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Spotlight on Keir Starmer’s recognition of Palestine | Letters
ByGuardian staff August 4, 2025

Readers respond to the PM’s announcement that Britain will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel keeps to a ceasefireI’m puzzled by the conditions Keir Starmer has set for Israel to meet, failing which he’ll recognise Palestine as a …

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‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year
ByNina Lakhani August 4, 2025

Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’The UN expert who first warned that Israel was orchestrating a campaign of deliberate mass starvation in Gaza…

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Hundreds of ex-Israeli security officials urge Trump to help end war in Gaza
ByWilliam Christou in Jerusalem August 4, 2025

Open letter calls on US president to pressure Israel to end conflict as Netanyahu mulls expanding offensiveAbout 600 former Israeli security officials, including previous heads of the Mossad and the military, have urged Donald Trump to pressure Israel …

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Hundreds of ex-Israeli security officials urge Trump to help end war in Gaza
ByWilliam Christou in Jerusalem August 4, 2025

Open letter calls on US president to pressure Israel to end conflict as Netanyahu mulls expanding offensiveAbout 600 former Israeli security officials, including previous heads of the Mossad and the military, have urged Donald Trump to pressure Israel …

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UK’s Royal Ballet and Opera withdraws Tosca production in Tel Aviv
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent August 4, 2025

Show scheduled for next year pulled after 182 members of UK company sign letter criticising RBO’s stance on GazaThe Royal Ballet and Opera has pulled its 2026 production run of Tosca at the Israeli National Opera in Tel Aviv.The internal announcement b…

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UK’s Royal Ballet and Opera withdraws Tosca production in Tel Aviv
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent August 4, 2025

Show scheduled for next year pulled after 182 members of UK company sign letter criticising RBO’s stance on GazaThe Royal Ballet and Opera has pulled its 2026 production run of Tosca at the Israeli National Opera in Tel Aviv.The internal announcement b…

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Israel for kill at least 27 seeking aid in Gaza as Ben-Gvir makes provocative al-Aqsa visit – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian August 4, 2025

Palestinian officials have reported that at least 27 people were killed by Israeli forces as they tried to get food from aid distribution centres in Gaza on Sunday. At least 1,400 people have been killed while seeking aid since 27 May, the UN said. The…

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Jobless, homeless and helpless without a man: Afghan women expelled by Iran into hands of the Taliban
ByFarshid Aram and Rad Radan, for Zan Times August 4, 2025

Those who fled Afghanistan fearing gender apartheid have been forced back to live in a society in which, without a male ‘guardian’, they cannot work or rent a home, leaving them in poverty and open to abuseSafia* thought she had finally found safety …

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Jobless, homeless and helpless without a man: Afghan women expelled by Iran into hands of the Taliban
ByFarshid Aram and Rad Radan, for Zan Times August 4, 2025

Those who fled Afghanistan fearing gender apartheid have been forced back to live in a society in which, without a male ‘guardian’, they cannot work or rent a home, leaving them in poverty and open to abuseSafia* thought she had finally found safety …

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More than 140 migrants believed dead as boat capsizes off Yemen
ByAssociated Press in Cairo August 4, 2025

Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden with 154 Ethiopians onboard leaves only 12 survivors, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agencyA boat has capsized off Yemen’s coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the UN’s migration agen…

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