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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Israel murders five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen and an assistant in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.

Israel has murdered five @aljazeera.com journalists in Gaza by bombing their tents - another heinous war crime just hours after Bibi Netanyahu placated his allies by lying/claiming he would let some foreign media into Gaza
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Hegseth continues openly touting the far-right, Christian nationalist views of his favorite pastor, Doug Wilson. If this video is any proof, the defense secretary has a dark vision for America.

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A reminder that the Israeli government does not allow any international journalist into Gaza. That’s how they have killed more journalists than most conflicts combined since WWII while claiming that all the journalists they’ve killed were actually enemy combatants.

never take freedom of the press or access to news for granted. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Now leading HuffPost:

Among the projects slated for closure are work on developing AI systems to detect online harms, producing AI tools that can help policymakers tackle issues such as inequality and affordability in the housing market and measuring the impact in health inequality of major policy decisions like lockdowns. Other projects expected to close include an AI-based analysis of how the government and media interact. A project looking at social bias in AI outcomes will also be dropped. Projects being paused include a study into how AI might affect human rights and democracy, as well as research into creating a global approach to AI ethics.

Staff at UK's top AI institute complain to watchdog about its internal culture www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Last month tech secretary Peter Kyle told @theturing.bsky.social‬ bosses to refocus on defence and security: letter www.chalmermagne.com/p/how-not-to...

#govtech #techpolicy #AIpolicy

Targeted by the right, Britain’s asylum hotels are places of fear and disorder. Bad political decisions made it so | Daniel Trilling In the frenzy of racism and culture warring, the issue of why hotels are used gets overlooked, says author Daniel Trilling

I wrote this to explain how we reached this point, in the hope it would be a resource for people arguing with friends and family, people with questions, perhaps even people thinking of joining a protest. Do share with anyone who might find it useful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I remember the time Lawrence Fox showed up to support a few ageing C-18 members for fifteen minutes and pointed towards us and repeatedly did a throat slitting motion. Don’t think the cops saw him make those death threats, they were all facing us

Cool Britannia: the heat pumps keeping pace with the UK’s wild weather Air-to-air systems can warm homes in winter and cool them in summer – and they’re now set to join the low-carbon grant scheme

Cool Britannia: the heat pumps keeping pace with the UK’s wild weather

I’ve started my own political reporting Instagram account to share my stories and broadcast clips

Follow me if you like 👇
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Haneen was in The Guardian article

As hundreds committed the offence of putting ink to cardb... Nurses, doctors, retired people and architects among 466 protesters arrested as terrorism suspects

“It’s just a joke. Yvette Cooper says she is a fan of the Suffragettes. I don’t think the Suffragettes would have thought much of her.” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

every single woman I've brought it up with at some point has been sexually assaulted before, myself included, and not a single one of these men has ever cared about the reality of that, but now it's maybe looking like some black and brown men are moving to Britain and oh, suddenly women are people?

Ex-cop jailed and deported during holiday to US A former NSW police officer has described the terrifying ordeal she faced after she was detained, jailed overnight and deported from the United States – despite travelling there legally on a tourist visa to visit her US military husband.

I guess tourism is something to be discouraged.

www.news.com.au/travel/trave...

Reform Accused of ‘Cash for Access’ Over £250,000 Champagne Breakfast With Nigel Farage Reform UK is offering access to Nigel Farage at its party conference for sums ranging from £25,000 to a quarter of a million pounds. The right-wing populist party is advertising for companies to…

Farage is selling access to Reform. The price tag?
Over £250,000 💸

7. “I know that as a transgender woman, this means I will probably be arrested. I am violating laws because I personally believe it to be wrong.

“I’m not a political activist,” she told Erin in the Morning. “I’m just a normal college student who thinks this law is wrong.”

Trans Woman Arrested, Sent to Men’s Jail For Entering Florida Capitol Bathroom “I’m not a political activist,” she maintained. “I’m just a normal college student who thinks this law is wrong.”

1. A transgender woman let legislators know she intended to use the bathroom in the Florida Capitol.

A contingent of officers waited for her, and stood outside the door.

When she stepped in, she was arrested and sent to a men's jail.

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🚨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries

The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.

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Three thousand riot officers readied for weekend of protests in England and Wales At least 20 asylum seekers’ hotels could be the focus of demonstrations and counter-rallies over migration

As of 8pm on Friday, 10 protests against asylum seekers had attracted numbers ranging from the dozens to about 100, according to Hope Not Hate monitoring. (Guardian)

3000 police on standby but not that many protestors

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

London police arrest 466 people for backing banned Palestine Action group | CNN Police have arrested 466 people in central London on Saturday for protesting the British government’s decision to ban the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.

Police have arrested 466 people in central London for protesting the British government’s decision to ban the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws: cnn.it/41yOJwb

Police say 365 people arrested at protest over Palestine Action ban in London Met officers and other UK forces form ‘significant presence’ in largest protest since group was proscribed as terrorist organisation

Police say 365 people arrested at protest over Palestine Action ban in London www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson (via his “1517 Fund”) invests in Rainmaker, a cloud seeding startup in El Segundo, which has a growing community of uber Christian “Tech Bros,” including Rainmaker’s Augustus Doricko & Valar Atomics’ Isaiah Taylor who attend a church tied to Doug Wilson. 1/

A gif of Met police carrying away and arresting an elderly woman today in Parliament square

Shame on Labour for putting our police in this position

getting clout poisoned on bluesky is like getting high off oregano

Defense Secretary Hegseth Promotes Video Featuring Christian Nationalist Pastors Promoting Theocratic, Patriarchal Society Where Women Can't Vote - Bucks County Beacon "All of Christ for All of Life," Hegseth wrote on X reposting a CNN interview with Doug Wilson, and other CREC pastors.

Defense Secretary Hegseth Promotes Video Featuring Christian Nationalist Pastors Promoting Theocratic, Patriarchal Society Where Women Can’t Vote | "All of Christ for All of Life," Hegseth wrote on X, reposting a CNN interview with Doug Wilson and other CREC pastors.

No 73 London bus in front of 'protesting genocide is not terrorism' guerilla bus stop ad

On Friday, Greenpeace activists displayed posters opposing the proscription of Palestine Action at bus stops across London, including near the site of the protest against the proscription organised by Defend Our Juries, planned for today

Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska next week, Trump says President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to meet in the United States, multiple sources tell CBS News.

It’s truly depraved for Trump to welcome Vladimir Putin to the US while Putin is actively wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine.

Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

Loove the new parking protected bike lane on Main st in cambridge between Kendall and Central sq.

Much better than the dangerous door zone lane they had before.

Really feels like a missing piece of the puzzle has been filled in!

Great job Cambridge! 👏👏