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A man explains why the West fears Islam.

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The Guardian UK:

Then-home secretary Yvette Cooper wrote a column in a paper justifying Palestine Action’s proscription even though the Crown Prosecution Service advised it might unfairly impact a trial concerning a 2024 break-in at Elbit.

The article, on 17 August, said that charges against Palestine Action activists included a “terrorism connection” and also referred to violence, intimidation and “disturbing information” about future attacks.

However, Judge Johnson dismissed the defence application for abuse of process, saying: “The decision to proscribe Palestine Action was highly controversial and required public justification. It is unsurprising that the government sought publicly to justify the decision that it had taken and that it relied, in general terms (without naming individuals), on Palestine Action’s activities, including the activities that have resulted in these proceedings.

“In doing so, the home secretary ran a risk of causing some prejudice to these proceedings, but that is different from deliberately flouting a reporting restriction order.”

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Haaretz:

The ICC has issued arrest warrants against additional senior Israeli officials.

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A drone strike near the Barakah nuclear power plant in the Al Dhafra Region hit an electrical generator and sparked a fire.

The UAE reassured the IAEA that the radiation level is normal.

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Historian David Edgerton, on the New Statesman, connects Starmer's demise to his support for Israel.

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The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero, called on the United Kingdom to uphold its international human rights obligations following the adoption of restrictive legislation and political calls for a blanket ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

“The entry into force of the UK Crime and Policing Act on 29 April introduces provisions fundamentally incompatible with international human rights obligations regarding the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, association, and expression, and the right of participation,” Romero said. “Of primary concern is the vague concept of ‘cumulative disruption,’ which grants law enforcement excessive discretionary powers to restrict assemblies, disregarding the standard that peaceful protests inherently entail a level of disruption that must be accommodated.”

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The UAE Ministry of Defense says air defenses intercepted two drones that entered the country from the western border, while a third struck an electrical generator outside the secured perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant.

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Prof. Richard Sakwa, Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Kent and author of The Putin Paradox, explains how he was detained at Heathrow airport and interrogated.

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