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Andy Burnham offers milquetoast sop to Palestine. Sadly for him we weren’t born yesterday

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Andy Burnham offers milquetoast sop to Palestine. Sadly for him we weren’t born yesterday

Incoming PM Andy Burnham has said the Labour Party got it wrong on Palestine and will fix up. He’s pledged to put more pressure on Israel, including possible bans and sanctions. But is he to be trusted? Burnham told the Guardian: I know many people feel that at the start of Israel’s military action in Gaza my party didn’t get it right and I am sorry about that. The response has too often not been good enough. We need to do better. Adding: We’ve got to do more to put pressure on the Israeli government … Yes, we have taken some…

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The next PM must act on the interim Timms Report and scrap the DWP’s PIP assessment system

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The next PM must act on the interim Timms Report and scrap the DWP’s PIP assessment system

On 9 July, the interim Timms Review branded Personal Independence Payments (PIP) “not fit for purpose”. The news comes as the Labour Party searches for a new leader, and a new UK prime minister, to boot. Right now, Andy Burnham looks like a shoo-in — and he’s got a golden opportunity to scrap PIP as we know it. Stephen Timms, the minister for social security and disability, began his investigation back in October. The interim report drew on well over 38,000 responses to the government’s call for evidence. It highlighted that PIP assessments were frequently “dehumanising”, “degrading” and “stressful” for claimants.…

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Irish football bosses continue Israel appeasement with vote to fulfil fixtures

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Irish football bosses continue Israel appeasement with vote to fulfil fixtures

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has taken a fresh step towards historic ignominy by pushing through a vote to fulfil its Nations League fixtures against the genocidal apartheid entity of ‘Israel’. In a statement, the FAI explained: At an Extraordinary General Meeting on Wednesday, July 8th, members were asked to vote on the following ordinary motion: “While acknowledging the strength of feeling regarding support for Palestine and the upcoming UEFA Men’s Nations League fixtures, that the members recognise the profound impact that any non-fulfilment of UEFA fixtures would have on Irish football as a whole and on its future development,…

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As Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in “immediate danger” UN inquiry commission calls for Gaza doctor’s release

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As Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in “immediate danger” UN inquiry commission calls for Gaza doctor’s release

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, 52, paediatrician and director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been imprisoned without charge since 27 December 2024. The Israeli occupation has beaten and tortured him, and kept him in solitary confinement on a regular basis. Now the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has called for the Israeli occupation to release him, saying it is deeply concerned by reports of his treatment while in detention. Calls for “Immediate release” of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the #oPt calls on Israel to "release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya,…

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Refuge data reveals 78% rise in tech and economic abuse referrals

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Refuge data reveals 78% rise in tech and economic abuse referrals

Refuge, the UK’s largest specialist domestic abuse charity, has recorded a staggering 78% rise in referrals for cases of technology-facilitated abuse and economic abuse. Of these cases, Refuge’s frontline team has observed a worrying increase in perpetrators exploiting car finance agreements, putting survivors in significant debt. Between April 2025-March 2026, there were 967 referrals to Refuge’s specialist Technology-Facilitated Abuse and Economic Empowerment team, compared to 542 referrals in 2024 – 2025. Of the 2025-2026 referrals, 43% (414) survivors reported experiencing some form of economic abuse, compared to 37% (198) of survivors in 2024-2025. Economic abuse can take many forms, all of…

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A New Lowe: far-right UK politician tells Joe Rogan Dunblane school massacre was ‘one murder’

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A New Lowe: far-right UK politician tells Joe Rogan Dunblane school massacre was ‘one murder’

Hard-right Restore Britain MP Rupert Lowe has caused uproar by telling grating Yank podcaster Joe Rogan that the 1996 Dunblane massacre was only ‘one murder’.  The tone-deaf right-winger also lamented that his father lost his pistols due to changes in law brought in after the killings. Well, boo-bloody-hoo, for daddy. The Oxford-educated ex-banker was talking about UK gun laws with Rogan, who is himself the human embodiment of divorced-man-whose-kids-won’t-speak-to-them energy. Let’s get this straight. In March 1996, Thomas Hamilton, an alleged nonce, walked into a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and massacred 16 primary school pupils and a teacher. He stalked…

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Geraldine Coggins from the Green Party comes out on top in mayoral hustings

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Geraldine Coggins from the Green Party comes out on top in mayoral hustings

