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Ten years ago, Salim Iskef fled Syria — where Islamic State militants had killed his father — for Sweden, only to be gunned down this week by an unemployed Swedish man with no apparent ideological motive reut.rs/4jNOpRK

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A UNESCO-led project is restoring historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul, including the Al-Hadbaa Minaret and key churches, after being destroyed by ISIS.

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China has launched a dispute at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Chinese goods, the Geneva-based body said

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Speaking to Newsweek, Adina Appelbaum, program director at the Amica Center, said they believe the order was rescinded in response to a lawsuit.

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One in ten councils are looking to reduce their bin collection services in an effort to save money, as almost 5 million people could see some kind of reduction to their residual waste collection service ⬇️

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The more I see figures like Zuckerberg suggesting that men are naturally aggressive, the less I believe in a difference between toxic masculinity and patriarchy.

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Switzerland has opened a criminal investigation into Israeli soldiers and officials on their soil accused of complicity in Gaza war crimes, following a complaint from the Hind Rajab Foundation. 🔴 LIVE updates:

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🔴Kemi Badenoch Refuses to Reject Donald Trump’s ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Plan for Gaza A spokesman for the Conservative leader would not reiterate the party’s previous support for a two state solution for Israel and Palestine bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/k...

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BREAKING: Rep. Mark Pocan has introduced the ELON MUSK act which would ban "special" government employees like Musk from having federal contracts. The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.

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Less than a third of older Britons are worried about the impact of their travel on the environment and local communities compared with almost half of Gen Zers, a new study from YouGov has revealed.

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BREAKING: Gwynne Wilcox, illegally removed from the NLRB by Trump, is suing the President. The lawsuit calls her firing "a blatant violation of the National Labor Relations Act" and says that if she doesn't challenge her firing Trump will have nullified the NLRA’s protections.

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'Basically a UK police force was spying on the state broadcaster, the BBC, and its journalists and sharing that unlawful surveillance data with at least two other UK police forces...': Call for public inquiry amid suspicions of UK-wide spying on journalists

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Blueprint for Ethnic Cleansing: Trump Proposes U.S. Take Over Gaza & Forcibly Remove All Palestinians

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Exclusive review: it’s who you know, not what you know, that gets you into the House of Lords. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of the 500 life peers appointed since May 2010. www.prospectmagazine...

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Nearly all of the 10,000 global employees of USAID will be placed on administrative leave by Friday, a memo said, capping a week of chaos at the agency and stoking fears that the Trump administration may shut down most, if not all, of its humanitarian and development operations. Follow live updates.

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#BREAKING Deportation from occupied territory 'strictly prohibited': UN says after Trump's Gaza proposal

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A former member of the National Labor Relations Board sued US President Donald Trump, saying she was fired illegally from the agency that protects American workers' rights reut.rs/4ho17VO

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'If you care about a two state solution, then, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵." @laylamoran.bsky.social calls on the government to stand up to 'bully' Trump over plans to take over Gaza. articles.globalplayer.com/2GXq3Mvm2i5N...

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"Catastrophic": Trans Youth Lose Access to Care as Hospitals Capitulate to Trump Attacks

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Trump’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza 👇The United States president has announced that he wants to push Palestinians out of Gaza socialistworker.co.uk/us-elections...

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Milei, who has courted friendships with both Trump and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, was a harsh critic of the WHO before becoming president www.ft.com/content/0560...

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BREAKING: Representatives of Elon Musk’s “DOGE” have gotten into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where they have accessed key payment and contracting systems.

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Europe’s multibillion-euro attempt to green its farming is turning into an exercise in creative accounting rather than genuine environmental progress, according to a new report by BirdLife Europe and NABU.

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A federal judge in Maryland became the second nationally to block Donald Trump's administration from implementing the Republican president's executive order curtailing birthright citizenship in the United States reut.rs/40Oy5rr

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The UK wants to 'learn' from Elon Musk over cuts to public services. No, really. The head of parliament's National Audit Office says he's “open to learning" from "drastic" cuts to public services Musk is making in the US. Here we go. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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The Bank of England is poised to cut interest rates for the third time in six months on Thursday as policymakers attempt to breathe life into the UK economy ⬇️

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Donald Trump's threat to Gaza is genocidal. But the Western media has helped normalise it - just like they've normalised the depravity from day one. New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/trump-prop...

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“This is Gaza” launches globally on Youtube today. The documentary is a powerful eyewitness account of life under siege, as filmmaker Yousef Hammash risks everything to document the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Watch and read Yousef's story:

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Some people avoid the news because they feel worn out by its intensity.

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A Federal District Court judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday blocking President Trump’s attempt to eliminate automatic U.S. citizenship for children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants on U.S. soil.

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'This land is ours': Palestinians condemn Trump's proposal to 'take over' Gaza www.itv.com/news/2025-02...

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Another federal judge has temporarily struck down Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to unilaterally redefine the 14th Amendment’s clause on birthright citizenship.

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"A US president has abandoned the two-state solution - that is huge." Lib Dem MP Layla Moran urges Starmer to show strength and stand up to 'bully' Trump.

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French Prime Minister François Bayrou is expected to survive a no-confidence vote today after the far-right National Rally said it would not move to topple the government over its budget.

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Argentinian President Javier Milei says he'll pull his country out of the World Health Organization, following the lead of his ally, US President Donald Trump.

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Farage and Tice caught grinning at the prospect of Reform bringing an end to our NHS At PMQs, Reform's true views on the NHS were on display - as they grinned inanely at the thought of ripping up our greatest achievement www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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Two German non-profit organisations have sued Elon Musk’s social media platform X for its refusal to provide them with data ahead of the upcoming German election.

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The fight against antisemitism requires alliances with other minorities. But in our fractious age, where authenticity is prized above all things, that’s a tall order, writes @keithkahnharris.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

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US President Donald Trump has said "everybody loves" his proposal for the United States to take over Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East", despite a resounding rejection by Palestinians, Middle East leaders and governments around the world

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The GSA, an independent agency managing federal property for various government agencies, said it will sell off 50% of its properties in an effort to downsize.

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I Was Fired by Donald Trump: Top Lawyer at EEOC Speaks Out on "Anti-DEI" Purge, Gutting of Agencies

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Plans for a north Belfast football pitch to be shared by two teams are to go ahead with nationalists voting for and unionists against www.irishnews.com/news/controv...

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Black-owned brands got a foot in the door through DEI programs at companies like Target and Amazon. Now they worry it might be closing.

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Kid-starver Starmer doesn't bother to tell suspended MPs he's stabbed them in the back As usual, it's two women of colour on the line in Labour: Zarah Sultana and Apsana Begum - and they only found out by reading the Mirror www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived an initial no-confidence vote in parliament, called for by the hard-left, after the far-right National Rally and center-left Socialists did not back the motion reut.rs/4jIH2Lr

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The Public Accounts Committee has released a new report on asylum accommodation and the Home Office. Revisit our profile of the man who made millions from Britain’s broken immigration system, by Mark Wilding. www.prospectmagazine...

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The United Arab Emirates categorically rejects any attempt to displace the Palestinians and deny them ‘inalienable rights,’ the UAE foreign ministry said in a statement reut.rs/4aK3Ean

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