Israeli president pardons combat medic who shot dead wounded Palestinian attacker6 hours agoThe Guardian Israel’s president has pardoned a combat medic who shot dead a badly wounded Palestinian attacker who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank, in a case that divided the country a decade ago. Elor Azaria’s conviction in 2017 for manslaughter and his release after serving two-thirds of his 18-month sentence drew enormous attention in Israel, where military service is compulsory for most Jewish men. In his first interview after his release, Azaria said he would “act exactly the same, because that’s how I needed to act”. The office of president Isaac Herzog said in a statement on Saturday that he acted on the recommendation of defence minister Israel Katz.
[full article] [see deals]Israel’s president pardons soldier who killed wounded Palestinian in 2016 | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera5 hours agoAl Jazeera Israeli President Isaac Herzog has expunged the criminal record of a former soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing a wounded Palestinian in Hebron a decade ago. Herzog announced on Saturday that he had shortened the remaining erasure period on Elor Azaria’s record, effectively clearing it despite opposition from Israeli army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Eyal Zamir. In a letter to the defence minister, Zamir and other senior officers said Azaria “has refrained from expressing remorse and taking responsibility for his actions, even a decade after his conviction”.
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Iran says conditions to re-engage in talks, end war sent to US via Qatar | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera7 hours agoAl Jazeera Iran has conveyed a formal set of conditions to Washington through Qatari mediators for ending the war with the United States, the country’s security chief tells Al Jazeera. “We remain in contact with the mediator Qatar, which has conveyed our conditions to Washington with the aim of ending the war. We are awaiting President [Donald] Trump’s response,” Mohsen Rezaei told Al Jazeera’s Tehran bureau chief, Nour Eddine Edghir, in an exclusive interview on Saturday. “Our conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of our frozen funds and an end to the naval blockade,” said Rezaei, who took over as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council about a month ago.
[full article] [see deals]Iran war live: Tehran sets terms for peace; Saudi forces foil Riyadh attack | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera1 hour agoAl Jazeera Iran’s security chief conveys conditions for ending the war In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made three important points. We know that Tehran is expecting a Pakistani delegation headed by the interior minister of the country, while Rezaei talked about preparation for a decisive war.
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Ed Sheeran concert set to go ahead after outcry over Gaza | Gaza News | Al Jazeera9 hours agoAl Jazeera Ed Sheeran is expected to return to the stage for the first time since the expulsion of Macklemore from his United States tour due to the rapper’s comments on stage in support of Palestine. The decision provoked a backlash and prompted the rest of Sheeran’s opening acts to pull out. Sheeran is scheduled to perform on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
[full article] [see deals]Ed Sheeran says situation in Gaza ‘unjustifiable’ in first show since tour plunged into turmoil1 hour agoThe Guardian Ed Sheeran has opened a solo concert in Philadelphia with comments about Gaza, saying what’s happening is “catastrophic and unjustifiable”, in his first show since the his tour plunged into turmoil. “My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and loss of civilians’ lives, of children’s lives,” Sheeran said on Saturday, adding that he wanted his music and shows to be about unity and humanity, not politics. Outside the stadium a small gathering of chanting protesters greeted concertgoers, waving Palestinian flags and chanting “Free, free Palestine”.
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Brighton beat Arsenal 3-0 as Man City top Premier League without playing | Football | Al Jazeera9 hours agoAl Jazeera Arsenal slumped to a first loss in their Premier League title defence – and it was a heavy one at Brighton. After four straight wins for the champions, the 3-0 defeat at the Amex Stadium on Saturday came out of nowhere. Conceding the third goal from a corner — typically an area of strength for Arsenal – summed up an unusually sloppy performance from Mikel Arteta’s team. The victory will have been especially sweet for Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler, who said “only one team tried to play football” after his team’s narrow home loss to Arsenal last season. Arsenal have often struggled against Brighton, which was the last team to inflict such a heavy defeat on the Gunners in any competition — winning 3-0 at Emirates Stadium in May 2023.
[full article] [see deals]Fulham vs Manchester United: Premier League – prediction, teams, lineups | Football | Al Jazeera5 hours agoAl Jazeera Who: Fulham vs Manchester United What: English Premier League Where: Craven Cottage, London in United Kingdom When: Sunday, September 20, at 4:30pm (15:30 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will have all the build-up to our live text commentary stream from 12:30 GMT. One month into the new ‌Premier League season, excuses about bedding-in processes and newly assembled squads needing time to gel are wearing thin and for Manchester United ⁠there is an acute sense ⁠of urgency as the international break looms. United are by no means the only ‘big club’ enduring a faltering start to the campaign but after so much pre-season optimism, the spotlight has fallen very much on manager Michael Carrick ahead of ⁠Sunday’s trip to Fulham.
