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UN inquiry: Israel deliberately targeting Palestinian children in genocide, war crimes

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UN inquiry: Israel deliberately targeting Palestinian children in genocide, war crimes

Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent UN inquiry said in a new report released today. The report found that Israel has targeted Palestinian children in Gaza in two distinct ways: directly by shooting at their vital organs using precision weapons such as quadcopters and snipers; and through the use of high-impact weapons, causing widespread and systematic attacks on residential buildings, schools, and displacement camps crowded with children. It also found that killing continued even after the October…

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Keir Starmer’s bloody legacy

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Keir Starmer’s bloody legacy

Keir Starmer has announced his resignation and the end to his six years as Labour leader and two years as prime minister. Starmer said he would ask Labour to set out a timetable for a leadership change, and nominations for candidates will open on July 9. His legacy, however, is one tainted with the blood of thousands of Palestinians he helped Israel to kill. Keir Starmer remembered for lives lost Former UK ambassador and journalist, Craig Murray, took to X to highlight the main legacy of Starmer’s. Keir Starmer should be remembered for his unflinching and pro-active support for Genocide in…

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War bonds and socialism ‘reassure’ Burnham’s financiers

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War bonds and socialism ‘reassure’ Burnham’s financiers

When the press tells us we should be “reassured” by Andy Burnham’s economic team, we should be worried. Bloomberg’s headline says it all: Burnham’s Finance Friends Are a Reassuring Bunch What follows in the article is an admission that Burnham has surrounded himself with the very architects of the system that he is seemingly rebelling against.  These are the men reassuring the bond markets: Jim O’Neill (Goldman Sachs), Andy Haldane (Bank of England), and Richard Hughes (the hedge fund man). That should tell us everything we need to know. Bloomberg seemingly praises Andrew Haldane’s plans for “war bonds to boost defense spending”. They…

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Meloni says Trump made up the claim that she begged him for a photo

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Meloni says Trump made up the claim that she begged him for a photo

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has hit back at claims that she begged Trump for a photo, saying, ‘Italy and I never beg.’ Io e l’Italia non imploriamo mai. pic.twitter.com/sTpKlqWB67 — Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) June 19, 2026 Two right-wingers are fighting. It must be a day ending with “day.” The backstory is that Trump was asked about his encounter with Meloni during the G7 summit in France. Trump claimed that Meloni ‘wanted to have a picture with me so badly’ and that he ‘felt sorry for her. According to POLITICO, the two leaders met several times at the three-day G7 gathering…

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Christians use roses to remind chancellor the nation wants affordable energy

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Christians use roses to remind chancellor the nation wants affordable energy

This morning, 6 members of Christian Climate Action attempted to deliver 100 paper roses to HM Treasury. It was to remind Rachel Reeves that one million people recently signed a petition asking the government to refuse approval for a new oilfield in UK waters. The UK government is soon to make a decision to approve or reject extraction at Rosebank, the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK. The oil from Rosebank would be sold on the international open market. This means it would do nothing to lower UK energy bills or reduce price volatility. There’s an abundance of renewable energy…

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Defend Our Juries takes defiance of Palestine Action ban to next level

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Defend Our Juries takes defiance of Palestine Action ban to next level

Following the Court of Appeal’s ruling on 15 June, declaring the proscription of Palestine Action to be lawful, Defend Our Juries is escalating its campaign of defiance. Ordinary people from across the UK are publishing videos professing membership of Palestine Action and inviting support for the group, risking jail sentences of up to 14 years. See examples of the videos here, here and here. Defend Our Juries says many more will follow shortly. The holding of cardboard signs, which has led to more than 3,400 arrests under section 13 of the Terrorism Act, leads to summary only trials and a maximum…

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RMT confirms further strike action in Carlisle Support Services pay dispute

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RMT confirms further strike action in Carlisle Support Services pay dispute

RMT members employed by Carlisle Support Services, working on the Northern rail contract will continue their long-running dispute over pay by taking 48 hours strike action from Saturday 20 June. The action follows Carlisle Support Services’ continued refusal to negotiate a proper pay settlement through collective bargaining. This is despite increasing demands on frontline staff, including gate line operatives and revenue officers. Picket lines will take place at: Saturday 20 June – Skipton Station, 8am-10am. Saturday 20 June – Manchester Victoria Station, 11am-1pm. Sunday 21 June – Manchester Victoria Station, 11am-1pm. Carlisle Support Services has recently claimed that it has: honoured…

