Richard #ClimateAction #FBPE

@richardburr
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Green, liberal, socialist. Anti-Tory, anti-Brexit. First Class degree in Environmental Studies. #FPBE #ClimateActionNOW #RefugeesWelcome #Harris2024 #StandWithUkraine #StandWithPalestine

The Home Office has rejected a visa application from a family trapped in Afghanistan, whose son was evacuated to the UK during the fall of Kabul.

The Home Office needs root and branch reform. It carries the baggage of years of Tory hostile environment. However, I have few expectations this will be done under Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

#Refugees #FamilyReunion #HomeOffice #Afghanistan #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/09/afghan-family-refused-uk-visas-to-join-son-13-evacuated-from-kabul

Afghan family refused UK visas to join son, 13, evacuated from Kabul

Exclusive: Home Office rejects application from family who were separated from son in chaotic 2021 evacuation

The Guardian
Almost 200 people killed last year trying to defend the environment, report finds

Latin America was the most deadly region in which to defend ecosystems from mining and deforestation, with Indigenous people among half the dead

The Guardian
Rich countries silencing climate protest while preaching about rights elsewhere, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/10/climate-rights-report-draconian-measures-protest
Rich countries silencing climate protest while preaching about rights elsewhere, says study

Report says governments in global north increasingly using draconian measures while criticising similar tactics in global south

The Guardian

#Gaza #Palestine

Frequent Israeli military raids and violence are disrupting the safety and operation of schools, making it difficult for students and teachers to continue their education without fear or interruption.

Samah Jaber is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of mental health unit in the Palestinian Ministry of Health. She says Israel's military violence in Gaza and the occupied West Bank will have a lifelong negative impact on Palestinian children.

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Israel's deliberate destruction of Gaza's sanitation and healthcare infrastructure has left millions without clean water or waste disposal—the consequences are already dire, and could get much worse.

https://therealnews.com/from-polio-to-hepatitis-gazas-health-crisis-is-a-ticking-time-bomb?utm_source=mastodon

From polio to hepatitis: Gaza’s health crisis is a ticking time bomb

Israel's deliberate destruction of Gaza's sanitation and healthcare infrastructure has left millions without clean water or waste disposal—the consequences are already dire, and could get much worse.

The Real News Network

Vladimir #Putin exploited Donald #Trump’s ā€œego and insecuritiesā€ to exert an almost mesmeric hold over the former #US president, who refused to entertain any negative evaluation of the autocratic Russian leader from his own staff, and ultimately fired his national security adviser, HR #McMaster, over it.

ā€œAfter over a year in this job, I cannot understand Putin’s hold on Trump,ā€ McMaster recalls saying in the memoir.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/21/trump-putin-hr-mcmaster-memoir

#Russia #GOP #MAGA #Ukraine

Vladimir Putin manipulated Donald Trump’s ā€˜ego and insecurities’, book says

Former US national security adviser HR McMaster claims Russian president had a hold over Trump in new memoir

The Guardian
Gov. Tim #Walz: "Freedom. When Republicans use that word, they mean that the government should be free to invade your doctor's office. Corporations free to pollute the air and water. Banks free to take advantage of customers. But when we Democrats talk about freedom, we mean your freedom to make a better life for yourself and the people you love. The freedom to make your own health care decisions. And, yeah, your kids' freedom to go to school without worrying they'll be shot dead in the halls."
New research reveals Britain is a land of ā€œbooming wealthā€ but ā€œbusted wealth taxes.ā€ Rachel Reeves can fix this by raising taxes on the richest. #WealthInequality #LabourForChange https://buff.ly/4d1Nvx4
Wealth taxes could raise £10bn to help plug Tory budget hole, say economists

Reforms to inheritance and capital gains taxes could reduce Ā£20bn shortfall and combat UK’s widening wealth gap

The Guardian
Britain expected to suspend arms sales to Israel

Britain is expected to suspend some arms exports to Israel as early as Tuesday, it is being widely reported by UK and Middle Eastern media.

The London Economic