Israeli war criminal Ben-Gvir celebrates arrest of Palestinian bride and groom

• Post author:Robert Freeman
• Post published:16 August 2026
• Post last modified:16 August 2026

In another sign that there are no bounds to ‘Israeli’ efforts to seek novel forms of cruelty, the apartheid entity’s security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has gloated over the arrest of a bride and groom on their wedding day. In heartbreaking footage posted by the war criminal, the couple trudge in suit and wedding dress through the gates of a police station on what should have been the happiest day of their lives. However, as victims in an apartheid society, Palestinians don’t get to enjoy these moments in the way people in a free society might. The Zionist thug masquerading as a…

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Reform announces plan to completely abolish PIP

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:16 August 2026
• Post last modified:16 August 2026

Demonstrating yet again that the party has zero idea of what it’s doing, Reform UK has threatened to scrap Personal Independence Payments (PIP): NEW: Reform UK has pledged to scrap PIP and the health element of Universal Credit for working-age adults Only people with severe disabilities would receive cash payments to save £50bn a year on benefits — Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) August 15, 2026 Big changes Reform’s plan would see PIP being replaced with a new system called a ‘Health Security Allowance’. While Reform is promising to maintain some form of a safety net, it’s clear many claimants will lose out,…

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Man who started the Jason Arday witch hunt is a Nazi-style “race realist”

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:16 August 2026
• Post last modified:16 August 2026

On 14 August, the 41-year-old academic Jason Arday was found dead in Battersea, London. His death followed a relentless media blitz in which the previously unknown professor was subjected the sort of relentless coverage which is usually reserved for heads of state. The media figures joining in should really known better too; especially as the man who spearheaded the campaign against Arday is a proponent of the ‘race science’ that drove the Nazis: This Was Posted Around 16:00 Yesterday, Just after Jason Arday Passed Cofnas says he’s “waiting for the revolution” before getting another academic job, then says that after the…

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Gaza artists pay tribute to “Free Palestine” Burger King worker

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:16 August 2026
• Post last modified:16 August 2026

Artists in Gaza have painted a mural honouring Burger King worker Arianna Hamilton. Israeli visitor Rami Feinstein tried — and to the burger chain’s shame reportedly succeeded despite provoking the incident — to get Hamilton fired after she said “free Palestine” when he said he was Israeli. The entitled friend of genocide’s video of the interaction, in which he cast himself as the ‘unsafe’ victim, quickly went viral – but not in a way he would have appreciated. Hamilton commented publicly on the incident in a social media video: Now her stand has been honoured in Gaza: Solidarity Arianna Hamilton. Never…

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Censored for satire? Comic’s YouTube ban ignites free-speech debate

• Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
• Post published:16 August 2026
• Post last modified:17 August 2026

The Canary recently spoke to Irish satirist and pro-Palestine activist Tadhg Hickey, as he faces further pushback from the pro-Israel lobby. His YouTube channel has been taken down, apparently for “endorsing criminal organisations”. Hickey has long maintained his public support for the right of resistance, which is a legal right enshrined under international law, for a captive or occupied population to resist their occupier. Within this crucial tenet of international law, occupied people have an inherent legal right to resist using force and have the right to bear arms. It then follows, of course, that support for resistance is absolutely in…

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Fan outcry follows West Ham after signing Israeli player

• Post author:Alaa Shamali
• Post published:16 August 2026
• Post last modified:16 August 2026

The signing of Israeli winger Manor Solomon by West Ham United, arriving from Tottenham Hotspur, has sparked widespread controversy among a number of the club’s fans and social media users who support the Palestinian cause. The player’s name has been linked to previous pro-Israel stances and posts made during the war in Gaza. West Ham announced the completion of the deal, valued at around £5 million in fixed fees, plus £2 million in add-ons. Solomon signed a three-year contract with the option for an additional year’s extension, according to British reports and others specializing in the transfer market. The controversy Solomon’s…

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Farage’s £5m sugar daddy linked to dodgy crypto site

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:16 August 2026
• Post last modified:16 August 2026