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Muslim NHS nurse leads campaign to get more women cycling

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Muslim NHS nurse leads campaign to get more women cycling

An NHS worker who learned to cycle in her 40s, is preparing to take on her first ever cycling commute. It’s part of a “Switch Your Journey” challenge encouraging women to swap car and train journeys for cycling in East London. Nelufa Aziz is leading the campaign. She’s a 45-year-old Community Nursery Nurse from Tower Hamlets who learned to cycle just two years ago. She joined women-only cycling lessons with Cycle Sisters, a charity supporting Muslim and ethnically diverse women to cycle, to become more active. But she’s since become a volunteer Ride Leader with the organisation, and now supports other…

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Parents expose human cost of Science Museum sponsorships in unofficial tour

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Parents expose human cost of Science Museum sponsorships in unofficial tour

In response to the Science Museum’s ongoing partnership with Adani, a coal and weapons conglomerate, volunteers led by Parents for Palestine invited children and their families on an unsanctioned ‘alternative tour’ of the museum. The tour aimed to explore the: untold stories revealing the institution’s role in the destruction of life, communities, and land in Palestine and in India. Adani, sponsor of the Science Museum’s ‘Energy Revolution’ Gallery has a joint weapons-producing venture with Elbit Systems (Adani-Elbit). It produces the Hermes 900 drone which has been used in the genocide of the Palestinian people and continues to be used by Israel…

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Deranged US Senator Graham is keeping his Abraham Accords dream alive

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Deranged US Senator Graham is keeping his Abraham Accords dream alive

Zionist Republican Senator Lindsey Graham continued to post on X that the expansion of the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel is his and Trump’s ultimate goal. He said he had a fruitful conversation with fellow envoy Steve Witkoff According to Graham, the MOU with Iran is just the first step. He wants to use it as a way to eventually expand the Abraham Accords and get Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel. Announced in 2020, these accords established diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab states, beginning with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.…

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War hungry Thiel’s secret meeting in Ireland exposed

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War hungry Thiel’s secret meeting in Ireland exposed

Technofascist, AI-loving, German-American billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel’s secret meeting near Dublin this August was a four-day retreat for over 220 of the world’s most powerful elites, including NATO’s top commander, politicians and their advisors (read cronies), tech moguls, media barons and others. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WIRED (@wired) WIRED reported that a directory for the secretive society, known as Dialog, was revealed by Swiss hacktivist Maia Arson Crimew, who received it via an anonymous tip and independently verified its contents. WIRED also verified the registration list for Dialog’s 2026 retreat with a separate source.…

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Indigenous people in Kenya reject attempts to re-start troubled carbon credit project

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Indigenous people in Kenya reject attempts to re-start troubled carbon credit project

A carbon credit project which Meta and Netflix have used stands accused of coercion of Indigenous people. Indigenous people in Northern Kenya have accused the controversial conservation organisation Northern Rangelands Trust of “tricks and dishonest dealings”. And they’ve denounced its attempt to revive its notorious and twice-suspended Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project. Northern Rangelands Trust is pushing Indigenous communities in the project area to sign agreements that it presents as a solution to the project’s crisis but could in fact further reduce community control over their ability to graze their livestock, and to manage their own lands. Maasai and Rendille people…

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GASLIT documentary featuring Jane Fonda exposes toxic impacts of US fracking boom

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GASLIT documentary featuring Jane Fonda exposes toxic impacts of US fracking boom

GASLIT is a new documentary featuring Academy Award-winning actor and activist Jane Fonda and produced by Greenpeace USA. It’ll have its UK premiere at Raindance Film Festival in London on 24 June. In GASLIT, Fonda embarks on a road trip through Texas oil and gas fields and Gulf Coast communities, meeting the people on the frontlines of the US fossil fuel boom. The film offers an intimate and urgent portrait of shrimpers, cattle ranchers, former oil workers, families, faith leaders and self-described “reluctant activists” who are standing up to the devastating health impacts and climate vandalism caused by this new industry.…

