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Corbyn joins Ali, Polanski in speaking out against Lloyds’ debanking of Canary

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Corbyn joins Ali, Polanski in speaking out against Lloyds’ debanking of Canary

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has joined the Green party’s leader and deputy leader in speaking out against the move by Lloyds bank to ‘debank’ the Canary. The bank seized the cash and closed the account without explanation why it has disappeared a significant amount of money. Money that is needed to pay the outlet’s staff, contractors and operating costs. Jeremy Corbyn — Dangerous road Corbyn told the Canary that the anti-democratic attempt to silence an independent news site was “a very dangerous road”: We are going down a very dangerous road in this country. Independent media is essential to a…

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Who are the media billionaires who dominate the UK’s democracy?

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Who are the media billionaires who dominate the UK’s democracy?

Almost everything we hear, read or watch in print, online or on our screens in the UK is being shaped by a tiny handful of global media billionaires. They use this domination to protect their own narrow financial interests rather than the public’s. At a time when the Canary is facing financial uncertainty, it’s galling to see this media oligarchy ruling the roost. Fourteen out of the fifteen media billionaires are not based in the UK. Audience figures are for the UK only. Murdoch Billionaire: Rupert Murdoch. Nationality: US resident, previously Australian. UK Holding Company: News UK. Newspapers: the Sun, the…

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The BBC’s tactic of ‘subtle genocide denial’ over Gaza

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The BBC’s tactic of ‘subtle genocide denial’ over Gaza

Three years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the BBC is still using a tactic one expert calls “subtle genocide denial”. The BBC and the dark art of genocide propaganda The Canary has long reported on the BBC‘s consistent pro-Israel propaganda. A key part of this is distracting people from the crimes of the settler-colonial apartheid state by turning focus onto Hamas. And the broadcaster  continues to do this. As Saul Staniforth highlighted on 2 July, BBC reporter Lucy Williamson: We’ve been speaking to some of the 15,000 people that Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says… The context was that 300 people have…

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Starmer’s last power-grab will slaughter British free speech

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Starmer’s last power-grab will slaughter British free speech

Keir Starmer is using his last days in office to fast-track a terrifying legislative assault on independent media and political dissent. The soon-to-be-ex Prime minister is shoving through the National Security (State Threats) Bill through Parliament to crush free speech once and for all. This wild power-grab introduces a 14-year prison sentence for anyone even quoting or receiving information on banned bodies. It’s like we have stepped into the pages of 1984. Journalism will be as good as illegal As I am sat here writing this, there’s a sense of terror kicking in. I’m a journalist. It’s my job to be…

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UK regime’s debanking attack on Canary too much even for Trump administration

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UK regime’s debanking attack on Canary too much even for Trump administration

Lloyds bank’s debanking attack on the Canary has reached the US White House and drawn comment from Trump’s senior diplomacy official. Trump’s sanction-attacks on Francesca Albanese and International Criminal Court officials to protect Israel have been widely and rightly condemned. But, surprisingly, Trump’s ‘Under-Secretary for Public Diplomacy’ Sarah B Rogers has condemned the financial attack on free speech and independent journalism. In a post on her official X feed, Rogers said that the attack was clearly political and signalled a world that nobody should want to live in: Any financial institution doing business in the United States should take care to…

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Watch: Starmer’s pharma deal with US will “cause over 200,000 avoidable deaths”

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Watch: Starmer’s pharma deal with US will “cause over 200,000 avoidable deaths”

The Starmer government’s new ‘pharmaceutical deal’ surrender to the Trump regime will cost well over than 200,000 British lives, according to new analysis. Some £45bn will be diverted into the profits of US companies instead of providing treatment, with cancer patients especially hard hit. The report’s findings were covered by Sky: “.. a new drug supply deal between the US & UK could lead to more than 200,000 avoidable deaths. That’s because billions.. of NHS funding needs to be diverted under the agreement” The Lab right govt is letting profiteering US companies rip us off to the tune of £44.7bn by…

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Mandelson allegedly worked with Russia for 35 years to manipulate UK politics

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Mandelson allegedly worked with Russia for 35 years to manipulate UK politics

The Telegraph has reported on a secret dossier put together by a former MI6 British intelligence officer which exposes paedo-pal Lord Mandelson as being a “privileged contact” of the Russians. Former MI6 spy Christopher Steele used to be the head of MI6’s Russia desk. Since leaving, he compiled a report under the codename “Project Fish” which detailed how, for over 30 years, Russian spies saw Epstein’s close confidant ‘Petie’ as: one of the most significant RIS [Russian intelligence services] achievements in manipulating UK politics. Given Mandelson was one of the loudest accusers against Corbyn making the scandalous claim that the left-wing…

