Latest articles

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.

32m ago
The GuardianHumanity
Mark Ruffalo fires back at Paramount Skydance after it accuses him of using ‘antisemitic tropes’

Mark Ruffalo fires back at Paramount Skydance after it accuses him of using ‘antisemitic tropes’

Actor says highlighting role of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in media company’s merger with Warner Bros Discovery has been ‘dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel’Mark Ruffalo has fired back at Paramount Skydance after the media company accused him of invoking “antisemitic tropes” in his criticism of its $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).The actor, who has long been outspoken against Israel’s military conduct in Gaza and for the rights of Palestinians, shared a statement on social media on Friday in which he highlighted the links between Paramount Skydance, run by CEO David Ellison, and Oracle, the technology company run by Ellison’s father, Larry.

2d ago
The GuardianImmigrationUSA
Father of USS Lincoln sailor detained by ICE released from detention

Father of USS Lincoln sailor detained by ICE released from detention

Arrest of Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, sparked backlash as he was detained while his son, Joshua, was deployed in Middle EastThe father of a US navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East for a record-breaking nine months on aircraft carrier has been released from immigration detention, according to his family.His sparked intense backlash after the Associated Press reported that his son was entering his ninth month on the Lincoln with the navy when his father was detained. The carrier had just set a US military record for uninterrupted time at sea and has raised concerns about supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among those serving onboard.

8h ago
The GuardianImmigrationUSA
Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East

Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East

Joshua Aviles says he is on a nine-month Middle East deployment and learned his has father has been arrested while he was waiting for green card approvalThe father of a US sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln ⁠aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East during the Iran war has been taken into federal immigration detention, the sailor ⁠said.The border ​patrol arrested Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, originally from Nicaragua, after conducting a vehicle stop in Key West, Florida, a spokesperson for the US homeland security department said on Sunday.

1d ago
The GuardianElectionsUSA
US supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in voting

US supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in voting

Justices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midtermsDonald Trump’s administration can proceed with a nationwide crackdown on mail-in voting, the US supreme court has ruled, approving its emergency appeal.It remains unclear, however, how his administration can implement the decision in time for the midterm elections in November, and the ruling leaves room for legal challenges.

1d ago
The GuardianHumanity
Target apologizes for ‘offensive’ Halloween costume after backlash

Target apologizes for ‘offensive’ Halloween costume after backlash

Retailer removes kid’s clown costume after people said it resembled a racist caricature used in minstrel showsTarget, the US retail corporation, said it pulled a controversial Halloween costume off its shelves after criticism across social media that it resembled .The ad image for the costume, sold as the “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume,” depicted a Black child in a bright orange and black top with solid black gloves and a mask with a wide, toothy smile. Both the child’s pose and the costume’s gloves and mask were likened to caricatures of Black people used in minstrel shows.

1d ago
The GuardianHealthcareCongo
After 100 days of the deadliest Ebola outbreak, it can be stopped. Here’s how | Jean Kaseya and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

After 100 days of the deadliest Ebola outbreak, it can be stopped. Here’s how | Jean Kaseya and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Ebola is a disease that spreads through communities, so we need to listen to communities if we want to halt its spreadEach time we travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), we go first to listen. In Bunia, we have met dozens of community representatives: survivors, women, young people, local organisations, health workers and leaders from affected areas.Their message was direct: involve us. We know our communities. We know where families seek care, how information moves and why trust is breaking down. Give us the means to help drive the response. They were right.

1d ago
The GuardianHumanityUSA
A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week

A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week

At the sacred prairie of Pe’ Sla in South Dakota, Indigenous and environmental groups banded together to halt drillingThis story was co-published and supported by the journalism non-profit the When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the sacred prairie in the Black Hills of South Dakota, they set out on back trails. They needed to find out where. That’s when they saw a deer break ahead and a red-tailed hawk soar above them – less like a coincidence than being led, the scouts said. Over a rise, they came upon a road freshly cut to the dirt. They followed it, past a parked truck. “Oh my god,” one of them said, seeing a drill turning. “They’re drilling now!”

