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Head of main UN agency serving Palestinians says frontline staff are fainting from hunger; Emmanuel Macron says France will recognise Palestinian statehoodCEO of the Committee to Protect JournalistsIn May, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wrote about the desperate situation facing journalists in Gaza, who were having to report while dangerously hungry. My colleagues documented the gnawing hunger, dizziness, brain fog and sickness all experienced by an exhausted Palestinian press corps already living and working in terrifying conditions. Eight weeks later, that desperate situation is now catastrophic. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/25/gaza-children-malnourished-msf-starvation-palestine-statehood-france-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates-live-news Author : Jane Clinton Publish date :

Up to 50,000 people went on strike at 7am, with the action intended to last until 7am on Wednesday 30 JulyThe BMA argues that resident doctors have seen their pay fall by a much greater amount in real terms since 2008-09 than the rest of the population.“Doctors are not worth less than they were 17 years ago, when austerity policies began driving wages down. We’re simply asking for that value to be restored,” it said.Pay erosion has now got to the point where a doctor’s assistant can be paid up to 30% more than a resident doctor. That’s going to

Thai interior ministry says people from four border provinces moved to shelters as authorities say death toll from conflict has risen to 16Thailand evacuated more than 100,000 people along the Cambodian border, it said on Friday, as the two countries fought for a second day in the bloodiest military clashes between the neighbours in over a decade.The interior ministry said 100,672 people from four border provinces had been moved to shelters, while the health ministry announced the death toll had risen to 15, of which 14 were civilians. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/25/thailand-cambodia-border-dispute-thai-evacuation-clashes-conflict Author : Guardian staff and agencies

Maxwell lawyer says client ‘answered every single question’ as deputy attorney general plans another meeting on FridayThe Jeffrey Epstein files scandal swirling around Donald Trump and his administration continued to escalate on Thursday as officials from the Department of Justice met with the late sex offender’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose lawyer said she “answered every question … honestly and to the best of her ability”.Todd Blanche, the US deputy attorney general, arrived on Thursday morning at the office of the US attorney in Tallahassee, Florida, ABC News reported. The state prosecutor’s office is based in the federal courthouse in

British foreign and defence secretaries arrive in Sydney for Aukmin discussions. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent MP Allegra Spender will hold what’s being referred to as a tax reform roundtable today. She told RN Breakfast this morning reforming the tax system would help Australia “solve some of its biggest problems” like sluggish productivity and the cost of living crisis affecting young people, as well as fund the climate transition.The goal for this roundtable is to both contribute to the treasurer’s economic roundtable, contribute to a broader push for broader tax reform,

At least 10 clerks received queries as DoJ ramps up requests to states about how they keep ineligible voters off the rollsSteve Schleiker, the Republican county clerk in El Paso county, Colorado, got home from work on 16 July when he got a text message from a number he didn’t recognize with a pressing request.The person sending the message introduced himself to Schleiker as Jeff Small, a political consultant with the 76 Group who had formerly served as Representative Lauren Boebert’s chief of staff. He said he was working with the White House and was looking for Republican clerks in

Period characteristics can indicate medical conditions and could inform preventive care, study findsMenstrual cycle data should be routinely documented by healthcare professionals and researchers as it can be used as an indicator for other health issues, experts have said.This information – which includes cycle length, regularity, intensity, and duration of bleeding – is not routinely collected in healthcare systems or research except when reproductive issues are being assessed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/24/menstrual-cycle-data-underused-and-should-be-on-health-records-experts-say Author : Tobi Thomas Publish date : 2025-07-24 17:48:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s close associate, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking in Tallahassee, FloridaIn today’s episode of Today in Focus, my colleague and Guardian Washington DC bureau chief David Smith reports on the Donald Trump’s troubles over the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the president risks alienating his own base.Trump has peddled many conspiracy theories in his time. From the baseless smear that Barack Obama was not a US citizen, to the claim that Trump did not lose the 2020 election, to ones even more far-fetched than that. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/24/us-politics-trump-administration-live-updates Author :

