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Met Police re-opens war crimes case on Britons fighting for Israel

Post author:DANIA AKKAD
Post published:23 July 2026
Post last modified:23 July 2026

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into UK nationals who fought in Gaza. The Metropolitan Police Service has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into UK nationals who fought for Israel amid the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed. The 240-page referral was first submitted by the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in August 2025. It alleged that ten UK nationals – including dual citizens – had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)…

MI5 lied to three courts in neo-Nazi agent case, inquiry finds

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

Senior figures at Britain’s internal security agency MI5 lied repeatedly in court over the case of an abusive neo-Nazi agent. Deputy investigatory powers commissioner Sir John Goldring has slammed a number of senior figures at MI5 over their behaviour. As the Canary reported on 17 March 2026, the spy agency has been ordered to pay compensation to a woman: coercively controlled, abused, and attacked with a machete by a neo-Nazi agent it employed. The fascist agent also: had fantasies about eating children. Goldring’s new report is scathing, confirming BBC revelations that: MI5 lied to the courts, something the security service vehemently…

Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley win defamation case against Mail and Metro

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:15 July 2026
Post last modified:15 July 2026

Right-wing rags the Daily Mail and Metro have been forced to issue “full apologies” and pay “substantial damages” to actress Nadia Sawalha and her filmmaker husband, Mark Adderley. The papers had smeared the couple with atrocious and completely false smears claiming they had made antisemitic statements. The pair announced their court victory in a joint video statement this morning. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nadia Sawalha (@nadiasawalha) Sawalha and Adderley ‘push back’ The couple said their victory showed that the smears had put them and their family in danger, but the win showed that it is possible and…

Trump touts bizarre automatic retaliation policy in case Iran assassinate him

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:13 July 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

US president Donald Trump wants to create an automatic retaliation policy if Iran manages to assassinate him. The erratic US leader’s idea emerged as Iran and the US returned to open hostilities around a month into the Oman-brokered negotiating period to end the war. Associated Press (AP) reported on 13 July: President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran “ at levels they’ve never seen before” if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. The news agency added that: the U.S. government has no way to create an automatic,…

Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser loses Somaliland libel case

Post author:PHIL MILLER
Post published:6 July 2026
Post last modified:6 July 2026

When a remote east African city was being shelled by Somaliland soldiers three years ago, a German academic became an unlikely messenger for the beleaguered inhabitants of Las Anod. Dr Markus Hoehne, an anthropologist then at Leipzig University, spoke Somali and had previously spent time in Las Anod researching for his doctorate in the early 2000s. As the city’s hospital came under attack, his local sources provided a daily stream of information, which he posted on Twitter. Hoehne’s war diary helped foreign media outlets, like Declassified, cover the assault on Las Anod, which started when a police unit – possibly British…

More claimants join test case against Elon Musk’s AI over demeaning sexualised content

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Labour MP Jess Asato has announced that she has initiated a legal test case against Elon Musk’s xAI. The case will take to task Grok AI’s creation of fake, pornographic and derogatory content seen in January. Attracting particular condemnation is the fact that the AI tool produced a demeaning, offensive and frankly, dangerous video which showed the MP: being chloroformed and prepared for sexual assault. Grok AI and its prolific creation of sexualised content, including of young children, has prompted widespread anger as it became clear the business model was happy to make money out of the most abusive and sinister views…

SAS didn’t refer Afghanistan atrocity allegations to police in case it upset soldiers

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:30 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Commanders of the UK military’s most elite special forces didn’t refer war crimes allegations to police, an inquiry has heard. The reasons they decided not to may astound our readers: an anonymous senior officer said that there were fears doing so might upset SAS troops. The inquiry has been going on for several years. Current and former Special Air Service (SAS) personnel have been granted anonymity to give evidence. The inquiry concerns allegations that innocent Afghan civilians were murdered in 2011. Some allegations suggest detainees were handcuffed before being executed. And that weapons seized elsewhere were placed on their bodies to…

Prosecutor denies case against Trump rape accuser being pursued

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Content warning: this article features graphic discussion of rape and sexual abuse. A US federal prosecutor has denied opening a case against a woman who claims Donald Trump raped her. But a source had told the legacy press that such a case is being pursued. It would be the latest of many sexual abuse scandals centering on the US president. Writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of “raping her in the mid-1990s”. Trump and Carroll have already contested two cases heard in court. Carrol is a former columnist for Elle Magazine. CBC reported: The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied on…