17h ago
The GuardianInformationCentral Belt
‘He’s box office’: Gary Lineker admits wanting Roy Keane to join The Rest Is Football

‘He’s box office’: Gary Lineker admits wanting Roy Keane to join The Rest Is Football

Podcast co-host says tongue-in-cheek that ex-Manchester United captain would like to sign up for his showWith an all-conquering podcast empire and a new deal that will make his football punditry show a regular fixture on Netflix, there seems little left for Gary Lineker to wish for.However, while the former Match of the Day presenter is full of praise for Alan Shearer and Micah Richards – the fellow pundits on his The Rest Is Football show – Lineker has admitted to admiring a combative figure playing for his main rivals.

11h ago
The GuardianHumanityUSA
From Hasan Piker to Jesse Watters, El-Sayed seeks to focus on affordability amid scrutiny from both sides

From Hasan Piker to Jesse Watters, El-Sayed seeks to focus on affordability amid scrutiny from both sides

Democratic Senate candidate for Michigan distances himself from Twitch streamer and debates Fox News hostThe Democratic candidate for Senate in the swing state of Michigan has spent the week trying to keep his affordability message front and center as scrutiny mounts from both ends of the political spectrum.In the span of two days, Abdul El-Sayed distanced himself from leftwing streamer Hasan Piker, spoke out against rightwing hate directed at the Muslim community, and debated Fox News host Jesse Watters on taxing billionaires. The clip circulating most from the Fox interview, though, focused on circumcision - specifically, El-Sayed asking Watters whether he circumcised, in a retort to Watters’ question about gender-affirming care.

4h ago
The GuardianClimateWorld
World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August

World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was 21.1C on Saturday, latest data findsThe world’s oceans were hotter than ever previously recorded on Saturday, according to the latest data.The average surface temperature was 21.1C, with the a stark indicator of the climate crisis. More than 90% of the heat trapped by carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning enters the oceans. On Tuesday 20 October, join Damian Carrington, and our panel of experts – including Professor Andy Haines, Katie White MP, Asad Rehman, Shruti Suresh Gareth Thomas and Amy Fairman for a hopeful and solutions-focused evening. Book tickets or at

1d ago
The GuardianDiplomacyIran
Iran faces strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold erodes

Iran faces strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold erodes

Internal calls to end war get louder as Gulf neighbours plan alternative pipelines to cut reliance on waterwayIs the strait of Hormuz, recently cited by the office of the Iranian supreme leader as “the pillar of Iran’s new security order”, and as transformative as possessing a nuclear weapon, in reality becoming a fast-diminishing asset, leaving Iran increasingly vulnerable to the new planned US wave of economic sanctions?It is the key debate that is raging inside Iran, with many different conclusions being drawn for Tehran’s negotiating strategy. Those who warn the strait’s value as a chokehold on the world economy will erode, leaving the country without foreign exchange reserves, argue that Iran’s negotiators should seek a deal soon.

1h ago
The GuardianHumanityUSA
Polygamous sect leader serving 50 years for child sex abuse gets another 24 years

Polygamous sect leader serving 50 years for child sex abuse gets another 24 years

Samuel Bateman, 50, is convicted of three state child abuse counts after previous conviction on federal countsA polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was given another 24 years in prison Tuesday on separate state convictions for child abuse for hauling girls in an unventilated trailer in Arizona.Samuel Bateman, 50, was convicted of three child abuse counts stemming from an August 2022 traffic stop in Flagstaff that of three girls, aged 11 to 14, in the trailer. It had a makeshift toilet, sofa and camping chairs and lacked air conditioning and seat belts. Someone tipped off authorities about the trailer after seeing small fingers reaching through gaps in the doors.