Some slammed the agreement with the Trump administration to reinstate $400m in federal funds while others praised it as an ‘excellent outcome’Columbia University’s long anticipated deal with the Trump administration after months of negotiations has drawn both condemnation and praise from faculty, students, and alumni – a sign that the end of negotiations will hardly restore harmony on a campus profoundly divided since the beginning of Israel’s war in Gaza.The deal will reinstate $400m in federal funds the administration cut from the university after it accused it of allowing antisemitism to fester on campus. But it will cost Columbia some

Palestinian official close to the talks says Hamas has given its response, while head of WHO says Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvationIsraeli forces on Thursday hit the central Gaza towns of Nuseirat, Deir Al-Balah and Bureij.Health officials at Al-Awda Hospital said three people were killed in an airstrike on a house in Nuseirat, three more died from tank shelling in Deir Al-Balah, and separate airstrikes in Bureij killed a man and a woman and wounded several others. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/24/israel-gaza-ceasefire-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-news-latest-updates Author : Charlie Moloney Publish date : 2025-07-24 10:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

£4.8bn trade deal comes after three and a half years of negotiations and opens up trade for cars, whisky, clothing and food productsKemi Badenoch has said she aspires to become Britain’s version of Javier Milei, the Argentinian far-right, chainsaw-wielding president whose driving mission is slashing the size of the state.Asked whether the UK needed its own Milei and whether she herself fit that role, Badenoch, whose party is languishing in third place in the polls, said: “Yes and yes.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/24/keir-starmer-narendra-modi-uk-india-trade-deal-labour-politics-latest-updates-news Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2025-07-24 07:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Thailand uses ‘air power against military targets as planned’, army says after neighbours accuse each other of opening fire first along borderFull report: Armed clashes break out between Thailand and CambodiaCambodia’s defence ministry has not immediately responded to a Reuters request for confirmation of Thailand’s claim of airstrikes against Cambodian military targets.The Thai army said an F-16 fighter jet was deployed against Cambodia’s military on Thursday as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into fighting. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/24/thailand-cambodia-border-clashes-live-soldiers-fire-at-each-other-along-disputed-border Author : Adam Fulton Publish date : 2025-07-24 05:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Appeal decision in federal court opens door for legal action after 2020 incident at Doha airportFive Australian women who allege they were forced off a Qatar Airways plane by armed guards before some were intimately examined at Doha airport will be able to sue the airline directly, the federal court has ruled.The women launched an appeal in April last year hoping to overturn a ruling that the airline could not face trial for the October 2020 incident, when they were among more than a dozen women forcibly led from a Sydney-bound plane and escorted into ambulances. Continue reading... Source link

Deal falls short of starkest measures, including consent decree and overhaul of university’s governance structureColumbia University announced a much-anticipated deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220m, an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school, but certain to rankle critics given the extraordinary concessions made by the Ivy League university.Under the agreement, the school will pay a $200m settlement over three years to the federal government, the university said. It will also pay $21m to settle investigations brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading... Source link

Albanese government says it’s ‘satisfied’ by strengthened control measures by the US to ‘manage biosecurity risks’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition demands biosecurity reassurances after US beef trade deal newsThe opposition is a little less welcoming of the decision to lift restrictions on US beef.The prime minister himself has said that we couldn’t relax the restrictions on the importation of US beef because of serious biosecurity concerns. So if the government has found some way of dealing with that issue, protecting our domestic agricultural industry from the introduction of foreign diseases

Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitutionStates must tackle fossil fuels, the world’s top court has ruled, and failing to prevent harm to the climate could result in them being ordered to pay reparations.In a landmark advisory opinion published on Wednesday, the international court of justice (ICJ) said countries must prevent harm to the climate system and that failing to do so could result in their having to pay compensation and make other forms of restitution. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/23/healthy-environment-is-a-human-right-top-un-court-rules Author : Isabella Kaminski in The Hague Publish

