmed on Monday that he died in his home in Port Royal, Kentucky.

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The GuardianDiplomacyVenezuela
US officials defend Venezuela oil deal amid questions over rebuilding plan

US officials defend Venezuela oil deal amid questions over rebuilding plan

Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exitTrump administration officials on Tuesday defended a highly contentious deal giving the US control of a significant chunk of Venezuelan oil reserves, arguing that the sweeping agreement would help stabilize and rebuild democracy in the shattered South American country while giving Washington vital access to strategic crude reserves.Last week, Donald Trump a “groundbreaking” deal that would give the US “majority” control over 65bn barrels – roughly one-fifth – of Venezuela’s oil reserves.

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The TelegraphWar & ConflictUnited Kingdom
I would not join the SAS today

I would not join the SAS today

The very legal system that SAS soldiers risk their lives to protect is now being used against them, destroying the effectiveness of a crucial British strategic asset. Serving fighters are increasingly walking away from United Kingdom Special Forces and fewer are willing to join in the first place, driven by fears that actions taken on operations could later result in them being dragged through investigations or prosecuted under human rights law.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Footage of police officer boasting about punching Sydney anti-Herzog protester raises questions about conduct

Footage of police officer boasting about punching Sydney anti-Herzog protester raises questions about conduct

Male police officer caught on camera during 9 February protest against visit of Israeli president Isaac HerzogVideo footage has emerged capturing a police officer boasting about “punching” a protester in the head “when he was down”, before the protester was charged with assaulting police.Police bodyworn camera footage, which was leaked to a social media account and widely shared over the weekend, reveals a male police officer telling his colleagues during the 9 February protest against a visit by the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog: “I fucking pumped that cunt”.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
Senator Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Democratic primary

Senator Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Democratic primary

Incumbent, 80, beats back challenge from Seth Moulton, who argued Markey was too old to be effective at his jobSenator Ed Markey won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts on Tuesday, beating back from Seth Moulton, a congressman who tried to unseat him by arguing to voters his opponent was too old to be effective at his job.Massachusetts is heavily Democratic, making the senator favored to win a third full term in the November general election, where he faces the Republican nominee John Deaton.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
Progressive Ed Markey, 80, faces generational test in Massachusetts Senate primary

Progressive Ed Markey, 80, faces generational test in Massachusetts Senate primary

Markey, looking to clinch another Senate term, leads younger rival Seth Moulton in blue state’s primary poll have spent the summer ousting long-serving incumbents in primaries across the country. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether that generational revolt extends to the 80-year-old Ed Markey, whose younger Democratic rival has argued that the incumbent is simply too old to serve another term.But the primary in this heavily Democratic state flips a central dynamic of previous contests, where youthful progressive insurgents have targeted – and in several cases, toppled – older incumbents they derided as avatars of an outmoded cautious establishment.

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The GuardianImmigrationUSA
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump

Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump

British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right commentator who was last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement () officers in Louisiana and deported to the United Kingdom, has broken his silence about the experience, saying that “for the first time I know what it feels like to be really, really terrified”.Yiannopoulos on Tuesday appeared on , a YouTube show presented by , the British broadcaster and media personality. Yiannopoulos, 41, described the experience in the US as “humiliating and disorientating”, “physically degrading” and “frightening”.

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BBCEconomyEngland
Transfer deadline day: Grealish joins Everton and Spurs sign Mudryk with window in final hour

Transfer deadline day: Grealish joins Everton and Spurs sign Mudryk with window in final hour

Elliot Anderson, Morgan Rogers and Sandro Tonali cost a combined £333m this summer Premier League clubs have broken their all-time summer transfer record after spending reached £3.198bn. English top flight clubs had already pushed well beyond the £3bn barrier when Iliman Ndiaye's move from Everton to Manchester City on deadline day for an initial £60m took the amount spent past the previous mark of £3.14bn from 12 months ago.

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The GuardianHumanitySouth Asia
British aid worker mistakenly identified as a survivor of Nepal-Tibet disaster

British aid worker mistakenly identified as a survivor of Nepal-Tibet disaster

More than 1,000 people confirmed dead and more than 4,000, including 36 British nationals, remain missingA British aid worker was mistakenly identified by Nepalese authorities as a rescued survivor after returning to Kathmandu on a humanitarian aid flight.Alastair Chambers, a 45-year-old former Gloucester councillor, said he flew to Nepal last week to distribute sleeping bags, food and essentials to communities cut off by collapsed bridges.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA
Teen charged with murder for recording San Diego mosque shooting livestream

Teen charged with murder for recording San Diego mosque shooting livestream

North Carolina DA says girl, 17, who disseminated attackers’ manifesto charged with murder by aiding and abettingA 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said on Monday.Forsyth county district attorney Jim O’Neill said at a news conference in Winston-Salem that the girl, whose name was not mentioned during the news conference, was arrested last week. On Monday, just before she was due to begin the school year, a grand jury indicted her on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy.

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The GuardianScandalSouth Asia
Nepal-Tibet flood deaths pass 1,000 as police ask relatives for DNA to identify victims

Nepal-Tibet flood deaths pass 1,000 as police ask relatives for DNA to identify victims

Relatives of missing tourists asked for blood samples and photos, as efforts continue to rescue trapped hydropower workersNepali rescuers have built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue hundreds of trapped workers, as the death toll passed 1,000 nearly ⁠a week after devastating ​floods left a trail of destruction across the country’s towns and valleys.About 600 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts. The prime ⁠minister, Balendra Shah, said more than 11,000 people had been rescued across the affected region, and power and communication lines had been restored in some areas.

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The GuardianHumanitySouth Asia
Nepal-Tibet deaths from flash flooding rise amid race to free workers in tunnel

Nepal-Tibet deaths from flash flooding rise amid race to free workers in tunnel

Total of confirmed 797 dead and more than 3,000 missing amid threat of fresh inundationRescuers in Nepal and Tibet have battled through leg-sucking mud amid the threat of fresh flooding to search for thousands of people still missing after a deadly wall of water swept through the Himalayan border zone, engulfing entire villages.The latest updates on Sunday put the number of missing at 3,048, including hundreds of foreigners. There was a total of 797 confirmed deaths across Nepal and Tibet, and reports of some bodies swept downstream possibly as far as India.

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The GuardianDiplomacyLondon
Ed Miliband promises ‘comprehensive reset’ of UK policy toward Israel

Ed Miliband promises ‘comprehensive reset’ of UK policy toward Israel

Foreign secretary tells MPs he will try to stop illegal settlements carving up the West BankEd Miliband has promised to “reset” Britain’s policy on Israel, saying he will try to stop British companies helping build settlements in the West Bank.Speaking to the Commons for the first time as foreign secretary, Miliband said he would set out measures to prevent UK involvement in projects such as the , which critics say would split the West Bank in half.

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The GuardianSustainabilityCentral America & Caribbean
‘They take the water, the springs dry up’: fear as Guatemalan goldmine plan is revived

‘They take the water, the springs dry up’: fear as Guatemalan goldmine plan is revived

After lying dormant for years, the Era Dorada project in Asunción Mita resumed this year and villagers say history is being repeated, despite promises of changeIn the community of La Lima in , Elda Dinora Ramírez, 58, looks towards a small well at the back of her home. Dusty wooden planks lie across the opening, concealing the faint gleam of water far below. “The well is drying up again,” she says.Ramírez’s home lies less than a mile from – a goldmining project acquired by the Canadian multinational Aura Minerals in January 2025. After years of inactivity, the project was reactivated this year when the Guatemalan government .

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