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Yazidi genocide a decade on: Iraq camp closures loom, but survivors still live in fear of Islamic State

Ten years ago, on August 3, fighters from Islamic State (IS) left their bases in Syria and Iraq to attack the Sinjar region of north-western Iraq. Sinjar was home to the Yazidi people, a religious group native to the region. IS saw religious groups like the Yazidi as blasphemous and…

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Labour MPs to be given book about the ‘enormous suffering’ caused by Tory welfare reform

A crowdfunded campaign will send more than 400 copies of John Pring’s The Department, which looks at the role of the DWP in the deaths of disabled people, to parliament

The Guardian - UK

UN Coordinator Urges De-Escalation In Middle East Amid Tensions

UN urges de-escalation in the Middle East after Hamas leader's assassination. Iran vows revenge, blaming Israel. Tensions rise as calls for peace continue.

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Masked men ransack Venezuela opposition HQ as more nations recognize Maduro rival as president-elect

Masked men ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado overnight as Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro threatened to arrest her. The United States, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay on Friday recognized Maduro challenger Edmundo González, a Machado ally, as the winner of the disputed presidential vote.

France 24

What is DSD? The condition at the heart of the row over Imane Khelif's boxing gender test

The inclusion of boxers with relatively high testosterone levels in the women’s Olympics has been controversial

Evening Standard

The French baron who revived the Olympics believed they were more than sport – they were a religion of perfection and peace

Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, always envisioned the Games as much more than the sum of their parts. “Olympism,” as he coined it, was a new type of religion – one shorn of gods, yet transcendent all the same.

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Israeli assassinations push Middle East to most dangerous point yet

‘People are not understanding the gravity of what this is,’ one analyst tells Bel Trew

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The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon’s precious green energy minerals

As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil’s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves

The Guardian - UK

Australia says Israel did not deliberately target World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in April in Gaza

Israeli military’s attack on aid convoy in Gaza in April that killed seven people was the result of serious failures of defense procedures, according to Australian investigation

The Independent UK

UN calls for foreign security forces to be deployed faster to quash Haiti gang wars

Armed gangs control much of Caribbean country’s capital with reports of 40 rape victims a day in areas, UN reports

The Guardian - UK

US recognizes opposition candidate González as winner of Venezuela's presidential vote

Building on widespread sentiment and the incumbent Nicolás Maduro's refusal to provide transparent voting data, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said it "is clear" that opposition candidate Edmundo González won Sunday's Venezuelan presidential election, despite Maduro claiming he had secured 90% of the votes.

France 24

How TikTok bots and AI have powered a resurgence in UK far-right violence

Experts warn growth of extremist influencers and ‘micro-donations’ could create even bigger wave of unrest

The Guardian - UK

Family wants new probe into aid worker deaths in Israel

An Australian aid worker's family wants more answers after a report into her death and that of six colleagues found the attack was "not deliberately directed".

AAP

With Bangladesh on a knife’s edge, trapped Rohingya refugees are forced to turn to people smugglers or violent gangs

Mass protests have rocked Bangladesh over the past few weeks. The military was deployed to the streets with shoot-on-sight orders. News agencies have reported some 266 deaths, with 7,000 people injured and more than 10,000 arrested.

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The Guardian - UK

Andy Murray’s tearful farewell, Simone Biles’ brilliance and boxing controversy

Paris saw the best of Olympic sport as Andy Murray ended his career with one last night under the floodlights and US gymnast Simone Biles made history

Al Jazeera

How the world reacted to Russia-West prisoner swap

Western countries and rights groups welcome the release of dissidents and journalists, including Evan Gershkovich.

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Bangladesh protests: brutal security crackdown sparks calls for international probe

Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets throughout July in nationwide protests sparked by students demanding reforms to the government’s job quota system. Security forces have quelled the unrest by deploying what many see as excess force.

The Guardian - UK

Children ‘at death’s door’ as famine declared in Sudanese refugee camp

UN-backed early warning network confirms people in the Darfur city of El Fasher are starving to death

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The UK’s arms sales to Israel are tiny – but here’s why Netanyahu’s government is panicking about a possible ban

Netanyahu is becoming increasingly isolated, and Britain remains one of its closest allies in Europe. Starmer’s decision will count, writes academic Azriel Bermant

The Independent UK

Famine conditions in Sudan's North Darfur are likely to continue through October, IPC warns

A global authority on food security has warned that famine conditions in Sudan have spread in the North Darfur region and are likely to continue through October due to the ongoing conflict that has torn the country for over 15 months

The Independent UK

As conflicts far and wide shake the planet, can the Olympics unite the world?

More than 100 conflicts fester around the world

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Chief 9/11 plotter pleads guilty in Guantánamo Bay deal

In exchange for removing the death penalty as a possible punishment, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other accused plead guilty. Plus, extreme heat at the Olympics

Latin Times

Calls For Revenge At Iran Funeral For Hamas Chief Haniyeh

The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threatened a "harsh punishment" for his killing.

The Independent UK

Two Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Network denounces ‘targeted assassination’ of its employees

The Guardian - UK

Brazil led the way. Now the UK should get behind the assault on hunger and poverty

At its recent summit, Lula gave the G20 a chance to show its commitment to real change – and Britain can take the lead, says Kevin Watkins

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