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The night Belfast burned: how the Northern Ireland race riots unfolded

The night Belfast burned: how the Northern Ireland race riots unfolded

A horrific knife attack on a street in June sparked another summer’s night of racial violence, stoked by loyalist groups. How did the unrest erupt – and why do many fear it will happen again?Shortly after 10.30pm on Monday 8 June, as a summer twilight lingered over Belfast, a horrific scene unfolded on Kinnaird Avenue: a man straddled and repeatedly stabbed a figure lying on the ground in a bloody assault that ended only after onlookers intervened.Others captured the drama on cameraphones and uploaded the footage to social media. Once seen, the grainy images were hard to forget, and by dawn on Tuesday 9 June they were ricocheting around X, WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram and other platforms.

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The GuardianScandalEurope
Infantino’s World Cup sell-off debacle has rocked football but Fifa’s crisis has deep and rotten roots

Infantino’s World Cup sell-off debacle has rocked football but Fifa’s crisis has deep and rotten roots

It has been a remarkable few days for an institution that may be irredeemable but this is a story that stretches back to a decision in 2010There are decades in which nothing happens, and weeks in which decades happen, and those weeks tend to result in leaders being toppled. Not even a fortnight ago, Gianni Infantino was on Instagram, attacking “those behind their pens and papers, behind their screens spreading hate and false rumours” who had dared to question elements of his World Cup, which had generated a record $15bn in revenues. But the next day came the revelation of his plan to sell the World Cup to outside investors and a backlash that has him scrabbling to save his presidency.It has been a remarkable few days, but this is a story whose roots stretch way back, to the decision in Zurich in 2010 to award the 2022 World Cup not to the US , to a furious Bill Clinton hurling an ashtray across the room and demanding action, to an FBI inquiry into corruption, and to the flipping of the larger-than-life , who had two apartments in Trump Tower, one for himself and one for his cats.

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The GuardianScandal
The Guardian view on Gianni Infantino: in the interests of the game he professes to love, he should go | Editorial

The Guardian view on Gianni Infantino: in the interests of the game he professes to love, he should go | Editorial

The Fifa president’s attempt to brazen out the storm, after attempting to sell a stake in the World Cup to private equity, adds insult to injury “How did you go bankrupt?” a character is in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises. “Gradually, then suddenly” comes the reply. Right now, Fifa’s justly besieged president, Gianni Infantino, is experiencing something similar in relation to the loss of his own authority.Since taking over the running of world football’s governing body in 2016, Mr Infantino has survived regular criticism of a approach which has often come at a sporting cost. But since egregious plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law were to the media, his credibility has been draining away at speed.

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The TelegraphDiplomacySpain
Spain imposes border controls against Italy as Ceuta migration spat escalates

Spain imposes border controls against Italy as Ceuta migration spat escalates

⁠Spain announced it would ‌temporarily establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy as a row between the two countries over the influx of migrants into Ceuta intensified. Passport, nationality and ⁠visa checks would be conducted for visitors ​and maritime passengers arriving from Italy from midnight on Friday until Sept 7 “amid the persistent irregular migratory pressure” from ‌Rome, the Spanish government declared.

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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 GuardianScandalUSA
Appeals court halts construction of Trump’s $400m White House ballroom

Appeals court halts construction of Trump’s $400m White House ballroom

Ruling put on hold for two weeks, allowing administration to appeal to US supreme courtA US federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to halt construction of the US president’s $400m White House ballroom, in a fresh blow to the controversial project.Donald Trump, who of the White House last year to make way for planned ballroom, has repeatedly touted it as “a gift” to the US people.

