Tag: current affairs – international

Software & Hard consequences: British Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides

NB: Here’s a thought for those who put blind trust in electronic ‘intelligence’. There’s no substitute for human wisdom, but ironically that’s in short supply. DS Julia Kollewe First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare ‘disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people seek compensation More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result… Read More Software & Hard consequences: British Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides

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New Footage Exposes Ragtag US Mercenaries Firing Toward Gaza Aid Seekers

NB: Huntin’ and shootin’ starving human beings. Great fun for zombie Yankee mercenaries. Western civilisation at its height.. DS As of July 6, 2025, over 700 people had been killed at the hands of the only armed factions operating in the so-called “humanitarian zones”: the GHF, Israel, and the formerly ISIS-aligned clan of Bedouin gang leader Yasser Abu… Read More New Footage Exposes Ragtag US Mercenaries Firing Toward Gaza Aid Seekers

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Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem Israel’s defence minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme that legal experts and academics… Read More Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

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Two upstarts

Kejriwal’s political choices make him an interesting retail politician; Mamdani’s choices have the potential of making his project a precedent for Democratic politics Mukul Kesavan As I watch from a great distance Zohran Mamdani’s extraordinary campaign for the mayoralty of New York, it is instructive to think about the similarities and differences between the electoral… Read More Two upstarts

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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you Stuart Heritage The biggest, and possibly only, failure of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is that the circumstances of its broadcast threaten to overshadow its content. A brief recap: this… Read More Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

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