Nigel Farage’s recent scandals have been a tale of two crypto tycoons — one a millionaire and the other a billionaire. The millionaire of the two is George Cottrell (a.k.a. ‘Posh George’); the billionaire is Christopher Harborne. While the latter man is responsible for the most suspicious payment (the notorious £5m gift to Farage), it’s Posh George who’s generally the most suspicious. This aura of suspicion is in part because Cottrell is a convicted fraudster, but it’s also because of his connections to the now defunct Tethet.bet — a site connected to potentially illegal activity in the UK. As the Times…

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Zionist Israel just assassinated Gaza’s police chief in yet another war crime

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

On 13 August, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assassinated Gaza Governorate’s civil police chief, 43-year-old Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil. His vehicle was targeted by a drone, which fired three missiles, while travelling on al-Rashid Street, southwest of Gaza City. Two other Palestinians were reportedly wounded in the strike. ‘Israel’ uses accusations of Hamas membership yet again as excuse for assassination ‘Israel’ has claimed, with no evidence as usual, that Kamil was a 7 October Hamas commander. In a social media post, the IOF said: the terrorist was eliminated from the air to remove the threat. Gaza’s Interior Ministry confirmed the killing, saying…

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Geese, cigs, and cardboard: harassing council fines terrify insecure migrants

• Post author:Cameron Baillie
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Nobody likes being slapped with a fine. Your diligent reporter got slapped with a parking council fine while covering the historic Makerfield by-election. That’s £45 I would much rather not have forked up. (Luckily, I could.) In the North, there’s an entire social media genre that has sprung up of vigilant citizens saving their compatriots from needless fines. Many involve simply telling people to “walk away”, often leaving the fine enforcers looking a bit forlorn. Councils outsource the fining under the name of “environment enforcement“. But not all council fines are equal. Yes, some stretch way beyond £45 (or £90 if…

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2026 heatwaves have cost UK a staggering £4.4bn

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

A new report from the Verdant think tank has put a financial cost on the 2026 heatwaves, and the amount they’ve identified is eye watering: Heatwaves have a serious economic cost – not only obvious wildfire damage, but lost productivity from extreme heat. New report from @VerdantThinking estimates total cost to the UK is £4.4bn, concentrated in London and SE. Link to report and media coverage below… pic.twitter.com/VLY228LIOb — James Meadway (@meadwaj) August 12, 2026 Heatwaves: burning money The introduction for Verdant’s latest report on heatwaves reads: Successive heatwaves from May to the end of July 2026 have an estimated economic…

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NATO commander confirms crucial role of Ireland in murderous US war machine

• Post author:Robert Freeman
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

NATO military chief, general Alexus Grynkewich, has spoken of how Ireland’s Shannon airport is crucial in allowing the US military to “project power” globally. In other words, Ireland is a critical cog in a war machine that has delivered genocidal violence this century, particularly to the people of West Asia. Grynkewich is also commander of US European Command. He was speaking to RTÉ, telling them Shannon functions as a “very important logistics hub”. He continued: It allows America to project power and keep threats at bay from all over the world. I think there are some significant security implications to losing…

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Will Ronaldo and his son both wear the Portugal shirt at Euro 2028?

• Post author:Alaa Shamali
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo Júnior, the son of Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, has sparked renewed interest in football circles after the Sunday Guardian reported on the possibility of the young player being given a chance with the senior Portugal squad in 2027. Should this come to pass, it could pave the way for one of football’s most eagerly anticipated spectacles: Cristiano Ronaldo and his son both wearing the Portugal shirt at the 2028 European Championship finals. A new chapter in Ronaldo Júnior’s career Ronaldo Júnior, born in 2010, has already begun representing Portugal at youth level, whilst continuing to develop his footballing career…

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Cubarsí leads the race for the 2026 Golden Boy Award

• Post author:Alaa Shamali
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Spanish defender Pau Cubarsí of Barcelona has firmly established himself as one of the leading contenders for the 2026 Golden Boy Award, having topped the rankings in the latest update, 700 points ahead of his teammate Lamine Yamal, in a race that reflects the remarkable transformation in the young defender’s career during an exceptional year. Koparsi’s rise to the top comes after a football season in which he established himself as one of the most prominent young defenders in world football, having transformed from a promising talent into a key figure in the defence of both Barcelona and the Spanish national…

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US now says allies including the EU, Israel, and India are involved in a transshipment scam with China