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The GuardianGeneticsUSA
Gene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies

Gene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies

Scientists at a biotech company have used gene editing to create two hypoallergenic beagles that don't trigger allergiesMatt Walker couldn’t pet a dog without sneezing – until he and other scientists used a technique to produce a hypoallergenic beagle named Bailey.Now, he can feed Bailey spoons of peanut butter while she lies on his lap and play fetch with her in Central Park. His allergies didn’t go away: Bailey’s saliva and hair no longer contain a key allergy-causing protein.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing

US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing

Anthony Fauci invoked fifth amendment dozens of times to parry hostile Republican inquisition over Covid responseA Republican-controlled US Senate committee voted to hold Dr in contempt of Congress after the veteran public health official repeatedly pleaded the fifth amendment to parry a hostile inquisition into his stewardship of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Fauci, the former director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid), who led the agency for 38 years before retiring , gave the same response to dozens of questions while refusing to give clarifying answers during , citing his constitutional protections.

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The GuardianPublic PolicyUSA
Senate committee says it has copy of Fauci’s phone as it weighs holding him in contempt

Senate committee says it has copy of Fauci’s phone as it weighs holding him in contempt

Veteran US health official invoked fifth amendment right amid hostile questioning from Republicans last weekA US Senate committee says it obtained a backup copy of Anthony Fauci’s iPhone as it weighed whether to hold the veteran government health official in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer Republicans’ questions amid a hostile inquisition last week.The phone was used by Fauci during his time as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, including his time fronting the first Trump administration’s response to the Covid pandemic in 2020.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictGermany
Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’, says interior minister

Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’, says interior minister

Investigators treating incident as part of ‘professional hybrid threat scenario’, says Alexander DobrindtGermany’s interior minister has warned that the discovery of a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig airport marks “a new level of danger” for the country, as authorities will investigate whether the thwarted attack could have been planned by a foreign power.The discovery of a small drone carrying explosives at Leipzig airport, a leading shipping and military hub, set off alarm and caused flight diversions earlier this morning. German police deployed a bomb disposal robot to defuse and destroy the explosive device.

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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 GuardianScandalIslamic World
Israel indicts settler over death of Palestinian activist who worked on No Other Land

Israel indicts settler over death of Palestinian activist who worked on No Other Land

Yinon Levy charged with manslaughter in first exception this decade to culture of impunity for Israelis who kill Palestinians in the occupied West BankProsecutors in Israel have indicted an extremist settler for shooting a Palestinian activist last July, the first attempt this decade to hold an Israeli responsible for killing a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.Yinon Levy, who was under western sanctions, is charged with manslaughter over the death of Awdeh Hathaleen, an English teacher and peace activist. In his last moments, Hathaleen the settler drawing his weapon and opening fire towards him.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
‘Number 1, struggle street’ and a $1,200 stipend: inside the first week of Alan Jones’s trial

‘Number 1, struggle street’ and a $1,200 stipend: inside the first week of Alan Jones’s trial

The former broadcaster’s alleged victim says he just wants justice – but the defence says allegations of indecent assault are a ‘concoction’Get our , or At the beginning of this week, inside a claustrophobic courtroom in one of Sydney’s busiest courthouses, former broadcasting giant Alan Jones revealed how he planned to combatively fight 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges.The allegations, spanning almost two decades, relate to six men. Jones’s barrister, Gabrielle Bashir SC, told the court on Monday that Jones was himself targeted by media rivals “looking for a story”.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Alan Jones trial: complainant wants to ‘humiliate’ broadcaster by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells court

Alan Jones trial: complainant wants to ‘humiliate’ broadcaster by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells court

Barrister alleges ‘account of penis wiggling is an attempt to humiliate’ broadcaster who has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touchingGet our , or Alan Jones’s defence barrister has told a Sydney court one of the broadcaster’s alleged victims invented details of alleged indecent assaults at a Fitzroy Falls farm to “humiliate” and “smear” the former media titan.Complainant J told the court during evidence-in-chief earlier this week that during one alleged incident in the property’s bedroom, Jones’s penis was not fully erect and “not very big”.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Alan Jones’s alleged victim denies ‘fabricating’ claims against broadcaster during robust cross-examination

Alan Jones’s alleged victim denies ‘fabricating’ claims against broadcaster during robust cross-examination

Former 2UE and 2GB radio broadcaster is facing 22 charges. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guiltyGet our , or A former student sports star has denied in a Sydney court that he “fabricated” indecent assault allegations against broadcaster Alan Jones after he lost his police job and fell on “extremely hard times”.Jones’s defence barrister Gabrielle Bashir SC on Wednesday suggested to complainant J during cross-examination that he had a financial motive to report his alleged indecent assaults 20 years after the incidents.

