David Cameron says UK will not withhold arms sales to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Foreign secretary says British weapons position different to US, but UK does not support Rafah invasion without civilian protection plan...
Boeing supplier regularly shipped parts with defects, whistleblower alleges (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands protest Israel's Eurovision participation (www.dw.com)
Eden Golan is set to perform in the semi-final despite anger over Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmo, Sweden....
Trinity College Dublin agrees to divest from Israeli firms after student protest (www.theguardian.com)
Virginia school board considers restoring Confederate names to schools (www.reuters.com)
'Neom' project: Forces in Saudi Arabia 'told to kill' to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, ex-intelligence officer says (www.bbc.com)
Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project....
Ramón Fonseca: Panama Papers law firm founder dies (www.bbc.co.uk)
The 71-year-old died in hospital while awaiting a verdict in his money-laundering trial....
Dutch Police Smash Pro-Palestine Protest Camp (scheerpost.com)
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year...
Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur (www.theguardian.com)
Over 300 Palestinian-Bedouin face forced evictions following mass home demolitions in Negev/Naqab (www.amnesty.org)
The Israeli authorities’ demolition on 8 May 2024 of 47 homes in Wadi al-Khalil, an unrecognized Palestinian/Bedouin village in the Negev/Naqab, without proper consultation or compensation underscores the urgency to dismantle Israel’s apartheid system, said Amnesty International today. The demolition orders against the Abu...
[Opinion] Campus Protests Are Fighting Militarism and Corporatization at Home and Abroad (truthout.org)
Student protesters know the fight for Palestinian freedom requires resisting militarization and fascism at home....
Xi Jinping blasts US/NATO for bombing China's embassy in Serbia (www.youtube.com)
China Forcibly Returns 60 Refugees to North Korea (www.hrw.org)
The Chinese government forcibly returned about 60 North Korean refugees on April 26, putting them at grave risk of enforced disappearance, torture, sexual violence, wrongful imprisonment, forced labor, and execution....
Ukraine parliament passes bill for prisoners to join army (www.aljazeera.com)
The move on Wednesday marks a U-turn in Ukraine’s approach on the matter. Kyiv had long opposed the measure and had repeatedly criticised Moscow for mobilising prisoners to fill its ranks....
"A genocidal government": Discussion with Cosette Wu, the woman behind the Harvard speech disruption criticizing the Chinese Communist Party (focustaiwan.tw)
Link to the archived version....
Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree. (www.propublica.org)
The secretary of state told Congress that Israel had adequately punished a soldier who got community service for killing an unarmed Palestinian. Government officials call it a “mockery” and inconsistent with the law....
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu vows his country will 'stand alone' if it has to after Biden's weapons supply threat (news.sky.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel will "stand alone" if it has to in its war against Hamas, after the US threatened to stop sending some weapons to its ally.
'Lost' spy satellite orbited Earth undetected for 25 years—until now, scientists say (phys.org)
Nigeria: Rights groups demand release of detained journalist (www.dw.com)
Investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu has been held without trial for over a week. Not only was his arrest illegal, say press freedom groups, so is his continued detention without charges....
Austria plans to deport convicts to Kosovo (www.politico.eu)
Australia should pass bill to ban non-prescription vapes, Senate committee finds (www.theguardian.com)
Recommendation comes after two days of hearings and nearly 300 submissions from health, education, pharmaceutical and other sectors...
