Gaza border authority confirms presence of Israelas tanks at crossing, sole gateway between Egypt and Gaza for humanitarian aid

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Israeli military forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, a key strategic objective and the sole gateway between Egypt and Gaza for humanitarian aid, Israeli military officials have confirmed.

aAt the moment we have operational control of the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing and we have special forces scanning the crossing a| That is what is happening in the upcoming hours. The operation is not over a| I canat give a timeline,a a military official said on Tuesday morning.

Prosecutors, witnesses, jurors a all are in the ex-presidentas sights and it could lead to violence, former federal prosecutors and judges say

Donald Trumpas verbal assaults on judges, prosecutors, witnesses, jurors and the broader US justice system, are undermining the rule of law and American democracy while fueling threats and potential violence against individuals involved with the legal cases against him and egging on his extremist allies, former federal prosecutors and judges say.

In his campaign to win the presidency again, and in the midst of various criminal and civil trials, Trump has launched multiple attacks on the American legal system on his Truth Social platform to counter the 88 federal and state criminal charges he faces.

The theme was JG Ballardas 1962 short story, The Garden of Time, which meant references to decay, lots of florals and more than one look that seemed to have nothing to do with anything

New track Hindas Hall backs Columbia University protesters and characterises Israel as aa state thatas gotta rely on an apartheid systema

Chart-topping US rapper Macklemore has released a new track, Hindas Hall, which gives robust support to Palestine as well as those protesting at US universities against Israelas activity in Gaza.

Hindas Hall is named after the Columbia University building, renamed from Hamilton Hall by occupying student protesters to reference Hind Rajab, a six-year-old child killed in Gaza.

Many European diplomats avoid lavish Moscow ceremony and Ukrainian security service says it has caught a network of Russian agents

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other at the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague of using banned toxins on the battlefield, the organisation said on Tuesday.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that the accusations were ainsufficiently substantiateda but added that athe situation remains volatile and extremely concerning regarding the possible re-emergence of use of toxic chemicals as weapons.a

FAA examining whether employees may have falsified records after firm said it might not have properly carried out checks

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Boeing faces a new investigation after the planemaker told US regulators it might have failed to properly carry out some quality inspections on its 787 Dreamliner planes.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was ainvestigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft recordsa.

Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says athereas something wrong with our brains that we canat understand how grave this isa

The race to save the planet is being impeded by a global economy that is contingent on the exploitation of people and nature, according to the UNas outgoing leading environment and human rights expert.

David Boyd, who served as UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment from 2018 to April 2024, told the Guardian that states failing to take meaningful climate action and regulating polluting industries could soon face a slew of lawsuits.

Heartbeat International, affiliated with more than 2,000 facilities, aims to convince people to continue their pregnancies

The organization behind an international network of anti-abortion facilities is misleading people with claims that abortions can be areverseda, a lawsuit filed on Monday by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, alleges.

The organization, Heartbeat International, is affiliated with more than 2,000 facilities that aim to convince people to continue their pregnancies. In recent years, many such centers, which are often Christian and sometimes known as crisis pregnancy centers, have started to promote a controversial practice known as aabortion pill reversala, which claims that people can halt a medication abortion midway through.

Former mogul, whose New York rape conviction was overturned in April, kept away from other detainees in special medical unit

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Harvey Weinstein is being kept in a private room inside Bellevue hospitalas intensive care unit on a floor away from all other detainees, the City has learned.

Victorinox, producer of the celebrated pocket tool, responds to aplague of knife crimea with new variant

For more than a century, the Swiss army knife has been an essential piece of kit for everyone from picnickers and equestrians, to golfers and astronauts.

But now the maker of the pocket-knife, with its red or blue shell and multiple tools, has bowed to what an English judge last week called the aplague of knife crimea by designing a version without a blade.

French-Luxembourgish performance artist Deborah de Robertis says she organised the stunt, after which two people were arrested

Two women have sprayed the words aMeTooa on a 19th-century painting of a womanas vulva by French artist Gustave Courbet in a stunt by a performance artist, a museum and the artist said.

aThe Origin of the Worlda, a nude painted from 1866, was protected by a aglass panea and the police were on site to assess the damage, the Centre Pompidou in the north-eastern city of Metz told AFP on Monday.