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:15 August 2026

Not aliens or COVID this time – the latest global conspiracy against the USA, according to the Trump administration, is that its allies are trading with China and committing the “great transshipment scam.” The Great Transshipment Scam In a 25-page report titled “The Great Transshipment Scam,” released by the White House, the Trump admin names more than 40 countries, including America’s closest allies, as co-conspirators helping evade US tariffs on China.  The US loses up to $26 billion annually in tariff revenue due to this scam, according to it. The report’s “Tier 1” list of offenders includes the European Union, Canada,…

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Netanyahu calls UK “Islamic Republic of Britain” in Islamophobic rant

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated a racist joke first made by JD Vance that Britain might be the first ‘truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon.’ As the US government faces accusations of meddling in British democracy with half a million dollars in “public education” grants aimed at exporting MAGA propaganda to the UK, Netanyahu is doing exactly what Washington is trying to do as well –  spreading a destabilising Islamophobic narrative in the UK. The MAGA “civilisational” narrative frames Europe as under threat from mass migration, falling birth rates, and what it calls “civilisational erasure.” Netanyahu’s “Islamic…

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Settlers continue their siege on Palestinian homes in Qusra

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:15 August 2026

On 9 August, settlers established a new outpost in Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, setting up a tent just metres away from Palestinian homes. They continue to lay siege on three family homes, which are on the outskirts of the village, on a hill. The settlers have cut water and electric lines, and are blocking access routes and deliveries of essential supplies. The residents remain trapped inside their homes, while occupation soldiers and settlers have been seen praying, barbecuing, and dancing together. “We will remain steadfast and stay in our homes, even if we are martyred.” Now…

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Climate scientists issue urgent warning to UK government on new oil and gas drilling

• Post author:Abi Perrin
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

A fifth heatwave is hitting us. Wildfires are overwhelming the fire brigade’s capacity to respond. Drought is devastating harvests. The impacts of a fossil-fueled Climate Emergency are more visible than ever, yet signals from the government suggest they’ll support Shell & Equinor’s plans to drill for new oil and gas. Against this backdrop, in their starkest warning yet, the UK’s top climate scientists have written to the new energy secretary, urging her to protect lives and livelihoods above polluters’ profits. Deadly heat & dire warnings I’m writing this early in the morning, curtains drawn, knowing that in a few hours’ time…

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Haringey Green council leader slams Burnham’s rent control letdown

• Post author:Ed Sykes
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

The Green Party’s victory over Labour in Haringey was one of its biggest successes in May’s local elections. And new Green council leader Mark Blake is intent on making a positive impact. But he says Andy Burnham’s national government has already disappointed by failing to devolve the power to introduce rent controls. A big devolution fail already from the ‘devolution prime minister’ Considering Burnham’s whole shtick is devolution, it was a massive disappointment when his new housing secretary Angela Rayner confirmed that the central government would be making the call not to back rent controls. As Blake told the Canary, Rayner’s…

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BREAKING: Wimborne-Idrissi, Ahmed, Wilson quit Your Party CEC

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

Three members of Your Party’s executive committee (CEC) have become the latest well-known figures to quit the committee, with what they describe as the “letter we never wanted to write”. “Never wanted to” The letter cites the party’s “shameful” conduct, lack of democracy and transparency, and unaddressed “serious misconduct” by senior staff. In full, it reads: Why we are resigning from the CEC – a statement from Solma Ahmed, Sophie Wilson and Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi – 14.08.2026 This is a letter we never wanted to write. We have resisted and delayed, hoping against hope that we would be able to find a…

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Infertility After the War: Is Gaza Facing a Reproductive Health Crisis?

• Post author:Haya Hijazi
• Post published:14 August 2026
• Post last modified:14 August 2026

The consequences of war are often measured in the number of people killed, the scale of destruction, and the hospitals forced out of service. But in Gaza, another crisis is unfolding quietly – one whose consequences may extend for decades: a reproductive health crisis. Beyond the immediate injuries of war, thousands are living through conditions that may affect their ability to conceive and build families. Yet this issue receives little attention compared with the other dimensions of Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe. Uncertain futures For Palestinians, having children has long represented continuity, hope, and life. But war does not only kill people; it…

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