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Haaland eclipses Messi and Ronaldo with speed of 60 goal milestone

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Haaland eclipses Messi and Ronaldo with speed of 60 goal milestone

Erling Haaland’s 60th international goal was not merely another milestone in his career. Instead, it was a figure that carried a greater message to the world of football. The Norwegian striker needed just 53 international appearances to reach this milestone, placing himself in direct comparison with the greatest goalscorers of the modern era and confirming that his path towards record-breaking feats is proceeding at an exceptional pace. Haaland’s achievement came during Norway’s campaign at the 2026 World Cup, after he took his tally to 60 international goals – a figure that France’s Kylian Mbappé needed 100 matches to reach, whilst Argentina’s…

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Deschamps breaks World Cup record after 48 years

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Deschamps breaks World Cup record after 48 years

French manager Didier Deschamps has continued to make history at the World Cup finals, becoming the most successful manager in the tournament’s history with 18 wins, surpassing the previous record of 17 held by Germany’s Helmut Schön. The new record came after he led the French national team to a 3–0 victory over Sweden in the round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup, adding yet another achievement to a distinguished career spanning more than a decade at the helm of Les Bleus. Deschamps’ breaking of the record was not merely a statistical footnote; it brought to an end a historic…

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Deschamps breaks World Cup record after 48 years

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Deschamps breaks World Cup record after 48 years

French manager Didier Deschamps has continued to make history at the World Cup finals, becoming the most successful manager in the tournament’s history with 18 wins, surpassing the previous record of 17 held by Germany’s Helmut Schön. The new record came after he led the French national team to a 3–0 victory over Sweden in the round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup, adding yet another achievement to a distinguished career spanning more than a decade at the helm of Les Bleus. Deschamps’ breaking of the record was not merely a statistical footnote; it brought to an end a historic…

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Lush launches product to resist UK government assault on justice system

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Lush launches product to resist UK government assault on justice system

Lush is no stranger to standing up for what’s right. And now, it has launched a new product to highlight the dangers of the “constitutional crisis taking place in our courts”. The company will donate “75% of the sale price (minus tax)” to Defend Our Juries, which it says has been working hard: defending our right to protest and to a fair trial. Defend Our Juries has been a vocal organiser against the Labour government’s highly controversial ban of Palestine Action. As Lush states on the web page for its new product: Defend Our Juries is a movement of people dedicated…

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Mothin Ali calls Lloyds debanking the Canary an ‘attack on democracy’

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Mothin Ali calls Lloyds debanking the Canary an ‘attack on democracy’

As we reported on Tuesday 30 June, Lloyds have debanked the Canary. Few politicians have acknowledged the issue, but the Greens’ Mothin Ali has now spoken out: Debanking a news outlet is a direct attack on democracy! https://t.co/OM0rfr65i2 — Mothin Ali (@MothinAli) July 2, 2026 Canary debanked We reported on 30 June that: Lloyds has not explained why it has taken this action. Despite multiple communications from us, the bank has not been forthcoming with its reasoning. The Canary is now in a financially precarious situation. We do not know when our money that Lloyds is holding will be returned. Moreover, we…

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Scotland just banned glue traps. So why is England trailing behind?

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Scotland just banned glue traps. So why is England trailing behind?

Scotland completely banned rodent glue traps on Wednesday 1 July 2026. But this stunning animal rights victory only exposes the lethal loopholes that still exist in England. Once more, we are dragging our feet on yet more animal rights laws. The Westminster cabal passed a partial ban in 2024, but it left a gaping hole. These inhumane and torturous traps remain widely available for literally pennies in independent British shops and huge online marketplaces. Glue traps — Indiscriminate cruelty I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a glue trap. They’re vile, disgusting little cardboard or plastic sheets, coated in incredibly strong…

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Israel to open Gaza concentration camps in “matter of weeks”

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Israel to open Gaza concentration camps in “matter of weeks”

Israel and the US will start herding Palestinians into concentration camps — euphemistically termed “shelters” — “within a matter of weeks”, according to Israeli media. Gaza’s Palestinian people will be forced into fenced and guarded ‘humanitarian shelters’ under the plan implemented under Trump’s Orwellian-named ‘Board of peace’. Victims will first be herded into Tel al-Sultan, an area systematically flattened by the occupation, They will then be moved out and packed into to several sites in Rafah that they will not be allowed to leave. Israel — refusal is ‘terrorism’ This will be combined with a further seizure of land in Gaza…

