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Turkey’s parliament approves a pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK militants
Turkey’s parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government’s peace initiative with their insurgent group.
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Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem again to have stalled. But Trump insists the pressure can lead to a breakthrough.
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Trump says it would be ‘terrible mistake’ to remove Infantino
US President Donald Trump has publicly backed Fifa president Gianni Infantino, warning it would be a “terrible mistake” to remove him from his role. The intervention comes after Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation issued a joint open letter accusing Infantino of breaking trust “through deception” over his now-abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal,…
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‘We run a lunch club – but we need people to feed’ – BBC
A couple in Sheffield have set up a free lunch club for children and their parents over the school summer holidays, but say their main problem is a shortage of people turning up rather than a shortage of food. Melvyn Newton, 65, and his wife Carolyn, 56, launched the drop-in service at St Margaret’s Church…
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They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry
Hundreds of residents in nine housing association blocks on the Devons Road estate in Tower Hamlets, east London, have been left without a reliable water supply since Christmas Day last year, with taps frequently running dry for much of the day. The prolonged disruption, which landlord Poplar Harca has been slow to resolve, has left…
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Pentagon renames base for Lindsey Graham as Derby County takeover collapses and Tupac murder trial opens
On 10 August, the Pentagon renamed Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina as Joint Base Lindsey Graham, honouring the late senator and Air Force veteran. The installation said the ceremony was hosted by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and recognised Graham’s long-standing support for the base and the armed forces. The same day, Derby County…
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Téa Leoni & Tim Daly Say “We Don’t Need An Intimacy Coordinator” On ‘Newlyweds’; Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Her NSFW Title On NBC Comedy
Actors Téa Leoni and Tim Daly, who married earlier this year, are playing an on-screen married couple in the new NBC multi-camera comedy Newlyweds, marking a reunion after previously portraying spouses in the 2014 CBS drama Madam Secretary. Speaking at an NBCUniversal event ahead of the show’s autumn debut, the pair said the casting was…
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One Nation politicians their backs during Acknowledgement of Country as Parliament returns
One Nation politicians turned their backs during the Acknowledgement of Country as the Australian Parliament resumed sitting, a gesture of protest the minor party has used before against the practice. The move reignited debate over the ceremony, which recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as traditional custodians of the land, with critics branding the…
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American Medical Association criticizes Trump executive order on childhood vaccine schedule
The president of the American Medical Association on Monday said President Trump’s new recommendations on childhood immunizations put “children’s health at risk,” joining the chorus of medical experts criticizing the executive order. “Vaccines are among the most thoroughly studied, effective tools we have to protect children from serious vaccine-preventable diseases,” Dr. Willie Underwood III said…
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Report alleges Trump left Air Force One in catering cart
Daily Mail has published a report claiming Donald Trump was secretly moved off Air Force One inside a catering cart as part of an elaborate ruse to switch aircraft, reportedly to foil a potential assassination attempt linked to Iran. The claim rests entirely on unnamed sources, and no confirmation has come from the White House,…