Berlin calls on Iran and others to prevent Middle East escalation https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/berlin-calls-iran-others-prevent-middle-east-escalation-2024-07-29/13. Egypt making efforts to contain Israel escalation with Lebanon https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240730-egypt-making-efforts-to-contain-israel-escalation-with-lebanon/14. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia discuss upcoming global conference on girls’ education https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2558001/pakistan16. South Africa police say 95 Libyans detained at suspected military camp https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/26/south-africa-police-say-95-libyans-detained-at-suspected-military-camp21. South Africa has a new top diplomat.

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Seeking to quell a surge of misinformation-fueled unrest, a British judge on Thursday took the unusual step of naming the 17-year-old suspect in a stabbing rampage that left three children dead and eight injured in northwestern England early this week. The suspect, Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, appeared in a Liverpool court to face three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder. The stabbing spree, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the town of Southport on Monday, stunned Britain and ignited two days of racially fueled riots, in multiple cities, that were incited by far-right provocateurs. Although the police announced that the suspect had been born in Cardiff, Wales, erroneous posts on social media claimed he was an undocumented immigrant, which triggered protests that reached almost to the gates of Downing Street.

Norwegian triathlon heavyweight Kristian Blummenfelt made headlines this week when the former Ironman champ and 2020 Olympic gold medal winner revealed his ambitious plan to win the Tour de France by 2028. Afterwards, the soon-to-be pro cyclist was not happy and had a pop at the "amateurish" organisation of the event which was delayed by a day due to concerns about pollution levels in the River Seine. He told the Discovery TV cameras: "That is not what we have worked for, I'm of course disappointed. It was certainly expected that they go out quite aggressively in the first two or three kilometres to stretch out the field. Making (admittedly quite valid) complaints about dodgy race organisation after a disappointing result?

Two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s Women’s World Boxing Championships for being biologically male are due to fight against women in the Paris Olympics. Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan competed in women’s competitions until the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) DNA tests revealed they had male chromosomes. The organisation has since been suspended over governance issues, and the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit allowed them to enter the Olympics. In addition, the IOC acknowledged that Lin was stripped of a bronze medal “after failing to meet eligibility requirements based on the results of a biochemical test”. IBA’s President Umar Kremlev believed the results exposed “athletes who were trying to fool their colleagues and pretend to be women”.

The man accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks and his two co-defendants have agreed to plead guilty, say US officials. According to prosecutors quoted by the New York Times (NYT), the three defendants have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for a life sentence instead of facing a death penalty trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While it is likely the defendants will appear in person to plead guilty at Guantanamo Bay next week, they are not likely to be sentenced until later next year, Sky's US partner network, NBC News, reports. It was Mohammed who presented the idea of such an attack on the US like 9/11 to Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the United States' 9/11 Commission concluded. Terry Strada, national chairwoman of a group of families of victims called 9/11 Families United, had been at Manhattan federal court for a hearing on one of many civil lawsuits when she heard news of the plea agreement.

A senior judge has told lawyers acting in a football kit sales dispute involving Rangers that the multi-million pound action will “kick off” next week. Elite were the exclusive brand partner to Danish sportswear firm Hummel and it instructed lawyers to go to the Court of Session in Edinburgh last November. Lawyer for Ashley's firm went to the High Court in London seeking an injunction to stop the deal between Elite and Rangers from going ahead. Judge Persey ordered that Rangers couldn’t “wear any Official Rangers Technical Products designed by, supplied by, gifted by or manufactured by Elite or Hummel, or bearing the Hummel brand”. Mr Thomson told the court that this new deal caused Elite to sustain losses which it needed to be compensated for.

Something went wrong, please try again later. Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Something went wrong, please try again later. An outspoken Catholic cleric has said he could buy the Scottish island previously eyed up by an Islamic hate preacher. READ MORE: 'Romantic' Scottish island on sale for £190k - Islamic hate preachers need not applyREAD MORE: Home Office urged to step in and block sale of Scots island to Islamic hate preacher"Let us put the Celtic Cross back in its rightful place."

You are Han Solo, you are Indiana Jones; you were in Blade Runner, The Fugitive, motherfucking Air Force One. You're playing the president (again) and he's got a cool name: Thaddeus Ross. You hulk out (Thaddeus Ross is Red Hulk, by the way). And then, someone asks: “Who deals better with snakes, Indy or Thaddeus Ross?”The thing about Harrison Ford is that he’s not exactly known for entertaining bullshit. I will not answer that stupid question,” he said, getting laughs out of his fellow cast members in the room.

After decades of conflict and legal dispute over the fate of People’s Park, UC Berkeley quietly began the construction of its controversial housing development there last week. The first phase of construction is focused on site preparation and landscaping efforts, according to a campus press release. Contractors and crews hired by the university cleared the area of existing structures and fixtures while also performing earthwork and ground grading procedures. What once was a nearly 3-acre green space famed for its folk art, protests and role in the free speech movement is now a leveled-off dirt lot, still surrounded by the shipping container barriers that were put up in January after police cleared anti-development demonstrators from the park. In the coming years, crews will build a dormitory with capacity for more than 1,000 students and a supportive housing facility for dozens of low-income and formerly unhoused residents.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are hoping to find a base in the UK so they can try and heal the rift with the royal family. But their plans have hit a major stumbling block with the Duke of Sussex worried about his family's safety. Harry and Meghan quit the UK for America in 2020 and have only returned sporadically. Their much-publicised rift with King Charles and Prince William has left them alienated in their Californian mansion. In a written statement to the court, Harry had expressed his desire to return to the UK, calling it his "home".

THE detention of a young Anglican from the West Bank is an example of the “deeply discriminatory” use of administrative detention by the Israeli authorities, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. “I ask the Israeli Government to look again at her case, and that she be released. The widespread and routine manner in which Israel uses administrative detention of Palestinians as an instrument of Occupation is deeply discriminatory. “There is never any justification for killing children — whether in Palestine, Israel, or Lebanon,” he wrote on social media. On Thursday of last week, Israeli media reported that the bodies of five more hostages, four men and a woman, had been recovered by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in Khan Yunis.

More than 100 people have been arrested in London as further protests took place in several cities after disinformation was spread online about the perpetrator of the Southport stabbings. A police car was set alight after a large group of people gathered in the Murray Street area of Hartlepool on Wednesday evening. Officers were attacked with missiles, glass bottles and eggs, Cleveland police said

NO TIME TO DELAY? (You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our ETMarkets WhatsApp channelThe Bank of England looks in a position to cut interest rates on Thursday after holding them at a 16-year high of 5.25% for the past year, though markets and economists are far from certain the British central bank will take the plunge.Economists polled by Reuters last week overwhelmingly expected a quarter-point cut but think the vote will be close on the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee , with only a 5-4 majority in favour.Late on Wednesday, financial markets were pricing in a 66% chance of a quarter-point cut, and then expected one more quarter-point cut before the end of the year. "It's certainly going to be a finely balanced decision. You can see that from the market pricing," said Jack Meaning, chief UK economist at Barclays.In June, the MPC voted 7-2 to keep rates on hold, but minutes of the meeting recorded that several of those who voted to hold had been close to voting for a cut.How those policymakers' views have shifted since then is hard to tell. At 5.7% in June, it has fallen much less than the BoE forecast three months ago.The question for policymakers is whether that represents greater medium-term pressures, or is due to one-off effects such as a surge in hotel prices during concert tours by artists such as U.S. singer Taylor Swift.Meaning, a former BoE economist, said policymakers would be wrong to delay a rate cut until September.

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