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How Israeli atrocities fueled Palestine Action

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How Israeli atrocities fueled Palestine Action

Two women have told a court how they felt compelled to join the Palestine Action protest group after watching “a live-streamed genocide” of Israeli attacks in Gaza. “I would see mothers scrape up tiny pieces of their children,” 53-year-old Hannah Davidson told jurors at the Old Bailey this week. “I saw a stray dog with a toddler’s arm.” Co-defendant Teuta Hoxha, a 30-year-old care worker, said she watched a video of a Palestinian father carrying two bags. “He was wailing. It was the type of wail that comes from the soul. “What he was saying was, ‘I have my son in…

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Egyptian coach’s X gesture sparks unjust backlash

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Egyptian coach’s X gesture sparks unjust backlash

It took just seconds for a gesture from Hossam Hassan, manager of the Egyptian national team, to become one of the most debated moments of the 2026 World Cup. After raising his arms to form an ‘X’ while protesting the decisions of French referee François Loutixier, Hassan’s gesture quickly came under international scrutiny. Some interpreted it as FIFA’s official anti-racism symbol. Meanwhile, others saw it as a familiar football protest against refereeing decisions. The controversy was not just about the gesture itself, but the context around it. It came during a furious reaction to the referee’s decisions. As a result, it…

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Responses from disabled people detail “soul-destroying” DWP PIP assessments

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Responses from disabled people detail “soul-destroying” DWP PIP assessments

The 9 July interim report from the Timms Review of the Department for Work and Pension’s (DWP) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) system found that the benefit was both vitally necessary and deeply unfit for purpose. After putting out a call for responses back in March, the reviewers received over 38,000 responses. This was in spite of the fact that the response period was limited to 10 weeks, rather than the customary 12. Within these, the vast majority — around 90%  — of the responses were negative. Roughly half mentioned PIP’s financial inadequacy, and over a quarter referenced decisions or appeals that…

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Ex-Labour staffers now working for Israeli spy-led firm

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Ex-Labour staffers now working for Israeli spy-led firm

Former staff of at least two Labour government cabinet ministers, including outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, are now working for 411 Communications, a firm led by a former Israeli intelligence officer. Unit 2800 Oketa Zogi Shala is a former Labour Party intern who personally shadowed Keir Starmer and David Lammy. In February, she was recruited by 411 Communications. The director of 411 is Assaf Kaplan, a former Israeli spy from the infamous Unit 8200. In 2021, the intelligence officer was hired by Labour as a “social listening and organizing manager”. Asa Winstanley reported on the tactics of his former employer: Unit…

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Maysa Daw unites with global artists on music track to ‘break silence’ on world’s hidden crises

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Maysa Daw unites with global artists on music track to ‘break silence’ on world’s hidden crises

Four artists from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Palestine have released (No More) Radio Silence, a new collaboration with music producer Kensaye, in partnership with Oxfam. The track features Congolese-born artist Espoir Dekin, South Sudanese rapper Gatkuoth Wan, Palestinian musician and member of hip-hop group DAM, Maysa Daw, and London-based Palestinian composer and oud player Saied Silbak. Together, they blend afro/Arab hip-hop, industrial and electronica to turn lived experiences of conflict into a piece of sound and protest, calling for unity, visibility and resistance. Artists share their experiences The artists’ stories and experiences are woven into every…

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UK greenlights renewed US strikes on Iran from British soil

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UK greenlights renewed US strikes on Iran from British soil

Hamish Falconer told MPs that UK permissions for US use of British air bases “remain in place,” even as Trump unilaterally declared the ceasefire “over” and resumed airstrikes against Iranian targets. UK play’s Trump’s poodle Falconer, the Labour MP for the Middle East, said in Parliament: In relation to the question about military support, I want to be clear: the UK stands with our Gulf allies in a defensive capacity. As the shadow Foreign Secretary alluded to, we do provide capability to our friends and partners in the Gulf to protect themselves against these attacks. We do also continue to provide permissions…

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Interim Timms Report brands DWP PIP system “not fit for purpose”

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Interim Timms Report brands DWP PIP system “not fit for purpose”

On 9 July, social security and disability minister Stephen Timms published his interim report on the state of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) system. The initial findings were damning, recognising that the payments were vitally necessary for disabled recipients, but ultimately “not fit for purpose”. In large part, this failing was due to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)-managed assessment system. Participants branded those assessments as “dehumanising”, “soul destroying”, and “degrading”. The review also highlighted pressing concerns regarding: whether the functional assessment and descriptors fully reflect real-life impacts, particularly for fluctuating, multiple, and less visible conditions, as well as about…

