Between World Cup stadiums and tents of the displaced in Gaza

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Between World Cup stadiums and tents of the displaced in Gaza

Despite the war, football remains alive in Gaza. Since the 2026 World Cup began, Palestinians in the Strip have eagerly awaited every match. Reports and videos show people gathering in shelters and tents. They watch the games on simple screens set up among the rubble. Arab teams received special attention, especially the Egyptian national team. Their matches dominated the local scene, with cheers erupting during every game. Families and children followed every detail until the final whistle. These victories provided rare moments of joy and a brief escape from the war. When “The Pharaohs” secured a historic win against Australia to…

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Breaking: “You can’t hide” — Dubbins challenges Graham to Unite GS debate

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Breaking: “You can’t hide” — Dubbins challenges Graham to Unite GS debate

Unite general secretary election challenger Simon Dubbins has publicly challenged incumbent Sharon Graham to stop hiding from him and debate him directly. The explosive challenge comes after Graham repeatedly sent proxies rather than face Dubbins in person, to the disgust of members — even close allies. While Dubbins attended every hustings to which he was invited, according to Unite insiders Graham didn’t attend a single hustings: As a result, Dubbins gained big wins in huge Unite sectors Graham would previously have considered sewn up tightly, including defence, air travel and construction. Dubbins is also set to win Unite’s ‘Community’ section —…

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Trump’s “Board of Peace” and US administration: No place for UNRWA in the “New Gaza”

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Trump’s “Board of Peace” and US administration: No place for UNRWA in the “New Gaza”

The so-called “Board of Peace” and the US administration have announced that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) “has no place in the new Gaza.” Liquidating the refugee issue They say they are “turning the page on the complex of perpetual aid dependency & conflict.” But “Israel” is the reason why Palestinians in Gaza are reliant on aid in the first place. The occupation has enforced a blockade on the Strip for almost two decades. At the same time, it has inflicted repeated cycles of violence, and persistent destruction of the population. Even before the genocide, 80…

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Sinn Féin confirm intention to back continuation of cruel, colonial hare coursing

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Sinn Féin confirm intention to back continuation of cruel, colonial hare coursing

Sinn Féin, ever keen to present itself as the vanguard of opposing illegitimate British presence in Ireland, have confirmed they will vote against banning the barbaric colonial practice of hare coursing. Hare coursing involves a wild hare first being captured, a cruel and traumatising ordeal in itself. Organisers then trap the creature in an enclosure and set greyhounds in chase after it. The dogs are muzzled, but still frequently injure hares by crushing them or hurling them into the air. Vets often kill injured hares after an event. Prior to rambling incoherently in the Dáil in defence of the so-called ‘sport’,…

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Wimbledon: Zeynep Sönmez’s watermelon symbol ‘below threshold’ for ban

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Wimbledon: Zeynep Sönmez’s watermelon symbol ‘below threshold’ for ban

The Wimbledon tennis tournament has surprisingly backed Turkish tennis player Zeynep Sönmez’s stand of solidarity with Gaza. Yet the gesture still exposes the establishment’s cowardice in the face of Israel lobby arrogance. Sönmez used a watermelon-design ‘string dampener’ to get around the tournament’s ban on watermelon pins. Wimbledon — Deadly double standard Sönmez, ranked 51 in global women’s tennis and Turkey’s highest-ever ranked women’s player, said that she had switched to the dampener specifically because tournaments banned Palestine pins. She also accused organisers of double standards because pins supporting (nazi-riddled) Ukraine are not banned: I used to wear a pin. Tournaments…

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Lebanon — fury at the government sell-out of the south

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Lebanon — fury at the government sell-out of the south

Lebanon — On Friday (June 26th,) as the Shia festival of Ashura concluded, protestors took to the streets of South Beirut to vent their anger as news spread of the ‘framework agreement’ between the Lebanese government and Israel. Youth on foot, and riding scooters, blocked the main road to the airport with burning barricades. It took the army several hours to regain control of the area. On paper the deal looks weak, to say the least. Just four out of sixteen parties represented in the Lebanese Parliament are in favour of the agreement. All of them are right-wing and Christian. On…

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Sexual assault on sedated partners becoming an organised crime as “truly international” network exposed

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Sexual assault on sedated partners becoming an organised crime as “truly international” network exposed

Domestic abuse — The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed that they have been investigating a “truly international network” of organised sexual abuse and assault in which drugs are used to sedate unwitting victims “often taking place over decades”. Helen Millichap, director of the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, told the Guardian these crimes are: rooted in domestic abuse, controlling and coercive behaviour and sexual offending. Adding that, whilst they are not a ‘new’ offence: the evolving profile reveals how the online and connected nature of the abuse is occurring, the dimensions are changing and therefore…

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