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Project 2025 architects are among those behind the American Accountability Foundation and their blacklists targeting people of color A rightwing non-profit group that has published a “DEI Watch List” identifying federal employees allegedly “driving radical Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives” is bankrolled by wealthy family foundations and rightwing groups whose origins are often cloaked in a web of financial arrangements that obscure the original donors.One recent list created by the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) includes the names of mostly Black people with roles in government health alleged to have some ties to diversity initiatives. Another targets education department employees,

Humanitarian groups worried north-east Syrian camps holding suspected IS members will lose basic facilitiesKurdish officials have warned of an Islamic State resurgence if US foreign aid cuts take effect on Monday, which would cripple essential services for tens of thousands of people detained in tented camps in north-east Syria, including suspected members of IS and their families.Blumont, a Virginia-based humanitarian aid group responsible for the management of two of Syria’s ISdetention camps, al-Hol and al-Roj, was given a stop-work order on 24 January by the US state department. The sudden cessation of services prompted panic in the camps after aid

Leading climate group warns of damage to green agenda if giant project goes aheadKeir Starmer will do huge damage to the global fight against climate change if he gives in to political pressure and allows the development of a giant new oilfield in the North Sea, according to an analysis by the country’s leading environmental institute.Chaired by Nicholas Stern, the Grantham Institute on Climate Change will fire a warning shot to ministers not to give the green light to the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields, after suggestions that the Treasury is now in favour of allowing drilling to maximise economic growth.

Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his vow to eliminate Hamas and free remaining hostages; five Thai hostages released a week ago finally arrive homeSee all our Middle East coverageWelcome back to our live coverage of the latest news from the Middle East, here are the latest updates.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered negotiators to return to Qatar to discuss the next stage of the ceasefire deal with Hamas after the fifth hostage-prisoner exchange was completed on Saturday. Substantial talks are not expected to start until after a security cabinet meeting on Monday, Israeli media reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/09/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-negotiators-qatar-ceasefire-talks-latest-updates-news