One was sentenced to 11 years, another had to flee the country, a third could be arrested at any moment. And what were Manahel, Maryam and Fawzia al-Otaibias acrimesa? A few social media posts that outraged Saudi Arabiaas conservatives

In September 2022, Fawzia al-Otaibi was a week into a trip to her home country of Saudi Arabia, staying with a friend near the Bahrain border, when her phone rang. As soon as she heard the male voice on the other end of the line, she realised that returning had been a terrible mistake.

It was a police officer who, in 2019, had tracked her down and fined her for public indecency after she had posted a video on her Snapchat account, showing her dancing in jeans and a baseball cap at a concert in Riyadh. She and her two sisters, Maryam and Manahel, had become targets in a campaign of arrests, threats and intimidation by the Saudi authorities after they had used their popular social media channels to post about womenas rights. For her, the dancing clip wasnat a political statement; it was just about sharing a happy moment with her followers.

Bob Olleyas unsettling vision of clash between miners and police is part of 40th anniversary show in Bishop Auckland

Bob Olley was there 40 years ago at the abattle of Orgreavea. aI saw the violence,a he said, shaking his head. aI thought I was in a foreign country when I saw what the police did. It is hard to believe it happened in this country.a

The brutality he and others witnessed on 18 June 1984 as striking miners met 6,000 police officers on horses or wielding batons on foot will stay in the memory. It was in his head as, some years later, he embarked on his response to one of the worldas greatest artworks, Picassoas Guernica.

Making a breakthrough in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is crucial to the BJPas ambitions to gain an even larger parliamentary majority a but it wonat be easy

Under Tamil Naduas scorching midday sun, K Annamalai waved at the crowd gathered around his campaign bus. Some people stretched their babies upwards to be touched by him, others threw flower petals and passed gifts through the window. A sea of mobile phones vied for space as people tried to squeeze the candidate into their selfies.

Here in Coimbatore, an industrial city in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Narendra Modias Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has been working overtime. Over months, thousands of volunteers and party workers have taken to the streets a backed hundreds of locally-targeted WhatsApp groups and a highly-organised social media campaign across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram a whipping up a frenzy around Annamalai, one of the BJPas most talked-about candidates.

More than half of couples take on debt to finance their weddings. We asked some how they feel about it

Cale Weissman, 35, and his partner didnat have an exact budget for their 2018 wedding, but they knew they couldnat afford to spend more than $10,000 (APS8,000).

aWe thought in terms of, what do we want from the experience, and what are the ways we can make it feasible without putting us in dire financial straits,a he says.

Star wore two dresses by John Galliano at event cutting across fashion, celebrity and Hollywood

The Met Gala and its red carpet is an annual X-ray of where power lies in fashion and in the adjacent worlds of celebrity, Hollywood and music.

It shows us who is in and who is out, who is up and who is down. It is a heat map showing us the connections between culture and entertainment, between the establishment and new money, between the tech billionaires who have the deep pockets to fund nights like these and the designers whose dresses their wives want to wear. These are the new corridors of soft power, and the Met Gala draws back the veil on the alliances, feuds and fallings-out.

The daughter of aMamaa Cass Elliot has written a book to explore the tragically short life of her mother, from relentless fat-shaming to a myth about her death

One of the most famous stories ever told about aMamaa Cass Elliot was a complete lie. It didnat help that the singer herself repeated it in scores of interviews. As the spiel goes, Cass became the last singer hired for the Mamas and Papas only after she got smacked on the head by a pipe during a construction project at a local club where they all hung out. aItas true,a she insisted to Rolling Stone in 1968. aI had a concussion and went to the hospital. I had a bad headache for about two weeks and then, all of a sudden, I was singing higher.a

The anewa sound she supposedly produced was what allegedly convinced groupas leader John Phillips to finally bring her into the fold, creating what became one of the most famous four-way harmony groups in pop history. In fact, the real reason Phillips didnat initially want to hire the clearly gifted Cass was simply because he thought she was too overweight to be part of a viable pop group. aThe fact that she felt she had to perpetuate a false story shows the depth of what she felt she had to hide,a said Owen Elliot-Kugell, the singeras daughter who has written a new book titled My Mama, Cass. aThe truth was just too painful.a

The low-budget romcom about Britainas upper middle classes launched the careers of its writer Richard Curtis and Grant. Cast and crew share their stories a from Liz Hurley in that dress to Amber Ruddas role as an aaristocracy coordinatora

Itas been 30 years since audiences first met Hugh Grant as a stuttering serial monogamist who falls hopelessly in love with a glamorous American (Andie MacDowell) in Four Weddings and a Funeral. The low-budget romcom, directed by Mike Newell and scripted by Richard Curtis, came out of nowhere to become a global hit when it was released in 1994.

