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Another Hind Rajab murderer bites the dust in Lebanon

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Another Hind Rajab murderer bites the dust in Lebanon

Another of the Israeli military officers involved in the murder of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and her family has bitten the dust in Israel’s illegal invasion of Lebanon. In May 2026, Meir Biderman was seriously wounded in an ‘FPV drone’ attack on his 401st armoured brigade HQ in occupied southern Lebanon. Now, first reported on 19 June 2026, Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, commander of the brigade’s 52nd battalion, was killed when his tank was hit by a ‘suspicious object’ while operating with the notorious ‘Givati brigade’. Simhon had taken over command of the battalion when its previous commander was seriously…

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Starmer’s secret Burnham attack plan leaks

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Starmer’s secret Burnham attack plan leaks

Seemingly oblivious to reality, Keir Starmer has said he will fight against Andy Burnham in a leadership challenge. We say ‘oblivious’, because Starmer is one of the most unpopular PMs in history, and Burnham just smashed Reform in a by-election despite Farage’s party leading the polls for over a year. Should Starmer defend himself, we now know roughly what he has planned: NEW: A leaked No 10 document shows how Keir Starmer plans to stop Andy Burnham becoming PM “Andy Burnham hasn’t faced any real scrutiny yet. A true contest would likely see his support wane” [@Guardian] pic.twitter.com/Oq5TmYZp1E — Politics UK…

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World Cup: First red card in football history for mouth covering

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World Cup: First red card in football history for mouth covering

The 2026 World Cup witnessed the first sending-off in football history under the new law regarding covering the mouth during altercations between players, after the referee showed a direct red card to Paraguay national team player Miguel Almirón during the match against the Turkey national team. The decision came after a review by the VAR, which showed Almirón covering his mouth with his hand during a heated verbal exchange with a Turkish player, an action the referee deemed a clear violation of the amendment that came into effect a few months before the start of the tournament. World Cup new records…

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World Cup team captains unveil unified message against hate

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World Cup team captains unveil unified message against hate

The captains of the teams participating in the 2026 World Cup exchanged special pennants denouncing hate and discrimination before the start of some matches, as part of an initiative launched by the FIFA to coincide with the International Day for Countering Hate Speech. In the matches between the Czech Republic and South Africa, Mexico and South Korea, Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Canada and Qatar, the captains exchanged pennants bearing the slogan “We Play Together.. We Stand Against Hate,” in a symbolic message aimed at promoting the values of respect and inclusion both inside and outside the game. FIFA explained…

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Fresh disgrace for GAA: sponsor Allianz are Israel’s biggest foreign backer

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Fresh disgrace for GAA: sponsor Allianz are Israel’s biggest foreign backer

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is set to come under renewed pressure for its disgraceful failure to cease its sponsorship agreement with backer of the ‘Israeli’ genocide Allianz. A new report by Middle East Eye reveals that the German insurance giant is: …the single largest foreign financier of the Israeli state – holding more in Israeli government bonds than the US, the UK, France and every other country put together. The new info is based on fact-finding by Dutch researchers Profundo. Perhaps most damningly, Profundo senior researcher Ward Warmerdam described the funding of Zionist atrocities as “deliberate”. Middle East Eye also quotes…

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Polanski calls out Burnham’s ‘more of the same’ migration plan

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Polanski calls out Burnham’s ‘more of the same’ migration plan

According to the Times, Andy Burnham is going to keep Shabana Mahmood as the home secretary if he becomes PM. Given that this would be the most ‘more of the same’ possible, it’s understandable Zack Polanski has said the following: The architect of Labour’s cruel plans on settled status and persecution of free speech and protest stays in place. More of the same. Only the Greens can take on failing Labour in Greater Manchester.https://t.co/AG52NPwyAS — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) June 19, 2026 Polanski vs Burnham According to the Times: Burnham has not handed out any formal offers of future cabinet jobs and his…

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Israel collapses Iran-US deal, Swiss meeting cancelled

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Israel collapses Iran-US deal, Swiss meeting cancelled

Israel has succeeded — at least for now — in its openly-admitted aim of collapsing peace talks between the US and Iran. Iranian negotiators said they would not attend talks in Geneva after Israel murdered dozens of people in airstrikes in Lebanon — so US vice-president JD Vance has also cancelled. According to Israeli claims, the occupation was retaliating for the destruction of an IOF tank which was busy invading southern Lebanon and the killing of its crew. If the Israelis don’t want their tanks destroyed, they should maybe pull them out of Lebanon. Israel — Gaslighting In a typical gaslighting…

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Hegseth’s tantrum at UK defence secretary Dan Jarvis can’t stop US decline

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Hegseth’s tantrum at UK defence secretary Dan Jarvis can’t stop US decline

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth threw a tantrum at his new UK counterpart Dan Jarvis over a supposed lack of cooperation in the war the US just lost with Iran. As well as this fake claim (the UK cooperated plenty), Hegseth blasted European partners for not doing his bidding during the illegal, unprovoked war. Hegseth and Jarvis were in Europe for a conference of NATO defence ministers. Former US Marine Hegseth, famous for his extreme-right tattoos, reportedly accused: some countries of “free riding” and others of being shameful for not allowing their airbases to be used by US jets bombing Iran…

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Araghchi calls out Israel’s determination to collapse US-Iran deal

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Araghchi calls out Israel’s determination to collapse US-Iran deal

Iranian foreign minister Sayed Abbas Araghchi has taken direct aim at genocidal Israel’s determination to collapse the newly-signed ‘memorandum of understanding‘ for an eventual end to the US-Israel war of aggression on Iran. Araghchi quoted a comment posted today, 19 June 2026, by fascist Israeli ‘security’ minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. In it, Ben-Gvir threatened to kill a thousand Lebanese children for every invading Israeli soldier killed by Lebanese resistance. And Araghchi pointed that this was not just a “rant by a random genocidal lunatic”— with which Israel’s supporters abound. Instead, it is a “public post by the national security minister of the…

