Trump declares 'emergency' one day before deadline to reveal his finances in court

President Donald Trump declared an 'emergency' to block the release of his financial records to the BBC one day before a court-ordered deadline.The BBC sought the financial information after Trump sue...

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"For Your Eyes Only": Israel’s Mole Inside the United Nations

Hacked emails show Israeli agent, UN official, Yahav Lichner fed Israeli diplomats secret documents and briefings. He now directs UNICEF’s Washington office.

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‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality

Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again

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In a grubby week in Victorian politics, I was reminded about decency

When Tim Read, a Greens MP from Brunswick, delivered his final speech to parliament at the end of a bruising week, it was a valedictory in more ways than one.

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IN FULL: Chris Bowen speaks about Australia's energy future at National Press Club | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It’s not good for anybody | Peter Greste

By deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy

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NT prosecutor appeals hit-and-run driver sentence

The leniency of a community correction order handed to a man who ran down two Aboriginal men, killing one and seriously injuring the other, is being challenged, including by the dead man’s sister and ...

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Climate change communication

Effective climate change communication enhances public climate mitigation and adaptive behaviour, building resilience against intensifying climate hazards.

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Israeli military sets off 'huge explosion' in southern Lebanon’s Haddatha

<article data-history-node-id="445521" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-sets-huge-explosion-southern-lebanons-haddatha" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-sets-huge-explosion-southern-lebanons-haddatha" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli military sets off 'huge explosion' in southern Lebanon’s Haddatha </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces have set off a “huge explosion” in the southern Lebanese town of Haddatha, according to reports from Lebanon’s National News Agency.</p> <p>This comes as the first day of a new round of Israel-Lebanon talks commence in Rome, aimed at advancing a framework agreement under which Israeli forces would withdraw from the areas it is occupying in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah disarms.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Environmentalists launch suit to quash North West Shelf approval

A rock art preservation group backed by the Holmes à Court family matriarch has launched a challenge to overturn WA approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension.

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Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art

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SPCA warns against permanent reduction in welfare standards for laying hens after Bird Flu arrives in New Zealand • SPCA New Zealand

SPCA is urging New Zealanders to have their say on a proposal that would permanently reduce welfare protections for laying hens, reiterating that emergency preparedness must not become a pathway for l...

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'Coherent to describe Zionism as racist': UK tribunal upholds protection for anti-Zionist beliefs

Court says Zionism could also be described as imperialistic as University of Bristol loses appeal over professor's dismissal

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Royal Commission into Antisemitism a "$131 Million Whinge" - Michael West

Royal Commission into Antisemitism will not defeat antisemitism. It is a government buying absolution with $131m of public money

michaelwest.com.au

Five points that show the Gaza genocide hasn't stopped

It's just been recalibrated, says Médecins Sans Frontières

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ALL Mainstream Western Institutions View Palestinian Lives As Worthless

Reading by Tim Foley:

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Dinners at Rinehart’s mansion, Hanson loans, an offensive film: One Nation’s sources of cash

The mining billionaire is sometimes a late withdrawal from the $10,000-a-ticket dinners. But guests can still enjoy the sweeping river views with Pauline Hanson.

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Israeli court blocks Ben Gvir crocodile moat plan for prisons holding Palestinians

<article data-history-node-id="445422" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-court-blocks-ben-gvir-crocodile-moat-plan-prisons-holding" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-court-blocks-ben-gvir-crocodile-moat-plan-prisons-holding" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli court blocks Ben Gvir crocodile moat plan for prisons holding Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An&nbsp;<a href="https://middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;court has blocked a plan by far right minister Itamar Ben Gvir to place crocodiles in moats encircling prisons where&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;prisoners are being held, Israeli media is reporting.</p> <p>Israeli authorities have&nbsp;<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-construction-already-underway-on-ben-gvirs-prison-crocodile-moat/" target="_blank">reportedly</a>&nbsp;already begun digging trenches around a section of Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert, in northern Israel.</p> <p>Under the plan spearheaded by Ben Gvir, and backed by his National Security Ministry and the Israel Prison Service (IPS), Nile crocodiles will be installed in the trenches.</p> <p>But Israeli broadcaster KAN reported that the Jerusalem District Court had issued a temporary injunction on Sunday, hours after an animal rights organisation filed a petition against Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman, Ben Gvir and the IPS.</p> <p>The legal challenge – which was filed by Let the Animals Live – centres on concerns around the mistreatment of animals and the danger posed to prison staff, rather than over the escalating abuse of Palestinian prisoners.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-court-blocks-ben-gvir-crocodile-moats-outside-prisons-holding-palestinians">Israeli court blocks Ben Gvir crocodile moat plan for prisons holding Palestinians</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israel's National Security minister Itamar Ben Gvir is overseeing the digging of trenches around Ketziot Prison, where crocodiles will be introduced (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f3c63222-88ae-4c42-ac0f-c5ffc7cf8702" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/ben-gvir-afp-3-august-2026-afp.jpg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Israel's National Security minister Itamar Ben Gvir is overseeing the digging of trenches around Ketziot Prison, where crocodiles will be introduced (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israel's National Security minister Itamar Ben Gvir is overseeing the digging of trenches around Ketziot Prison, where crocodiles will be introduced (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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Why 'social cohesion' is a dangerous phrase in Australian politics – Jeff Sparrow

The establishment loves this phrase. But as Ed Husic found out, imposing consensus from the top isn't democracy – it's erasure.

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