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‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’ * Middle East crisis – live updates * Europe live – latest updates The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat to cut off all trade with Spain over his government’s refusal to facilitate the US’s ongoing attacks against Iran, comparing the growing conflict in the Middle East to playing “Russian roulette with the destiny of millions”. Sánchez, who has been one of the most vociferous European critics of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, said his government’s position on the widening instability could be summed up in three words: “No to war.” Continue reading...

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities The siege and capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group last October bore “the hallmarks of genocide”, a UN-mandated fact-finding mission has said. In a report detailing the harrowing 18-month occupation of the capital of North Darfur, investigators concluded that the RSF and allied militias deliberately inflicted conditions calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the Zaghawa and Fur ethnic communities. Continue reading...

RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds

🧵 New special report: CPJ collected 59 testimonies from Palestinian journalists released from Israeli custody since October 7, 2023. All but one reported being subjected to torture, abuse, or other forms of violence for their work. ⤵️
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On the show this week:

• The most significant stories missing from the mainstream media in the Epstein files

• No eyes on Gaza: How selective framing and restricted access are helping turn the media’s attention away from the ongoing horrors in Gaza

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The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s foreign media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. It's time to change course.

The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course

As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.

By Amos Brison

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‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump The Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, which its former executive editor said “ranks among the darkest days” in the newspaper’s history. Approximately one-third of employees were affected. Staffers at the Post have been on edge for weeks about the rumored cuts, which the publication would not confirm or deny. “It’s an absolute bloodbath,” said one employee, not authorized to speak publicly. Continue reading...

‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers

On the show this week:

• The lies following the ICE killings in Minnesota

• TikTok under the control of American owners is as censorious - maybe more - than it was under Chinese ownership

• Disinformation-driven violence in Bangladesh ahead of its elections

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TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.

The richest four men aren’t just milking profits—they’re milking power.

👉 🐂 See how we can tip the balance back to people: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting...

#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26

Trump to withdraw US from dozens of UN, international organisations

Trump to withdraw US from dozens of UN, international organisations https://aje.news/n7eq7m

A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here. nyti.ms/4sEdp2r

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as such, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci

Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering Failure of groups including MSF and ActionAid to hand over staff details means they will not be able to operate in Gaza, say Israeli officials * During a fierce storm I could hear the panicked screams of children in tents outside. This is Christmas in Gaza Israel has announced it will stop dozens of aid organisations working in Gaza within 36 hours for failing to meet stringent new requirements to hand over personal details of Palestinian and international staff deployed in the devastated territory. The list of groups hit by the ban include some of the world’s best known humanitarian organisations such as ActionAid, International Rescue Committee and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Continue reading...

Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering

BREAKING:

Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See

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Israel extends law that banned Al Jazeera for two more years

Israel extends law that banned Al Jazeera for two more years https://aje.io/930g3h

The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.

NEW: When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.

By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno

RSF says Israel killed highest number of journalists again this year Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza.

RSF says Israel killed highest number of journalists again this year

“They kicked and punched us while we were asleep. There were about ten of them, all with their faces covered.” Italian activists told Italy’s broadcaster #Tg3 about the violence they endured during an attack by Israeli #settlers near #Jericho, in the #WestBank.

#Israel #Gaza

No Other Land - Film - RaiPlay A Masafer Yatta, villaggio palestinese della Cisgiordania, le ruspe israeliane distruggono le case e la speranza. Basel documenta la violenza con la sua videocamera, mentre Yuval, giornalista israelia...

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📢 Breaking: The Foreign Press Association has renewed its call for immediate press access to Gaza. In a statement issued October 10, the FPA urged Israel to open the borders without delay. It reads in full:

“The FPA welcomes the agreement between the warring parties on a ceasefire in Gaza...

Gaza, marea pacifica da Roma a Palermo: “Restiamo umani, stop genocidio”
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/09/23/news/roma_manifestazione_palestina-424864054/?rss

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

UN chief António Guterres has called Israel’s 'targeted strike’ on Hamas officials in Doha a ‘flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar.'

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say Almost 90% of leading academics on subject back resolution stating that Israel’s actions meet legal definition An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime. Eighty-six percent of those who voted in the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) supported the motion. The resolution states that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).” Continue reading...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say

#ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza #Gaza

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Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.

Exclusive: President Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza.

One plan would establish U.S. control and pay all of Gaza’s more than 2 million population to leave.

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.

She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza.

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire & unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger & malnutrition.

"It is a famine we could have prevented.. food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel. It is a famine within a few hundred metres of food.. a preventable famine sustained by complicity"

Tom Fletcher from the UN on famine being declared in Gaza City