4h ago
The GuardianHealth AlertsUSA
Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania

Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania

Deaths from disease are first in state in 35 years and just one day after Maryland declared outbreak in three countiesTwo unvaccinated individuals have died of measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials announced on Tuesday. The deaths are the first in the state in 35 years and have been announced just one day after Maryland declared a measles outbreak in three counties.Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine, and is preventable with a highly effective vaccine.

14h ago
The GuardianScandalIndia
‘Honest leaders are the first step to a better future’: Cockroach hunger striker targets India’s political class

‘Honest leaders are the first step to a better future’: Cockroach hunger striker targets India’s political class

Sonam Wangchuk’s fast was spark that drove youth protest movement – and now he wants to cleanse the political systemFor 26 days, India watched as . His hunger strike, held in solidarity with India’s “Cockroach” youth protest movement, would prove to be one of the most politically consequential fasts held in the country’s modern history.Many in the country view the gruelling fast, which began on 28 June, as the crucial spark that helped propel the Cockroach movement into one of the most formidable challenges to the government of prime minister, Narendra Modi, in more than a decade.

1d ago
BBCSex & IdentityUSA
Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game over player row

Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game over player row

Enes Kanter Freedom and Natasha Cloud argue during the Chicago Sky's defeat Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday's Women's NBA match between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever after becoming involved in a verbal altercation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Sitting at courtside, Kanter Freedom stood up with his arms outstretched and took steps towards the court after Cloud began pointing and shouting at him during a timeout.

1d ago
The GuardianSex & IdentityUSA
Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation with Natasha Cloud

Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation with Natasha Cloud

Former NBA center criticized WNBA’s transgender policyCloud yelled and pointed in his direction after scoringFormer NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday night’s Indiana Fever v Chicago Sky WNBA game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter.Freedom was sitting along the baseline. He had on a black shirt that read “WOMAN. Noun. Adult human female.”

2d ago
The GuardianHumanityGreater Glasgow
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of sexually abusing children

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of sexually abusing children

Five-day trial at high court in Glasgow heard Dott subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuseThe former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school age children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, with the girl targeted between 1993-96 and the boy between 2006-10.A five-day trial at the high court in Glasgow heard Dott exposed himself in front of both children, touched them inappropriately, and kissed them. On Monday, he was found guilty of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards them. In both cases the abuse happened in the Glasgow area.

1d ago
The GuardianWellnessUSA
At least one in four former NFL players in study suffered from degenerative brain disease CTE

At least one in four former NFL players in study suffered from degenerative brain disease CTE

215 of 235 donated brains showed signs of CTECondition can only be diagnosed after deathSymptoms include problems with memory and moodAt least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to (CTE), according to a study released on Tuesday.Out of the 878 former players who died during that time frame, 235 donated their brains for study, researchers said, with 215 ⁠of those donated brains ⁠found to have CTE, ​a degenerative disease that can only definitively be diagnosed after death. CTE is associated with repeated blows to the head, including concussions. difficulty with attention and memory, dementia, mood disorders and headaches.

15h ago
The GuardianSustainabilityThames Valley
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds

Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully runningThe carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed.Experts have said this demonstrates the “serious threat” datacentres pose to the UK’s legally binding climate goals.

18h ago
The GuardianClimateUnited Kingdom
Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows

Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows

Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UKThe climate damage caused by developing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields under consideration by the UK government would destroy their economic benefits many times over, according to an analysis.It estimates the economic damage caused by the carbon pollution from the oil and gas produced would be between £119bn and £336bn in the coming decades, compared with the £28.7bn in value to the UK estimated by Adura, the fossil fuel company promoting the new fields.

