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"Not Our Draft": Netanyahu Says Did Not Agree To US-Backed Gaza Plan
Facing heat from far-right coalition partners ahead of upcoming elections, Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed back on a US Gaza draft plan - though experts say Israel has little room to reject its key ally.
Restrictions On Drone Exports, Companies: China Responds To US Sanctions
The move comes days after the United States imposed fresh tariffs on China and 59 other countries, adding to a series of recent trade measures.
Woman Jumps From 18th Floor After Fight With Boyfriend, Survives Miraculously After Landing On Tree
Against all odds, she survived. A tree reportedly slowed her fall before she landed on thick brushwood, significantly reducing the impact.
Princess Isabella Makes History As First Danish Royal Woman To Begin Military Service, Declines Pay
She reported for duty on August 3 at the Antvorskov Barracks in Slagelse to begin an 11-month service with the Guard Hussar Regiment.
SpaceX Rocket Piece Weighing 4 Tonnes May Have Crashed Into Moon
While there is not yet official confirmation that the Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface, it had been expected to make impact at approximately 0635 GMT.
Abdul El-Sayed wins contentious Democratic primary for Michigan US Senate seat in boost for progressives – US politics live
The former public health official beat congresswoman Haley Stevens in race to face Republican Mike Rogers to represent stateAbdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in defining race for DemocratsSign up for the Breaking News US emailA quick update on the marquee Democratic primary race for US Senate in Michigan.Haley Stevens is trailing Abdul El-Sayed by fewer than 15,000 votes, according the Associated Press, whose count the Guardian uses on election night. Continue reading...
Progressive climate organizer William Lawrence wins Michigan Democratic House primary
Activist who rallied around a datacenter moratorium will face incumbent Republican Tom Barrett in NovemberUS politics live – latest updatesWilliam Lawrence, a prominent environmental organizer who foregrounded his support for a datacenter moratorium, has won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s seventh congressional district in a victory for progressives.Lawrence was a co-founder of the youth-led climate justice organization the Sunrise Movement, the group that in 2018 mainstreamed calls for a Green New Deal to battle economic injustice while rapidly phasing out planet-warming fossil fuels. The 36-year-old defeated Bridget Brink, a former US ambassador to Ukraine and Slovakia, and Matt Maasdam, a former US Navy Seal and military aide to Barack Obama. Continue reading...
Abdul El-Sayed’s win proves change is possible for Democrats. His next fight may determine their future
If the progressive wins Michigan’s general election, it could redefine the 2028 presidential contest. If he fails, the establishment will call him a cautionary taleUS politics live – latest updatesIn the final stretch of the state’s Democratic primary for US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed challenged voters at a small event in rural Michigan to think about the message they could send the rest of the country when they cast their ballots.“Who are we? Who do we want to be?” El-Sayed said. “Do we want a state that’s defined by how much money corporations brought in to tell us what we couldn’t have? Or do we want to be a state where we demonstrate to the rest of the country what’s possible when you build a movement of, by, and for the people?” Continue reading...
Joshua Bonehill-Paine quits as Tory council candidate– as it happened
Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council to meet with Tory party but decline meeting with Joshua Bonehill-PaineBadenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillorMinisters will scrap the requirement for companies to prove their green and progressive values before they are awarded government contracts, and instead ask firms to prove they will help young people back into work.As part of a government push to reduce the number of people not in education, employment or training (Neets) in the UK and boost regional growth, public sector buyers will double the consideration they give to whether companies will get more people into jobs, rather than if they can show they are improving social and environmental wellbeing. Government procurement contracts account for about £90bn of taxpayers’ money spent each year. Continue reading...
Pakistan precinct suspends all 78 officers and staff over alleged rape at police station
Lahore police official says all personnel were responsible for preventing and reporting any wrongdoing at stationThe alleged rape of a 20-year-old woman with learning disabilities in a police station in Lahore, Pakistan, has prompted authorities to suspend all 78 police officers and staff at the precinct, in one of the country’s biggest ever disciplinary actions against its police force.The woman alleges that an assistant sub-inspector apprehended her, took her to Ghaziabad police station and raped her in a room on the second floor. The woman’s family said she disappeared on the street, before returning home in tears and stating that she had been sexually assaulted at the station. Continue reading...
AI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to trick developers
AI Security Institute says models by OpenAI and Anthropic went rogue during a cybersecurity test and showed a new type of riskAdvanced artificial intelligence models have stunned the UK’s AI Security Institute by carrying out a hacking campaign against real people during a cybersecurity test.The institute (AISI) said the incident was unprecedented and involved sending targeted emails to software developers in an attempt to pass a cyber challenge. Continue reading...
CDC reportedly expands scope of US cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states, including Arkansas and Missouri
Six additional states caught up in investigation after Michigan reported first two US deaths linked to diseaseThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reportedly expanded the scope of the largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to more states, including Arkansas and Missouri.A spokesperson from Arkansas’s health department confirmed the outbreak expansion to their state in a statement to the Guardian: “Arkansas is one of the states the CDC is adding to the multi-state outbreak for cyclosporiasis.” Continue reading...