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Strictly Come Dancing returns to screens with new hosting line-up9 hours agoBBC 19:05 BST Image source, PA Media (L-R): Johannes Radebe, Emma Willis and Josh Widdicombe
[full article] [see deals]Strictly returns with new hosting trio as celebrities find out dance pairings5 hours agoBBC
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Dutch riot police break up far-right protest in The Hague after violence erupts10 hours agoThe Guardian Dutch riot police dispersed several hundred far-right protesters in The Hague on Saturday after violence erupted and local authorities banned a planned march in the city against immigration and asylum policies. Police officers made several arrests after some protesters started throwing fireworks and other projectiles at them.
[full article] [see deals]Dutch riot police break up violent far-right protest in The Hague | The Far Right News | Al Jazeera8 hours agoAl Jazeera Dutch riot police have intervened at a protest against immigration and asylum policies after about 500 far-right demonstrators pelted them with projectiles and fireworks . Police used baton charges and dogs to break up the demonstration in The Hague on Saturday, reported the AFP news agency.
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DR Congo rolls out Ebola vaccine for health workers as death toll rises | Ebola News | Al Jazeera1 hour agoAl Jazeera Health workers in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun to receive a vaccine that many hope will provide a level of protection against the Ebola virus. The vaccine rollout started on Saturday in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province in the northeastern DRC.
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Ed Sheeran addresses Macklemore controversy at Philadelphia show2 hours agoBBC
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Turkiye backs Saudi Arabia’s security amid escalating Houthi attacks: FM | GCC News | Al Jazeera3 hours agoAl Jazeera Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that Saudi Arabia may have unmet military needs from the attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and that Turkiye would consider how to support the kingdom as part of a trilateral defence pact. Speaking to Turkish broadcaster NTV on Friday, Fidan said it was unacceptable for Saudi Arabia to be dragged into the US-Iran war, adding that Riyadh had no desire to join the conflict.
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Kemi Badenoch accuses Andy Burnham of ‘fiddling while Europe risks burning’4 hours agoThe Guardian Kemi Badenoch has accused Andy Burnham of “fiddling while Europe is at risk of burning”, as she repeated her call for the prime minister to cut the welfare budget to fund increase spending on defence. Speaking to the Telegraph, the Tory leader said that “Burnham may be a people pleaser but difficult choices cannot be avoided through dither and delay”. She said the government had to “fund our defence properly” at a time when former military chiefs have raised questions about Britain’s preparedness for war.
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Saudi-led coalition says defences intercept Houthi missile fired at Riyadh | Houthis News | Al Jazeera4 hours agoAl Jazeera Saudi-led coalition forces fighting Yemen’s Houthis have said that the Iran-backed group fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh at dawn before it was intercepted and destroyed. “The Houthis also attempted to target civilians and civilian infrastructure in Bisha, Taif, Farasan and Yanbu,” coalition forces spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki wrote on X on Saturday, adding that the attacks were thwarted by the Gulf monarchy’s air defences.
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Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone4 hours agoBBC Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyoneImage source, Getty ImagesByKali HaysTechnology reporter, San FranciscoPublished37 minutes agoNot all employees of major firms working on artificial intelligence (AI) think the technology spells doom for humanity.In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for companies including OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind were sceptical of the idea that unchecked AI development would lead to tools that could kill people en masse.
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The deadly new drugs reshaping Scotland's fight against addiction4 hours agoBBC
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Footballers and fans pay tribute to Noah Woods after toddler’s death in Suffolk5 hours agoThe Guardian Players wore black armbands during Everton’s home match against Ipswich Town on Saturday, as part of a tribute to three-year-old Noah Woods, whose body was found after he went missing in Suffolk this week. A photograph of the boy was shown on the big screen before the Premier League game in Liverpool and three minutes after kick-off both sets of supporters stood to applaud in memory of Noah. The toddler, who was non-verbal, partially deaf and had been undergoing an assessment for autism, became separated from a relative after visiting a playground in Brantham on Tuesday afternoon, Suffolk police said.
