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Gaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention
May 22, 2026 - World 
Israeli prison service denies claims of abuse during detention of 430 people trying to take aid to PalestiniansActivists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to take aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers have alleged, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape.Israel’s prison service denied the allegations, and Reuters was not able to verify them independently. Continue reading...
Poland offers to build permanent U.S. troop bases to 'clarify' deployment situation
May 22, 2026 - World 
Poland has offered to build the necessary infrastructure to host a permanent U.S. troop presence in a bid to "clarify the situation" between the two longtime NATO allies, the country's deputy defense minister told The Washington Times.
Burnham says politics ‘needs new script’ and vows to change Labour if elected as Makerfield MP – as it happened
May 22, 2026 - World
Andy Burnham talks up his local credentials and says: ‘This is not business as usual, this is not more of the same’On transport, Burnham says “I like my buses” (they were taken back under public control in Greater Manchester in 2023) but he was woeful about the cost of rail journeys.£364 is the cost of an anytime return from Wigan North Western to London Euston. So how can people here connect with the capital and all of the opportunities it’s got, if they cannot afford those train fares? We need to use rail re-nationalisation to reduce those train fares and make them affordable to people again.Change to the economy, change to education, change to housing, change to transport, change to care, and yes, to make it all possible. Change to politics. Continue reading...
Colombian army deploys hundreds of soldiers in country's southwest after land dispute leaves 7 dead
May 22, 2026 - World
Colombian security forces Friday flooded into the southwestern municipality of Silvia following a violent territorial dispute between two Indigenous groups the day before that left at least seven people dead and more than 100 injured.
Is UAE Building Anti-Drone Shield Around Oil Facilities Amid Iran Attacks?
May 22, 2026 - World 
Iran has increasingly singled out the Emirates in its war messaging as it attacked the United States and Israeli targets in the Middle East, repeatedly targeting locations across the country, including oil facilities.
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