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The GuardianCrime & SafetyAustralia
Alan Jones trial day one – as it happened

Alan Jones trial day one – as it happened

Former 2UE and 2GB radio broadcaster is facing 22 charges. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty. This blog is now closedWarning: This live blog may contain graphic content when discussing evidence in the trialCourt hears allegations made by complainant CThe court has also heard allegations made by complainant C, who worked at Alan Jones’s radio station 2GB, and as Jones’s driver. The prosecution alleged Jones would talk about C’s penis, “calling him ‘Donkey’ and saying things like ‘It’s not really that big is it?’ and ‘when can I see it?’” The court heard allegations that Jones, on several occasions, touched C on the penis, outside his clothes, and rubbed his hand up and down C’s penis as C drove him home from his radio program. C also alleges Jones would regularly kiss him when they were alone together in lifts, at Jones’s home at 1 Macquarie Street and at the 2GB offices. Often, C was holding Jones’s jacket and briefcase at the time. C did not consent to any of Jones’s behaviour, prosecutor Georgina Wright told the court. Wright said the court would be presented with text messages sent by Jones to C, commenting on the “size of his penis, dismay at never having seen C’s penis” and declarations of love. Wright alleged to the court C did not invite or want to receive the messages but felt he had to reply because he was “concerned about his position in the media industry if he overtly rejected” Jones.

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The GuardianScandalIndia
High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague

High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague

Tarun Tejpal, ex-editor of Tehelka magazine, was initially acquitted in 2021 in case that drew nationwide attentionAn Indian court has sentenced a high-profile former editor of an investigative news magazine to 10 years in prison after convicting him of raping a junior colleague, overturning his acquittal in a case that drew nationwide attention.Tarun Tejpal, 63, the founder and former editor of Tehelka magazine, in the western coastal state of Goa during an event in November 2013. He was arrested and spent seven months in jail until the supreme court granted him bail.

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The GuardianHumanityEast Anglia
The Guardian view on Jason Arday: diversity advocates must stand firm | Editorial

The Guardian view on Jason Arday: diversity advocates must stand firm | Editorial

Serious failings by one academic, and his bosses at the University of Cambridge, should not be allowed to undermine wider progressive goalsJason Arday’s from the University of Cambridge on Wednesday marked a full stop of sorts, but not an end to the furore surrounding his promotion to a professorship at the age of 37. have demanded, with justification, that an investigation into his appointment to the faculty of education in 2023, and the subsequent fallout, should include people from outside the university. Allegations of plagiarism and claims made by Mr Arday about his background, career and charity fundraising remain under scrutiny. The memoir for which he said he had received a , billed as a including an early autism diagnosis, is scheduled to appear later this month. His publisher, Simon & Schuster, ought to pause while inquiries run their course.But several things are already clear. By failing to do due diligence on Mr Arday before launching him, with fanfare, as Cambridge’s youngest-ever black professor, and through its inadequate response to later challenges, the university has done a to black and neurodivergent scholars more widely. It has also set back the efforts of all the people and groups who have worked in good faith, over many years, to boost the presence of underrepresented groups in influential positions.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA
Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections

Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections

DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin says ‘We’re going after them right now’ despite threat of violence in home country Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are faced with the prospect of imminent risk of arrest and deportation – to a home country with crime, violence and political unrest – after the Trump administration officially them of humanitarian protections that had allowed them to live and work legally in the United States for years.US district judge Ana Reyes on Wednesday that her order blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti was no longer in effect. This followed the supreme court in June that judicial review of the program and opened the door for immigration enforcement to track down and detain Haitians en masse.

