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2026 World Cup breaks attendance record as fans defy heat and travel disruptions

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2026 World Cup breaks attendance record as fans defy heat and travel disruptions

The 2026 World Cup has made history in a big way, with FIFA announcing the highest spectator turnout in the tournament’s history, surpassing the record that stood since the 1994 World Cup in the United States. 2026 World Cup breaks old record Total attendance at this year’s tournament reached 3,605,357 spectators on 25 June, after 56 matches. This surpassed the previous record of 3,587,538 spectators, which was set over 52 matches at the 1994 edition. Without a doubt, the world came together for this cup in record numbers. FIFA officially announced the milestone during the match between Germany and Ecuador. This…

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Palestine activist jailed as ‘terrorist’ speaks out

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Palestine activist jailed as ‘terrorist’ speaks out

“Other than hexing the man, I really wasn’t surprised”. This is how Leona Kamio, known as Ellie, describes what was going through her mind when a judge announced she would be sentenced as a terrorist alongside three co-defendants earlier this month. Kamio, a 30-year-old nursery teacher, had been convicted of criminal damage in connection with a Palestine Action raid on an Israeli arms firm in Filton, Bristol, in August 2024. The jury that tried her had not been informed that any convictions could later carry a “terrorism connection”, she tells Declassified from Bronzefield prison in her first interview since being convicted.…

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Make Polluters Pay goes mainstream

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Make Polluters Pay goes mainstream

As London Climate Action Week unfolded against the backdrop of one of the UK’s most extreme heatwaves, journalists, frontline voices and campaigners gathered for a landmark Make Polluters Pay event. It highlighted the growing political, legal and public momentum to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damage. Hosted by 350.org, Stamp out Poverty, and chaired by Megan Rowling of Climate Home News, the Make Polluters Pay event brought together speakers from across movements and geographies to examine how narratives are shifting, and how accountability for Big Oil is moving from the margins to the mainstream. As climate disasters intensify and…

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Controversy over pride flags planned for Egypt – Iran Match

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Controversy over pride flags planned for Egypt – Iran Match

The anticipated match between the Egyptian and Iranian national teams at the 2026 World Cup has transformed from a long-awaited football event into a widespread controversy, after the FIFA insisted on allowing Pride flags inside stadiums. This comes as both the Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have objected to linking the match with any events or promotional activities related to homosexuality. The newspaper The Athletic revealed that the crisis stems from the decision of the local organizing committee in Seattle to assign a special designation to the match as part of events coinciding with the city’s annual Pride Week. This occurred…

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BMA votes against use of discredited ‘IHRA’ antisemitism definition

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BMA votes against use of discredited ‘IHRA’ antisemitism definition

The British Medical Association (BMA) conference has voted overwhelmingly in support of a motion against the NHS’s use of the so-called ‘IHRA definition’ of antisemitism (IHRA). The motion also called for the BMA — the medical doctors’ union — to provide urgent support and training to doctors targeted by the Israel lobby which, shamefully, includes the General Medical Council (GMC). The IHRA is widely used to suppress free speech on Israel and has been rejected by legal experts and even by the man who wrote it. It continues, unsurprisingly, to be pushed by Israel lobby groups and Israel-allied politicians. The BMA’s…

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Blackburn Muslim family’s home firebombed. MSM, politicians silent

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Blackburn Muslim family’s home firebombed. MSM, politicians silent

At 1.30am on Tuesday 16 June, two white supremacists approached the home of a Blackburn Muslim family, torched their car and filmed it. The attack was — at least — the third Islamophobic arson attack in June 2026. According to local firefighters, the family escaped was “seconds away from fatality”. White racists committed at least one other arson attack in the town in May. Apart from local press, UK mainstream media all but ignored the attacks. So did the government. A few days later, a white-supremacist thug knifed five people in Edinburgh, screaming Islamophobic hate as he was arrested. That attack…

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Report into failures on Nottingham maternity wards highlights fatal impact of racism

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Report into failures on Nottingham maternity wards highlights fatal impact of racism

Racism — Yesterday, 24 June, the Canary reported on the publication of the damning Ockenden report. It detailed extensive failures in maternity and neonatal care under Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust. In particular, the report highlighted staff’s refusal to listen to patients’ concerns. The failure was even more prominent for global majority patients, along with those from other marginalised backgrounds. Today, we’re going to take a closer look at those issues, including the patients’ own accounts of their experiences. We should also note that the report took measures to ensure that it included the perspectives of people from marginalised and disadvantaged…