Based on Curtisas own experiences of being a guest at a seemingly endless merry-go-round of weddings, the film follows Grantas sweary, bumbling Charles and his group of friends a which includes his deaf brother a as they navigate love, loss and grief. From the first afucka uttered by Grant as he wakes up late for a wedding in the opening scene, to Rowan Atkinsonas inept priest who is unable to get anyoneas name right, and Kristin Scott Thomasas chain-smoking, aristocratic stoicism, it is a film that is at once hilarious and devastatingly sad.

Dozens of film professionals fell prey to Hargobind Tahilramani, who tricked them into parting with thousands of dollars. The makers of new documentary Hollywood Con Queen reveal how he was tracked down

In 2017, the New-York-based freelance photographer and film-maker Will Strathman received a thrilling email: the megaproducer Amy Pascal wanted to talk. Her initial message explained that he had been recommended by someone at a fashion brand for whom Strathman has previously worked. On the phone, Pascal described a TV show she planned to pitch to Netflix that would showcase rare beauty spots around the world. Would he be interested in going to Indonesia to create a storyboard for the pilot?

It was a surprising opportunity to get out of the blue. But Strathman was a talented professional and felt he could deliver what Pascal needed. He paid for a flight to Jakarta and worked tirelessly photographing locations, before spending hours each night updating Pascal on the phone. He was exhausted and strapped for cash, but Pascal assured him that he would be reimbursed for all his expenses and rewarded with a healthy day rate.

Hosted by poet and broadcaster Lady Unchained, Free Flow lets offenders phone in their beats a and one has even recorded a single. We go behind the scenes of the show, which is up for three awards

aItas your girl, Lady Unchained, and youare listening to Free Flow a the instrumental show where we play the beat twice so you can get your bars right!a

Itas a rainy Thursday afternoon and Iave just arrived at the secret London location of one of the homes of National Prison Radio (NPR) (the others being inside the walls of nearby HMP Brixton, and inside HMP Styal in Cheshire). Lady Unchained, an award-winning poet, author and broadcaster, is sitting in a soundproof room on the other side of a glass window recording her show Free Flow. Like all broadcasts from NPR, it is only available to residents of His Majestyas prisons.

She says I think about sex all the time a but her libido has fallen since our third child and I feel shame at being rejected

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My wife and I have been married for nearly 10 years. We have three children and love each other dearly. We are a good team 99% of the time, but we regularly argue about our differing libido levels. I feel she doesnat instigate sex very much and that when she does itas with messages like: aShall we have a 3pm ameetinga before the kids come home?a I prefer it to be more spontaneous, like after sheas had a few glasses of wine and suddenly becomes more racy. Iave let her know how exciting her racy mode is for me, but I donat want to encourage her to become an alcoholic. She feels that I think about sex all the time and that I am not accepting of her feeling tired or not being in the mood.

After a recent argument, we agreed we have different libido levels. She said she felt hers had gone down, especially after our last child was born. Iam conscious that neither of us need to be afixeda, but equally I struggle with being the instigator most of the time and with the intense shame and rejection I feel when she says no. I donat want her to feel forced into anything; I want her to feel comfortable with me. She says she enjoys sex with me, but doesnat always feel that her body is sexy, something I very much disagree with.

In February, a cold front turned into a storm causing millions in damage a and highlighted a new and urgent need for adaptation and mitigation projects

On 5 and 6 February, a combination of heavy rain and tides hit Jamaicaas north coast about 130 miles west of the capital, Kingston. The storm destroyed a breakwater, causing flooding as well as damage to boats throughout the region.

aIave never seen anything like it. The sea rose to the top and rushed through the facilities,a says Travis Graham, a fisher in Oracabessa, Saint Mary, and the executive director of the GoldenEye Foundation, an NGO promoting sustainable development on the island. aThe dock was destroyed. Two large vessels used to stay in the bay, and weave seen them withstand even hurricanes. This event was different; it easily dragged them ashore after they crashed into each other.a

University and police denounced as masked group marched on campus and attacked pro-Palestinian demonstrators last week

The University of California, Los Angeles, said that it would create a new office dedicated to campus safety following mounting criticism of authoritiesa slow response to a brutal attack on pro-Palestinian protesters by a mob of ainstigatorsa.