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Trump’s $2.2 billion earnings called ‘staggering grift on a scale never seen’

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Trump’s $2.2 billion earnings called ‘staggering grift on a scale never seen’

The US President Donald Trump’s mandatory financial disclosure is out, and it shows that he hauled in at least $2.2 billion in 2025, his first year back for his second term in the White House. That’s a shocking $1.6 billion more than the $622 million he scraped together in 2024, back when he was just a regular civilian – albeit an ex-President. Democracy Defenders Action labelled Trump’s soaring wealth a: staggering grift on a scale never seen. And, they concluded that: President Trump’s financial disclosure reveals he is capitalizing on the presidency for personal gain on a staggering scale never seen…

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Blackpool council Reform leader exposed as BAE Systems officer, uniparty warmonger

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Blackpool council Reform leader exposed as BAE Systems officer, uniparty warmonger

The Canary can reveal that Reform UK’s leader in Blackpool Council is an ‘officer’ employed at BAE Systems. BAE is a weapons manufacturer heavily implicated in the Gaza genocide and other war crimes. Reform’s Blackpool Council group leader is James John (‘Jim’) O’Neill, 69. He was elected as Blackpool’s first Reform councillor in 2024, taking the Marston ward from Labour. He states his employment on his sparsely detailed Register of Interests on Blackpool Council’s website as: “Officer, BAE Systems.” O’Neill was outside BAE’s Samlesbury manufacturing plant informing policing operations and notifying anti-genocide blockaders of “trespass” in the early hours of 29 June.…

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Reform councillor pulled up over Islamophobic conspiracy video

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Reform councillor pulled up over Islamophobic conspiracy video

A Tyneside councillor representing Reform UK has been exposed for sharing an Islamophobic conspiracy video. In response, Michelle Fascione accused the councillor who flagged the video of creating ‘division’: Reform UK councillor faces calls to resign after sharing 'Islamophobic' video https://t.co/Hn6hEnKdRe — Reform Party UK Exposed (@reformexposed) July 2, 2026 We’re not sure how that surname is pronounced, but we’d assume ‘Fash-ee-oney’, which is fitting, honestly. Again Fascione is a former police officer who represents the Simonside and Rekendyke ward in South Tyneside. She first took her seat in May this year, and she shared the video before becoming a councillor.…

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Chris Packham ‘won’t set foot in Pret’ as chicken welfare row erupts

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Chris Packham ‘won’t set foot in Pret’ as chicken welfare row erupts

Naturalist Chris Packham has led a crowd of protesters in slamming Pret A Manger. He vowed never to set foot in one of the chain’s cafes until it fulfils a chicken welfare promise it made eight years ago and has since broken. Packham said: I am absolutely furious at Pret for breaking their promise to chickens. Factory farming has broken the chicken. Bred to grow so fast that they can barely walk, scrabbling around in their own waste, broken bones and deformities… The life of a fast-growing chicken is hell. It’s a horror story dressed up as a lunch menu. It’s absolutely…

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US and “Israel” sign illegal agreement for permanent US embassy compound on stolen Palestinian land in Jerusalem

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US and “Israel” sign illegal agreement for permanent US embassy compound on stolen Palestinian land in Jerusalem

“Israel” and the US have signed a 99-year lease agreement to establish a permanent US embassy compound in Jerusalem. The move is deeply contentious. It not only reinforces Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist state; it also involves land that was stolen from Palestinian families. Stolen Palestinian land On 1 July, Israeli occupation foreign minister Gideon Saar, US ambassador to “Israel” Mike Huckabee, and Jerusalem mayor Moshe Lion signed the agreement. But according to Adalah – the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel – the land on which the embassy will now be built was…

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Ireland begins EU presidency as protesters denounce warmongering bloc

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Ireland begins EU presidency as protesters denounce warmongering bloc

On Wednesday July 1, Ireland marked the start of its presidency of the Council of the European Union with an event in Dublin, attended by heads of state from around the European continent. However, not far away in the same city, protesters were highlighting what the EU really stands for currently – warmongering, backing genocide, and enabling of the far-right. The Council serves to represent the national governments of each member state, acting as a basis for national ministers to negotiate and adopt EU laws. Roughly equivalent to the Senate in Ireland or the United States, it shares legislative and budgetary…

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