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A team-by-team preview of the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals

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A team-by-team preview of the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals

From 48, we’re down to eight. The quarter-finals arrive with four ties that feel evenly matched, each carrying its own storyline. Here’s the clean, accurate, team-by-team guide to France vs Morocco, Spain vs Belgium, Norway vs England and Argentina vs Switzerland. France’s route to the quarter-finals France breezed through a brutal group containing Senegal, Morocco and Norway, winning all three. A 3-0 dismissal of Sweden in the round of 32 reinforced their status, though the last‑16 win over Paraguay was hard work due to them being the worst team to play a World Cup match. Best player so far: Kylian Mbappe…

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Cuba and Iran: the duality of American power

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Cuba and Iran: the duality of American power

The war on Iran was brought to a provisional close this month when Donald Trump finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Palace of Versailles, on the sidelines of the G7. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the same document electronically from Tehran. The president has presented the deal as a win – in the narrow sense that he has stopped an active war spilling into global catastrophe and reopened a global oil chokepoint. Nevertheless, the terms of the deal tell a story at odds with the triumphalist narrative, since almost every substantive concession in the fourteen-point framework favours Iran.…

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Reform in shambles as even right-wing media turn on it

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Reform in shambles as even right-wing media turn on it

Reform is in disarray over Nigel Farage’s already-backfiring resignation gamble, so much that even hard-right media can’t hide it. In fact, some are even joining in the mockery. Reactionary horror Julia Hartley-Brewer, for example. Reform’s awful spokeswoman Laila Cunningham was having an even worse day than usual yesterday (9 July 2026). She even tried to contend that being a privately-educated banker — as Farage is — didn’t make you part of the establishment. No defence for Reform But Hartley-Brewer mercilessly dismantled Cunningham on Talk TV, exposing the party’s utter lack of preparation and credibility on – for example – defence: REFORM…

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People Against Genocide target Tring factory of key Elbit supplier Ultra I&C

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People Against Genocide target Tring factory of key Elbit supplier Ultra I&C

Early on 9 July, 3 action-takers from People Against Genocide successfully evaded security to enter the Tring facility of military tech and cyber warfare company Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C) in Tring, Hertfordshire. Once inside the building, the PAG team began dismantling military equipment, to close the facility down, and stop production. Ultra I&C is a key supplier to UAV Tactical Systems, the Leicester subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest weapons maker. Elbit produces 85% of the Israeli military’s killer drone fleet, and 80% of their other weaponry and equipment. Elbit boasts that its deadly products are “battle-tested” on Palestinians.…

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Burnham plans to take Starmer’s ‘censor for Israel’ plan even further

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Burnham plans to take Starmer’s ‘censor for Israel’ plan even further

Presumptive new PM Andy Burnham has indicated that he will not undo any of his defunct predecessor’s war on UK rights and freedoms in support of Israel. In fact, he has made clear that he doesn’t think it’s tough enough and intends to take it further. Burnham picks up where Starmer left off For example, Burnham has said that he wants the under-16s ban to be delivered with urgency and reinforced the lies about doing it to ‘protect children’. But he thinks it is only a starting point: a “critical first step”. Burnham made a milksop apology yesterday for Labour’s ‘stance’…

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Critical minerals deals give a massive boost to Trump’s cronies

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Critical minerals deals give a massive boost to Trump’s cronies

Trump is synonymous with the grift. He is grifting on critical minerals deals too, unsurprisingly. Incoming reports show that the administration’s push to secure these resources has become a family-and-friends cash cow. Trump’s sons and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s children are especially positioned to profit from billion dollar deals. Cantor Fitzgerald — led by Lutnick for more than 30 years before he handed ownership to his children after becoming Trump’s Commerce Secretary — is all over these deals. Critical minerals: Hottest cash cow The New York Times (NYT) reported that the Trump administration has provided, or is considering providing more than…

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Israeli occupation attempts to assassinate Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem

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Israeli occupation attempts to assassinate Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem

