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Why has the ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza failed to stop Israel’s attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Why has the ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza failed to stop Israel’s attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A so-called “ceasefire” agreed in October has not stopped the Israeli army’s attacks on the Gaza Strip. Nothing is off limits, including homes, tents sheltering the displaced and even funerals. The death toll is rising. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Israel says it is targeting Hamas fighters, but Gaza’s Health Ministry says most of those killed are women and children. The UN says Palestinians are stuck in a nightmare that’s difficult to reconcile with the existence of a truce. And talks to move the deal to the next phase have stalled. Presenter: Scott McLean Guests:  Gideon Levy –  Columnist at Haaretz newspaper and author of, The Punishment of Gaza Xavier Abu Eid – Former PLO communicators director, author of, Rooted in Palestine, and political analyst Julie Norman – Associate fellow, Middle East programme at Chatham House, professor of international relations at University College London and co-author of, Gaza: The Dream and the Nightmare Published On 18 Jul 202618 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera …

‘The Odyssey’ Backlash Failed Tremendously

‘The Odyssey’ Backlash Failed Tremendously

On the day of its release, I woke up at dawn and drove 25 miles to the Philadelphia suburbs to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, at one of the few remaining cinemas in the northeast equipped to screen large-format, super-high-resolution 70mm IMAX movies. I arrived to find clusters of idlers in “NOLAN” sweatshirts and Letterboxd dad hats shifting their weight, grousing outside the theater. The power had gone out. And the 8 am screening of The Odyssey would have to be cancelled. Stressed out employees manually jotted down ticket numbers in order to issue refunds (when the computers were back up and running), and handed out vouchers, apologetically. Filmgoers groaned about not being able to see the film—in its intended format, at the earliest possible time—and about wasting a day’s worth of PTO. A thought crossed my mind: Maybe it was sabotage? Threats against Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of the ancient Homeric epic have dogged the movie, basically since its announcement. A certain class of terminally online right-winger—legitimated and amplified by no less than Elon Musk, …

Doreen Lawrence will not foot any of legal bill for failed attempt to sue Daily Mail

Doreen Lawrence will not foot any of legal bill for failed attempt to sue Daily Mail

Doreen Lawrence, the social justice campaigner, will not foot any of a multimillion-pound bill for the failed attempt to sue the publisher of the Daily Mail, the Guardian understands. Lawrence, the mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, whose case was the subject of a long-running Daily Mail campaign from the late 1990s, was one of seven claimants defeated in court over claims the Mail titles used unlawful methods to source stories. The high court dismissed all the claims brought by the Duke of Sussex, Lawrence and others, who had made allegations of bugging, landline tapping, phone hacking and “blagging” private information. Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Mail Online, has already said it will seek to recover its significant costs from defending the legal action. The scene is now set for a battle over the costs of the case. Estimates have been put at as much as £50m by Mail figures, though other sources close to the case said the real costs could be a small …

Trump ordered to pay E Jean Carroll .8m after failed appeal | Courts News

Trump ordered to pay E Jean Carroll $5.8m after failed appeal | Courts News

The order comes three years after a jury found out Trump has sexually abused and defamed the writer. Published On 8 Jul 20268 Jul 2026 A federal judge has ruled that writer E Jean Carroll can collect the more than $5.8m that US President Donald Trump was ordered to pay after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her, clearing the way for the money to be released after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal. Judge Lewis A Kaplan ruled on Wednesday that Carroll can be paid the original $5m award granted to her by the jury, along with interest that has accrued since the verdict in 2023. Carroll’s lawyers had asked for the funds to be released after the Supreme Court refused on June 29 to hear Trump’s appeal. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “This is the end of the line,” Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan wrote in a court filing, adding, “It is time for him to pay Carroll.” Less than an hour after the judge issued …

David Miliband failed as foreign secretary. Burnham would be mad to let him try again

David Miliband failed as foreign secretary. Burnham would be mad to let him try again

Ambassadors are paid to be calm and collected, but the European envoy who rang me out of the blue seemed utterly exasperated. Could I meet him and a colleague in half an hour? Yes, it was important. The colleague turned out to be a visiting diplomat from the ambassador’s country in central Europe, and the cause of their barely suppressed fury was an encounter with David Miliband, then foreign secretary. What they told me is suddenly relevant once again because Andy Burnham, our PM-in-waiting, is considering bringing Miliband back into government, for a second stint in that role. The last time Miliband was foreign secretary, from 2007 to 2010, coincided with Vladimir Putin launching his first war of conquest by invading Georgia in August 2008 and occupying a fifth of that European nation. Andy Burnham, left, is reportedly considering giving David Miliband his old Cabinet role back – Geoff Newton/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images Today, Putin is waging his third war of aggression. Ukraine is fighting for its life, with countless thousands dead and large areas …

BBC admits Ashley Cain vetting process ‘clearly failed’ as it axes his show over misogynistic slurs

BBC admits Ashley Cain vetting process ‘clearly failed’ as it axes his show over misogynistic slurs

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The BBC has said that it is shelving a documentary series fronted by Ashley Cain after the reality TV star’s alleged history of misogynistic tweets came to light. Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone filmed its second series earlier this year, but the BBC has now said that it has “no plans” to broadcast it, with “no future projects” with Cain on the horizon. Cain, a 35-year-old former Coventry City FC footballer who found wider fame on TV series such as Ex on the Beach and Celebrity Masterchef, was reported earlier this week to have referred to women as “slags”, “sluts” and “b****es” in resurfaced tweets. On Wednesday, The Guardian reported that Cain was alleged to have a history of offensive posts on the social media site X/Twitter, shared between 2011 and 2015. The posts, along with Cain’s entire account, had …