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Trump’s war on Big Law leads firms to retreat from ’pro bono’ work for underdogs Major law firms are scaling back the free work they do for advocacy groups fighting the government in the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks on the profession. Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable.

Important story. In the words of one lawyer, who resigned from a top law firm that made a deal with the Trump administration: “What is more useless than lawyers if there is no functioning legal system? As lawyers, we have a unique obligation to fight this.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...

How Scientific Empires End And what it means for America

“The MIT scientist who is thinking about leaving the U.S. told me that the Swiss scientific powerhouse ETH Zurich had already reached out about relocating her lab to its picturesque campus with a view of the Alps.” www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

‘It’s the most empathetic voice in my life’: How AI is transforming the lives of neurodivergent people AI tools like ChatGPT are helping neurodivergent users communicate more clearly and confidently — though some experts warn that overreliance could come at a cost.

Introducing AI&Us, a new feature series from @reuters.com exploring the surprising ways artificial intelligence is transforming everyday life.

First up: @hanirichter.bsky.social on how chatbots are becoming a lifeline for some neurodivergent users.

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Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

As Ukrainian forces were advancing in Kherson province in September 2022, Elon Musk cut off Starlink
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Joint statement on Gaza from Reuters, AFP, The AP and BBC News Joint statement on Gaza from Reuters, AFP, AP and BBC News

"Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them."
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Israeli strike kills hungry Gaza family in their sleep The Al-Shaer family went to bed hungry at their home in Gaza City. An Israeli airstrike killed them in their sleep.

“Iman al-Shaer, another relative who lives nearby, said the family hadn't eaten anything before the bombs came down. ‘The children slept without food,’ he said.”

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Protesters in Tel Aviv took to the streets carrying flour bags and pictures of malnourished children from Gaza, calling for the end of the war on Gaza and the hunger.

#protest #TelAviv #Gaza #hunger #IsraelGazawar #Israel

More than 100 aid, rights groups call for action as hunger spreads in Gaza More than 800 people have been killed in recent weeks trying to reach food, mostly in mass shootings by Israeli soldiers posted near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centers.

"With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.

The U.S. government will spend $160,000 to incinerate contraceptives worth $10 million after rejecting offers from the United Nations and family planning groups to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

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Never gets old.

Israeli fire kills 67 people seeking aid in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Today - 18/07/2025 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Maynard's interview begins at 1:34:30. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

More from Maynard: bsky.app/profile/lelo...

“It’s almost as if a game is being played. They’re deciding to shoot the head today, and the neck tomorrow, and the testicles the day after.” @maynard_nick

Devastating interview from Gaza with volunteer surgeon Prof. Nick Maynard on Radio 4’s Today programme. He says young teenage boys are being systematically targeted while seeking food for their starving families, with different body parts shot on different days, sometimes by quadcopters.

From Martin Wolf’s FT column, “A return to tariffs, Taco or not.”

note(book)s - warmfoundation.org Exhibition | Home of ZANAT, SarajevoLaunched at WARM Festival 2025 note(book)s is a growing, living archive of original notebooks used by journalists, writers, and artists while reporting from conflic...

More info on the exhibition - and on the small but perfectly formed WARM Festival - here. warmfoundation.org/projects/not...

Thrilled to see one of my (many) journals exhibited so creatively at Sarajevo’s WARM Festival 2025. It records a near-disastrous trip to a war-torn South Pacific island in 1997 that taught me a valuable journalistic lesson: if you’re going to do something stupid and dangerous, bring a friend.

Trump’s strategy reminds me of how my grandmother once described her hunt for a job. “I don’t have one yet - but I have many letters out.”

on.ft.com/3IdMfg8 Meta’s AI climate tool raised false hope of CO₂ removal, scientists say

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC alarmed by intensification of Gaza hostilities amid decimated healthcare system

The ICRC says its Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza is running out of body bags. www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...

The joke’s on us as DeSantis, Trump make light of deporting people | Opinion Amid all of this hilarity, there’s rarely a mention of the detainees as human beings who have been plucked from their lives, sometimes without cause. | Opinion

“Florida now has a detention camp with merch. Totally normal.” www.miamiherald.com/opinion/edit...

U.S. conspicuously absent from European/Latin American/Canadian/Australian joint statement celebrating Pride yesterday. ⬇️

NATO leaders set to back Trump defence spending goal at Hague summit NATO leaders gather in The Hague on Wednesday for a summit tailor-made for U.S. President Donald Trump, with European allies hoping a pledge to hike defence spending will prompt him to dispel doubts about his commitment to the alliance.

NATO Hague summit need to know from Team Reuters:

Main story below 👇

Defence spending explainer: www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Rutte profile: www.reuters.com/world/europe...

The giant banner was unfurled by activists from Greenpeace Italy and a UK group named "Everyone hates Elon.”

News avoidance is higher than ever, according to our Digital News Report 2025. Here are 3 things to know:

1️⃣ Across markets, 40% say they sometimes or often avoid the news, up from 29% in 2017 and the highest we’ve ever recorded. Data by country below
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