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Neurosis Line Up U.S. Tour
Neurosis have announced a US tour running from October 2026 into January 2027, following the surprise release of their comeback album *An Undying Love for a Burning World*. The trek marks the band’s continued road presence since Aaron Turner of Sumac stepped in to replace founding member Scott Kelly, who left the band in 2022…
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Israel’s E1 plan explained: The Jerusalem-area corridor sparking international backlash
Israel’s decision to press ahead with construction in the E1 area, which lies between the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, has provoked a sharp international backlash. Britain has announced sanctions, while foreign ministers from eleven other countries – including Canada, France, Spain, Ireland and several Nordic and European states…
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Majority of Britons back UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in West Bank, poll shows
The UK government’s decision to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank has drawn majority public support, according to a snap YouGov poll, but has also triggered a sharp diplomatic backlash from Israel. The measures, announced by foreign secretary Ed Miliband as part of Labour’s tougher stance on Gaza, restrict settlement-produced goods, sanction…
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: All Stars’ Set to Premiere on WOW Presents Plus (EXCLUSIVE)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” is leaving the BBC to move exclusively to World of Wonder’s own streaming service, WOW Presents Plus, with a first-ever spin-off, “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: All Stars,” launching in autumn 2027. The shift follows reports that the BBC was dropping the show amid budget cuts, and it marks the first time…
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Trump secures Venezuelan oil concessions through military intervention
The Guardian’s editorial condemns Donald Trump’s seizure of Venezuela’s oil wealth as a modern form of gunboat diplomacy conducted to serve his ego rather than help American consumers. It argues that after Trump’s forces captured Nicolás Maduro and installed his deputy Delcy Rodríguez as president, the resulting deal handing a fifth of Venezuela’s proven oil…
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Ed Miliband is a ‘failed figure’ and a ‘joke’ who’s ‘made Britain irrelevant’, blasts Israeli spokesman amid West Bank sanctions row
An Israeli government spokesman launched a personal attack on Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, calling him a “failed figure” and a “joke” who has “made Britain irrelevant”, after the UK announced a ban on imports of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. David Mencer, a former Labour councillor who now speaks for Israeli…
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Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
The UN General Assembly has passed a non-binding resolution encouraging the use of more accurate “equal-area” world maps, such as the Equal Earth projection, instead of the widely used Mercator map, which distorts the relative size of continents. However, the resolution is unlikely to affect the navigation apps millions of people use daily, since Google…
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Disgraced attorney tries to SHOOT his ex-wife at dinner table in front of horrified guests before being tackled to the ground by waiter
A disgraced Ohio attorney has been found guilty of attempted murder after trying to shoot his ex-wife in front of terrified diners at a restaurant in Toledo, only to be tackled to the ground by a waiter. Matthew Exton, 43, pulled a gun on Kayda Valone as she dined with her parents, but the weapon…
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Burnham defends Israel sanctions claiming he is standing up for ‘underdog’ Palestinians as Labour is accused of risking the lives of British Jews
Andy Burnham defended the UK Government’s decision to impose trade sanctions on illegal Israeli West Bank settlements, telling MPs that Britain would always “stand with the underdog” against injustice. The move, announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, has provoked a diplomatic and domestic backlash, with Israel closing a British consulate in East Jerusalem and banning…
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Rabbi criticises Labour’s inconsistent stance on Israeli settlements and Palestinian payments
Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were murdered by Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank in 2023, has accused Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham of hypocrisy after the Labour government sanctioned goods from Israeli settlements while failing to act against the Palestinian Authority’s “pay-for-slay” payment system. He argues that ministers are unfairly targeting…