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The TelegraphHealthcareUnited Kingdom
NHS ‘dragging its feet’ on single-sex space rules

NHS ‘dragging its feet’ on single-sex space rules

The NHS has been accused of dragging its feet on single-sex space rules after failing to set a date to implement the new guidance. Rules that allow transgender patients to be treated in a ward of their choosing are still in place despite guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) being issued this week that says public spaces should enforce single-sex spaces based on biological sex.

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The GuardianEducationUSA
With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller

With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progressThe Trump administration is waging an unprecedented war on institutions devoted to research and higher learning. While plenty of countries have harmed universities by imposing neoliberal logics on academia – creating artificial markets in the name of spurring professors to be more productive – the Trumpist subjugation of all science to political imperatives has no equivalent in a democracy; if anything, it is reminiscent of Stalin’s Soviet Union. The assault now also targets foreign students and any kind of international collaboration – a major blow to US soft power. Why are Trumpists engaging in what can only be described as an act of wanton self-injury?Project 2025’s , the director of the office of management and budget, that would make any federal grant – including funds for science that so far have been allocated through judgment by first-rate fellow scientists. This measure would furnish Trumpists with a new weapon to threaten universities along the lines of: “Nice medical school you have there – pity if something were to happen to it because your administration had failed to come into alignment with the president’s priorities.”Jan-Werner Müller is a Guardian US columnist and a professor of politics at Princeton University

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
‘Shame is the punishment’: as Icac delves into the shadowy Reformers, ‘whales’ are coming to the surface

‘Shame is the punishment’: as Icac delves into the shadowy Reformers, ‘whales’ are coming to the surface

The corruption watchdog is looking into allegations about Catholic conservative Liberals – but others are getting caught up in the hearingsGet our , or “I think they are whale hunting. We just don’t know yet which whale they will hit,” one Liberal insider said after the end of the second week of hearings before the New South Wales Independent Commission against Corruption.The corruption watchdog is inquiring into allegations a group of young Liberals, known as the Reformers, took illegal donations – including from Catholic Schools NSW, a hotelier, and a fugitive property developer, Jean Nassif – in order to fund branch stacking. The Reformers were intent on gaining control of the Liberal party and ultimately delivering more conservative policies on abortion, euthanasia, marriage equality and climate change.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Texts suggest Angus Taylor ‘paid money to the Reformers … or was refusing to’, Icac inquiry hears

Texts suggest Angus Taylor ‘paid money to the Reformers … or was refusing to’, Icac inquiry hears

Jean-Claude Perrottet, brother of former NSW premier, asked about messages referencing federal opposition leader and factional group ReformersNew South Wales’s anti-corruption watchdog has been shown text messages which suggest Angus Taylor “had paid some money to the Reformers … or was refusing to”, according to the lawyer assisting the inquiry.Taylor, the federal opposition leader, is not named in Icac’s allegations and has previously denied making payments to the hard-right factional group the Reformers.

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The GuardianHumanityLondon
Black barrister was told ‘it’s not for defendants’ at London court car park

Black barrister was told ‘it’s not for defendants’ at London court car park

Stephen Akinsanya says being mistaken for defendant shows lack of progress on racism within legal systemA black barrister has said a security guard told him he could not park in a court’s car park in London because “it’s not for defendants”.Stephen Akinsanya, who in June was awarded an OBE for raising awareness of youth knife crime and its prevention, said the incident, at an east London court about four weeks ago, illustrated the lack of progress on racism within the criminal justice system.

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The GuardianHumanitySouth East England
The Jason Arday affair has much to say about the current state of academia | Letters

The Jason Arday affair has much to say about the current state of academia | Letters

Guardian readers reflect on the university system’s approach to Black academics and how it deals with job applications and promotionsYes, the recent Jason Arday scandal should be a wake-up call to the left, as Jason Okundaye suggests (), but it should also be a wake-up call to anyone who cares about university systems and protocols around appointment and promotion.What I have seen at UK universities suggests that Arday was not simply an individual who slipped through the net, but that university systems often fail to detect or challenge exaggerated claims. If anything, those with greater institutional privilege are more likely to get away with exaggerations, embellishments and even falsehoods on their CVs and promotion applications.

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