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At least 34 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health staff sayIran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Iranians had given their “blood” during a 12-day war with Israel but “not honour”, AFP reports.“Iranians gave blood, not land; gave their loved ones, not honour; they withstood a thousand-ton rain of bombs, but did not surrender,” Abbas Araghchi said on his Instagram account, adding that Iran does not recognise the word “surrender”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/28/iran-israel-gaza-war-donald-trump-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates Author : Jane Clinton Publish date : 2025-06-28 09:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Alliance of groups wants Council of Europe to investigate implementation of supreme court ruling on biological sexA collection of groups campaigning on transgender issues have urged Europe’s main human rights body to investigate the UK over the implementation of the supreme court’s ruling on gender.In a joint letter to the Council of Europe, the organisations said the situation in which transgender people were likely to be barred from using toilets of their acquired sex or joining single-sex organisations placed them in an “intermediate zone” of gender, saying this was a violation of the European convention on human rights (ECHR). Continue

Record numbers expected at march despite Hungary’s leader saying those attending will face ‘legal consequences’Record numbers of people are expected to take part in Budapest Pride on Saturday, with Hungarians joining forces with campaigners and politicians from across Europe in a march that has become a potent symbol of pushback against the Hungarian government’s steady rollback of rights.“This weekend, all eyes are on Budapest,” Hadja Lahbib, the European commissioner for equality, told reporters in the Hungarian capital on Friday. “This is bigger than one Pride celebration, one Pride march. It is about the right to be who you are, to

But Queensland premier is not in contempt of parliament over the payments, ethics committee findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, was “careless” in not declaring $200,000 in payments he made after a company he had run became insolvent, the state’s parliamentary ethics committee has found.Crisafulli became sole director and chief executive of Southern Edge Training Solutions after losing his north Queensland seat at the 2015 election. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/28/david-crisafulli-found-to-be-careless-in-not-declaring-200000-in-payments-related-to-company-he-ran-ntwnfb Author : Andrew Messenger Publish date : 2025-06-28 00:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.