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Leaked letter from Israeli elites threatens legal action over “ideology of ethnic cleansing” in West Bank

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Leaked letter from Israeli elites threatens legal action over “ideology of ethnic cleansing” in West Bank

Israeli elites from the Zionist state’s security, political and cultural scenes have issued a letter to Netanyahu and his government threatening legal action, citing the impunity given to “Jewish terrorism” and the “ideology of ethnic cleansing” in the occupied West Bank. Amongst the Israelis who appear to have hit the end of their tether with the settler-colonial government are former prime ministers, former heads of all the state’s security services, former judges, a Nobel prize winner and a famous novelist. Issuing a “final warning”, they have insisted that Netanyahu and his genocidal officials take immediate action to “eradicate Jewish terrorism”. They…

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Blunted? Even the Wall Street Journal admits the US’s favourite weapon is rusting

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Blunted? Even the Wall Street Journal admits the US’s favourite weapon is rusting

The Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) latest feature on how American sanctions on Iran failed because China built a yuan-powered workaround will be a difficult read for Atlanticists. China has built up international trade in the yuan, giving Iran and Russia a way to evade sanctions https://t.co/EviGCVtlXW — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 24, 2026 The piece falls shy of praising China’s financial system, which it says is aimed at weakening Washington’s power to dictate world affairs. The failure of the US’s Economic Fury is explained by WSJ as: “…… in late April when the U.S. escalated its “Economic Fury” campaign against…

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Scousers gather Friday against workplace sexual harassment

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Scousers gather Friday against workplace sexual harassment

Workers, trade unionists and campaigners against sexual harassment at work will gather tomorrow, 26 June 2026, at the offices of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Bootle. Liverpool legend Audrey White is famous for giving a frozen Keir Starmer a substantial piece of her mind in a Liverpool restaurant. But she is also the subject of the film Business as Usual, in which she was portrayed by Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson in her fight against sexual harassment and discrimination. She told Skwawkbox: I fought sexual harassment against my staff in Lady at Lord John fashion store in the 80’s. I was sacked. Even then,…

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Tommy Robinson puff piece scoured from web following backlash

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Tommy Robinson puff piece scoured from web following backlash

On 24 June, we reported that Tommy Robinson tried to rewrite history over the libel case he lost. He did this in an interview with Karl Stefanovic which has since been scoured from the internet. As investigative reporter Gadget noted: Karl Stefanovic's "interview" of Tommy Robinson has been pulled from the internet I use "interview" in inverted commas as it was more a propaganda puff piece, as Karl allowed Tommy to lie unchallenged for 40 minutes while he giggled like a schoolgirl gushing over Tommy. I… https://t.co/9ilQiBHg1O pic.twitter.com/pbXOHqMYxj — Gadget (@Gadget440) June 24, 2026 Journalistic malpractice Karl Stefanovic is an Australian…

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Burnham hands cruel ex-DWP Minister the keys to No. 10

Burnham hands cruel ex-DWP Minister the keys to No. 10

Andy Burnham is already making moves on Downing Street, starting with appointing a chief of staff. The newly elected Makerfield MP has essentially handed the keys of no 10 to James Purnell. Friend of Israel and right-wing lobbyist As the Canary has already reported, Purnell was the chairperson of the lobby group, Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). He was also, until recently, the chief executive of lobby group Flint Global, which counts BP, Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover and Uber among its clients. Flint has also previously advised Thames Water.  As Ranjan Balakumaran said: This appointment exposes the absolute hypocrisy behind Burnham’s…

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The system wants you to feel despair

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The system wants you to feel despair

It’s a critical time for the left to stand firm with moral clarity, understanding how mechanisms of power impact the psyche and what we can do about it. But the psychological toll on Palestine solidarity activists is nonetheless immense right now. Not since the worst days of Israel’s bloody, ferocious bombing against civilians in Gaza two years ago – watching children shredded on my phone screen daily – have I felt the crippling wound of injustice so viscerally. The Filton 4’s staggering sentencing under a “terrorism connection” for criminal damage – like being sentenced for murder for stealing bread, as one friend…

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£55k and a hamster — Ofcom threats to US firm trigger hilarious responses

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£55k and a hamster — Ofcom threats to US firm trigger hilarious responses