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Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

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Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

Pariah state Israel appears determined to wreck any chance of peace between the US and Iran. The settler-colonial state has kept hitting Lebanon after failing to achieve its major aim — regime change — in the war it coaxed a rudderless Donald Trump into starting. Legacy outlet Newsweek reported on 19 June: Israel said it carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight into Friday, after Israel’s military said four soldiers were killed in fighting with the Iran-backed group that threatens to derail a U.S.-Iran framework intended to halt hostilities across the region. UPDATE | Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health…

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Greens messaging on Manchester’s mayoral vote needs some work

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Greens messaging on Manchester’s mayoral vote needs some work

The Green Party is likely to be the most credible left-wing option in Manchester’s mayoral election on 30 July. But to win, the Greens need to make sure their messaging is as strong as possible. Are Greens ‘the only party that can beat Reform’? It would be great, for example, if the Greens could avoid using the phrase ‘we’re the only party’. Because ahead of the mayoral election, they immediately came out with that message. And that was despite Labour having just won in Makerfield (which is in Greater Manchester). Across Greater Manchester – Bolton to Salford, Trafford to Stockport, Greens…

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Reform just tried (and failed) to get the Good Law Project’s suit against it thrown out

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Reform just tried (and failed) to get the Good Law Project’s suit against it thrown out

Today, 19 June, the High Court comprehensively ruled against Reform UK’s bid to throw out the Good Law Project’s (GLP) legal action against it. Back in 2024, before the general election, the GLP challenged all political parties to come clean about the data they held on members of the voting public. The action — backed by thousands of supporters — was part of the non-profit legal organisation’s #stoptargetingme campaign. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) it’s a legal requirement for political parties to list and/or delete personal data when requested. And, with the GLP’s help, 1746 people did just…

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Reform MPs show lack of humility yet again blaming Starmer for their own inability to win seat

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Reform MPs show lack of humility yet again blaming Starmer for their own inability to win seat

Reform MP-hopeful Robert Kenyon lost in the Makerfield by-election by over 9,000 votes, which is likely to have left the far-right party feeling pretty sore. However, most who face such a defeat would look to where they didn’t hit the mark with voters — but not grievance-fueling Reform UK whose MPs and leader have come out blaming Starmer’s abysmal leadership for why they didn’t win enough votes to secure the seat. The bigoted party’s deputy leader came first, with Richard Tice telling the BBC that people who actually wanted to vote Reform wound up voting for Labour ‘because they had to’.…

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Is Makerfield a tipping point, or just a speed bump?

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Is Makerfield a tipping point, or just a speed bump?

Andy Burnham’s back in Westminster after the Makerfield by-election. He’ll soon be Prime Minister. Which Andy turns up remains to be seen. And that, in part, will determine how much of a honeymoon he gets. If he guns for the privatised utilities and invests in council housing and public transport as he should, the establishment will target him. If he sits on the fence over Gaza, Palestine Action, or the EU, his coalition of voters will start to break apart. He’s one of the best communicators in politics – he can seem to offer everyone a little bit of hope. But…

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The false narrative white supremacists have pushed about their own white riots

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The false narrative white supremacists have pushed about their own white riots

When the racist white riots broke out in Belfast, you’d have thought the sky had fallen in — or at least that a small army of migrants had turned up unannounced and started stealing everyone’s jobs, houses, and sense of “identity”, whatever that means. That’s the story the pernicious far-right and their cheerleaders in certain corners of the corporate media were peddling, anyway. It’s a narrative as old as it is ridiculous. Whenever things feel tough, blame the person who just arrived, the one who has less, the one who’s already vulnerable. Let’s be absolutely clear from the start: these were…

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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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UNISON’s Andrea Egan speaks out on union-busting at Leicester school

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UNISON’s Andrea Egan speaks out on union-busting at Leicester school

UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan has insisted that she will ensure “the full force” of the union works to hold an academy trust to account for its union-busting at a Leicester school. Andrea Egan: ‘I will not tolerate this’ The Canary has been following developments closely since an academy special school in Leicester controversially suspended union rep Tom Barker. Amid accusations of union-busting, workers at the school overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action. And their campaign has escalated in recent weeks. Egan, who joined the picket line with these striking workers on 4 June, highlighted her “profound solidarity” at UNISON’s…

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Israel kills at least 47 people in Lebanon: today’s news alert

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Israel kills at least 47 people in Lebanon: today’s news alert

Renowned journalist Guy Smallman is on the ground in Southern Lebanon for the Canary. Here is his first daily report. To understand the flare-up today, Friday 19 June, between the IDF and Hezbollah’s resistance fighters, it is first necessary to take a look at the location in Lebanon. Lebanon: Friday, 19 June The Ali al-Taher ridge in Lebanon is home to a complex system of tunnels which form the backbone of local infrastructure for Hezbollah’s elite Radwan brigade. Constructed largely in secrecy, the complex was officially declared in a video by the group’s military media unit in 2024. Described as an…

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Iran submits complaint to FIFA regarding US travel restrictions on its player

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Iran submits complaint to FIFA regarding US travel restrictions on its player

The Iranian Football Federation announced on Friday its intention to submit a formal complaint to FIFA, protesting the restrictions imposed on the movement of Iran’s national team within the United States during its participation in the 2026 World Cup. The Iran will play its matches in the tournament while based in Mexico, one of the host nations, under restrictions related to entry procedures into the United States, where its group stage matches will take place. In a statement quoted by Reuters, the Iranian Federation stated that U.S. authorities allow the delegation to enter only one day before the match, provided they…

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