1d ago
The GuardianHealth AlertsCentral Belt
From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar

Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common senseProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghEvery few months, there are more shocking headlines about the behaviour of England’s water companies. The the ever-increasing pay of the chief executives and chief financial officers, which rose to a total of £25.3m across 14 companies over the past year. Meanwhile, people living in England struggle with rising water bills and untreated sewage being discharged () on to beaches and in to lakes, and companies such as Thames Water are and want government backing.It’s not surprising that we’re in this situation: England’s water companies have long been accused of putting the interests of shareholders . From their perspective, the privatisation of water has been an astounding success. Between 1991 and 2019, of the parent companies totalled £57bn, which averages out to more than £2bn every year. The majority of these private parent , so the profits aren’t even kept in Britain.Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

20h ago
The GuardianBusinessmenUnited Kingdom
Thames Water creditors accused of ‘shuffling chairs on Titanic’ with plan for new board

Thames Water creditors accused of ‘shuffling chairs on Titanic’ with plan for new board

Campaigners say proposal for £10bn rescue deal in bid to avoid nationalisation is a ‘cosy stitch-up’The group of creditors pursuing a rescue bid for Thames Water have been accused of shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic after proposing an overhaul of the stricken utility’s board.In a bid to stave off temporary nationalisation by Andy Burnham, the lenders said they would appoint Liz Barber, the former chief executive of Yorkshire Water, and Clive Selley, the former chief executive of network operator Openreach, as directors if they are allowed to take formal control of the company.

1d ago
The GuardianScandalMalta
Man on trial for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder claims he was framed

Man on trial for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder claims he was framed

Yorgen Fenech tells jury he had nothing to do with killing and alleges top adviser to Malta’s then PM was instigatorA businessman on trial for the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has spoken about the charges for the first time in court since his arrest seven years ago, telling the jury he was framed by police and had nothing to do with the killing.During four days of questioning by defence and the prosecution lawyers, Yorgen Fenech, 44, accused the most senior adviser to Malta’s prime minister of giving the go-ahead for the murder.

1h ago
The GuardianScandalAustralia
It shouldn’t be a secret who the prime minister has dinner with, and what was discussed. Australians deserve to know | Geoffrey Watson

It shouldn’t be a secret who the prime minister has dinner with, and what was discussed. Australians deserve to know | Geoffrey Watson

Any money being paid to dine with Anthony Albanese should be a matter of public recordGet our , or Our prime minister was quite right when he recently pointed out that diminishing public trust in our politicians and political system is a matter of pressing public importance. We all know this to be true: there is a sense that politicians are inaccessible and remote from our everyday problems, whether it is cost of living or housing. The perception is that the politicians are not listening to us.So I’m wondering, did Anthony Albanese raise these issues when dining at the ? Or at either of the recent dinners, held in , where a select group reportedly paid $10,000 each to dine alongside him?

2h ago
The GuardianWellnessUSA
Expert witnesses challenge claim that Lindsay Clancy experienced psychosis

Expert witnesses challenge claim that Lindsay Clancy experienced psychosis

One more day of testimony expected as closing arguments set for Thursday and jury likely begins deliberations FridayOne more day of rebuttal testimony was expected this week in the trial against Lindsay Clancy, followed by closing statements likely on Thursday.The jury, which will likely begin deliberations on Friday, will decide whether the Massachusetts mother was experiencing postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children in January 2023.In the US, you can call or text the at 988 or chat at . In the UK and Ireland, can be contacted on freephone 116 123. In Australia, the crisis support service is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at

8h ago
The GuardianScandalUSA
Lindsay Clancy trial: psychologist says he doubts claim she was hallucinating

Lindsay Clancy trial: psychologist says he doubts claim she was hallucinating

Dr Kirk Heilbrun says he believes Clancy took children’s lives so they wouldn’t ‘suffer’ after she killed herselfWith just days to go before the murder trial for Lindsay Clancy concludes, a forensic psychologist called by the prosecution testified on Monday that he did not believe she was experiencing acute psychosis when she killed her three children.Kirk Heilbrun, who reportedly performed psychiatric tests on Clancy in April, told the court that he questioned her claims that a hallucinated voice commanded her to commit the act, and that he believed she took their lives so they wouldn’t “suffer” after she killed herself.

1d ago
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.