The UK’s ‘Online Safety Act‘ (OSA) is widely recognised to be more about keeping UK people from finding out things the UK government wants to keep from them, than any idea of actual online safety. Just like Keir Starmer’s new social media ban on under-16s. That will make kids less safe — but might make it harder for them to learn about Israel’s horrific crimes (if they’re technologically inept). But the overreach of the UK government and its ‘independent’ regulator, ofcom, thinking they can control what organisations in other countries do has led to some unintentional hilarity. £55k and a hamster…

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White House requests $67bn for Iran war — where it already declared victory

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White House requests $67bn for Iran war — where it already declared victory

The White House house has now asked Congress to grant a funding request for $87.6bn, some $67bn of which will go straight to the US ‘War Department’. For the most part, the massive bill is directly related to “urgent needs” regarding the war in Iran. The news comes after the US Senate passed its symbolic War Powers Resolution on 23 June. Four Republicans supported the resolution, which nominally forbids Trump from continuing hostilities against Iran without congressional approval. However, it doesn’t carry the weight of law. Likewise, it also follows over a week after both Trump and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkianset…

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Poll has Labour leading Greater Manchester mayor race

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Poll has Labour leading Greater Manchester mayor race

Polling has emerged for the Greater Manchester mayor race, and it shows that Labour is starting the by-election in poll position: Greater Manchester Mayor First Preference Voting Intention: LAB: 33.2% (-30.2) REF: 30.1% (+22.6) GRN: 12.3% (+5.4) CON: 11.1% (+0.7) LDEM: 7.6% (+2.5) From FocusData / Hope Not HateFrom 22nd May – 5th JuneChanges with 2024 Mayoral Election — PolliticsUK (@PolliticsUK) June 25, 2026 All to play for The reason we’re having a Greater Manchester mayor by-election is because the old mayor – Andy Burnham – just became the MP for Makerfield. The reason he did that is because he wants…

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Trans kids hang pride flags from Havering Town Hall

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Trans kids hang pride flags from Havering Town Hall

In the early hours of 25 June, young trans activists from Trans Kids Deserve Better made their way to the top of Havering Town Hall. Their mission was to hang the Progress Pride flag and two Transgender flags from the Town Hall flagpoles. They also put up a banner, reading, “YOU CAN’T KILL PRIDE – XOXO TKDB”. This was a response to Keith Prince, Reform UK head of Havering Council, cancelling the raising of the Pride Flag at Havering Town Hall during Pride Month. Havering Town Hall has flown a Pride flag every Pride Month for nearly a decade. Under their…

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Ex-Tory MP attacks Islamophobia definition while anti-Muslim hate rises

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Ex-Tory MP attacks Islamophobia definition while anti-Muslim hate rises

Former Tory minister Claire Coutinho — seen delighting in Badenoch’s shameful performance in the Commons on 24 June — appears to be on roll when it comes to demeaning and bullying people she deems ‘lesser’ than, including Muslims. Speaking in the Commons, she had the audacity to call on the government to scrap the existing definition of Islamophobia, which refers to anti-Muslim hostility. This comes at a time when anti-Muslim hate, coupled with violence and threats to life, are on the rise against British muslims. That hate has been taken out on anyone with Brown skin, highlighting racism as the real…

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NATO chief grovels to Trump, credits EU bases for illegal US strikes on Iran

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NATO chief grovels to Trump, credits EU bases for illegal US strikes on Iran

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has claimed that between 4,000 and 5,000 US planes took off from European bases during Trump’s illegal war against Iran. Trying to ease Trump’s disappointment at Europe’s lack of enthusiasm for Trump’s deranged war, Rutte said: I would argue it would have been very difficult to do Iran without having Europe as a power projection platform for the United States. Sitting beside President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the White House, Rutte repeatedly praised the US leader as the “leader of the free world.” He described Trump as taking “responsibility beyond the shores of the United States.”…

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How hostile social media makes some disabilities worse

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How hostile social media makes some disabilities worse

We have all heard about those with extreme views being cancelled on social media sites. But how many vulnerable people are outright ignored? Those ignored tend to be disabled people and those with long-term chronic health conditions. It has become hard to avoid posts on social media or segments on the news from various politicians, many not currently in office, wanting ‘root and branch’ benefit reviews, or other actions. For anyone currently receiving such benefits – who know just how hard it is to survive when you have serious health conditions and disabilities – how this news is disseminated on social…

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