10 years on, 41 organisations call for authorities to review the convictions of the Birmingham 4

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• Post published:20 August 2026
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CAGE International and 40 other organisations have signed a call for an immediate review of the convictions of the ‘Birmingham 4’. First arrested over 10 years ago, these four men were convicted of terrorism offences back in 2017. The courts sentenced Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain, Mohibur Rahman and Tahir Aziz to life in prison following a joint undercover operation by MI5 and West Midlands Police. However, all four men and their legal teams have maintained their innocence throughout. Now, the 41 organisations have highlighted serious concerns, including: allegations of evidence being improperly introduced, police being in contempt of court during the…

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Media billionaires are getting away with murder

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• Post published:17 August 2026
• Post last modified:17 August 2026

Jason Arday was hunted down by a pack of rabid predators, relentlessly bullying and racially attacking him. Now he’s dead. His devastated family are left with nowhere to turn. No justice, no accountability. Just a laughable “self-regulator”, run by the very same billionaire bosses who released the wolves. It’s a disgrace. It’s rigged. And it’s time we stopped letting these billionaire media moguls get away with murder. Public backs new press regulator by a landslide Forget the noise. The people have spoken, and they are screaming for change. A new YouGov poll says 72% of Britons want an independent regulator with…

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US now says allies including the EU, Israel, and India are involved in a transshipment scam with China

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• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:15 August 2026

Not aliens or COVID this time – the latest global conspiracy against the USA, according to the Trump administration, is that its allies are trading with China and committing the “great transshipment scam.” The Great Transshipment Scam In a 25-page report titled “The Great Transshipment Scam,” released by the White House, the Trump admin names more than 40 countries, including America’s closest allies, as co-conspirators helping evade US tariffs on China.  The US loses up to $26 billion annually in tariff revenue due to this scam, according to it. The report’s “Tier 1” list of offenders includes the European Union, Canada,…

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Netanyahu calls UK “Islamic Republic of Britain” in Islamophobic rant

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• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated a racist joke first made by JD Vance that Britain might be the first ‘truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon.’ As the US government faces accusations of meddling in British democracy with half a million dollars in “public education” grants aimed at exporting MAGA propaganda to the UK, Netanyahu is doing exactly what Washington is trying to do as well –  spreading a destabilising Islamophobic narrative in the UK. The MAGA “civilisational” narrative frames Europe as under threat from mass migration, falling birth rates, and what it calls “civilisational erasure.” Netanyahu’s “Islamic…

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Campaigners to call on Burnham to shut down US bases at RAF Fairford

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• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Campaigners from across the country are protesting at RAF Fairford this Saturday 15 August, calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to end Donald Trump’s use of British bases to illegally attack Iran. With thousands now killed in the US/Israeli illegal war on Iran, and serious risks of the war widening, the British government’s decision to allow the use of Fairford, has dragged the country even further into this devastating war. In late July, a US B-1 bomber from RAF Fairford was reported to have attacked Iran, in further breach of the ceasefire. In response, Iran’s foreign ministry stated that Britain is an ‘accomplice’…

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US MSM ups attacks on Hasan Piker as Forbes calls him “incendiary,” WSJ labels him “agitator,” NYP dubs him “notorious”

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• Post published:13 August 2026
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US mainstream media (MSM) steps up attacks on Hasan Piker, with Forbes calling him “incendiary,” the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) labelling him an “agitator” and “divisive figure driving Democrats up a wall,” and the New York Post calling him “notorious.” Forbes said: Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s incendiary brand of politics has become a flashpoint in the divide within the Democratic Party over the rise of the progressive movement—with conservatives seizing on his controversial statements to claim Democrats have swayed too far left. So really, his offences are that he is a Turkish-origin American speaking his mind, challenging the status quo, mobilising young voters, and calling out…

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Miliband slammed for “constructive” call with Gideon Sa’ar amid Gaza holocaust

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• Post published:13 August 2026
• Post last modified:13 August 2026