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Council admits guga hunt ‘not in full compliance’ with food safety laws

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Council admits guga hunt ‘not in full compliance’ with food safety laws

Officials say they are aware the traditional guga hunt operates outside current food safety regulations. But they claim that enforcing the law is impractical. The guga hunt is the UK’s last legal seabird hunt. Every year, the “Men of Ness” travel to the remote island of Sula Sgeir to kill up to 2,000 flightless gannet chicks, which locals call guga. The birds are slaughtered and butchered on the island before being transported back to the Isle of Lewis where they are sold and consumed. Historically, the hunt provided an important source of food for isolated island communities. Today, however, it continues…

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Upholding Palestine Action ban risks stifling dissent, Quakers warn

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Upholding Palestine Action ban risks stifling dissent, Quakers warn

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group was lawful. This overturns an earlier High Court judgment. But Quakers and others have warned that the ruling risks stifling dissent. They have long argued that the Terrorism Act, introduced in 2000, is overly broad and threatens civil liberties particularly where it extends to property damage, placing the UK outside international norms. Five senior judges on Monday 15 June backed the home secretary’s position on Palestine Action. This allows the ban to remain in force despite widespread criticism and a civil disobedience campaign…

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Mahmood’s new bill on national security an “alarming expansion of state power”

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Mahmood’s new bill on national security an “alarming expansion of state power”

Jeremy Corbyn has slammed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new National Security (State Threats) Bill, branding it an “alarming expansion of state power” that poses a “grave risk” to civil liberties. The Bill is being fast-tracked through all three readings in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The Bill would amend the National Security Act 2023 to introduce a power for the Home Secretary to designate bodies involved in “foreign power threat activity” by regulation, if they believe it is necessary for the safety or interests of the UK. The National Security (State Threats) Bill is an alarming expansion of state power,…

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Jordan Stephens returns to Brighton for event exploring pressures facing young men

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Jordan Stephens returns to Brighton for event exploring pressures facing young men

Amnesty International UK is launching a new live event series in Brighton on 25 June with musician, writer and mental health advocate Jordan Stephens. He’ll be leading a conversation about the pressures facing young men today and how stronger communities can help create positive change. Change The Record: In Conversation with Jordan Stephens takes place on Thursday 25 June at The Old Market in Hove. It’ll bring together Stephens and a panel of guests for an honest discussion about wellbeing, identity, belonging and the social and economic challenges shaping the lives of young men. Stephens is best known as one half…

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Human rights abuses linked to transition mineral mining surge by 111% in just one year

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Human rights abuses linked to transition mineral mining surge by 111% in just one year

The Canary has reported previously on the Business and Human Rights Centre’s Transition Minerals Tracker. And now the latest report reveals a dramatic and accelerating human rights crisis at the mines supplying the global transition to clean energy. The figures for 2025 show a staggering 111% year-on-year increase. There were 329 allegations of abuse linked to transition mineral mining operations worldwide, up from 156 the previous year. It’s the only research of its kind. And it reveals direct implications for renewable energy companies relying on these minerals and their investors: Nearly 70% of mines associated with at least one allegation of…

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Survivor hopes to deliver SHAME to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

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Survivor hopes to deliver SHAME to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

A survivor of rape is attempting to return ‘Shame’ to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Dolly Sen has carved the word “SHAME” out of wood. She’s then covered it in facts and figures about rape in the UK, as well as quotes from survivors. And she’ll attempt to deliver the art piece to Windsor or to his home in Norfolk. Sen says: I am doing this for Virginia, for Gisèle, for myself, and for the 2000 women who be raped this week and the vast majority will have no justice. Gisèle Pelicot requested a public trial of the more than 50 men who…

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Climate action could sway half of young voters in the UK

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Climate action could sway half of young voters in the UK

Half of young people under 34 in the UK say they would be more likely to vote for a government that upholds the UK’s climate commitments. This is a finding of new research by Kantar for the Fairtrade Foundation. Fairtrade is warning that climate change is putting everyday staples under growing pressure and threatening the livelihoods of the next generation of farmers. Ahead of London Climate Action Week, the charity is launching Fair on the Planet, the second moment in its 2026 Do It Fair campaign. It’ll highlight how farmers growing products such as coffee, tea, cocoa and bananas are already facing…

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