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The Guardian - World News

2026-07-23 05:00:39 (6 days ago)

Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left

Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The writer and academic explains why we’re living in an age of hyperpolitics

‘I am acutely conscious,” said Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, “that I am the sixth person in the last 10 years to walk up this street.” It was good to hear him say it because, beneath all the cabinet gossip and rune-reading, there is a feeling of terror about the immediate future and also about ourselves, the electorate. Is this who we are now? Wildly enthusiastic one minute, seething the next; as passionate about the change we want as we are convinced that those who promise it are incapable of enacting it?

It is perhaps not surprising that Anton Jäger’s recent book, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences, is being read by Labour watchers and leftwing thinkers. As the New York Times wrote, it’s “among the best and most dazzling efforts to model the political present in all its maddening strangeness”. Still, I think Jäger was surprised to have his honeymoon interrupted so I could interview him about it. Life comes at everyone quite fast in a hyperpolitical age.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-23 05:00:39 (6 days ago)

Why would Trump agree to the absurd Saudi nuclear deal? | Kenneth Roth

The agreement offers the Saudis the same options Trump has sworn Iran will never have

The stark contrast between Donald Trump’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia and his nuclear demands for Iran would be comical if not so tragic. Trump has handed the Saudis the same nuclear options he swore Iran would never have.

To make matters worse, Trump seems to have offered the Saudis this sweetheart deal to make amends for his disastrous war of choice with Iran. Meanwhile, he continues to bomb Iran in a push to open the strait of Hormuz, which was not closed until Trump launched his counterproductive war.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-07-23 05:00:35 (6 days ago)

MORNING GLORY: President Trump, Iran and Napoleon’s still-relevant maxim

Marco Rubio calls Iran's leaders crazy as Trump faces pressure to finish the battle against a regime driven by end-times theology and nuclear aims.

France 24 - World News

2026-07-23 04:59:45 (6 days ago)

Replay: Marco Rubio addresses Middle East and Ukraine conflicts

Rewatch as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine at the end of the ASEAN summit in Manilla.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-23 04:57:18 (6 days ago)

‘Back from the dead’: The continuing agony over Gaza’s 9,500 missing people

Palestinian's sudden return alive after family held his funeral highlights suffering of those still waiting for answers.

Le Monde - World News

2026-07-23 04:57:02 (6 days ago)

Trump threatens Iran with escalation, including strikes on civilian and nuclear infrastructure

After two weeks of strikes on Iran that yielded no progress, US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of targeting uranium enrichment sites beneath the Kolang mountain in central Iran.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-23 04:52:21 (6 days ago)

Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’

CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job

The prosecution of a leading human rights barrister for contempt of court over his closing speech during a trial of Palestine Action activists has left lawyers fearful of doing their job, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has said.

Rajiv Menon KC is due to stand trial next week, accused of breaching the judge’s directions in the trial of six people for a direct action protest at an arms factory of the Israeli subsidiary Elbit Systems UK in Filton, near Bristol, in 2024.

France 24 - World News

2026-07-23 04:49:53 (6 days ago)

Thousands of tourists forced to evacuate as fire rages in southwest France

Just under 12,000 people, most of them tourists, were evacuated on Thursday in southwest France as a wildfire ravaged a forest in Le Porge. The fire started midday on Wednesday, and hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to the region. France has experienced three heatwaves since May, fuelling wildfires. 

Le Monde - World News

2026-07-23 04:41:51 (6 days ago)

Fire ravages forest in southwestern France as thousands evacuated

Thousands have been evacuated from a town in Gironde in southwestern France after a fast-moving fire broke out on Wednesday.

BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

2026-07-23 04:37:14 (6 days ago)

Seinfeld actor apologises to reality star for 'inappropriate' sketch when she was 17

Jason Alexander said he "truly regrets" the Funny Or Die sketch he appeared in with Courtney Stodden.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-23 04:36:27 (6 days ago)

Pride organisers vow to march in Romanian city that has blocked event four years in a row

Oradea is only major city in EU where local authorities have repeatedly blocked Pride plans

Campaigners in a Romanian city have vowed to go ahead with a Pride march after local authorities denied permission for the fourth consecutive year.

Since 2023, campaigners in the western city of Oradea, which has a population of about 180,000, have sought permission to hold Pride events. However, each year they have faced opposition, making Oradea the only major city in the EU where local authorities have repeatedly blocked Pride marches.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-23 04:34:12 (6 days ago)

Pauline Hanson says domestic violence prevents police from dealing with ‘real crime’ in unearthed interview

One Nation leader labels family violence leave ‘ridiculous’ and decries ‘woke’ support of women’s rights in November podcast

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Pauline Hanson has described paid leave for those experiencing family and domestic violence as “ridiculous”, and suggested the issue is taking police away from “real crime”, calling for the family law system to be “wound back”.

In an unearthed interview, the One Nation leader said the advancements of women’s rights in the family law system over the decades had become “broken” because they favoured women and were now “suppressing the males all the time”.