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Ed Davey takes aim at Reform and Elon Musk as Lib Dem conference begins5 hours agoThe Guardian The Liberal Democrats’ leader, Sir Ed Davey, took aim at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Elon Musk on the first day of his party’s annual conference, saying that they “won’t give up the fight” to defeat “nasty populism” and the far-right party’s “£72m arsenal of hate and lies”. Speaking from the main stage at Brighton Centre, Davey called on the assembled delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope “that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down until eventually we just give up”, and praised earlier speakers for showing “why we care and why we fight”. He contrasted this with Reform, which “care about their own bank balance and they fight because two crypto billionaires gave them 72m quid”.
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Lacking equipment, but not ambition: Gaza students try to keep up with tech | Education News | Al Jazeera5 hours agoAl Jazeera Deir el-Balah, Gaza – A handful of electronic components, a few wires and a basic programmable circuit board are enough to bring a group of curious children around a table in central Gaza to learn about robotics. Students at The Next Gen Team: Rising Robotics Engineer Project in Deir el-Balah learn how to integrate sensors into alarm systems, study robotics, understand how motors and drive units work, as well as get firsthand experience with programming. The robotics and early warning systems they are working on could make way for bigger developments such as early detection of gas leaks and fires or help rescue workers access hard-to-reach areas, such as victims trapped under rubble.
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Denmark says ‘binding’ US deal on Greenland won’t compromise sovereignty | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera6 hours agoAl Jazeera Denmark has hailed a “binding” deal by United States President Donald Trump to give Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security and bar Russian and Chinese military bases from the Arctic territory. But Denmark and Greenland – an autonomous Danish territory – said on Saturday that any deal with the US would not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty, and the two countries would sign the agreement next week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “A long period of uncertainty will hopefully be replaced by a binding agreement that strengthens security in the Arctic and North Atlantic, and thereby our shared security within NATO and Europe – while respecting the [Danish] Kingdom’s red lines,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in a social media post.
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Canadians warm to EU ‘associate membership’ proposal | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera6 hours agoAl Jazeera Some Canadians are already embracing their newfound European identities after the European Union floated the potential for “associate member” status amid the trade war with the United States. “Telling my boss I don’t need to show up for work today cuz I’m [European],” an X user joked as talk of closer ties between Canada and the EU spawned a flood of memes about everything from cigarettes for breakfast to generous European vacation time. “If Canada joins the EU I’m taking [seven] weeks off work next summer,” wrote another user. It comes after Canada and the US’s trade war broke out as negotiations failed to head off US President Donald Trump’s threatened 50 percent tariffs on nearly $20bn worth of Canadian products, including machinery, textiles and hockey sticks.
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Trump says he will create ‘AI Force’ with new ‘AI czar’ | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera6 hours agoAl Jazeera United States President Donald Trump has announced he’s creating an “AI Force” and will appoint a new “AI czar” to oversee development of the nation’s artificial intelligence industry. In a lengthy social media post on Saturday, Trump said he was doing so with a goal of protecting — and advancing — the development of AI, which he described as “the next Industrial Revolution” that would be key to the country’s economic growth.
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Koning Filip woont voor het eerst Feest van Waalse Gewest bij, thema van dit jaar is Vlaanderen8 hours agoVRT nws Op uitnodiging van de Waalse regering heeft koning Filip het Feest van het Waalse Gewest in Namen bijgewoond. Op de Waalse feestdag – die in het teken stond van Vlaanderen - was ook Vlaams minister-president Matthias Diependaele (N-VA) uitgenodigd .
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Camilla praises ‘life-enhancing power’ of books amid Earl Spencer memoir controversy8 hours agoThe Guardian Queen Camilla has spoken of her love for books with a “life-enhancing power” after a series of allegations were made about King Charles in extracts from Earl Spencer’s memoir about the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Camilla was welcomed to Chatsworth House in Derbyshire for the first day of the festival for the Queen’s Reading Room, a charity she founded following the success of her Instagram book club during the pandemic. She told the guests: “I created my Reading Room simply because, like all of us here, I love books and their life-enhancing power and I want to share that love with others. Camilla will also feature in the BBC Arts programme The Book That Changed My Life, which will be broadcast in the National Year of Reading 2026 and is due to air next month.
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Cuba works to restore power after another major nationwide blackout | Energy News | Al Jazeera8 hours agoAl Jazeera Cuba has worked to restore power after suffering a significant blackout that left many parts of the country in the dark. The state-run company in charge of operating the country’s electrical system, Union Electrica (UNE), said nearly half of its customers in the capital of Havana had regained power on Saturday.
