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Colombia's new government has withdrawn its intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. South Africa accused Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention with its military operations in Gaza, allegations Israel, rejects. As Khayelihle Khumalo reports, Colombia informed the World Court about its decision...

05:13 Patrick Clancy's 60 Minutes Interview & Lindsay Clancy16:47 Nolan Wells: Mississippi Grand Jury Declines to Indict32:34 The "Butcher of Tompkins Square Park" & Sunny Hostin's Jury Story40:42 Waco Mailbag: AI, HIV & Helping Neighbors46:54 Cornell Gang-R4pe Allegations: What Happened?52:55 The Cornell Lawsuit & Jane Doe's Allegations01:13:34 Cornell University Police & The Initial Investigation01:25:45 Cornell's Response to the Alleged Gang R4pe01:35:26 The Cornell Daily Sun: "Cornell Won't. We Will."01:50:52 R4pe Allegations Against Clavicular02:08:14 The "Perfect Victim" Myth & Online Reactions02:13:22 Cuties Corner: San Diego Animal Shelter Crisis02:14:50 The Trump Administration & Endangered Species Protections02:18:49 Trump, the White House & the Fight Over Press Access02:34:41 The DOJ Lawyer Who Wrote About Hitler02:41:06 Gaza, Genocide Claims & the International Court of Justice02:48:13 DOJ Challenges State Restrictions on Handg*n Sales to Under-21s02:51:44 Trump & Zohran Mamdani Meet Again02:55:15 Surrogacy, Ab0rtion & the Supreme Court Baby-Custody FightThis week on Without a Country, Corinne Fisher begins by discussing her reaction to Patrick Clancy's 60 Minutes interview before turning to the latest developments in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, including a Mississippi grand jury's decision not to indict. The show then takes a deep dive into the lawsuit alleging that a Cornell University student was drugged and gang r4ped by fraternity members, examining the allegations, Cornell's response, the university's Title IX process, and the extraordinary reporting by the student-run Cornell Daily Sun. Corinne also discusses rape allegations against social-media influencer Clavicular. From there, it's time for a Cuties Corner focused on the Trump administration's changes to endangered species protections. The episode then turns to the White House's restrictions on media access, the fight over press freedom, a DOJ lawyer's past writing about Hitler, and historical parallels involving propaganda and control of the press. Corinne also covers the ongoing genocide in Gaza and international calls for accountability, a federal dispute over handgun sales to adults under 21, and the latest meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani. The episode ends with a conversation about surrogacy after the Supreme Court's involvement in a case involving a surrogate who refused to terminate a pregnancy after a serious fetal diagnosis. LOS ANGELES! We SOLD OUT the Belly Room for Oct 25 so we moved to the MAIN ROOM! GET TICKETS HERE: https://events.leapevents.com/event/gash-2026NEW YORK CITY! 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1906 SPINDLETOP OIL FIELD, BEAUMONT TEXASCONTENTS JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 9-22-26Diesel Shortages Drive Inflation And VolatilityLiz Peek highlights rising diesel prices, up over 80%, as a critical driver of global inflation affecting transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture. Ukrainian missile strikes on Russian refineries further strain refining capacity, while USrefinery limits exacerbate supply bottlenecks. Meanwhile, tech stocks rebounded due to enthusiasm over artificial intelligence innovations like Meta's Muse personal agent. The Federal Reserve unanimously implemented a quarter-point interest rate increase to address 3.7% PCE inflation. Furthermore, public dissatisfaction with high energy prices linked to the conflict with Iran is influencing political races, leading candidates to adjust campaign positions. (1)German Political Center Erodes In ElectionsJudy Dempsey, co-host Thaddeus McCotter: Dempsey and McCotter discuss significant political shifts following German state elections. In Berlin, the far-left party Die Linke gained strong support among young voters focused on housing costs. Simultaneously, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) capitalized on anti-immigration and anti-establishment sentiment, weakening Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centrist coalition. Dempsey notes that traditional parties struggle to attract younger constituents amid growing political polarization. Additionally, Russia actively targets Germany with hybrid warfare, cyberattacks, and propaganda aimed at deepening political divisions, as the Kremlinwelcomes dialogue with populist parties like the AfD. (2)Navigating Complex Relations With Global StrongmenMary Kissel assesses diplomatic strategies regarding China, Russia, and the Middle East. Ahead of potential talks between US leadership and Xi Jinping, Kissel highlights that Beijing views negotiations as opportunities for propaganda rather than genuine cooperation. She advocates for decoupling key American industries from China and protecting Taiwan's security. Regarding Russia, Kissel emphasizes that Vladimir Putin faces no domestic opposition and continues testing Western resolve through hybrid attacks and provocation. In the Middle East, she recommends decisive military actions against Iran-backed Houthi forces while maintaining strategic partnerships with regional actors like Oman and Saudi Arabia. (3)Entitlement Reform And Artificial Intelligence ChallengesJoseph Sternberg analyzes the upcoming 2032 Social Security solvency deadline and artificial intelligence governance. He cautions that proposals to eliminate the payroll tax cap create substantial tax burdens without fixing the long-term deficit. Sternberg warns against adopting European welfare policies that suppress economic growth, advocating instead for structural adjustments such as retirement age modifications. Regarding artificial intelligence, he critiques UN calls for heavy regulatory intervention. He argues that technological anxiety is overstated and that AI offers significant productivity benefits and security capabilities that help mitigate its own associated operational risks. (4)Global Military Shifts And Power DynamicsGregory Copley reviews defense challenges, Chinese internal politics, and the strategic conflict with Iran. He notes that Britain's Royal Air Force is supporting Saudi Arabia against Houthis primarily to preserve critical defense transactions. In China, President Xi Jinping faces domestic military purges and economic troubles, leaving both Beijingand Washington seeking temporary stability. On the US-Iran war, Copley argues Washington miscalculated by relying on leadership decapitation; the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps survived by decentralizing command into autonomous regional structures. Finally, Copley dismisses Earl Spencer's public attacks against King Charles III as personal opportunism. (5)Congressional Candidates Distance From Iran WarThaddeus McCotter discusses political maneuvering ahead of the congressional midterm elections. Republican Senate candidates Mike Rogers in Michigan and Ashley Hinson in Iowa have called for an end to the Iran war, gas tax suspensions, and diesel export pauses. McCotter explains that low presidential approval ratings and voter discontent over inflation drive candidates to distance themselves on key foreign policy issues. Drawing parallels to Hubert Humphrey's pivot on the Vietnam War in 1968, McCotter notes that candidates must frame such policy shifts around clear principles rather than political expediency. Competitive contests in traditionally solid states highlight broader party challenges. (6)Post Conflict Stabilization Plans For GazaSamuel Ben-Ur, co-host Thaddeus McCotter: Ben-Ur outlines the Board of Peace's six-month recovery program for Gaza, focused on rebuilding civilian administration and humanitarian infrastructure. The plan's primary hurdle remains Hamas's disarmament and tunnel destruction. To maintain public order, organizers recruited 16,000 Gazan police officers—vetted by Israeli intelligence—for training in Egypt. Drawing lessons from reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Ben-Ur stresses that the new force must maintain an absolute monopoly on weapons. However, implementation remains frozen pending Israeli election results. Furthermore, pending legal definitions regarding war crimes before the International Court of Justice could impact broader international diplomatic dynamics. (7)Hezbollah Narrative Adaptation Amid Battlefield LossDavid Daoud analyzes Hezbollah's tactical narrative adaptation following major military setbacks, including the IDF's destruction of key tunnel networks in southern Lebanon. To maintain support among its constituency, Hezbollah retroactively shifts its messaging—transitioning from claims of conquering territory to arguing that it conducts a war of attrition without defending specific geography. Daoud expresses skepticism regarding the Lebanese Armed Forces(LAF) deployment south of the Litani River, noting that the LAF lacks a mandate for coercive disarmament. Because the LAF continues deconfliction coordination with Hezbollah rather than seizing weapons caches, Daoud concludes LAF presence alone will not neutralize Hezbollah's military threat. (8)

1867 GRANDE MOSUE GAZAPost Conflict Stabilization Plans For GazaSamuel Ben-Ur, co-host Thaddeus McCotter: Ben-Ur outlines the Board of Peace's six-month recovery program for Gaza, focused on rebuilding civilian administration and humanitarian infrastructure. The plan's primary hurdle remains Hamas's disarmament and tunnel destruction. To maintain public order, organizers recruited 16,000 Gazan police officers—vetted by Israeli intelligence—for training in Egypt. Drawing lessons from reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Ben-Ur stresses that the new force must maintain an absolute monopoly on weapons. However, implementation remains frozen pending Israeli election results. Furthermore, pending legal definitions regarding war crimes before the International Court of Justice could impact broader international diplomatic dynamics. (7)

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with international lawyer Itay Epshtain about the recent decision by 12 countries, led by the UK and France and including Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, to UK, to impose sanctions on Israel, including import bans on goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The new policies may also include sanctions against companies providing services, such as construction or financing, for Israeli settlements in the West Bank, personal sanctions against individual Israeli settlers, and a new bank on certain weapons used in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. In their conversation, Peter and Itay look at how the International Court of Justice set the stage for these sanctions, how the UK and other countries will determine what sanctions to impose, and how Israeli banks and businesses are reacting to the prospect of being sanctioned. Itay Epshtain is a Senior Humanitarian Law and Policy Consultant, serving as a Special Advisor on International Law and Humanitarian Principles to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Legal Advisor at the Center for Operational Analysis and Research (COAR). Formerly, the Policy and Protection Advisor of the NRC Palestine Office, West Bank Protection Consortium Chief of Party, International Humanitarian Law Advisor with Diakonia IHL Resource Centre, and Director of Amnesty International Israel Section. Peter Beinart is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is also a Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York, a Contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, an Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, and an MSNOW Political Commentator. His newest book (published 2025) is Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. He publishes regularly on https://peterbeinart.substack.com/. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.