Move is latest in pressure campaign on university over alleged failures to combat campus antisemitismThe state department is opening an investigation into Harvard University’s eligibility as a sponsor for the exchange visitor program, the latest in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on the university over alleged failures to combat campus antisemitism and inadequate support of Israel.The department announced the probe will examine whether Harvard maintains proper standards for hosting international students, professors, researchers and other exchange visitors. All program sponsors must demonstrate “transparency in reporting” and commitment to cultural exchange principles while ensuring their activities do not “undermine the foreign

Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved a contentious bill weakening Ukraine’s anti-corruption agenciesBack to Russia-Ukraine talks, AFP just reported, quoting a source in the Turkish ministry of foreign affairs, that the negotiations will start at 4pm GMT, so that’s 5pm London time and 6pm CEST in large parts of Europe.The EU has also confirmed that trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will speak with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick this afternoon as they continue talks on the EU-US trade relations ahead of next month’s deadline for tariffs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/23/europe-latest-news-updates-ukraine-corruption-zelenskyy-russia Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-07-23 14:11:00 Copyright for syndicated

Man who worked for US military in Afghanistan was seized by immigration agents and taken out of state after arriving for green card appointment, say attorneysUS President Donald Trump has created a lot of leverage on trade with his letters on tariff rates, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bloomberg Television in an interview on Wednesday.“President Trump is creating this leverage by saying: if you don’t want to negotiate with me, I’ve sent you a letter with a high rate. Have at the high rate or come and negotiate in better fashion,” Bessent said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/23/donald-trump-administration-deportations-china-unesco-trade-talks-us-politics-latest-updates-news

Newly-appointed shadow housing secretary James Cleverly says there is no excuse for recent riots but government is making a difficult situation worseHome Office minister Seema Malhotra said new measures to share information about asylum hotel locations with food delivery companies to tackle suspected hotspots of illegal working will “improve the speed” of deporting illegal workers.She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “If I take one example of where we did an illegal working raid just a couple of months ago - four people who were found to be working illegally, of those, three were deported within a month. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Tony Burke also introduced legislation to add sabotage, promotion of communal violence, and serious threats to Australia’s border security to the rulesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor will make domestic spy agency Asio’s powers for compulsory questioning permanent and expand offences covered by the rules, ignoring warnings from human rights advocates about the need for ongoing parliamentary scrutiny.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, introduced legislation on the first full day of parliamentary sittings to add sabotage, promotion of communal violence, attacks on the defence system, and

Alastair Campbell and children’s author Michael Rosen among advocates calling for oracy to be in curriculumThe children’s writer Michael Rosen, one-time political strategist Alastair Campbell and former education secretaries Charles Clarke and Estelle Morris have urged the prime minister to honour his pre-election pledge to embed speaking skills in England’s schools.They are among 60 signatories to an open letter to Keir Starmer, calling on him to establish oracy as a core part of Labour’s revised national curriculum and make it the fourth ‘R’ in education, alongside reading, writing and arithmetic. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/23/keir-starmer-urged-to-honour-pledge-to-embed-speaking-skills-in-englands-schools Author : Sally Weale

Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents showFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government faces having to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the American oil and gas company Chevron to help it clean up oil wells on Barrow Island, in Western Australia, under a deal made in the 1980s.The Western Australian government also faces a hefty bill – estimated to be $129m – to help repair an offshore nature reserve where about

Footage shows people sleeping on floor next to toilets in facility that agency says is not a detention siteTwo videos have surfaced shedding light on what is happening behind closed doors at a New York federal building where people are being confined after being seized by officers on their way out of immigration court, with the footage offering a rare look inside a controversial and closely guarded space that is part of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown.The filming, shared by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), captures one of several rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, on the building’s 10th

The education minister Jason Clare is due to deliver on Labor’s election promise by introducing legislation to the lower house to slash university debt. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Krishani Dhanji will take the controls.Larissa Waters is likely to face more questions today about the Greens’ handling of the expulsion of co-founder Drew Hutton. She told the ABC’s 7.30 last night that she had not read the relevant documentation on the case and