The schoolas chancellor, Gene Block, said on Sunday that urgent changes were needed to abetter protect our community moving forwarda and announced that a new office of campus safety would oversee the university police department and the UCLA office of emergency management, aeffective immediatelya.

Officers in riot gear raid encampment at dawn as university warns demonstrators that failure to leave could lead to arrest

Police have dismantled the student-led Palestinian solidarity encampment at the University of Southern California.

About 4am on Saturday, as many as 100 Los Angeles police officers in riot gear raided the encampment at dawn as anti-war student demonstrators slept in the tents. In a series of tweets during the raid, the university warned demonstrators to leave the area, adding that apeople who donat leave could be arresteda.

More than 1,400 people have been arrested as police dismantle campus encampments a but are the tactics used too brutal?

More than 1,400 people have been arrested across the US during a week of intense police crackdowns on a sprawling campus movement of pro-Palestine student demonstrations.

As Joe Biden defended studentsa free speech rights but warned them that adissent must never lead to disordera, colleges across the country brought law enforcement to campus to arrest dozens or even hundreds of protesters and clear away their encampments.

The protests sweeping US universities have brought intense division, but some students have treasured hope, unity, solidarity and love

Seven months ago, before Hamas stormed into Israel, killing roughly 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostage, Eleanora Ginsborg and Samar Omer had never met.

But in the attackas violent aftermath, Ginsborg and Omer, students at the University of California, San Diego, forged a new friendship a and a new sense of activism-fueled purpose. A third student who already knew Omer alike a sistera, and requested to go by the pseudonym Hala Abdallah out of safety concerns, completed the group.

What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics

The White House rightly said it was aconcerninga when Israelas parliament laid the groundwork to shut down Al Jazeera within its borders in April. On Sunday, Israel made its move. The Foreign Press Association called it a adark day for democracya.

If the White House remains concerned, it has a strange way of showing it. Joe Biden and his administration have supported and encouraged recent censorial laws and court cases that virtually ensure that adark daysa are ahead at home as well.

Seth Stern is the director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a first amendment lawyer

Inmates cook together, eat together a and sometimes even forage together. It puts Britainas rat-infested facilities to shame

I spent three weeks visiting prisons across Scandinavia to find out how they feed their prisoners. You may ask why any of us should be concerned with what people in prison eat. But research suggests that good nutrition not only improves wellbeing, security and safety in prisons, it may have an effect on rehabilitation and keep people from returning to prison.

So does a region with one of the lowest reoffending rates in the world a only about 30% of Nordic prisoners end up back inside within two years a and a humane approach to incarceration treat prison food differently from countries with higher recidivism and a more punitive culture? As the founder of a charity dedicated to improving prison food in the UK, I wanted to find out.

Lucy Vincent is the founder and chief executive of Food Behind Bars

As a patient, itas frustrating to know a solution may be just around the corner but that you probably wonat be there in time to benefit

Iam kneeling on the hard, cold tiles of my bathroom floor retching into the toilet bowl, and Iave been here for some time. The colour has drained from my skin and Iam clammy and delirious from a pain so intense, it is simply indescribable. Something is squeezing me from the inside so ferociously that I can barely catch my breath. All I can do is retch, unproductively, and writhe. aThis must be what labour feels like,a I think, in a surreal, out-of-body way.

Ten years on, and one difficult childbirth later, I can confirm with some authority that this unrelenting, all-consuming pain was so much worse than giving birth. The bathroom floor episode was my first major inkling that something wasnat right in my body. It was so frightening that I couldnat dismiss it (even if A&E staff told me there was nothing wrong when I dragged myself there, and a GP explained it away as probably just a stomach bug). In reality, I had always been in pain to some degree. I had always bled through my PE shorts at school, swelled two dress sizes during my period a didnat everyone? But even when my symptoms were at their worst, no one mentioned endometriosis.