The UK is moving to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing international law and the International Court of Justice's 2024 advisory opinion. France and Canada have announced similar measures, as settler violence and settlement expansion intensify. The debate has also been sharpened by Israel's planned E1 settlement expansion, which could further divide the West Bank and restrict Palestinian territorial contiguity. What does international law require of governments and companies—and could these trade restrictions have a meaningful impact? Joining us on Arab Talk is Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man, an international humanitarian law expert and founder of the Global Echo Litigation Center, which investigates corporate complicity in violations connected to Israel's occupation.

Shira and I were in Israel this summer for two weeks. We had planned to spend our last evening having dinner with our dear friends Micah Goodman, who has been here so many times over the years, and his wife Zippy. For the last several years, we have had dinner with them at a restaurant in East Jerusalem, on Mt. Scopus. It sits high on a mountainside, with a gorgeous view of Jerusalem's city lights.The four of us sat down overlooking the city. We had so much to talk about. We had just begun our conversation when suddenly I did not feel right. Something felt off. I could not focus. I excused myself to go splash some cold water on my face and recenter. The next thing I knew, I was on the ground. I had fainted.Micah and Zippy, Shira, the restaurant owner and several waiters were standing over me. Someone had called an ambulance. I assured everyone that I was fine, no ambulance was necessary, and made my way back to the table.A few minutes later, while sitting at the table, I fainted again.When I woke up, Micah and Zippy, Shira, the owner and several waiters were gathered around me—this time with a Hatzalah crew. This time there was no debate. I was headed to Hadassah Hospital.The whole experience was embarrassing, to put it mildly. What was supposed to be a special farewell dinner with dear friends ended with me being loaded into an ambulance. It was a brush with mortality I had not seen coming. As they were putting me into the ambulance, Micah said: "Rabbi, it's not so bad. It's going to be okay. You're going to get a sermon out of this." And the sick thing is, I was thinking the exact same thing.Before getting to the sermon, let me just say: I am fine. The physicians at Hadassah did every test imaginable. Their diagnosis was simple: dehydration. Too much walking in the hot Jerusalem sun and not enough water. I was discharged that night and have had no issues since.But here is the sermon. As we approach the third anniversary of October 7, and think about all that has happened since, the Jewish people are living through an age of anxiety.Tal Becker, one of Hartman's great teachers, tells the story of walking through Paris with his family. One of his daughters, eleven years old, was wearing a Jewish star outside her shirt.Tal found himself caught in a dilemma. He did not feel entirely comfortable having his daughter identified publicly as Jewish. But neither did he want to teach her that being Jewish is something to hide. So he gave her a big hug. And while embracing her, he gently tucked the Jewish star beneath her shirt. Tal Becker—who has represented Israel before the International Court of Justice—found himself hiding his daughter's Jewish star in Paris. That is our age of anxiety.We worry about Israel.We worry about antisemitism.We worry about our own beloved country.We worry about our children and grandchildren.We worry about our health, our families, our future.And beneath all those worries lies a common question:What will be? Will everything be okay? What will be with Israel? What will be with the Jewish people? What will be with our beloved country? What will be with our own lives?

It's Friday, September 11th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Nigerian Muslims killed 11 in Adamawa State On September 7, suspected Boko Haram Muslim terrorists murdered at least 11 people in Zaranga Village located in the Adamawa State in Nigeria, reports International Christian Concern. The attackers entered the community before dawn, shooting residents and setting houses ablaze. One heartbroken man said, “My wife and two of my family members were killed during the early morning invasion of my village.” No doubt Amos 5:24 is the prayer to God of Nigerian Christians today. “Let justice roll down like waters.” Please send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Nigerian Ambassador to America, Lateef Are, urging him to ask his government to do more to protect people from the unabated Muslim violence. Send it to the Nigerian Embassy, 3519 International Court, NW, Washington, DC 20008. For the correct spelling of the Nigerian Ambassador's name and the address, look at our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.    Cubans are pushed to breaking point as crises take toll Sweltering nights. Water and power shortages. Dwindling fuel and crumbling homes. Limited public transportation and weak cellphone signals. The psychological toll of daily life in Cuba is pushing many to their breaking point on this island of nearly 10 million people, with no relief in sight as a U.S. energy embargo persists and longtime economic and financial troubles deepen, reports The Associated Press. Dr. Yomeidis Riverón said. “Before there was hope. Right now, what people have lost is exactly that.” Cuba's crises worsened after U.S. President Donald Trump announced in late January that he would impose tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the Caribbean country. Longtime U.S. sanctions also have taken their toll. According to Communist Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Parilla, from March 2025 to the end of February, “the U.S. policy of economic strangulation” amounted to more than $8 billion, a record figure. Island-wide blackouts have increased this year, and daily outages now surpass 24 hours. As a result, water is often scarce, and small protests have erupted, despite the fear of being detained, as anger and frustration boil over. The situation has worsened to a point that the U.S. Embassy recently issued two public health alerts about “the degradation of the water and energy infrastructure. ... Recent cases have included E. coli, norovirus, Shigella, and other gastrointestinal pathogens.” U.S. missionary to Cuba gives first account of the despair and hope Colleen Thoreson, a U.S. missionary to Cuba who serves with her husband Steve, has seen both the despair and the hope in Cuba. She said, “In Camagüey, [a city of 300,000,] the Cubans there are eating cats now and killing their horses for meat.” She added, “Forty percent of the pregnancies in Cuba end in abortion. Our team spends a lot of time in the big maternity hospital. Every month we continue to make a dent in that overall number of abortions. The majority of the pregnant women get born again before giving birth.” Her team, comprised primarily of Cuban believers, led 4,000 people to Christ in the hospitals alone last month. Luke 15:10 says, “There is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” First moments of the 9/11 Muslim terrorist attacks Twenty-five years ago today, at 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, Dick Oliver, a reporter for Good Day New York on WNYW-TV, uttered these shocking words on live television as he talked to the anchor, Jim Ryan. OLIVER: “Jim, just a few moments ago, something, believed to be a plane, crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. I just saw flames inside. You can see the smoke coming out of the, of the tower. We have no idea of what it was. It was a tremendous boom just a few moments ago. You can hear around me emergency vehicles heading towards the scene. Now, this could have been an aircraft or it could have been something internal. It appears to be something coming from the outside due to the nature of the opening on about 100th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.” Minutes later, Dick Oliver observed this. OLIVER: “Now, the smoke coming out of the opening appears to be black smoke. This would indicate things that are burning inside. We have no idea of what happened. But we did hear what sounded like, sounded like an aircraft, and then, a tremendous boom. Now, I don't know whether we can confirm that that was an aircraft or not.” And then, for the first time, Fox 5 anchor Jim Ryan cited the 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. RYAN: “One's memory has to go back to another terrorist attack — we would hope it is not this time, but if it were a plane that crashed into the side of the building — you would imagine that there would be something on the ground that would be visible. So…” OLIVER:  “That's true, Jim. I cannot see the ground from here. You recall back in, I believe, it was 1945 when a U.S. Air Force plane crashed into the, about the 80th floor of the Empire State Building during a foggy night. The skies here, as you can see, are perfectly clear. So, I'm starting to lean to the idea that perhaps, whatever happened here, came from the inside of the World Trade Center.” RYAN: “Something has either crashed into the World Trade Center. (Pause) Ah. If it. (Pause) We're, we're, I'm just told that Metro traffic is reporting that it was indeed a plane crash. If that's the case, ‘Where's the plane?' I would ask. I don't see it in that live picture there. One's thoughts, obviously, go back to a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center that created havoc there back in the early 90s.” On September 11, 2001, 19 Muslim terrorists hijacked four airplanes, two of which they flew into the World Trade Center towers. A third plane hit the Pentagon, which headquarters the Department of War, and the fourth, United Airlines Flight 93, which was likely destined to take out the Capitol, was downed in Pennsylvania by brave Americans who fought back. According to an audio recording, Todd Beamer famously said, “Are you guys ready? Let's roll!” before he helped storm the cockpit where the Muslim terrorists had hijacked the plane. All told, 2,996 Americans perished along with all 19 Muslim al-Qaeda terrorists. Psalm 23:4 says, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Court ruling for GOP-favorable Missouri map will help retain House And finally, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on September 8th against Missouri officials from using 2022 congressional maps for the midterm elections instead of the new Republican-favorable map used during the 2026 primary, reports The Daily Wire. The judge said using the old map would disenfranchise primary voters who had already cast their ballots in the primary.  Eastern District of Missouri Chief Judge Stephen Clark, a Trump appointee,  wrote, “Disenfranchising voters across the state and denying them their constitutional right to have their primary votes counted significantly harm the public interest. Using a different map for the general election would wreak havoc on the fairness and orderliness of Missouri's congressional elections, calling into question the candidacy of those nominated in the primaries and the votes of those who voted in the primaries. Widespread voter confusion would inevitably follow.” The ruling comes after Republican Congressman Bob Onder and Republican congressional nominee Rick Brattin, and two Missouri primary voters argued that their votes would be invalidated if the old maps were reinstated for the November election. Judge Clark agreed with their argument. The ruling will help enable the Republicans to retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, September 11th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

The UK's decision to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements, and impose sanctions on entities that are used to build them, has put new pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu's government as the occupied West Bank faces unprecedented land grabs. It has been more than two years since the International Court of Justice issued its advisory opinion stating that all states are under an obligation not to recognise Israel's decades-long occupation. The court also obliged Israel to stop building settlements, which are illegal under international law. Israel began its settlement project when it occupied Palestinian territory in 1967. It has continued expanding under every successive government, and at an accelerated pace since October 7, 2023. But one project in particular has rung alarm bells. The Israeli government has issued a tender to build 1,200 housing units as part of the E1 settlement. This development would cut the West Bank in half, making the prospect of a Palestinian state unviable. In this episode of Beyond the Headlines, host Nada AlTaher speaks to Mairav Zonszein, senior analyst on Israel at the International Crisis Group. They discuss what the new UK-led measures will change on the ground and whether they will have any bearing on Israel's actions.

