Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the “unprecedented” decision is on “uncertain legal terrain”. ...
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Survivor of US Army shooting supports gunman’s execution but questions livestreamSurvivor of US Army shooting supports gunman’s execution but questions livestream
Alonzo Lunsford tells the BBC the punishment befits the crime but he has some doubts whether the public should be able to watch it. ...
Alison Hammond: ‘I thought I was having heart attack on air’Alison Hammond: ‘I thought I was having heart attack on air’
The host says a health scare on live TV was one of the “scariest things I’ve ever been through”. ...
How do human beings rationalize genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer BartovHow do human beings rationalize genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov
It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable Werner Best, a senior SS official and jurist who helped organize the Nazi death squads that murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews, is ...
‘Self-imposed irrelevance’: why the EU is failing to act on growing public criticism of Israel‘Self-imposed irrelevance’: why the EU is failing to act on growing public criticism of Israel
While Israel’s actions against Palestinians intensify public anger, the bloc remains paralysed along familiar fault lines When the British government announced sweeping sanctions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements and condemned “ethnic cleansing” in the West Bank by state-backed “settler terrorists”, some EU diplomats hoped this dramatic shift in UK ...
Egyptian journalists plan weekend protest over detention of six colleaguesEgyptian journalists plan weekend protest over detention of six colleagues
Matsadaash staff allege torture and forced confessions after being held on charges of working for Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian journalists are planning a new protest in Cairo this weekend after six colleagues were charged with terrorism offences amid allegations they had been tortured in police detention. Last week, Egyptian authorities arrested ...
Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul DaleyExecution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter how ...
Experience: I became the world’s oldest crowd surfer at 99Experience: I became the world’s oldest crowd surfer at 99
After retiring at 83, I had a new lease of life creating social media content with my grandson. Then I broke the crowd surfing world record In 2013, aged 87, I was playing basketball with my grandson Ross in Ohio while he was home from college. He made a video of ...
Zack Polanski defends leadership after Zionism row and by-election lossZack Polanski defends leadership after Zionism row and by-election loss
The Green Party leader has been criticised for his response to a motion passed by members declaring Zionism a form of racism. ...
Chris Mason: Polanski faces greatest crisis of his leadership so farChris Mason: Polanski faces greatest crisis of his leadership so far
The Green leader faces pressure over his response to a party motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, as well as his by-election loss. ...