Ed Miliband, the new Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in Burnham’s cabinet, was shamed for taking part in a ‘constructive’ call with Israeli minister Gideon Sa’ar and for Miliband’s ongoing denial of the Gaza holocaust. Today I had a frank and constructive first call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar pic.twitter.com/48pIdbvwXt — Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) August 11, 2026 Miliband said that he told Israel it “must crack down on settler violence and must immediately end blockages on aid into Gaza,” but continued to deny the genocide in Gaza. Miliband: refusal to call it a genocide Both Zack Polanski…

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Coastguards call for vote of no confidence in the boss of their government agency

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• Post published:13 August 2026
• Post last modified:13 August 2026

Almost 600 Coastguards have called for a vote of no confidence in the chief executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). GMB Union wrote to the MCA chair Lord Stevens in July to ‘formally express our lack of confidence in the leadership of the MCA under Chief Executive Virginia McVea’. Since then, 580 Coastguards across the UK have signed up to the no confidence vote. Lord Stevens has not yet responded to GMB, and the union has now written a further letter to ‘formally escalate the concerns previously raised’. The volunteers are calling for an expression of no confidence, an…

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Just Stop Oil see three more supporters found not guilty of ‘criminal’ slow march nonsense

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• Post published:13 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Another three Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday 12 August), three years after slow marching in London to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing. Just Stop Oil: more not guilty verdicts On 15 November 2023, Alexis Psyllides, Joseph Clark and Alexander Thornton were among 64 supporters who joined a slow march on Earls Court Road in London. They were arrested and charged with Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, interference with key national infrastructure – an offence which carries a maximum penalty of 12 months’ imprisonment, an unlimited…

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As US weaponry runs out, “Iranians proved remarkably resilient and adept” at rebuilding after strikes: NYT

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• Post published:12 August 2026
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Iran has proved “remarkably resilient and adept” at rebuilding after US strikes since the April ceasefire, according to Eric Schmitt of The New York Times, a damning indictment of US military overreach as its weaponry runs out. On the NYT podcast The Daily, national security correspondent Eric Schmitt said that after the April ceasefire, Pete Hegseth’s claim that Iran has “no air defences, no air force, no navy” was a “fundamental miscalculation.” The podcast frames the US not being the villain, despite it starting wars and destabilising the world. The framing is that suggests that Trump is simply stupid — having…

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Festival tent abandonment creates 875 tonnes of waste each year

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• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Late stage capitalism has cheerfully expanded the definition of disposability, to the point where people will fork out forty quid for a tent then disown it after three days’ use. Take your tent home please An estimated 250,000 tents are abandoned at festivals across the UK each year. This amounts to roughly 875 tonnes of camping equipment. With less than three weeks until Reading and Leeds Festival returns, the litter experts at Divert.co.uk are urging campers to plan how they will get their equipment home. Last year, the Reading site alone generated 584.3 tonnes of waste, which is 17% less than…

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Trump-linked firm brings unpermitted drilling equipment to Greenland

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• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Greenland has issued a strong warning to a US oil company that maybe has ties to Donald Trump after it brought drilling equipment ashore without approval. The Texas-based firm, Greenland Energy, landed machinery on the eastern coast last month for exploratory drilling but failed to coordinate with local authorities as required. The company, founded last year and whose chief executive reportedly has privileged access to Trump’s inner circle, has announced plans to spend $60 million on exploration. Complicating delicate trilateral negotiations  Lukas Wahden, an associate fellow at George Washington University, told France 24 that even though trilateral talks between Washington, Copenhagen…

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Israel eyes more Indian support following Mecca Pact, analysis suggests

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• Post published:11 August 2026
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A new analysis published by the Jerusalem Post suggests that Israel may seek to deepen its strategic partnership with India in response to a defense pact signed last week by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Analysis: In retrospect, the seemingly out-of-the-blue Netanyahu-Modi phone call on Thursday looks more like an early glimpse of the counter-alignments that the Mecca Pact may produce. Written by: @HerbKeinon https://t.co/yKv4nDPwXW — The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) August 9, 2026 Ali Shihabi, a Saudi commentator close to the royal court, told the Financial Times that the military alliance, which was signed between the three nations — Saudi Arabia,…

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Sangita Myska was surveilled by lawyers during LBC sacking row

