As frustration builds over government response, communities organise vigils, petitions, protests and medical missions to besieged enclave * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast News comes out of Gaza in a constant feed of photos and videos: civilians dying of starvation under Israel’s blockade, Palestinians shot dead while rushing to food distribution points, tents housing displaced people engulfed by flames. More than 14,000km away in Sydney, there is an overwhelming sense of grief, frustration and rage, Ziyad Serhan says. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Stephen Miller is transparently using the chaos he created by his demand for impossible arrest numbers from ICE to, first, federalize response to mostly-peaceful protest and, in turn, use the chaos cr...

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Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No, it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when Jewish people faced extinction.

In a final interview, Mujica said: ‘We are too focused on wealth and not on happiness … Before you know it, life has passed you by’ Uruguay’s former president José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by the current Uruguayan president. Yamandú Orsi. In a post on social media platform X, Orsi called Mujica a “president, activist, guide and leader”. Mujica had been under treatment for cancer of the esophagus since spring 2024, when the disease was diagnosed. Continue reading...