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The UK government and police chiefs are reviewing the process through which US military personnel accused of committing serious crimes on UK soil are avoiding the British justice system. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military

Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelations

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An estimated 2,877 deaths were associated with excessive heat in May and June this year – almost double the number of casualties compared to last summer. metro.co.uk/2026/07/30/n...

Nearly 3,000 people in UK die from extreme heat in two months

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A damning Commons Defence Committee report today on the Afghan data breach describes the breach as a "foreseeable systemic failure". The report identifies serious government failures in the handling of sensitive personal data, and criticises the use of secrecy to avoid scrutiny and accountability.

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Protest group @ledbydonkeys.org has received more than £27,000 in compensation for a “Yes, it’s a genocide” banner unlawfully taken by the Greater London Authority during a peaceful protest in Parliament Square and subsequently destroyed. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Led by Donkeys paid £27k for destroyed anti-genocide banner

The unlawful destruction of a banner reading "Yes, it's a genocide" has proven costly for Veolia, which has paid £27K to protest group LBD

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The deputy leader of Reform UK in Scotland has reported the country's leading human rights lawyer to the police for allegedly "stirring up hatred" in a speech at the weekend. www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politic...

Thomas Kerr reports human rights lawyer to cops for 'stirring up hatred'

Aamer Anwar was addressing a counter-protest on Glasgow Green when he said many of the anti-immigration campaigners should be called 'terrorists'

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FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Argentinian Football Association over the unveiling of a Falklands banner after their match against England and other incidents. The case will look at several potential breaches of its code during the World Cup. news.sky.com/story/fifa-o...

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Wow! Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow the US govt to replace him as defendant in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. So, he sexually assaulted her, then defamed her, but won't have to pay anything because he was president when he defamed her. edition.cnn.com/2026/07/28/p...

Trump urges Supreme Court to overturn E. Jean Carroll’s $83M defamation verdict | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to once again step into his messy legal brawl with magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, appealing an $83.3 million jury verdict for defamation ...

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I think the point Fordham J wants to get across is that a court embargo and a journalism embargo are two different things. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

Lewisham Council has become the first in the UK to refuse to assist with government raids on illegal immigrants wherever "legally possible". The Green-run council has passed a motion promising that no council resources will be used to assist immigration raids. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Green-led Lewisham council will not assist in immigration raids

Lewisham has become the first council in the UK to refuse to assist Home Office immigration raids.

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Great news! "Erasmus+ is an EU programme that provides grant funding for placements and projects for organisations working in education, training, youth and sport". The UK and the EU have agreed for the UK to associate to the Erasmus+ programme from 2027. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Overview of the Erasmus+ programme

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A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’

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"3,061 terrorism-related arrests in the year ending 31 March 2026, a 1,186% increase compared with previous year". Did terrorism in the UK grow by 12 times in one year? No. The govt started treating protesters as terrorists. 92% terror arrests linked to Palestine Action. www.gov.uk/government/s...

To mark 75 years of the Refugee Convention, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Ben Stiller,nMalala Yousafzai, Nadia Murad, Dr Denis Mukwege, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & the Archbishop of Canterbury join UNHCR in launching The Promise, a statement of solidarity with refugees. www.unhcr.org/news/press-r...

To mark 75 years of the Refugee Convention, 75 global voices unite with UNHCR to launch ‘The Promise’ | UNHCR

The Promise is a public statement of solidarity, bringing together prominent figures from across society to reaffirm support for refugees and the right to seek safety.Launched on 28 July, as the Refug...

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Five Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists over bank damage

Exclusive: Judge intends to consider ‘terrorist connection’ after convicting five for damage to Barclays in Burnley

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Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted by a majority to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims. www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-mem...

ICC member states remove Prosecutor Karim Khan by majority vote

Members of the International Criminal Court voted in New York to dismiss the chief prosecutor over misconduct claims

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I see many people on social media and our vindictive media/politicians are suddenly forensic psychiatrists who can telepathically assess whether someone should be detained in a prison or a hospital.

It is to our shame that the person who wrote such a letter is an elected Parliamentarian.

A journalist whose communications data was unlawfully obtained by MI5 and the police has been awarded £20,000 in damages. The security service breached the journalist's human rights by obtaining his call records in order to trace his confidential sources. pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mi...

MI5 and police illegally grabbed journalist's call records to find sources

Former BBC Northern Ireland journalist paid £20,000 in damages by MI5 and PSNI.

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Actor Qasim Akhtar is to receive "substantial" libel damages from The Sun. The Sun falsely alleged Akhtar "backed" and "teamed up with" cleric Uthman ibn Farooq, was associated with extremism and violence, and had "moved to Pakistan" and "trained with guns". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ex-Coronation Street actor to receive 'substantial' libel damages from The Sun publisher

Qasim Akhtar is to receive "substantial" damages to settle a High Court libel claim from a story last eyar.

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One mosque is attacked in Britain every five days, according to new data released by the government’s partner for monitoring anti-Muslim hatred. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

One UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim Trust

More than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalism

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Pete Weatherby KC opens the event on "Descent Into Authoritarianism?: The Rajiv Menon KC Case". He describes the "wholly unprecedented" and "extraordinary" first-ever criminal trial against a barrister for his closing speech to a jury.

It took a few years, but we finally got there. Andrew Tate has been charged with rape, sex trafficking and pornography, including charges related to indecent images of a child. The brothers appeared in court in Miami, where lawyers said they would fight extradition to the UK.