 De vrijdagse trainingen voor de Grand Prix van Italië zijn zeer lastig verlopen voor Red Bull. Max Verstappen stond zijn zitje voor de eerste training in Monza af aan Ayumu Iwasa, maar toen hij eenmaal in de RB22 stapte, bleek de lijst met klachten lang. Red Bull heeft bij monde van technisch directeur Pierre Waché inmiddels gereageerd en erkend dat er ‘overduidelijk' een balansprobleem is, in zekere zin zelfs vergelijkbaar met Zandvoort. Er is bijzonder veel werk aan de winkel voor Red Bull om überhaupt vooraan mee te doen, wat vrijdag primair voor Ferrari en Mercedes was weggelegd. Ronald Vording bespreekt het uitgebreid in een nieuwe aflevering van de F1-update, net zoals een nogal explosieve persconferentie met Flavio Briatore. De Alpine-voorman reageerde stevig op het nieuws dat Pierre Gasly zijn Monaco-podium alsnog is kwijtgeraakt en trok daarbij zelfs de integriteit van één van de International Court of Appeal-leden in twijfel, wat mogelijk nog een staartje krijgt.

25 years ago, the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance took place in Durban, South Africa. It was August 31-September 7, 2001, extended by a day to the 8th. Israel's ambassador to South Africa at the time was Tova Herzl. She speaks to KAN's David Ze'ev about the conference and her tumultuous time in South Africa which led to her early retirement from the foreign service. (Photo: The Israeli team at the International Court of Justice in a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in 2024/Associated Press) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nine years after more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, more than 1.2 million remain displaced, living in increasingly difficult conditions. In this interview, Rohingya activist and Free Rohingya Coalition co-founder Naysan Lwin joins us from Germany to discuss the continuing persecution of the Rohingya, fresh allegations of trafficking, forced labour, sexual violence and arbitrary detention, worsening conditions in the refugee camps, and the struggle for safe and dignified repatriation. Lwin also reflects on the Rohingya case before the International Court of Justice and what justice could mean for a community seeking the restoration of its citizenship, identity and fundamental rights. Listen to the full interview.

It's Friday, August 28th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Nigerian Christian farmers are being targeted by Fulani Muslims For many Christian farmers in the Plateau State of Nigeria, traveling to their own farms has become dangerous, reports International Christian Concern. Some have stopped going altogether. Others now move in groups, hoping that numbers will offer some protection. But for families who depend on agriculture for survival, abandoning their land is not an easy choice.  The fear has grown following a series of attacks by armed men suspected to be Fulani Muslim militias which have targeted farmers traveling to and from their fields.  On July 30, according to Christian leader Joseph Yonkpa, 60-year-old Christian farmer Bulus Turu was “attacked and macheted while returning from his farm.”  At least 27 people have been killed in ambushes, many of whom were Christian farmers traveling to their farms.  Yohana Boh, a community leader, said, “We received early warning, but the Nigerian Army ignored it. We can't sleep. We can't farm. We're calling for help.” Send a polite, 4-sentence note to Lateef Kayode, the Nigerian Ambassador to America, asking him to urge his government to protect the Christian farmers there. Address your letter to the Nigerian Embassy, 3519 International Court, NW, Washington, DC 20008. You can find that address, and the spelling of the Nigerian Ambassador's name, in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Flash flood in Nepal killed 360 The deadly flash flood in Nepal on August 26th has killed 360 people and left 1,400 missing including 90 Americans, reports Weather.com. The flood was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river.  That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later. In fact, water levels in rivers across the flood-affected region rose by as much as 29.5 feet in 30 minutes. The U.S. State Department said it is not aware of any U.S. deaths, but three Americans have been rescued. Hundreds have lost their homes across the Himalayan region, and officials reported large-scale damage to critical infrastructure, including hydropower dams, roads, buildings and bridges in the region. US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical' due to Iran war An unnamed U.S. defense official in Europe and an unnamed NATO official told the Associated Press that the U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran. This raises concerns about vulnerabilities in NATO countries to a potential Russian attack. The U.S. defense official said the most concerning shortfall involves Patriot missile interceptors, which can shoot down Russia's high-speed ballistic missiles. The NATO official confirmed the low inventories of Patriots among American and NATO forces in Europe. President Trump renames Lake Ontario to Lake America On August 27th, President Donald Trump said he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada, reports the Associated Press. The president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake's name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Girl Scouts promotes Islam The Girl Scouts organization in America already has plunged neck-deep into transgenderism and abortion, with ideologies that support such leftist agendas. Now, the group is jumping into Islam, reports WorldNetDaily.com. An online report confirmed the Girls Scouts are offering "badges" that are earned by little girls when they visit mosques and learn the "Pillars of Islam." Not surprisingly, social media commenters were outraged. Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk, tweeted, “Nothing says Girl Scouts of AMERICA like learning the pillars of Islam.” And another wrote, “Never buy Girl Scout cookies again.” According to a new investigation by Natalie Winters, the White House correspondent for Steve Bannon's War Room, she documented that, "Girl Scout troops across the U.S. are incorporating Islamic religious instruction, prayer and activities, [like wearing the hijab head covering and participating in the Ramadan fast] into scouting programs.” Winters reported, "Girl Scouts Heart of Central California knew about the Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims' religious integration years earlier. The council's 2009 annual report said that four troops with 30 girls began …  [incorporating] Girl Scouting into the mosque's youth programming. It highlighted a Ramadan sleepover involving fasting and girls 'praying through the night.'" The examples appear to involve individual troops and local councils rather than a nationwide requirement imposed on all Girl Scouts. However, there is a "nationwide pattern of Girl Scout troops based at mosques incorporating Islamic prayer, Quranic instruction, and lessons on hijab into activities conducted under the Girl Scouts banner." In Exodus 20:3, God said, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” And, to be sure, Allah, the Islamic god, is not the one true God. Mom banned from school after protesting push of sexual perversion And finally, an Oregon mother is suing Portland Public Schools for banning her from her children's elementary school for protesting its promotion of homosexual transgender “pride,” reports LifeSiteNews.com. The Oregonian reports that Allison Roberts, who has two children at Meriwether Lewis Elementary School, took issue with benches painted with “Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride” rainbow designs. She also objected to an assignment in which one of her kids was tasked with filling out an “identity flower” exercise including gender. After a meeting with school officials to discuss her concerns, she began distributing letters about the situation outside the school, leading to a “heated exchange” with one parent. That led to a one-year trespass order keeping her off the grounds ostensibly for “threatening and intimidating members of the school community” with “harmful, unlawful and/or disruptive behavior.” As a result, Roberts was forced to miss one of her children's graduations from elementary school. Now, she is suing to reverse the trespass order and secure her rights to engage in free speech about her children's education.  Mrs. Roberts should prayerfully consider pulling her children out of the pro-perversion government schools and homeschool them instead. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, August 28th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ

Today it is a true honor to welcome Feisal G. Mohamed to Speaking Out of Place to discuss his new poem, Nowhere is safe in Gaza.  This book is “an erasure poem using as source text South Africa's Application Instituting Proceedings against Israel for Violations of the Genocide Convention,” presented to the International Court of Justice in December 2023.  We talk about both the distance and also the bridge between the legal filing and this poetic creation, which re-distributes the language of the filing in different spatial manners, both allowing, and forcing the reader to confront the genocide from multiple viewpoints and with different emphases.We speak of the programmatic and historically deep instantiations of Israel's genocide, and bring forth the voices Israel has attempted to silence forever. In particular, we recall the words left behind by martyred physician Mahmoud Abu Nujaila, “We did what we could. When the guns fall silent and the true scale of devastation is revealed will the [UN] Council and its members be able to say the same?”  We take that as a call to all of us, and talk about how “Nowhere is safe in Gaza” compels us to expand our imaginative and political capacities.Feisal G. Mohamed is professor of English at Yale University. His most recent books are Nowhere is safe in Gaza (Brick, 2026) and Resistance: Claiming the Arts of Freedom (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).See the blog attached to this episode for example pages from poem.

This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan and Tal Becker answer listener questions about why having an Arab party in Israel's governing coalition is less acceptable now more than ever and what happened the last time it was tried. They also discuss how Israeli law addresses the separation of church and state and problems that creates.. ___ Call Me Back is made possible by our subscribers. If these conversations are where you turn to understand Israel and the Jewish world, consider joining them. It's what keeps this show going. For the full episode, subscribe here to - Inside Call me Back ____ You can access the full episode here, where Dan and Tal answer listener questions about: What does the El-Sayed primary victory in Michigan mean for Democrats Jewish identity and the deep connection between Jews and Israel Barriers to including Arab parties in Israel's governing coalition Issues created by the lack of an Israeli constitution  The surprisingly strong alliance between Israel and the UAE What is the status of International Court of Justice and ICC charges against Israeli leaders? Is there hope for progress to stabilize Israeli-Palestinian tension and violence? Why Israel's  center left policies and party are losing supporters  ____ More Ark Media: Want to join Ark Media? Check out our careers page for new openings. Explore Israel Votes Listen to Ark News Daily Listen to For Heaven's Sake Listen to What's Your Number? Newsletters | Ark Media | Amit Segal | Nadav Eyal Instagram | Ark Media | Dan X | Dan Dan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of Israel Get in touch Credits: Ilan Benatar, Beth Pearlman, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