4d ago
The GuardianHumanityAustralia
One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts ‘in two minds’ about whether gay people should be equal

One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts ‘in two minds’ about whether gay people should be equal

Footage shows senator on stage at the Church and State conference responding to question about party’s director James AshbyGet our , or One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts told a conference earlier this year that he was in “two minds” about whether gay people should have equal rights.In footage from June’s Church and State conference, released on Sunday, the senator can be seen responding to a question about James Ashby, the party’s director, who is gay.

14h ago
The GuardianScandalLondon
Three years after his death, the Met goes after Mohamed Al Fayed. As for his enablers – well, you can’t rush things, can you? | Marina Hyde

Three years after his death, the Met goes after Mohamed Al Fayed. As for his enablers – well, you can’t rush things, can you? | Marina Hyde

The crimes he stands accused of required whole armies of facilitators. Don’t the victims deserve to see them face justice too?How reassuring to learn that police investigating claims of sexual assault against Mohamed Al Fayed have to the Crown Prosecution Service, a mere three years after the former Harrods owner’s death at the age of 94, and just decades after the first survivors made reports of abuse. The CPS has said it won’t provide a timescale for any decision, to which we might remark: no shit. With this case, the one thing you could never accuse any of the authorities of is being bound by anything approaching a timescale.The story does, however, certainly have scale. So far, more than 400 allegations including rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and human trafficking have been made against Al Fayed by – abuse he got away with, having died without any charges ever being brought against him. The claims . At least 21 women came forward while he was alive, and there have been extraordinary rundowns in news articles and documentaries about all the alleged enablers of his wicked behaviour, from lawyers to mouthpieces to security henchmen to the doctors who carried out “purity examinations” on his young female PAs.

15h ago
The GuardianAIUSA
US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds

US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds

There has been a 76% increase in under-construction gas-fired projects amid ‘frenzy’ to build more datacentersThe US has surged ahead of China in the building of new gas-fired power generation, largely to feed a boom in artificial intelligence (AI) that is adding vast amounts of planet-heating emissions, a new analysis has found.For decades, China’s rapid economic growth has seen it outpace the US in the addition of new gas power generation but a recent “frenzy” in datacenter construction for AI has reversed this, said (Gem) in its new report.

19h ago
The GuardianHumanityUSA
‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sites was supposed to be our salvation, humanity’s chance to retool technology first conceived as a weapon of mass destruction into an engine of limitless prosperity. But even as the industry touted nuclear fission as an economic game-changer (never mind the ), a safety paragon (never mind the spills at , and ) and harmless fodder for an (never mind that glowing rod on Homer’s back or the three-eyed fish), there was no getting around the matter of what to do with all the toxic waste (never mind nuclear’s claimed green credentials).The stagnant state of that dirty business brought Casey Carter, the director of the new avant-garde called , back to his interview with a Washington state farmer who was part of a class-action lawsuit against the government over the release of radioactive material from the – site of the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor. The farmer’s words still echo, despite ultimately being cut to fit the film’s 90-minute runtime. “He joked that nuclear power is the only faith-based energy because everyone always asks, ‘Do you believe in it?’” Carter says. “He was like, ‘You don’t have to believe in solar. It’s just a pretty good idea.’”

20h ago
The GuardianSex & IdentityWest Midlands
Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter review – hope amid the hopelessness

Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter review – hope amid the hopelessness

A writer and activist takes stock of women’s rights in these changing, troubled times It has become increasingly difficult to change our minds, to question our own views or to find common ground with people we disagree with, all of which makes Natasha Walter’s new book both refreshing and exhilarating.In her ebullient 1998 debut The New Feminism, Walter hailed Margaret Thatcher as a trailblazer. In this fiercer, bleaker work, she rips into the “glossy language of aspiration feminism”, “the message that the individual woman can do anything she wants if she only has the necessary courage”. That kind of feminism inspired an “explosion of books and films about pioneers and heroines, about bossy women and gutsy girls” which retold the feminist story as “a succession of isolated campaigns, led by outsize individuals”.

21h ago