The Israeli occupation, on 9 July, tried but failed to assassinate Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem. “Israeli” drone targeted Hamas spokesperson’s car An Israeli occupation drone targeted Qassem’s vehicle near Abbas Junction, West of Gaza City, on the afternoon of 9 July. Qassem was not in the vehicle at the time. But his bodyguard, Mohammed Al-Fayoumi, was killed. Three others were also wounded, as the car was hit on a crowded street. Qassem had attended a press conference on 7 July, in which Hamas announced it was dissolving its civilian governing body in Gaza. He told the AFP news agency at the…

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Mosque replica on loyalist bonfire reveals moribund ‘culture’ circling the drain

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Mosque replica on loyalist bonfire reveals moribund ‘culture’ circling the drain

Loyalists in the village of Moygashel have torched a replica of a mosque, sparking predictable outrage. There’s little question the action was a grotesque, hateful display, and such sentiments represent a real material threat to Muslims, as recent racist pogroms prove. What the blaze truly shows, however, is a dead-end loyalist culture that will ultimately burn itself out through its own bigotry and parochialism. Its only hope may lie in the embrace of its core tenets by reactionaries beyond the north of Ireland. This is perhaps the punt being taken by the pyromaniacs of the County Tyrone village, and those elsewhere…

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The Capitulation Treaty: How the Lebanese Regime Shielded Israeli War Crimes

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The Capitulation Treaty: How the Lebanese Regime Shielded Israeli War Crimes

If the Lebanese state refuses to stand as a shield for its own people, who will hold the Israeli war machine accountable for its savage campaign of devastation? Israel’s unchecked brutality The numbers released by the Lebanese Ministry of Health paint a horrifying picture of unchecked brutality: more than 4,000 human lives extinguished; over 12,000 individuals maimed and wounded; an entire nation subjected to calculated terror. This is not mere collateral damage; it is a systematic logbook of unpunished war crimes. From the deliberate obliteration of entire villages and the engineering of mass human displacement to the calculated targeting of journalists,…

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Jarell Quansah receives two-match ban after Mexico red card

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Jarell Quansah receives two-match ban after Mexico red card

England’s last‑16 win over Mexico came at a cost. Jarell Quansah, starting at right‑back in the Azteca stadium, was sent off just before the hour mark and has now been handed a two‑match suspension after FIFA ruled his challenge on Jesús Gallardo amounted to serious foul play. The decision leaves Thomas Tuchel short of options on the right side of defence as England prepare for Norway on Saturday. Corrupt FIFA extends ban The incident came in the 54th minute. Quansah slid in on Gallardo, catching him high on the shin. Referee Alireza Faghani initially let play continue, but VAR intervened. After…

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Mbappé’s World Cup masterclass against Morocco

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Mbappé’s World Cup masterclass against Morocco

Kylian Mbappe’s World Cup has become a running dialogue of being the only player who can defeat the evil Argentinians and their captain Messi. The fight isn’t carried out through words, but with goals, assists, pressure, and moments that bend tournaments.  France’s 2-0 win over Morocco in the quarter-finals added another chapter, another punch, another reminder that Mbappe is matching Messi without the cheating and bending of the rules for Argentina. Eight goals now, Mbappe delivered a performance that felt like a real statement of intent, also dedicating his goal celebration to Cristiano Ronaldo.  The penalty miss The Argentine referee made…

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Farage ‘routinely’ introduced criminal donor Cottrell as ‘chief of staff’

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Farage ‘routinely’ introduced criminal donor Cottrell as ‘chief of staff’

Scandal-riddled Nigel Farage “routinely” introduced criminal crypto-financier ‘Posh’ George Cottrell as his “chief of staff”, according to new revelations in the Guardian. Cottrell is one of two donors at the centre of the scandal of Farage’s massive undeclared donations, which he was legally obliged to report on becoming an MP. Farage is now trying to staunch the bleeding by resigning his Clacton parliamentary seat and standing for re-election. However, his claim that the donations have been a purely personal matter among friends is shattered by the latest exposure. Farage panic As well as his own donations and the alleged provision of…

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Netanyahu says Israel will occupy Lebanon for as long as they ‘need’

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Netanyahu says Israel will occupy Lebanon for as long as they ‘need’

Israeli PM Benyamin Netanyahu has said Israel will occupy Lebanon for as long as required. The settler colonial state pushed deep into the country’s south during the most recent invasion and is still holding swathes of Lebanese territory. Netanyahu said on 9 July: We will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon for as long as necessary to guarantee the security of our communities in the north. The war criminal PM was addressing a group of Israeli pilots. The Times of Israel reported that he told them: The war is not over. Alongside old challenges, new ones continue to emerge.…

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