Novara Live: Trump Begs for Help to Re-open Strait of Hormuz
Oil exports from the Middle East have ground to a halt.
Report: Corbyn Calls for UK Ministers to Be Investigated Over Gaza Genocide
Harriet Williamson
The former Labour leader’s Gaza Tribunal report outlines the British government’s complicity and - in some cases - active participation in Israel’s genocide in occupied Palestine since October 2023. Harriet Williamson reports.
Report: BBC Breaks Law by Failing to Say If It Made Calls to Israeli Embassy
Harriet Williamson
The BBC is in trouble with the ICO for failing to provide call logs showing whether the corporation’s top brass have been conferring with Israeli officials during the Gaza genocide. Harriet Williamson reports.
News: Aid Convoy to Deliver More Than 20 Tonnes of Food and Medicine to Cuba
Charlotte England
The Nuestra America Convoy will converge in Havana this weekend, with more than 20 tonnes of food, medicine and solar equipment for Cuban communities hit by a brutal US blockade.
Opinion: Will Iran’s Oil Gamble Pay Off?
Steven Methven
By closing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is trying to make the world feel the pain of a war it did not start. But it could encourage other nations to join the US and Israel’s illegal war, argues Steven Methven.
News: Swiss MPs to Vote on Revoking Uefa’s Tax Benefits Over Israel
Joshua Carroll
Ashish Prashar, campaign director at Game Over Israel, said: “Uefa is at the forefront of funding and normalising the apartheid and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian territories by continuing to provide a subsidy and allowing the Israeli Football Association to be a member.”
Downstream: The Middle Class Is Collapsing. Fascism Could Be Next.
The lies of mainstream economics.
Do Your Own Research: Welcome to the Slavery-Driven Slop Economy
Capitalism is leaving humans behind.
News: Elon Musk Worth More Than Next Three Richest Billionaires Combined
Sophia Sheera
The Forbes Real Times Billionaires List has placed Musk firmly in the position of richest man in the world, with an estimated worth of $839 billion – up from $342 billion last year.
Novara Live: Pete Hegseth Loses It at US Media
Pete Hegseth criticises media coverage after a US refuelling plane crash in Iraq, while Palantir's Alex Karp discusses future predictions amid the Iran conflict.
Opinion: Wealth Taxes Are Pointless While Tax Havens Exist
Kojo Koram
Zack Polanski, Gary Stevenson and Grace Blakeley are right to say the rich should pay more taxes. Yet the rich are expert at hiding their money from the state, and unless we shut down their hiding places, fresh taxes will mean little, writes Kojo Koram.
Opinion: Iran Has Shattered the Emirates’ Carefully Curated Image
Ash Sarkar
Westerners - once welcomed and coddled by the United Arab Emirates - are now falling foul of authoritarian laws for sharing footage of Iranian airstrikes, writes Ash Sarkar.
Novara Live: Israel Claims It Hit Iran ‘Nuclear Site’
Israel claims to have bombed a nuclear facility.
News: Israeli ‘Double-Tap’ Strike on Beirut Beachfront Hits Tents of Displaced
Sophia Sheera
An Israeli ‘double-tap’ strike on a Beirut beach where displaced people had pitched tents for shelter killed eight people and wounded 31 yesterday.
Report: Meet the AI Rapper Working for the Far-Right
Harriet Williamson & Simon Childs
An AI-generated rapper called Danny Bones with links to far-right Reform splinter party Advance UK repeatedly intervened in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Harriet Williamson and Simon Childs report.
Report: ‘It’s Ballsy of Them’: How Emboldened Far-Right Activists Are Attacking Antifascist Strongholds in Bristol
Simon Childs
Bristol has seen an increasingly emboldened far-right attacking anti-fascist pubs and pro-Palestine events. Simon Childs reports.
News: Starmer Has Dragged Labour ‘Into the Gutter’ Says John McDonnell
Sophia Sheera
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has accused Keir Starmer of dragging the Labour party “into the gutter” in the wake of yesterday’s release of the Mandelson files.
News: High Court Rules in Favour of Owen Jones in BBC Gaza Libel Case
Sophia Sheera
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of Guardian columnist Owen Jones in a libel case brought against him by a BBC editor.