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Israelâs Netanyahu Says He Will Meet With Trump Next Week
The Israeli prime ministerâs planned visit to the United States comes as the cease-fire with Iran may create new momentum for a truce in Gaza.
Why is Musk calling for a new America Party over the Big Beautiful Bill?
Elon Musk has threatened to form a new political party after the US House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Labour rebel claims Starmer risks defeat on welfare bill with âloadsâ of MPs planning to vote against it â UK politics live
Keir Starmer faces the toughest Commons challenge of his premiership this evening when MPs vote on his welfare changesCompass, the leftwing group urging Labour to be more pluralistic, has put out a statement condemning the UC and Pip bill. Its director, Neal Lawson, said:If your own friends are telling you to put the brakes on, then something has clearly gone wrong. Despite the governmentâs line, this legislation does not advance Labour values. It is fundamentally at odds with them, and with the views of the mainstream of the party and civil society.âMPs from across the House, and especially the Labour side, must back Rachael Maskellâs reasoned amendment. This billâs creation of a three-tiered social security system would condemn thousands to poverty and could lose Labour the next election.A bill of this magnitude should have been co-produced with disabled people and our organisations from the very start.Now, ministers scramble to promise âconsultationâ as one small part of the process. That is too little, too late. Co-production is not a rushed tick-box exercise tagged onto legislation already steaming through Parliament. It means disabled people shaping the system at every step â not just commenting on the detail of changes already baked in. Continue reading...
Marathon vote on Trumpâs âbig, beautiful billâ continues as âvote-a-ramaâ becomes longest in Senate history â US politics live
Massive tax-and-spending bill is critical to US presidentâs agenda but faces division and splitsThe senate has adopted an amendment offered by Republican senator Joni Ernst â who represents Iowa - to prevent jobless millionaires from claiming unemployment compensation.Lawmakers voted 99-1 to strike the AI regulation ban from the bill by adopting an amendment offered by Republican senator Marsha Blackburn. Continue reading...
Spain and Portugal record hottest June ever as heatwave grips Europe
A number of European regions recorded their highest temperatures on the final day of June.
China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match
Footage of three-a-side game shows humanoids struggling to kick the ball or stay uprightThey think itâs all over ⊠for human footballers at least.The pitch wasnât the only artificial element on display at a football match on Saturday. Four teams of humanoid robots took each other on in Beijing, in games of three-a-side powered by artificial intelligence. Continue reading...
Guilty plea expected in 2022 murders of four Idaho students
Relatives of one victim posted on Facebook that the state had failed them by allowing a plea deal.
Israel has killed 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7, 2023
Since Israel began its genocidal war on Gaza, it has also killed 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Teen girl shot another before being shot herself at New York City Pride march
Fight between two groups occurred near Stonewall Inn while six people bear-sprayed in Washington Square ParkOne teenage girl shot another before being shot herself, and six other people were bear-sprayed at the tail end of New York Cityâs Pride march on Sunday, bringing a violent end to the month-long LGBTQ+ celebrations.New York police said the shooting occurred near the historic Stonewall Inn in Manhattanâs Greenwich Village, where the gay rights movement kicked off with an anti-police demonstration in June 1969. Continue reading...
Aftermath of an Israeli air attack on a Gaza cafe
Israeli air raids kill 95 in Gaza, including 39 at a crowded cafe, with a journalist among the victims.