The intersection of domestic civil rights struggles and international human rights law represents a critical frontier in the fight against systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence. The UN Human Rights Council's historic George Floyd resolution marked a watershed moment, demonstrating how international legal mechanisms can be mobilized to address persistent patterns of racial oppression within the United States. This development reflects broader questions about the relationship between legal systems and liberation, particularly when examining how the rule of law itself may function as a mechanism for perpetuating racial hierarchies rather than dismantling them. Critical race theorists have long argued that legal structures, rather than providing pathways to freedom, may actually constitute sophisticated forms of control that maintain white supremacist power relations through seemingly neutral juridical processes.Join host Professor Sahar Aziz for a powerful dual presentation featuring Professor Benjamin Davis, who examines the international legal implications of the UN Human Rights Council's response to systemic racism in America, and Professor Anthony Farley from Albany Law School, whose groundbreaking work in Critical Race Theory explores how the very foundations of law and property rights emerge from and perpetuate anti-Black violence. Professor Davis analyzes how international human rights mechanisms are finally turning their scrutiny toward American racial injustice, while Professor Farley presents his provocative thesis that legal liberation itself may be an impossibility within current juridical structures. Together, these distinguished scholars challenge listeners to confront uncomfortable truths about whether reform within existing legal frameworks can ever achieve genuine racial justice, or whether more fundamental transformations of law and society are necessary.#Racism #CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #CivilRightsBiographyAnthony Paul Farley is the James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Albany Law School, where he specializes in constitutional law, criminal procedure, and legal theory. He is a member of the American Law Institute and has served on the Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) and the Executive Committee of the Minorities Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Prior to joining Albany Law School, Professor Farley was a tenured faculty member at Boston College Law School for 16 years. Before entering academia, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and practiced law as a Corporate/Securities Associate with Shearman and Sterling in New York City. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia.Benjamin G. Davis is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Toledo College of Law, where he taught public international law, contracts, and alternative dispute resolution. He holds degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School. Before entering academia, Professor Davis served as American Legal Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, where he supervised over 1,000 international arbitration and mediation cases. He led the successful effort in the American Society of International Law to pass its Centennial Resolution on Laws of War and Detainee Treatment, only the eighth resolution in that organization's history. He has written and spoken extensively on accountability for torture, military commissions, and international human rights law.Recommended ReadingsThe Black Body as Fetish Object, Oregon Law Review (1997)Perfecting Slavery, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal (2004)The Colorline as Capitalist Accumulation, Buffalo Law Review (2008)Support the showSupport the Center for Security, Race and Rights by following us and making a donation:Donate: https://give.rutgersfoundation.org/csrr-support/20046.html Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbUfYcWGZapBNYvCObiCpp3qtxgH_jFy Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rucsrr Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Threads: https://threads.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/rucsrr Follow us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/rucsrr 

This Day in Legal History: The First Hague ConventionOn July 29, 1899, delegates from twenty-six nations signed the first Hague Convention, the product of an international peace conference convened at the initiative of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II. It was one of the founding moments of modern international law—an attempt, at the close of a violent century, to subject the conduct of war and the resolution of disputes between nations to legal rules rather than raw power.The 1899 Convention did two enduring things. First, it began the codification of the laws and customs of war—rules on the treatment of prisoners, the protection of civilians, and limits on certain weapons—laying groundwork that would grow into the modern law of armed conflict and, eventually, the Geneva Conventions. Second, and just as important, it created the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the first standing international institution designed to let states resolve their disputes through neutral arbitration instead of on the battlefield. The idea was radical for its time: that sovereign nations would voluntarily submit their quarrels to a legal process.The Hague system was, of course, imperfect—the twentieth century that followed was the bloodiest in human history, and the conventions did not prevent two world wars. But the significance of July 29, 1899 is that it planted the institutional and conceptual seeds of everything that came after: the League of Nations, the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, the international criminal tribunals, and the entire architecture of treaties and adjudication that structures relations between states today. It reflects an enduring aspiration—one that runs through so much of what we cover—that disputes are better settled by law than by force. It's a fitting backdrop for a day whose stories, in their own ways, are all about turning conflict over to the legal system rather than settling it by other means.A federal appeals court has revived a proposed class action accusing Chobani of deceiving consumers by marketing some of its Greek yogurt as “zero sugar.” The Seventh Circuit in Chicago ruled that consumers can proceed with claims under state consumer-protection laws, because Chobani Zero Sugar yogurt contains about four grams per serving of allulose, a naturally occurring sweetener. Here's the wrinkle that makes this interesting. Allulose is chemically a sugar, but the body barely metabolizes it, so the FDA lets manufacturers leave it out of the “sugars” lines on the Nutrition Facts panel. Chobani leaned on exactly that, saying its panel accurately shows zero grams of total and added sugar. But the court focused on the big front-of-package promise—”Zero Sugar”—and found persuasive an FDA brief explaining that “total sugars” actually includes all monosaccharides, allulose among them. Under FDA rules, a product generally can't be labeled “zero sugar” or “sugar free” unless it has less than half a gram of sugar per serving. Writing for the court, Judge Thomas Kirsch said it was not implausible that consumers—here, a couple who bought the yogurt at a Costco near Chicago—were “fooled” by that absolute promise. The significance is a reminder that the technically-accurate fine print on the back doesn't necessarily save a bold marketing claim on the front. This is how consumer-protection law polices the gap between what a label shouts and what a product actually contains, and the ruling lets the plaintiffs try to prove that gap misled shoppers.Chobani must face lawsuit over zero-sugar yogurt claim, US appeals court rules | ReutersYahoo Finance · Insurance JournaleBay and three of its former executives have agreed to pay roughly $56 million to settle a civil suit brought by a Massachusetts couple who were the targets of one of the more disturbing corporate harassment campaigns in recent memory. The couple, Ina and David Steiner, publish an e-commerce trade newsletter, and back in 2019 several eBay employees—furious over the Steiners' coverage of the company—orchestrated a campaign to terrorize them: shipping cockroaches, live spiders and fly larvae, and a bloody pig Halloween mask to their home, sending threatening messages, and conducting covert surveillance. It grew out of internal communications in which senior executives discussed taking the couple “down.” The criminal side of this played out years ago, with multiple former employees prosecuted and sentenced. This week's news is the civil resolution: eBay will pay about $46 million to the couple plus millions more in charitable contributions, and the former executives are personally on the hook—two million dollars from former CEO Devin Wenig, and smaller sums from two others. The significance here is corporate accountability, and specifically accountability for retaliation against the press. A powerful company weaponized its resources to punish two journalists for critical coverage—the kind of retaliation that strikes at the heart of a free press—and while the criminal cases addressed the individual foot soldiers, this settlement attaches a very large price tag to the company and the executives at the top. It's a stark example of the civil justice system doing what the criminal system often can't: reaching the institution and its leadership, and making them pay.eBay, former executives to pay $56 million to settle couple's harassment case | ReutersCNN · CNBCAnd finally, prosecutors have offered their most detailed account yet of why they believe activist Charlie Kirk was killed, arguing in a new court filing that the man accused of shooting him targeted Kirk for his political and religious views. Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and ally of President Trump, was shot and killed in September 2025 at a university in Utah; Tyler Robinson, who is 23, is charged in his death. In the filing, prosecutors pointed to Kirk's opposition to gay marriage and transgender rights, and cited a letter from a board member of Kirk's organization describing him as the face of a political and religious movement. They allege Robinson's own lifestyle ran contrary to Kirk's views and that he targeted Kirk because of his “political expression.” Robinson's defense attorney pushed back, arguing that the materials the state is relying on show nothing about whether Robinson actually disagreed with Kirk or what was in his mind. And that disagreement is the legal heart of this. Motive is not, strictly speaking, an element the prosecution must prove to establish murder—but it is powerful evidence, it helps a jury make sense of a killing, and in a serious case it can bear heavily on how the crime is characterized and punished. What we're watching is the perennial challenge of proving why someone did something: the state assembling external evidence to reconstruct a defendant's internal state of mind, and the defense insisting that inference isn't proof. The significance is that a case already saturated with political meaning will now turn, in part, on a genuinely hard legal question—how, and whether, prosecutors can establish motive—and the coming proceedings will test whether their theory holds up under the rules of evidence.Prosecutors say Charlie Kirk was attacked for his politics, cite anti-LGBT views | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Why do some international courts wield broad authority while others face pushback or fade into irrelevance? The Authority of International Courts: A Behavioural Framework (Hart Publishing, 2026) by Dr. Dana Burchardt provides novel theoretical and empirical insights into this question. It offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the authority of international courts, drawing from law, political science and behavioural research. It develops, in Part I, a theoretical model and analytical framework for assessing these questions. The model explains how authority relationships between courts and their audiences—such as states, NGOs, individual applicants, and domestic courts—are formed, maintained, or contested. In Part II, the book applies this analytical framework to in-depth case studies of two selected international courts: the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States. These studies not only provide deeper insights into the authority of these courts but also demonstrate how the analytical framework can be applied to other international courts to generate an enhanced understanding of international court authority. The book sheds new light on why some courts enjoy enduring authority and others face pushback, offering powerful tools for understanding the behaviour of international courts and their audiences. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Why do some international courts wield broad authority while others face pushback or fade into irrelevance? The Authority of International Courts: A Behavioural Framework (Hart Publishing, 2026) by Dr. Dana Burchardt provides novel theoretical and empirical insights into this question. It offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the authority of international courts, drawing from law, political science and behavioural research. It develops, in Part I, a theoretical model and analytical framework for assessing these questions. The model explains how authority relationships between courts and their audiences—such as states, NGOs, individual applicants, and domestic courts—are formed, maintained, or contested. In Part II, the book applies this analytical framework to in-depth case studies of two selected international courts: the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States. These studies not only provide deeper insights into the authority of these courts but also demonstrate how the analytical framework can be applied to other international courts to generate an enhanced understanding of international court authority. The book sheds new light on why some courts enjoy enduring authority and others face pushback, offering powerful tools for understanding the behaviour of international courts and their audiences. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Why do some international courts wield broad authority while others face pushback or fade into irrelevance? The Authority of International Courts: A Behavioural Framework (Hart Publishing, 2026) by Dr. Dana Burchardt provides novel theoretical and empirical insights into this question. It offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the authority of international courts, drawing from law, political science and behavioural research. It develops, in Part I, a theoretical model and analytical framework for assessing these questions. The model explains how authority relationships between courts and their audiences—such as states, NGOs, individual applicants, and domestic courts—are formed, maintained, or contested. In Part II, the book applies this analytical framework to in-depth case studies of two selected international courts: the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States. These studies not only provide deeper insights into the authority of these courts but also demonstrate how the analytical framework can be applied to other international courts to generate an enhanced understanding of international court authority. The book sheds new light on why some courts enjoy enduring authority and others face pushback, offering powerful tools for understanding the behaviour of international courts and their audiences. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