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• Post published:11 August 2026
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In her first in-depth interview since being dismissed from LBC, Sangita Myska revealed the extraordinary legal machinery deployed against her. “I was told I was surplus to requirements,” Myska told Double Down News‘ Richard Sanders. She said: What happened to me was I did an interview with an Israeli spokesperson, and within 48 hours I was told I was no longer on air. In April 2024, Myska was removed from her hosting role at LBC, just 48 hours after a tense interview with an Israeli government spokesman. Sangita Myska has been gagged for life Myska told Sanders that her employment contract…

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Brazil: ‘Huge leap forward’ as demarcation of uncontacted Kawahiva group’s land is completed

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• Post published:11 August 2026
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Campaigners have hailed the completion of the physical demarcation of land in Brazil belonging to the Kawahiva. They’re one of the Amazon’s most vulnerable uncontacted peoples and it’s a full 27 years since authorities confirmed their presence on the land. Now that the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Territory has been mapped out on the ground, only president Lula’s signature is required for the territory to be officially created. Threats to the Kawahiva The uncontacted Kawahiva are critically threatened by land grabbers and loggers who have pushed for access to the territory. They have aggressively opposed the recognition of the Kawahiva’s lands, with…

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People Against Genocide raids Ultra I&C Aberdeen facility

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• Post published:10 August 2026
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At approximately 3am on Sunday 9 August, a 2-person People Against Genocide (PAG) team broke into the Aberdeen facility of leading military tech and cyber warfare company, Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C). Having entered the building, they barricaded themselves inside. The activists then set about dismantling equipment and computer equipment, in order to make it inoperable. From inside the building, they also spray painted “For the dead children of Gaza” on the wall. And they obtained masses of documents from the weapons firm. PAG has repeatedly targeted Ultra I&C facilities because it’s a key supplier to UAV Tactical Systems. UAV…

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British farmers turn to winter feed as prolonged drought bites

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• Post published:10 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Months of unusually dry weather have killed the grass that British farmer John Franklin’s sheep would normally graze on. Like other farmers, Franklin’s only contingency is to dip into the winter feed. He had been saving this feed for colder months, he told CGTN. His 200-acre farm, which also runs a shop and cafe selling local produce, has lost a third of its income this year as crops fail to meet market specifications and yields drop. He is not the only one. Research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) suggests that the 2026 harvest is now likely to be…

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UK comedians chime in on ‘Frankenchickens’ scandal in quiz show

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• Post published:7 August 2026
• Post last modified:8 August 2026

The campaign against ‘Frankenchickens’ is gathering pace. The name refers to types of chicken selectively bred for the cheap meat industry. If a human baby grew at the same rate as one of these chickens, they’d be as heavy as two gorillas by eight weeks old. That’s one of the questions in a new comedy sketch featuring high-profile UK comedians. Project Slingshot released the sketch as part of its £3m ‘Don’t Buy It’ campaign, highlighting the horrors of factory farming. The latest instalment in Project Slingshot’s campaign turns its attention to ‘Frankenchickens’, the fast-growing chicken breeds supplied to major UK retailers…

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Activists target logistics firm in Glasgow supplying Israel

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• Post published:7 August 2026
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Early on Tuesday 4 August, an autonomous group broke into the offices of DB Schenker in Hillington, Glasgow. Bypassing security in the early hours of the morning, the group covered the building’s foyer and offices with paint and messages saying “Drop Elbit” on the walls. The group claims it is ‘targeting the supply chain’ of Israeli arms and munitions. DB Schenker is owned entirely by DSV. This is a Danish company that allegedly provides ‘logistics transport services’ to Israeli drone and military technology manufacturer Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems produces 85% of the Israeli military’s drone fleet, in addition to 80% of…

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Thinktank calls for greater controls on number of Welsh homes being turned into holiday accommodation

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• Post published:7 August 2026
• Post last modified:7 August 2026

Welsh thinktank the Bevan Foundation, working in partnership with Shelter Cymru, has published a new report on 7 August at the National Eisteddfod. It analyses evidence on the prevalence of second homes and holiday lets using permanent homes across Wales. And it evaluates policy measures to tackle the issue which have been put in place over recent years. The report follows an announcement by the Welsh government that it will be reviewing the controversial 182-day rule for holiday let businesses in Wales, as well as a commitment in the Plaid Cymru manifesto to review the effectiveness of the range of current…

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