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Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.

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The GuardianHumanityGhana

People ‘panicking’ as Ghana passes sweeping law criminalising LGBTQ+ activity

Community groups say some fear they could lose homes, jobs and access to healthcare if the new law is ratified by President John Dramani MahamaGhana’s LGBTQ community is living in fear after the country’s parliament approved a sweeping bill that criminalises the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, rights groups have warned.The legislation, which was passed on Friday, mandates prison sentences of three to 10 years.

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BBCHumanityChina

Secret tunnels and unregistered workers: China's coal mine disaster is a reminder of darker days

In Shanxi, the province that sits at the heart of China's coal-mining industry, there's long been a saying: "Only go down a coal pit when you have no other way out." For decades, life in these pits was intertwined with tragedy. It became so common that it gave rise to other sayings: about how miners were "exchanging their lives for money" or "staking their lives for tomorrow" when they ventured into underground tunnels where they died from gas explosions, flooding and shaft collapses.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA

‘Where are all the kids?’: questions arise over treatment of pregnant minors in Texas immigration facility

The Trump administration may be deporting the US citizen infants born to unaccompanied girls formerly held at the San Benito ICE facilityRepresentative Maxine Dexter has a lot of questions. Why were all of the pregnant, unaccompanied minors in the US rounded up and sent to San Benito, a tiny town on the border with Mexico? Are they given appropriate medical care, given their high-risk conditions and Texas’s abortion ban? And most importantly: where are the girls – and their infants – now?Dexter, a Democratic congresswoman from Oregon and a former critical care physician – one of the few doctors now serving in Congress – detailed these questions in an 8 May to refugee and health officials after visiting the San Benito facility and, she said, being blocked from speaking with any of the children. She still hasn’t gotten answers.

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The GuardianHealth AlertsIraq

‘My 15-year-old relative was killed for refusing to marry her cousin. My family celebrated by dancing in the street’

Horrified by the recent murder of Kawthar al-Husayjawi, one of her female relatives describes what happened – and her fears for other women and girls forced into early marriage in IraqThe men of my tribe [extended family]threw my relative Kawthar Bashar al-Husayjawi, 15, into a pit and put a little dirt over her body. They had killed her hours earlier with 10 bullets, and split her small head with an axe. My family then joined others in coming on to the streets to dance and celebrate her death.Kawthar lived in al-Nahrawan, a district in the south-east of Baghdad. She had been taken out of school and at age 13 forced to marry an alcoholic years older than her.

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The GuardianHumanityEire (Ireland)

Yves Sakila’s death has echoes of George Floyd. When will we in Ireland confront our own racism?

Growing up in Dublin, I learned to navigate life in fight-or-flight mode. Yet even now, our leaders are ducking a vital conversationSeán Gallen is a Martinican-Irish writer and film-maker based in Berlin and DublinWatching the harrowing footage of what would become Yves Sakila’s final moments of consciousness, it is hard not to be reminded of the agonising death of George Floyd. Sakila was on 15 May, a short time after by security guards outside Arnotts, a city centre department store.Congolese-born Sakila had allegedly been suspected of shoplifting in the store and fled. If we have any knowledge of what subsequently happened in the busy pedestrianised street outside, it is because video footage was captured by passersby. In these deeply distressing images, the 35-year-old is being restrained by a group of security guards for nearly five minutes. He tries to protest but his shouts are muffled in the concrete when one of the men appears to put his knee on the back of Sakila’s neck. By the end of the video, Sakila has stopped moving.

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The GuardianPoliticiansLondon

What is new in the latest release of Peter Mandelson documents?

Massive tranche reveals ex-ambassador’s scorn for Starmer’s leadership and his unwillingness to share informationIt is, Downing Street has said, the most extensive release of government documents ever done in response to a Commons motion – nearly 1,500 pages in all. But what does the second and main tranche of documents connected to Peter Mandelson’s role as US ambassador to Washington tell us that is new?

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The GuardianHumanityAustralia

One Nation’s rise allows Australia’s anti-abortion groups to turn up the volume

Support for Pauline Hanson’s populist party has given fresh impetus to a loose network of activists trying to chip away at reproductive rightsGet our , or The headline act at a Sydney anti-abortion rally being held on Tuesday in support of Libertarian MP John Ruddick’s bill to restrict abortion will not be Ruddick.It will be the One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce.

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NatureScienceUSA

Passive heart-rate monitoring during smartphone use in everyday life

Resting heart rate (RHR) is a key biomarker of cardiovascular health and mortality1,2,3, but passively tracking it longitudinally generally requires a wearable device, limiting its availability. Here we present passive heart-rate monitoring (PHRM), a deep-learning system that uses facial video-based photoplethysmography for passive measurements of heart rate (HR) and RHR during everyday smartphone interactions.

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The TelegraphElectionsColombia

Millionaire populist ‘El Tigre’ ahead of Leftist philosopher in Colombia elections

Abelardo de la Espriella had one message for Colombians voting this weekend: the country needed a strongman. Chanting “Firme por la patria!” (“strong for the homeland”), the millionaire lawyer, businessman and social media personality – who dubs himself “El Tigre” (The Tiger) – promised a dramatic break from Colombia’s establishment.

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The GuardianPoliticiansLondon

FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear

Exclusive: MP and campaigners say sensitive citizen and company data could be subject to US disclosure lawsThe UK’s financial watchdog is being urged to prove its relationship with the US tech company Palantir will not provide the Trump administration with backdoor access to troves of sensitive citizen and commercial data.A US law that can oblige tech companies to disclose information to American authorities may apply to , Martin Wrigley MP, a member of the House of Commons science and technology select committee, has warned.

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The TelegraphHumanitySpain

Jewish woman wearing Star of David pendant forced out of Spanish sauna

A Jewish woman wearing a Star of David pendant was forced to leave a sauna in Barcelona, in what Israel has called an “anti-Semitic attack”. Two American women visited the Thermas sauna for an LGBT event on Saturday night, and became involved in a row with other visitors, with one chanting “free Palestine”, before the argument spilt out on to the street.

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