Why do some international courts wield broad authority while others face pushback or fade into irrelevance? The Authority of International Courts: A Behavioural Framework (Hart Publishing, 2026) by Dr. Dana Burchardt provides novel theoretical and empirical insights into this question. It offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the authority of international courts, drawing from law, political science and behavioural research. It develops, in Part I, a theoretical model and analytical framework for assessing these questions. The model explains how authority relationships between courts and their audiences—such as states, NGOs, individual applicants, and domestic courts—are formed, maintained, or contested. In Part II, the book applies this analytical framework to in-depth case studies of two selected international courts: the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States. These studies not only provide deeper insights into the authority of these courts but also demonstrate how the analytical framework can be applied to other international courts to generate an enhanced understanding of international court authority. The book sheds new light on why some courts enjoy enduring authority and others face pushback, offering powerful tools for understanding the behaviour of international courts and their audiences. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Iran announces “full-scale war” after weekend escalation of US and Iranian attacks; Human rights groups sue Trump Admin over sanctions on International Court; Gaza residents face sweltering heat from tents in war-torn Gaza Strip; Tensions grow after ICE shootings, NY Fed Building Attack, and detention reform lawsuit; Andy Burnham takes reins as UK's Prime Minister, after resignation of Keir Starmer; Troy Jackson enters key Maine Senate race against GOP incumbent Collins, after resignation of previous Dem candidate; Judge blocks Paramount/Warner Brothers merger as California-led lawsuit claims anti-competitive merger would diminish consumer choices The post Iran says “full-scale war” on after weekend US/Iran escalations; Human rights groups sue Trump Admin over sanctions on International Criminal Court – July 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has filed a new case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice, accusing Kigali of violating its sovereignty and committing serious breaches of international law. But what does the law actually say? In this episode of The Long Form Podcast, international law scholar and former ICTR and ICC legal officer Dr. Alphonse Muleefu explains the legal issues at the heart of one of Africa's most consequential international disputes. We explore self-defence under international law, state sovereignty, the UN Mapping Report, the concept of "lawfare," and the strengths and weaknesses of both Rwanda's and the DRC's legal arguments. This is a conversation for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the legal dimensions of the conflict in eastern Congo. Sponsors:ShieldTech Hub- www.shieldtechub.com                                             Akagera Medicines- https://www.akageramedicines.com BasiGo Rwanda- https://www.basi-go.com/rwanda Join our Patreon to enjoy ad-free viewing https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheLongFormPod or support us via our MTN Mobile Money Code 95462 or directly to our phone number: +250795462739Visit Sanny Ntayombya's Official Website: https://sannyntayombya.comProduced by LF Media 

Has Britain's change of leadership created a genuine opportunity for a new approach to Palestine, or will little change in practice?Britain Palestine Project trustees Sir Vincent Fean and Andrew Whitley assess the implications of the new Labour government under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, examining whether recent statements on Gaza and international law will be matched by meaningful action.The discussion explores practical policy options available to the UK, from sanctions on illegal settlements and financial services to enforcing the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the occupation of the Palestinian territories. Vincent and Andrew also consider the political pressures facing the new government, the role of public opinion, and why Britain has both a historic responsibility and an opportunity to provide international leadership.They also discuss:The UK's recognition of the State of Palestine and what should happen next.Why international law must be followed by practical consequences.Trade with Israeli settlements and proposed sanctions.The significance of the proposed E1 settlement expansion.Humanitarian access to Gaza and the role of UNRWA.Whether Britain should continue to follow Washington's lead—or build a coalition with like-minded countries.The importance of Palestinian political unity and forthcoming elections.How upcoming elections in Israel, Palestine and the United States could reshape the political landscape.Despite the gravity of the current situation, Vincent and Andrew end by identifying areas where sustained public pressure, principled diplomacy and international cooperation could still bring meaningful change.Sir Vincent Fean served in the British Diplomatic Service for more than 35 years, including as British Consul-General in Jerusalem (2010–2014). He is a trustee of the Britain Palestine Project and author of A Misunderstood Friendship: Britain and Israel, 1948–2020.Andrew Whitley is a former senior United Nations official with extensive experience across the Middle East, including senior roles with UNRWA and the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. He is a trustee of the Britain Palestine Project.Subscribe to the Britain Palestine Project Podcast for expert analysis, interviews and discussions exploring Britain's historic and contemporary role in Palestine.Guests

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Live July 10, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show(Season 12, Episode 120)Platner; Far Left; ICE; Cronyism; Rent Control; Freya; Climate; Kirk; Achievement | Yaron Brook ShowIs America Choosing Tribalism Over Reason? ICE, Rent Control, Climate Panic & the Collapse of PoliticsHas America abandoned reason for tribalism? Why do political scandals disappear, bad ideas keep winning, and conspiracy theories flourish while serious debate dies?In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron examines the Graham Platner controversy, the Democratic Party's drift toward the far left, the continued collapse of America's political center, ICE enforcement, immigration rights, rent control, climate litigation, Ukraine's newest defense technology, Bayer's Supreme Court victory, and why conspiracy thinking has become mainstream across both the left and right.Along the way, Yaron explores what these stories reveal about today's political culture—and why philosophy ultimately matters more than politics.  Topics include:00:00 Introduction & Bonnie Tyler tribute03:00 Graham Platner scandal & Democratic Party response10:16 Stephen King, cancellation & resignation14:04 Tribalism, religion & political morality16:24 Abdul El Sayed's agenda examined27:15 Why isn't anyone challenging bad ideas?29:09 The future of Democrats & Republicans31:03 Trump and the collapse of the political center32:59 Michigan politics, UAW & electoral strategy34:57 ICE shooting in Houston37:28 Mistaken identity and legal responsibility39:14 Media bias and accountability44:00 Illegal immigration, rights & ICE authority47:11 Supreme Court ruling on Haitian refugees54:19 Bayer wins at the Supreme Court59:15 Glyphosate, tariffs & farmers1:02:15 Why rent control remains popular1:07:03 Ukraine's new anti-ballistic missile system1:12:54 International Court of Justice climate ruling1:17:43 Candace Owens & Charlie Cook conspiracy theories1:27:16 Americans are living longer1:33:08 Right-wing vs. left-wing political violence1:34:41 Documentary fundraising update1:36:31 Preview: Egalitarianism in Cambodia1:37:33 Dr. Mike Israel on capitalism1:40:42 Ayn Rand, individualism & philosophyLive Audience Questions1:40:39 Choosing life over religion—how should someone respond?1:42:26 Michael Jackson: genius or something else?1:43:50 Should Yaron cover Ayn Rand's "Man's Rights"?1:47:33 Is ICE's leadership the real problem?1:48:12 Should ICE agents face criminal charges?1:48:25 Why is Mamdani succeeding politically?1:49:18 Is Trump's administration fundamentally unserious?1:49:58 Is Kash Patel the weakest member of the administration?1:50:28 Japan, Europe & China's attitudes toward failure1:51:08 Would an Objectivist society eliminate "weirdness"?1:51:36 Gulags vs. concentration camps—which was worse?If you enjoy serious discussions of philosophy, economics, politics, investing, technology, and current events from an Objectivist perspective, subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss a live show. Watch Now: https://youtube.com/live/ZVjbmjIhmsQ#Objectivism #Politics #Capitalism #ICE #RentControl #ClimateChange #Ukraine #SupremeCourt #CurrentEvents #Iran #ICE#TrumpThe Yaron Brook Show is Sponsored by[The Ayn Rand Institute](https://www.aynrand.org/starthere)[Energy Talking Points, featuring AlexAI, by Alex Epstein](https://alexepstein.substack.com/)[Express VPN](https://www.expressvpn.com/yaron)[Hendershott Wealth Management](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4lfC...) &(https://hendershottwealth.com/ybs/)[Michael Williams & The Defenders of Capitalism Project](https://www.DefendersOfCapitalism.com)[Support the Show]( / yaronbrookshow )[Sponsor the Show](askyaron@yaronbrookshow.com/)[One-time donation](https://bit.ly/2RZOyJJ)Join the [Yaron Brook Show YouTube channel]( / @yaronbrook )Like what you hear? Like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on new videos and help promote the [Yaron Brook Show](https://bit.ly/3ztPxTx)Continue the discussion by following Yaron on [Twitter](https://bit.ly/3iMGl6z) and [Facebook](https://bit.ly/3vvWDDC )Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the [Ayn Rand Institute](https://bit.ly/35qoEC3)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show--3276901/support.Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.

How does the judicial system block sustainability? In Part 4 of the Extractive Tapestry series on the EnvironMental Podcast deconstructs the legal frameworks that permit environmental degradation. Moving past basic corruption narratives, this video essay traces how the 1787 U.S. Constitution prioritizes commercial capital over ecological survival. By analyzing recent landmark rulings—including Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish (2026), Sackett v. EPA, Seven County, and the gerrymandering decision in Louisiana v. Callais—the episode exposes how courts convert ecocide into technical compliance while legally disarming frontline communities.Transitioning from the macro limitations of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to grassroots victories in Benson, Texas, this essay provides a tactical toolkit for local climate resistance, legal action via ClientEarth, and the push for Constitutional Green Amendments.

