There is nothing wrong with questioning the mighty cost of the lockdowns, but we can’t let hardline libertarians rewrite Britain’s pandemic history, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Inequality, immigration and civil rights are the battlegrounds on which the church, and some other Christian denominations, are fighting, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

<article data-history-node-id="431784" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unicef-say-two-children-have-been-killed-day-ceasefire-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unicef-say-two-children-have-been-killed-day-ceasefire-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UNICEF say two children have been killed a day since the ceasefire in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>UNICEF said on Friday that two children have been killed a day since the ceasefire in Gaza.</p> <p>The UN agency said that at least 67 children had been killed since 10 October.</p> <p>“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while the day before, seven children were killed in Gaza City and the south,”&nbsp;said Ricardo Pires, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund.&nbsp;</p> <p>“There's only one party to the conflict in Gaza with the firepower to do airstrikes,”&nbsp;Pires also told journalists.</p> <p>Children's lives continue to remain under threat in Gaza from inadequate healthcare and lack of food.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

We’re supposed to be used to this by now, but getting used to it is dangerous. Her colleagues should have spoken up

Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI. James and Owen were among 41 students who took a coding module at Staffordshire last year, hoping to change careers through a government-funded apprenticeship programme designed to help them become cybersecurity experts or software engineers. Continue reading...

The US government was shut down for weeks – and then Democrats shrugged their shoulders and gave up

Popularity of Britain’s top mouser – ‘the guy to meet in No 10’ – to feature in documentary series

King’s brother will surrender lease and become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew is to leave his home at Royal Lodge in Windsor after he was served with a formal notice to surrender the lease, Buckingham Palace has said. King Charles has initiated a “formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew”, who will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the palace said. Continue reading...

As we approach the anniversary of the 2024 election, we awake to new horrors each day. But we must not give up hope

The US president said that the publication’s lead image of him, taken from below, ‘may be the worst of all time’

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

The Democratic senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...

Several ads for men's tank tops remain on Amazon's Canadian website, despite an Ad Standards Council ruling that the phrase used to describe them — "wife beater" — is offensive, trivializes domestic v...

Health officials report 25 dead in the strip’s largest city, where hundreds of thousands are trapped and starving

It has been the talk of Somerville, Massachusetts this summer, with the winner announced later today. Will it be the candidate who promises free kibble or the one who speaks gnomically of ‘CRIME’?