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Israel War Cabinet member Benny Gantz files motion to dissolve parliament (www.semafor.com)
Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz announced Wednesday his centrist National Unity party has introduced a bill to dissolve the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, which would trigger an early election....
Only seven EU countries require parties to reveal identity of all private donors (www.theguardian.com)
Spain and France are among the most opaque when it comes to declaring who party funders are, analysis shows...
UK’s Sunak promises mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if elected [26 May 2024 | Al Jazeera] (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15826549...
Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for Thursday 4 July (www.bbc.co.uk)
Netanyahu angrily rejects move to seek his arrest, lambasts the ICC saying it has compared Israel to "mass murderers" (www.bbc.com)
Rise in UK knife attacks leads to a crackdown and stokes public anxiety (apnews.com)
A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well....
Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies (www.bbc.com)
2 men are charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old tree near Hadrian's Wall in England (apnews.com)
Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday....
What do you personally use AI for?
I really want to use AI like llama, ChatGTP, midjourney etc. for something productive. But over the last year the only thing I found use for it was to propose places to go as a family on our Hokaido Japan journey. There were great proposals for places to go....
Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ Who Would Take India’s Wealth (www.nytimes.com)
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London police apologize after threatening to arrest ‘openly Jewish’ man near pro-Palestinian protest (www.nbcnews.com)
London’s police force has been forced to issue two apologies after officers threatened to arrest an “openly Jewish” man if he refused to leave the area around a pro-Palestinian march because his presence risked provoking the demonstrators....
Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks (www.theguardian.com)
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030...
“Untitled Star Trek Origin Story” film officially added to Paramount Pictures' 2025-2026 lineup. (trekmovie.com)
‘Section 31’ Movie Director Says It’s A “Different” Star Trek + New Character Details Revealed (trekmovie.com)
EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support (www.theguardian.com)
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote...
Africa: 'Historic Milestone' As Child Mortality Hits Record Low of 4.9 Million in 2022 (allafrica.com)
Irish prime minister concedes defeat in vote over constitutional amendments about family and women (apnews.com)
Terry Matalas On Why Janeway And Harry Kim Weren’t In ‘Star Trek: Picard’ And The Fate Of The Enterprise-E (trekmovie.com)
Kibbutz Be’eri Rejects Story in New York Times October 7 Exposé: “They Were Not Sexually Abused” (theintercept.com)
Two of the three victims specifically singled out by the New York Times in a marquee exposé published in December, which alleged that Hamas had deliberately weaponized sexual violence during the October 7 attacks, were not in fact victims of sexual assault, according to the spokesperson for the Kibbutz Be’eri, which the Times...
With Labour in his sights, left-winger Galloway wins in English town (www.reuters.com)
Veteran left-wing political maverick George Galloway won a vote to become the new lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday, vowing to be a thorn in the side for the opposition Labour Party before a national election it is tipped to win....
UK-born woman Shamima Begum who joined ISIS loses appeal over citizenship removal (www.straitstimes.com)
Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda...
China using cyanide to 'destroy' Scarborough on purpose — BFAR (www.philstar.com)
What normies see when someone posts here claiming Discovery isn't canon (startrek.website)
Islamophobia is endemic in the UK and getting worse, says Yousaf (www.standard.co.uk)
Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim head of state in western Europe in 2023 when he was appointed First Minister of Scotland.
Finland votes: Stubb wins presidency (yle.fi)
‘Incredibly rare’ discovery reveals bedbugs came to Britain with the Romans (www.theguardian.com)
Archaeologists find remains of insects that ‘hitchhiked’ here nearly 2,000 years ago...
About 200,000 people protest across Germany against far-right AfD party (www.theguardian.com)
About 200,000 people have taken to the streets of Germany in further protests against the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD)....
Viktor Orbán's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the fingernail' of the EU (apnews.com)
Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance....
Top UK diplomat says Britain could recognize a Palestinian state before a peace deal with Israel (www.pbs.org)
Britain’s top diplomat said Thursday that his country could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of what could be years-long talks between Israel and the Palestinians on a two-state solution....
'We're the country of beef, but we can only afford chicken' (www.bbc.com)
Secret EU plan ‘to sabotage Hungarian economy’ revealed as anger mounts at Orbán (www.theguardian.com)
Officials in Brussels have reportedly drawn up a secret plan to sabotage Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán decides this week to again block a €50bn support package for Ukraine....
If the borg were a religion (lemmy.world)
Walter Koenig was bitterly disappointed about his role in Star Trek VI (redshirtsalwaysdie.com)
I'm so confused right now 🤔 (startrek.website)
That is not Miles O’Brien. Am I in a BORG created nightmare? I want back to the 24th century....
A good grade at parties (startrek.website)
Orbán: 'There is no war in Ukraine' as no declaration of war from Russia (dailynewshungary.com)
Japan's Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel for $14.9 billion (www.reuters.com)
United Nations adopts resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (press.un.org)