Eagleson described the situation on Guantanamo as “a mess” and said he had decided not to attend any of the pre-trial proceedings there. “My overall feeling is a sense of betrayal from the US government and a sense of extreme frustration,” he said. “They’ve botched every single part of this trial.” With 25 years having…
But while the fallout from the Iran war has exacerbated Trump’s irritation with Europe and accelerated some US military moves away from the region, it has not been to the immediate benefit of the US presence in the Pacific. In fact, Washington has also pulled resources from there. Carrier forces were diverted from the Pacific…
Warning: This story contains descriptions of abuse Meta ran hundreds of paid ads with artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse imagery, including several in India, over the past 10 months, a new report by US-based campaigners has found. The report comes two months after the Indian government ordered Meta to remove all ads and content promoting…
The US is banning Canadian products, including alcohol, dairy, and motor vehicles, as Canadian retaliatory tariffs on American goods come into force. In a series of executive orders on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump wrote that “Canada is discriminating in fact against the commerce of the United States,” and ordered the ban, which comes into…
Israel’s response to London’s trade ban with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shows how important this moment is. Source link
The bankruptcy filing was made in the federal district court of New Jersey, where LIV Golf set up a subsidiary earlier in the summer. Chapter 11 protection postpones a US company’s obligations to its creditors, giving it time to reorganise its debts or sell parts of the business. PIF is providing a bankruptcy loan of…
The attacks have led to power-generating units at some plants being temporarily taken off the grid. A statement from the Cologne Public Prosecutor’s Office and Cologne Police on Tuesday did not provide further details on the suspect, or on the number and whereabouts of incidents he has been linked to. German media have previously reported…
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from Ma’ale Adumim – an existing Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, overlooking Israel’s proposed E1 site. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, speaking to Parliament on Tuesday, announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank “to deter settlement expansion” and “prevent the development of E1”….
The sanctions were launched alongside France and Canada, who in a joint statement with the UK said the action “marks a further turning point in our approach to protecting the two-state solution”. Settlements are illegal under international law, and there has been a rise in violence towards Palestinians in the West Bank by settlers in…
Fourteen suspected people smugglers have gone on trial in Paris for their role in the worst ever small boats disaster in the English Channel. In November 2021, at least 30 men, women and children drowned when their motorised dinghy deflated and started taking on water halfway between France and the UK. The 14 defendants –…