Dinkar P. Srivastava joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1978. He has served in Karachi in the early 90s. Also served in the Middle East, Washington, Brussels and Tehran.In 1993-94, as Director (UNP), he was part of successful Indian lobbying efforts against four Pakistani attempts to have resolutions on J&K adopted in UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights. He was involved in the drafting of National Human Rights Commission statute. As Joint Secretary (UNP), he participated in Indian lobbying efforts to contain the diplomatic fallout of the Pokhran II nuclear tests and prevent the internationalization of the J&K issue during the Kargil war (1999).He dealt with Indian candidature for permanent membership of the UN Security Council, UN Peace-keeping and Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. He was a member of the Indian delegations to the World Conference on Human Rights in 1993, and the International Court of Justice in the case of Aerial Incident of 1999 (Pakistan v. India). In 2011-15, as Indian Ambassador to Iran, he negotiated the MOU for Indian participation in Chabahar Port.His book 'Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control' examines the evolution of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) over the past seven decades. His latest book 'Pakistan: Ideologies, Strategies, Interests' examines the ideology of Pakistan.

What does life under occupation look like - not through headlines, but through the eyes of those who have lived alongside Palestinian communities?We speak with Tim Livesey and Julia Race, recently returned Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAPPI), who spent months living and working in the occupied West Bank. Drawing on firsthand experience from the Jordan Valley and Bethlehem, they share eyewitness testimony of daily life under military occupation and the human stories behind the headlines.Together, they explore how settlement expansion, movement restrictions, demolitions, settler violence and the erosion of Palestinian communities fit into broader political and legal developments, including the International Court of Justice's 2024 advisory opinion declaring Israel's occupation unlawful. They also highlight the work of Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations, the principle of sumud (steadfastness), and practical ways people in the UK can take informed action.GuestsTim Livesey first visited Palestine in 1987, six weeks before the outbreak of the first intifada, and has been a frequent visitor since then. He returned from a three-month spell as an Ecumenical Accompanier on the West Bank last November. He has been a UK diplomat, senior adviser to the Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster, Chief of Staff to Ed Miliband as Leader of the Opposition, and Chief Executive of the development charity Embrace the Middle East.Julia Race studied languages and has spent most of her career working for the British Council including postings to Cairo, Cape Town, Rome and Brussels. She now advises organisations from around the world on external relations, governance and fundraising. She first visited Israel and Palestine in 2007 and has just returned from three months as an Ecumenical Accompanier (or human rights monitor) based in Bethlehem.Listen & SubscribeWatch this episode on YouTube, or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.If you enjoyed this conversation, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with others. Your support helps us continue bringing expert analysis and eyewitness testimony on Palestine, international law and UK policy.For more webinars, podcasts and events, visit the Britain Palestine Project.

Hard News on Friday with Tara Green and Rama Arjuna and guests Solar Fire, Galactic Contact, and the Call to Stay in the Heart Rainbird Opens the Circle This episode of Hard News on Friday opens with Rainbird welcoming listeners to Tara and Rama's program and leading a grounding spiritual invocation. She invites the audience to breathe, gather around a virtual council fire, and call in the seven galactic directions in the Mayan tradition. Rainbird then reads the Mayan day energies for the current day and the week ahead, emphasizing transformation, catalyzing energy, Christ consciousness, creation, unity with spirit, abundance, self-determination, transmutation, forgiveness, and letting go of what no longer serves. Donations, Community Support, and the Talking Stick After the opening meditation and calendar reading, Rainbird shifts into practical housekeeping for the program. She explains the weekly production expenses for BBS Radio and gives donation instructions for supporting the show, as well as separate support information for Tara and Rama's personal needs. She frames giving as a heart-centered act of participation in the community. Rainbird then passes a symbolic talking stick filled with stars, star beings, elementals, disclosure energy, fairies, feathers, Pleiadians, Arcturians, and Andromedans to Tara and Rama. Earth Changes, Solar Flares, and Ascension Energies Tara and Rama begin by describing intense energies affecting Earth, including solar flares, coronal holes, electromagnetic shifts, and earthquakes in places such as Venezuela, the Philippines, Northern California, and Japan. Rama says he spoke with Dr. Steve and Professor Nicodemus, who described solar activity activating ley lines and grid lines on the planet. Tara and Rama interpret these events through a spiritual and cosmic lens, saying Earth, the sun, and humanity are undergoing a major upgrade as the planet moves through powerful galactic energies. Caroline Oceana Ryan Questions the Cosmic Story Guest Caroline Oceana Ryan joins the conversation and asks Rama about his latest news update, including claims involving Mr. X, Lady Nada, the UN Security Council, war crimes, the Middle East, the International Criminal Court, and the International Court of Justice. The discussion moves into accountability, possible galactic intervention, Congress, political figures, and the state of the White House. As throughout the program, the speakers frame current events as part of a larger cosmic struggle involving disclosure, higher-dimensional change, and the collapse of an old timeline. Alignment, Discernment, and the Forces of Light Caroline asks what it means to “stay in alignment,” and Rama answers that alignment means maintaining daily sacred spiritual practice, or sadhana, and refusing to be pulled into confusion, fear, anger, and lower-frequency narratives. Tara and Rama discuss the Schumann resonance, incoming light codes, gold particles, ascension, mastery, and the need to remain centered as emotional and mental confusion intensifies. The recurring guidance is to stay positive, send love, call in the violet, emerald, and sapphire rays, and respond to Earth's trouble spots through prayer, meditation, and spiritual intention. Mother's Message, NESARA, and Galactic Family The second part of the program includes a message from “Mother,” who urges listeners to send love and good vibrations to Venezuela and other affected regions. Mother speaks about the incoming light, the galactic plane, the star Vega, the upgrade of Earth and the solar system, the presence of angels and masters, and the importance of becoming instruments of peace. The conversation also touches on NESARA, divine governance, reparations, restoration for First Nations peoples, disclosure, galactic families, Dr. Greer, elementals, animals, and the role of love in calming planetary upheaval. I AM Presence Meditation and Pleiadian Contact The episode closes with a guided meditation connecting listeners to the I AM Presence, divine source, higher realms, angelic presences, and inner guidance. The meditation encourages listeners to remain present through transformation, meet uncertainty with compassion, and walk forward in love, trust, and divine guidance. Tara and Rama then play a message from Mel Lawson, who describes June 26, 2026, as a day of spiritual reset and Pleiadian contact. Rainbird later identifies Mel's spirit name as Seraphina and affirms her as a clear receiver of information. The program ends with gratitude, blessings, and the promise of continued connection “on the bridge” and in dreams.

Featuring: Daniel Levy, Dr Julie Norman, Nomi Bar-Yaacov, Shawan Jabarin, followed by Q&A.As the conference drew towards its conclusion, this panel tackled one of the most pressing questions of the day: what practical action can be taken internationally to advance Palestinian rights, uphold international law and create meaningful political change?Chaired by Sir Vincent Fean, the discussion brought together Daniel Levy, Dr Julie Norman, Nomi Bar-Yaacov and Shawan Jabarin to explore the shifting global political landscape, the role of governments and civil society, and how pressure can be translated into action.Dr Julie Norman argued that despair and inaction are not options. While acknowledging the scale of suffering in Gaza and the West Bank, she highlighted practical policy measures including recognition of the State of Palestine, banning settlement goods, supporting Palestinian businesses, and ensuring that any future reconstruction of Gaza prioritises Palestinian agency and dignity. She also reflected on the Britain Palestine Project's Statement of Principles, emphasising the importance of maintaining a broad coalition while continuing difficult conversations about how principles become policy.Shawan Jabarin offered a stark assessment of international efforts to date. Drawing on his experience as Director General of Al-Haq, he warned that many reconstruction proposals risk entrenching Israeli control rather than advancing Palestinian self-determination. He argued that Palestinians have been systematically excluded from decisions about their own future and stressed the need to challenge policies that seek to normalise occupation, displacement and inequality.Daniel Levy focused on the political realities of building influence and power. He argued that international law alone will not change outcomes unless governments are willing to create consequences for violations. Levy explored the growing global movement around Palestine, the shifting geopolitical landscape and the importance of creating political pressure that changes Israeli calculations. He also examined changing attitudes within Jewish communities worldwide and challenged assumptions about the future of Zionism, accountability and coexistence.Nomi Bar-Yaacov highlighted the urgency of implementing the International Court of Justice advisory opinion and ending the occupation in practice rather than merely in rhetoric. She outlined concrete measures governments could take, including restrictions on settlement activity, support for accountability mechanisms, action on Palestinian prisoners, and stronger coordination among European states. Bar-Yaacov also stressed the importance of maintaining hope through dialogue, cooperation and future political solutions grounded in justice and equality.The panel concluded with a lively audience discussion covering Palestinian political leadership, the imprisonment of Marwan Barghouti, the role of Hamas, changing attitudes among younger Jewish communities, international sanctions, and whether emerging global alliances may offer new opportunities to uphold international law.Throughout the discussion, speakers returned to a common theme: meaningful change will require more than statements of concern. It will require sustained political pressure, international accountability, grassroots mobilisation and a commitment to ensuring that Palestinian rights remain central to any future political settlement.Speakers:Daniel Levy, President, US/Middle East ProjectDr Julie Norman, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, UCLNomi Bar-Yaacov, International Negotiator and MediatorShawan Jabarin, Director General, Al-HaqChair:Sir Vincent Fean KCVO, Trustee, Britain Palestine Project

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC examines the international legal principles that should govern armed conflict, the responsibilities of states under international law, and the challenges facing institutions tasked with enforcing accountability.Drawing on her experience as a barrister, human rights advocate and member of an international panel reviewing evidence for the International Criminal Court, Kennedy reflects on the role of humanitarian law, international justice mechanisms and the obligations of governments in responding to alleged violations of international law.The session explores:The foundations of international humanitarian law and the protections established by the Geneva Conventions.The responsibilities of states, including the United Kingdom, under international law.The protection of civilians, infrastructure and essential services during armed conflict.The role of the International Criminal Court and the legal standards applied when assessing evidence for international crimes.The distinction between the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.Questions of accountability, individual criminal responsibility and international justice.The importance of evidence gathering, documentation and independent journalism during conflicts.Emerging concerns regarding military technologies, surveillance systems and artificial intelligence in warfare.Allegations of abuses against detainees and the broader challenges of ensuring accountability for violations of international law.The role of the United Nations, international institutions and civil society in defending the rules-based international order.Baroness Kennedy argues that the effectiveness of international law depends not only on the existence of legal frameworks, but also on the willingness of governments and institutions to uphold and enforce them consistently. She warns that failures to apply international legal standards risk undermining the broader rules-based order established after the Second World War.Reflecting on current debates surrounding accountability, she discusses the importance of independent courts, international legal institutions and public scrutiny in ensuring that alleged violations are investigated and addressed.The address concludes with a call for continued civic engagement, political pressure and support for international legal mechanisms, arguing that lasting justice depends upon active participation from governments, institutions and citizens alike.Recorded at the Britain Palestine Project annual conference, Recognition is the Beginning, held at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 2 June 2026.Baroness Helena Kennedy KC is one of the United Kingdom's most distinguished barristers, broadcasters and human rights advocates. A member of the House of Lords and former Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, she has spent decades working on issues relating to civil liberties, international justice, women's rights and the rule of law. She has served on numerous international legal commissions and inquiries and is widely recognised for her contributions to human rights, legal reform and international criminal justice.