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A ‘ban on the free press’: White House bars journalists from three outlets | Freedom of the Press News | Al Jazeera8 hours agoAl Jazeera Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been barred from entering the White House and have had their press credentials deactivated or confiscated, as United States President Donald Trump’s ban on the three news organisations took effect. Journalists were turned away from the grounds on Saturday after Trump announced on Friday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be barred from the White House, accusing the outlets of reporting what he called “fake news”. CNN White House reporter Betsy Klein and MS NOW White House correspondent Akayla Gardner both reported on air that they had been denied access.
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Demonstrators in US form human chain to protest Kennedy Center closure vote | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera9 hours agoAl Jazeera Thousands of protesters formed a human chain around the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC to contest its closure, amid fears that United States President Donald Trump could make good on his threat to demolish the venerated landmark. The crowd filled streets in the Foggy Bottom neighbourhood of the capital on Friday evening, bringing traffic to a standstill as demonstrators made their way to the “Hands Around the Kennedy Center” protest. Among the most iconic buildings on Washington’s Potomac waterfront, the Kennedy Center has become a battleground over Trump’s bid to assert control over the institution since he returned to office last year, replacing its board with his own appointees and installing himself as chairman.
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Belgische tafeltennisbond slachtoffer van cyberaanval, gegevens van ruim 65.000 leden mogelijk gestolen10 hours agoVRT nws De Koninklijke Belgische Tafeltennisbond is het slachtoffer geworden van een cyberaanval. Dat heeft de voorzitter van de Franstalige vleugel van de bond, Jean-Michel Mureau, bevestigd.
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Caribbean nations draft action plan to push UK to redress reparations over slavery10 hours agoThe Guardian Caribbean nations are drawing up a multi-pronged “action plan” with legal options to push the UK into negotiating a decades-long slavery reparations deal, officials at a reparations conference have said. Leaders in the region are hoping the UK would agree to targeted and constructive negotiation talks at upcoming Commonwealth and UN summits, but they are ready to take the matter to international courts if Britain continues to resist diplomatic options. Earlier this month, a spokesperson for Andy Burnham reiterated the British government’s long‑held position that “the UK does not and will not pay reparations”.
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Lindsay Clancy ex-husband says ‘I think I did the best I could’10 hours agoThe Guardian Patrick Clancy and his wife Rachel Danis are set to describe their experiences of the Massachusetts triple-murder trial of his former wife Lindsay Clancy, with Clancy telling 60 Minutes: “I live with it every day, but I think I did the best I could.” The Clancy interviews come as Massachusetts prosecutors are set to decide later this month whether to retry Lindsay Clancy over the killings of the couple’s three children – Cora, five; Dawson, three; and Callan, eight months old – in January 2023.
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Evert de Clercq, die huurmoordenaar voor Kasteelmoord regelde, vrijgelaten uit Nederlandse gevangenis11 hours agoVRT nws Dat meldt HLN en zijn advocaat bevestigt het nieuws. "Hij wil nu enkel vooruitkijken", zegt zijn advocaat.
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Brighton demolish champions Arsenal 3-0 to mark anniversary in style11 hours agoThe Guardian Arsenal were brought back down to earth with a shuddering bump by a scintillating display from Brighton as Fabian Hurzeler’s vibrant side celebrated the club’s 125th anniversary in style. The special edition shirts they wore to mark the occasion will end up being collector’s items after the Premier League champions were ripped apart. Arsenal were attempting to record an eighth successive victory in all competitions to start the new campaign for the first time since 1903 when they were still known as Woolwich Arsenal. Instead, it is Brighton – inspired by first-half goals from the veteran stand-in captain, Pascal Gross, and the exciting teenager Charalampos Kostoulas – who find themselves two points behind Arsenal and in third place.
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UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge11 hours agoThe Guardian British politics is increasingly being funded by individual billionaires with a wave of mega-donations having flooded into UK political parties over the past two parliaments. A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals. The figures from the IPPR thinktank show how big money is playing an ever more influential role in Westminster, with a particular rise in mega-donations of more than £1m. At the time of the £72m in donations to Reform UK, Duncan Hames, senior director of policy at Transparency International UK, said the situation with big donations was “completely out of control, and makes an irrefutable case for government to bring forward an annual cap on political donations, and fast.”
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