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) hosted a hustings debate for the mayoral candidates in Greater Manchester, scoring the candidates on how well they commanded the room, how comfortable they were facing questions, and who presented strong arguments for their political parties. It also graded people on their ability to save face answering the toughest questions and exposed how some of the candidates are just not up to the task of being a political leader. With the Green Party’s Geraldine Coggins coming out on top, and the Reform candidate just behind her, it really does seem that the race will be between…

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Israel targeted two Canary journalists with stun grenades in south Lebanon

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Israel targeted two Canary journalists with stun grenades in south Lebanon

Zahra — a Lebanese citizen from the south of Lebanon — was on her balcony, pouring coffee, telling two journalists — one British, one Lebanese — what it is like to live in a town which has now become inside Israel’s yellow line of occupation, and why she can’t leave. Then BANG!! An Israeli drone had dropped a stun grenade — a flash-bang, the kind police lob to scatter riot crowds — around 30 metres from where they sat. On the recording, you can hear it detonate. You can hear her voice change: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Guy-and-Mohamad-—-stun-grenade.wav The translation of the Arabic from the…

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SOAS 2’s Sarah Cotte walks free but will face September retrial

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SOAS 2’s Sarah Cotte walks free but will face September retrial

Sarah Cotte, one of the ‘SOAS 2’ defendants accused of supporting a banned group, has walked free from the Old Bailey but faces a retrial in September. The judge discharged the jury in the first trial on 1 July after jurors refused to convict, but decided yesterday that Cotte would face a retrial, also at the Old Bailey, on 14 September. A defiant Cotte told gathered supporters that: We know that we are on the side of justice. We are on the side of liberation. We are on the side of people who fight back, people who strive for a better…

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MEPs call for an investigation into Infantino over allegations of bowing to pressure from Trump

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MEPs call for an investigation into Infantino over allegations of bowing to pressure from Trump

The crisis surrounding the lifting of the suspension of American striker Folarin Balogun has taken a new turn, after dozens of Members of the European Parliament called for an investigation into the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, following allegations that he succumbed to political pressure from US president Donald Trump, in one of the most controversial issues surrounding the 2026 World Cup. According to the Associated Press, 35 MEPs signed a letter calling on FIFA’s Ethics Committee to investigate Infantino’s role, after the Disciplinary Committee decided to lift Balogun’s suspension, allowing him to play against Belgium in the round of 16,…

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B’Tselem report exposes routine killings by “Israel” against Palestinian children

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B’Tselem report exposes routine killings by “Israel” against Palestinian children

A new B’Tselem report examines the Israeli occupation’s killing of Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, with special emphasis on 2025. The report provides a stark overview of the brute force Israel uses to maim and kill Palestine’s youth. Titled — Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israel in the West Bank — reveals the scale of the killings, and the circumstances in which children have been shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces (IOF). It also discusses the policies and practices enabling these violations to continue with total impunity. “Israel” attacks all aspects of Palestinian life Since the…

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Ismael Saibari goes from doctors’ diagnoses to making World Cup history

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Ismael Saibari goes from doctors’ diagnoses to making World Cup history

At World Cup tournaments, there are players who score goals, and there are players who create moments that remain etched in the tournament’s memory for decades. When it comes to Ismael Saibari, he has done both. At the 2026 World Cup, the Moroccan international was not merely one of the tournament’s stars; he became the embodiment of one of the greatest individual achievements in the history of Arab and African football. Three goals propelled the “Lions of the Atlas” into the knockout stages and secured his place in the history books, as he became the first African player to score three…

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China has saved the global oil market amid Trump’s war on Iran

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China has saved the global oil market amid Trump’s war on Iran

A prominent oil analyst has claimed that China’s dramatic reduction in crude oil imports since the US/Israel war of choice on Iran helped prevent a full-blown global energy shock. Real demand for oil plateauing in China In an interview with German DW, oil analyst Rory Johnston said: Chinese crude oil imports fell by roughly 40- 45%, roughly 5 million barrels a day from pre-war levels to the levels we saw average through June. That is gargantuan. That is a larger shift than the entirety of the world’s SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserves) releases combined. According to Reuters, since the unprovoked war on…

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Robert Jenrick joins the list of Reform MPs who took money from convicted fraudsters

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Robert Jenrick joins the list of Reform MPs who took money from convicted fraudsters