In the closing session of the conference, Britain Palestine Project Executive Director Dr Brian Brivati reflected on the discussions of the day and outlined the practical policy agenda emerging from the conference and the newly launched Statement of Principles.Rather than attempting to summarise every contribution, Dr Brivati focused on a central question that had run throughout the conference: how can sufficient political pressure be generated to change the realities on the ground and encourage meaningful action from governments?He argued that the coming months present a significant political opportunity. With the prospect of political change in both Israel and the United Kingdom, and increasing public concern over the situation in Palestine and Israel, there is a rare moment in which policymakers may be more receptive to public pressure and advocacy.Drawing on themes raised throughout the day, Brivati highlighted a number of practical policy measures that Britain Palestine Project intends to advocate for, including action on trade with illegal settlements, opposition to settlement expansion in the E1 corridor, publication and implementation of legal advice relating to the International Court of Justice advisory opinion, and stronger action regarding arms exports and international legal obligations.He stressed that while individual measures taken by the United Kingdom are important, meaningful change will ultimately require coordinated action with international partners. Britain's influence is greatest when exercised alongside allies, particularly within Europe and through international institutions such as the United Nations.Brivati also pointed to the approaching review of the UN-mandated arrangements governing Gaza's future and argued that civil society organisations, campaigners and citizens have an important role to play in shaping the debate around what comes next.A key message of the session was that political engagement matters. Delegates were encouraged to continue writing to MPs, engaging with elected representatives, organising public meetings, and keeping issues of justice, accountability and international law firmly on the political agenda. Brivati argued that in a fragmented and competitive political environment, elected representatives are listening more closely than they often do, creating opportunities for citizens to influence policy.The session concluded with thanks to the speakers, delegates, volunteers and staff who had contributed to the conference, and a commitment from the Britain Palestine Project to continue developing and advocating a practical policy platform rooted in its Statement of Principles and informed by the expertise shared throughout the day.

Featuring: Chris Doyle, Shawan Jabarin, Dame Emily Thornberry MP, Debbie Abrahams MP and Paul Gerrard,  Chair: Sir Vincent FeanIn this wide-ranging panel discussion, leading politicians, campaigners, human rights advocates and policy experts examine the question at the heart of the conference: now that the UK has recognised the State of Palestine, what practical steps should come next?The panel explores how recognition can be translated into meaningful political, economic and legal action, discussing sanctions, trade, settlements, accountability, international law and the role of civil society in shaping government policy.Topics discussed include:The implications of UK recognition of the State of Palestine and whether recognition should be viewed as a starting point rather than an endpoint.Britain's historic and contemporary responsibilities regarding Palestine.The UK's military, diplomatic and economic relationship with Israel.Calls for sanctions, arms embargoes and restrictions on trade connected to settlements.The International Court of Justice advisory opinion and the UK's response to its findings.The legality of Israeli settlements and possible measures available to governments and businesses.The proposed E1 settlement expansion and its implications for the viability of a future Palestinian state.The role of British businesses, investors and consumers in relation to settlements and occupation.The economic challenges facing Palestinian producers and exporters.The role of Parliament, political parties and public campaigning in shaping UK policy.Civil society action, grassroots organising and public pressure as drivers of political change.Questions of accountability, international law and enforcement mechanisms.Recorded at the Britain Palestine Project annual conference, Recognition is the Beginning, held at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 2 June 2026.Chris Doyle is Director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu), one of the UK's leading organisations promoting informed debate and policy engagement on the Middle East. He is a frequent commentator on Middle Eastern affairs and has worked for decades on issues relating to Palestine, Israel, human rights and British foreign policy.Shawan Jabarin is General Director of Al-Haq, the leading Palestinian human rights organisation. A prominent lawyer and human rights advocate, he has spent decades documenting violations of international law and advancing accountability through international legal mechanisms.Dame Emily Thornberry is Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury. She has played a leading role in parliamentary scrutiny of UK foreign policy and has been an advocate for Palestinian statehood and international law.Debbie Abrahams is Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth and Co-Chair of the Britain-Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group. She has been a longstanding advocate for human rights, international law and Palestinian self-determination.Paul Gerrard is Director of Campaigns, Public Affairs and Board Secretariat at the Co-op Group. He has led the Co-op's work on ethical sourcing, human rights and responsible business practices, including initiatives supporting Palestinian producers and addressing trade linked to settlements.Sir Vincent Fean is a former British diplomat and Trustee of the Britain Palestine Project. He served as British Consul-General in Jerusalem and has written extensively on British policy towards Palestine and Israel, diplomacy and international law.

Human rights lawyer Jessica Stober examines the legal consequences of recognising the State of Palestine and explores what international law requires of governments, businesses and institutions in response to the ongoing occupation.Drawing on her experience working in the occupied Palestinian territory and her involvement in legal advocacy and litigation, Stober argues that recognition must be accompanied by practical measures affecting trade, arms licensing, sanctions and relations with Israeli settlements.The session explores:Why recognition of Palestine must lead to concrete legal and policy consequences.The limitations of domestic legal remedies within the Israeli justice system.The growing role of international law, international courts and treaty mechanisms in addressing Palestinian rights.The significance of Palestine's accession to international treaties and institutions, including the International Criminal Court.The International Court of Justice's 2024 Advisory Opinion and its implications for third states.The legal responsibilities of states regarding settlements, occupation and self-determination.The UK's trade relationship with Israel and questions surrounding settlement goods and economic activity linked to occupied territory.The impact of settlements on Palestinian communities, agriculture, natural resources and land use.Reports concerning conflict-related sexual violence and their implications for international legal obligations.Policy options available to governments, including sanctions, trade measures, arms licensing reviews and accountability mechanisms.Stober argues that international law already provides a framework for responding to unlawful situations, but that implementation often depends on political will. She examines how legal obligations relating to occupation, settlements and self-determination could be translated into practical government policy.The presentation also considers the role of civil society, public advocacy and strategic litigation in encouraging governments to comply with international legal obligations and uphold a rules-based international order.Returning to the conference theme, Recognition is the Beginning, Stober argues that recognition should not be viewed as an endpoint, but as a foundation for policies that meaningfully affect trade, accountability, sanctions and the protection of Palestinian rights.Recorded at the Britain Palestine Project annual conference, Recognition is the Beginning, held at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 2 June 2026.Jessica Stober is a human rights lawyer specialising in international law, forced displacement, accountability and Palestinian rights. She previously worked with the Norwegian Refugee Council in the occupied Palestinian territory, where she supported legal efforts to challenge displacement, demolitions and settlement expansion. Her work focuses on international humanitarian law, international criminal law and strategic litigation, and she is involved in legal initiatives examining state responsibilities, trade relationships and accountability for violations of international law.

Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq, examines the legal responsibilities of states in relation to Palestine and explores what recognition of Palestinian statehood should mean in practice under international law.Reflecting on both historical and contemporary legal obligations, Jabarin argues that recognition must be understood not as a symbolic gesture but as the beginning of meaningful action to uphold Palestinian self-determination, accountability and equal rights.The session explores:The legal significance of recognising the State of Palestine.Britain's historical role in Palestine and the legal implications of that history.Palestinian self-determination as a fundamental right under international law.The obligations of states regarding occupation, settlements, annexation and discrimination.The responsibilities of governments, corporations, financial institutions and other actors operating in occupied territory.International legal frameworks relating to accountability, including the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice.The relationship between humanitarian assistance and legal responsibility.The role of civil society, lawyers, academics, journalists and campaigners in promoting compliance with international law.Questions of state responsibility, accountability and reparations.The broader significance of international law in addressing ongoing conflicts and protecting human rights.Jabarin argues that international law provides a clear framework for addressing the denial of Palestinian rights, but that legal obligations often remain unfulfilled without political will and sustained public pressure. He emphasises the importance of accountability, equal application of legal principles and meaningful enforcement of international norms.Throughout the presentation, he reflects on the relationship between law, justice and political action, arguing that recognition should serve as a foundation for concrete measures rather than an endpoint in itself.The address concludes with a call for continued engagement from civil society, legal institutions and governments to ensure that international legal standards are applied consistently and that Palestinian rights are protected.Recorded at the Britain Palestine Project annual conference, Recognition is the Beginning, held at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 2 June 2026.Shawan Jabarin is General Director of Al-Haq, one of the leading Palestinian human rights organisations and the oldest independent human rights group in the occupied Palestinian territory. A prominent human rights advocate and lawyer, he has spent decades documenting violations of international law and promoting accountability through international legal mechanisms. Jabarin has worked extensively with United Nations bodies, international courts and global human rights networks, and is widely recognised as one of the leading voices on Palestinian human rights, international law and justice.

