Navi Pillay awarded Peace Prize: 'Lifetime spent fighting for what's right & to uphold human rights'
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Navi Pillay awarded Peace Prize: 'Lifetime spent fighting for what's right & to uphold human rights'

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Rosa Freedman, Professor of Law Conflict and Global Development at the University of Reading. Navi Pillay's career represents a remarkable contribution to international law and human rights, from her pioneering role in post-apartheid South Africa to her work at the United Nations. Yet her legacy also raises difficult questions about political impartiality,...

Homeland security secretary claims Mamdani’s comments after New York ICE shooting ‘incite hostility’ – US politics live

Homeland security secretary claims Mamdani’s comments after New York ICE shooting ‘incite hostility’ – US politics live

The Guardian •

Markwayne Mullin addressed the Bronx shooting of a man in a car with a five-year-old present after New York’s mayor said ICE is ‘rotten to its core’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailIn a statement to the Guardian, Robin M Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said that her group is “not aware of any regulation or precedent for a military execution to be livestr...

Labour hails byelection win as return of leftwing voters after Starmer era

Labour hails byelection win as return of leftwing voters after Starmer era

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Party now polling 15 points above Greens, who had been ahead of Labour before Keir Starmer resigned as PMLabour is starting to win back voters on the left who became disillusioned under Keir Starmer’s leadership, the party’s deputy leader has claimed after it saw off Zack Polanski and the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection.Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali took 45% of a relatively low turn...

Labour byelection win shows party starting to win back voters on left

Labour byelection win shows party starting to win back voters on left

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Party now polling 15 points above Greens, who had been ahead of Labour before Starmer resigned as PMUK politics live – latest updatesLabour is starting to win back voters on the left who became disillusioned under Keir Starmer’s leadership, the party’s deputy leader has claimed after it saw off Zack Polanski and the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection.Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali took ...

Severe turbulence injures at least eight and forces emergency landing in Miami

Severe turbulence injures at least eight and forces emergency landing in Miami

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Multiple hospitalized after Avianca flight from Medellín to New York had to divert to Miami due to strong turbulenceAt least eight people were injured when an Avianca flight encountered severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing in Miami early on Friday.Miami-Dade fire rescue said one person was rushed to a trauma center with severe injuries while seven others were taken to area hospit...

Severe turbulence injures at least eight on flight and forces emergency landing in Miami

Severe turbulence injures at least eight on flight and forces emergency landing in Miami

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Multiple hospitalized after Avianca flight from Medellín to New York had to divert to Miami due to strong turbulenceAt least eight people were injured when an Avianca flight encountered severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing in Miami early Friday.Miami-Dade fire rescue said one person was rushed to a trauma center with severe injuries while seven others were taken to area hospitals...

FlyDubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport inspired by 9/11, prosecutor says

FlyDubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport inspired by 9/11, prosecutor says

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The Omani co-pilot who attacked the captain of FlyDubai flight 1073 had planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's international airport in a suicide attack, the United Arab Emirates' top prosecutor said Friday. The Israel-bound flight carrying 182 people made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a descent so extreme that part of its rudder was torn away. 

Omani Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Israeli airport, UAE says

Omani Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Israeli airport, UAE says

SCMP •

An ⁠Omani Flydubai ⁠co-pilot had planned to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben ‌Gurion airport on September 30 in a suicide attack before he was thwarted by his fellow pilot, the UAE attorney general said on Friday, according to ⁠the state news agency. The plan was inspired by ‌the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, UAE public prosecutors ‌believe as a r...

Unweaving Jeffrey Epstein’s web: What the files have revealed

Unweaving Jeffrey Epstein’s web: What the files have revealed

France 24 •

On January 30, 2026, the US Justice Department released 3 million documents. Photos, videos, emails, text messages, court records... All connected to one man: Jeffrey Epstein. Since then, media outlets around the world have brought to light the vast amount of people that appear in the Epstein files. Eight months on, what what do these revelations tell us about Jeffrey Epstein’s network? How did it...

Homeland security secretary claims Mamani’s comments after New York ICE shooting ‘incite hostility’ – US politics live

Homeland security secretary claims Mamani’s comments after New York ICE shooting ‘incite hostility’ – US politics live

The Guardian •

Markwayne Mullin addressed the Bronx shooting of a man in a car with a five-year-old present after New York’s mayor said ICE is ‘rotten to its core’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailIn a statement to the Guardian, Robin M Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said that her group is “not aware of any regulation or precedent for a military execution to be livestr...

Ed Davey faces growing revolt against leadership as senior Lib Dem MP quits

Ed Davey faces growing revolt against leadership as senior Lib Dem MP quits

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Treasury spokesperson Charlie Maynard reportedly resigned in attempt to unseat leader as party slips in pollsEd Davey is facing a growing revolt against his leadership of the Liberal Democrats, following the resignation of a senior frontbench figure on Friday.Charlie Maynard, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, has handed in his resignation in an attempt to unseat Davey after months of fru...

Pennsylvania awards $277,200 to protect 27 acres; woodland can absorb 22.5M gallons of rainwater

Pennsylvania awards $277,200 to protect 27 acres; woodland can absorb 22.5M gallons of rainwater

Times of India •

In a significant move for environmental conservation, a 27-acre forested area near Pittsburgh will receive lasting protection thanks to $277,200 in funding. This investment will facilitate the Lowries Run Expansion Project, essential for forest preservation. The woodland is expected to manage 22.5 million gallons of rainwater each year and eliminate more than 100,000 pounds of carbon.

‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation

‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation

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Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast liveUS politics live – latest updatesThe US is facing worldwide condemnation over a “barbaric” plan to execute a disabled man by firing squad and livestream it to the public, with critics comparing the Trump administration to dictatorships in Iran and Afghanistan.The Pentagon confirmed on Th...