The Metropolitan Police has now launched a formal investigation into potential wrongdoing following an Electoral Commission investigation into reports that a £37.5k donation to Robert Jenrick’s Tory leadership campaign had originated overseas — Reform UK isn’t alone. The most troubling detail is that funds said to have been donated by Spott Fitness businessman Phillip Ullmann actually contained a £37.5k sum donated by a US company Innovyz. The company’s founder is Gary Klopfenstein, a convicted fraudster in the US who pleaded guilty in 2024 for wire fraud. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told the Guardian: We have launched an investigation following a referral from…

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Green Party lays out its manifesto for Greater Manchester

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Green Party lays out its manifesto for Greater Manchester

The Green Party has announced its manifesto ahead of the upcoming mayoral election for Greater Manchester after Labour’s Andy Burnham stepped down to run for MP in Makerfield and will likely be the next PM. The party’s bold new manifesto aims to break from Burnham’s model, arguing it rewarded developers, priced ordinary people out of local homes, and funnelled investment into the city centre while leaving surrounding communities underfunded and chronically overlooked. Coggins announced her new plan for change in Hulme alongside party leader Zack Polanski, co-deputy Mothin Ali and Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer, powerfully stating: We need real…

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EHRC Code protests across country on 9 July

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EHRC Code protests across country on 9 July

On 9 July at 6pm there will be protests across England and Scotland against the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Code of Practice. It leaves trans people with even fewer rights than before the Supreme Court judgment in April 2025. The EHRC Code of Practice was laid before parliament on 21 May for a 40 day scrutiny period, which is due to expire soon. After the 40 days end, if there are no objections from the Houses of Commons or Lords, the Code can be made statutory by order of the secretary of state. Groups including the BAD Coalition…

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Israel murders Palestinian aid official who organised Gaza World Cup screenings

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Israel murders Palestinian aid official who organised Gaza World Cup screenings

Israel has responded to the Egyptian football team manager’s comments of support for Gaza by murdering Palestinian Mohamed Fawaz al-Wahidi — Egypt’s organiser of World Cup match screenings in Gaza. The 7 July 2026 murder came just before Egypt’s match against Argentina, where many believe the Egyptians were cheated out of a historic win. Israel kills Palestinian aid worker Al-Wahidi was the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza’s public relations director. He had organised screenings of World Cup matches for Palestinians as a small glimmer of relief from their suffering under Israeli genocide, starvation and oppression. But just before the Egypt-Argentina match…

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165 MPs have signed a motion to reject the EHRC transphobic Code of Practice

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165 MPs have signed a motion to reject the EHRC transphobic Code of Practice

The Early Day Motion to reject the Equality and Human Rights Commissions (EHRC) transphobic Code of Practice has now hit 165 signatures. As such, the motion’s author — Nottingham East Labour MP Nadia Whittome — has called for equalities minister Bridget Phillipson to withdraw the code. The milestone means that over a quarter of all MPs have now signed the forlorn-hope statement. However, time is now running desperately short, as Whittome explained on social media on 8 July: The scrutiny period for the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice ends this week. This Code will enforce trans people’s segregation, out them to others,…

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DWP controls media narrative ahead of DWP Timms PIP report, again

DWP controls media narrative ahead of DWP Timms PIP report, again

The press has been ramping up its hatred of neurodivergent conditions again. Coincidentally, this was just days before the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released the interim report for the Timms Review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP). DWP controlling narratives again The interim report was released this morning, and the Canary will bring you more analysis on that once we’ve digested all 74 pages of it.  If the Milburn Review report and the Neurodivergent conditions reports are anything to go by, it won’t yield the results the DWP wanted. Ahead of the Milburn Review, the media ran rolling, breaking news…

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Another mosque attack goes ignored by politicians & MSM

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Another mosque attack goes ignored by politicians & MSM

UK politicians and ‘mainstream’ media are ignoring yet another Islamophobic attack at a UK mosque. In the latest in a string of attacks treated with indifference by the establishment, an elderly man was assaulted and subjected to racist abuse outside Noor Ul Islam Mosque in the Leyton area of London. The victim was hospitalised by the attack. An intervention by other mosque-goers prevented the attack escalating further. A man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.  Mosque attack met with state-media indifference Keir Starmer and other government politicians did not even comment on the attack, let alone call a…

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