Negotiator and political analyst Daniel Levy examines the political frameworks, diplomatic initiatives and international mechanisms that have shaped recent developments in Gaza and the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Arguing that humanitarian realities cannot be separated from political decisions, Levy explores how international diplomacy, ceasefire arrangements and institutional responses have influenced conditions on the ground and the prospects for Palestinian self-determination.The session explores:The relationship between humanitarian conditions in Gaza and international political decision-making.The development and implications of the post-war ceasefire framework and related diplomatic initiatives.The role of the United Nations Security Council and international institutions in shaping the current political landscape.The creation and function of the proposed "Board of Peace" governance structure.Questions of accountability, international law and the implementation of International Court of Justice rulings.International aid mechanisms, reconstruction efforts and donor frameworks relating to Gaza.Debates surrounding Palestinian governance, representation and future political structures.The future of UNRWA and broader efforts to reshape the international approach to Palestinian refugees.Proposals concerning international stabilisation forces, occupation and security arrangements.The geopolitical interests and international actors influencing developments in Palestine and the wider region.Levy argues that many of the political and diplomatic structures currently under discussion cannot be understood as neutral administrative arrangements, but instead reflect broader debates about sovereignty, accountability, self-determination and the future political status of Palestine.He examines the tensions between international legal frameworks and diplomatic initiatives, questioning whether current proposals adequately address Palestinian rights and political aspirations.The presentation concludes by considering the resilience of Palestinian society, the limitations of existing diplomatic approaches and the challenges facing those seeking a just and sustainable political settlement.Recorded at the Britain Palestine Project annual conference, Recognition is the Beginning, held at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 2 June 2026.Daniel Levy is President of the US/Middle East Project (USMEP) and a former Israeli peace negotiator. He served as an adviser in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and participated in peace negotiations with the Palestinians during the Oslo process and subsequent diplomatic initiatives. A frequent commentator and analyst on Middle East affairs, he is widely recognised for his work on diplomacy, conflict resolution, international law and Israeli-Palestinian relations, and regularly contributes to international media and policy discussions.

Journalist, political analyst and former Palestinian government spokesperson Nour Odeh examines the growing gap between changing global public opinion on Palestine and the slower pace of political change among governments and international institutions.Reflecting on developments since the UK's recognition of Palestine, Odeh argues that while public awareness of Palestinian rights, occupation and displacement has grown significantly, mainstream political responses continue to lag behind public sentiment and international legal standards.The session explores:The significance and limitations of the UK's recognition of Palestine.The contrast between changing public attitudes and established political positions in Western governments.The relationship between recognition, international law and practical political action.Debates surrounding settlements, occupation and accountability under international law.The role of international institutions, including the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice.The influence of media coverage and changing information environments on public understanding of Palestine.Why public opinion has shifted significantly in favour of Palestinian rights across many countries.The growing role of civil society, grassroots movements and younger generations in shaping debate.The challenges of translating public sympathy into meaningful policy change.Palestinian perspectives on justice, freedom, equality and decolonisation.Odeh reflects on how Palestinians have experienced the disconnect between official political narratives and public reactions around the world, arguing that many people have increasingly rejected traditional gatekeepers of information and sought alternative ways to understand events in Palestine.She also discusses the importance of solidarity movements, human rights organisations and grassroots activism, suggesting that growing public engagement is creating new forms of pressure on political leaders and institutions.Returning to the conference theme, Recognition is the Beginning, Odeh argues that recognition alone is insufficient unless accompanied by concrete measures that uphold international law, protect human rights and advance Palestinian freedom and self-determination.Recorded at the Britain Palestine Project annual conference, Recognition is the Beginning, held at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 2 June 2026.Nour Odeh is a Palestinian political analyst, journalist and former government spokesperson. She previously served as spokesperson for the Palestinian government and has worked extensively in international media, diplomacy and public affairs. A respected commentator on Palestinian politics, regional affairs and international diplomacy, she regularly contributes analysis to major international broadcasters and publications and is widely recognised for her work on Palestinian rights, governance and public opinion.

Andrew Whitley sets out the urgent political and humanitarian context behind Recognition is the Beginning and challenges attendees to consider what practical action is now required from both government and civil society.Reflecting on developments in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Whitley argues that recognition of Palestinian statehood must be accompanied by concrete policies that uphold international law, human rights and Palestinian self-determination.In this session, Andrew Whitley discusses:The deteriorating situation facing Palestinians in Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank.The threat posed by annexation, settlement expansion and efforts to make a Palestinian state unviable.The humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the international response to it.The Britain Palestine Project's approach of combining history, education and advocacy to promote informed public engagement.The launch of the Britain Palestine Project's Statement of Principles and its relevance to UK policy.The importance of applying international law consistently across conflicts and regions.The significance of the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the occupation of Palestine.Calls for greater transparency and action from the British government regarding its legal obligations under international law.Whitley urges participants not only to deepen their understanding of the issues discussed throughout the conference, but also to use their own networks, communities and elected representatives to press for meaningful political action.The address also introduces the conference programme and highlights the contributions of leading historians, diplomats, academics, journalists and advocates who would speak throughout the day.Recorded at the Britain Palestine Project annual conference, Recognition is the Beginning, held at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 2 June 2026.Andrew Whitley is Chair of the Britain Palestine Project and a former senior United Nations official with extensive experience across the Middle East. He previously served as Director of the Representative Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in New York and has worked for decades on issues relating to Palestinian rights, humanitarian affairs, diplomacy and international development. Through his leadership of the Britain Palestine Project, he advocates for informed public debate, accountability and a just and lasting peace for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

Bongani Bingwa speaks to world news correspondent Adam Gilchrist about major global stories, including Ukraine's allegations that abducted children are being groomed to fight for Russia. They also discussed a court ruling dismissing Rwanda's compensation claim against the UK over its migrant deportation scheme, and the return of Poland's controversial "Highway to Hel" bus route. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg-based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team brings you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 6 am to 9 am (SA Time) https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show and catch-up podcasts, visit Primedia+ here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Let’s keep the conversation going online: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than two-thirds of U.N. members recently voted in favor of a resolution affirming a landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice that countries have a legal obligation to limit global warming. While this advisory opinion is not enforceable, it will likely be cited in lawsuits and appeals as a fact in the fight against climate disruption.   Also, the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup will mostly take place during the North American summer, and the prospect of extreme heat prompted a group of current and former players to write an open letter to FIFA calling for better protection of players.   And the Utah desert with its raw beauty has long been a muse for writer Terry Tempest Williams. In her 2026 book, The Glorians:Visitations from the Holy Ordinary, she explores miraculous moments of grace that call for our attention, even in spaces that may at first seem unremarkable. Terry joined us for an online Living on Earth Book Club event. -- Find photos, transcripts, links to more information about these stories, and much more at the Living on Earth website, loe dot org!   Music licensed from Blue Dot Sessions: sessions.blue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us Fan MailThis is Understanding Israel Palestine. I'm Margot Patterson, the producer of this week's episode. 'll be talking to Robert Malley again, Mideast peace negotiator and author of the recent book Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine after news briefs.A yearlong Al Jazeera investigation found that as many as 51 countries armed Israel during its war on Gaza — including many that publicly condemned Israel, announced embargoes on weapons sales to the country, and demanded a ceasefire.These weapon transfers took place after the International Court of Justice warned on Jan. 26, 2024 that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza and reminded states of of their obligations to act to prevent genocide under the Geneva Convention. All of the 51 states arming Israel were signatory to the convention, yet arms shipments to Israel actually increased after the warning. The Al Jazeera report was based primarily on an analysis of Israeli Tax Authority import data between 2022 and 2025. The 5 largest suppliers of military goods to Israel were the United States, India, Romania, Taiwan and the Czech Republic.A French activist shared on  live TV  what she experienced in Israeli detention after Israeli forces abducted members of the Global Summed Flottilla seeking to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. The 428 activists on 54 boats were intercepted May 19th in international waters  and taken  to Israel where their mistreatment in Israeli custody stirred international outcry after National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video showing him taunting blindfolded, bound activists. On French TVMay 23, Merriam Hadjal said she was slapped, beaten, kneed in the ribs and repeatedly groped and sexually assaulted by multiple Israeli soldiers. Hadjal is one of numerous flotilla activists who have  come forward alleging sexual violence in Israeli custody, including claims of sexual assault and rape by Israeli soldiers. Flotilla organizers say at least 15 of the detained activists reported sexual assault.Israel conducted more than 120 air strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on May 26, after IPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will escalete  its  war on the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.The  entire city of Tyre, and at least 10  southern villages in Lebanon have been ordered to evacuate. The expanding war violates  a nominal April 16 ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel and threatens to complicate negotiations between Iran and the U.S. IIran has said any agreement to end the war should end hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon. Since March 2,  at least 32oo  have been killed in Lebanon and 9700 wounded. More than 1 million people in Lebanonhave been displaced.My guest today is Robert Malley,  a Middle East expert and specialist in conflict negotiation.. He served as Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli affairs from 1998-2001 and was among the peace negotiators at the Camp David Summit of 2000. He was a member of the National Security Council during the the Obama administration and  was lead negotiator of the Iran nuclear deal. He was President Biden's envoy to Iran and is now at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs. His book,  Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine, was co-authored with Hussein Agha and looks at how the Oslo Accords deteriorated into an endless peace process that became a joke and then a fraud. This is the second of a two-part conversation. The first part aired May 15. You can find it on our program page on the KKFI website at www. kkfi.org or listen to it on our podcast available on most streaming platforms. Robert Malley, thanks for coming on the program again. When we spoke earlier, you talked about how the two-state solution has always been more popular with the international community than with either Israelis or Palestinians. That made it a heavy lift from the get-go. Not impossible, but difficult.In your book, you paint a very honest, nuanced picture of Yasser Arafat, who succeeded in convincing Palestinians that a Palestinian state on 22% of historic Palestine was not a betrayal of their rights and aspirations but a worthy goal. Could you talk more about Arafat and how the very traits that enabled him to unify and lead the Palestinian people made him suspect in Israeli and American eyes? Malley: It's a great question because he is the target of such contradictory perceptions and images in the West. The fact that he never left his military garb, that he, sometimes insisted on carrying a gun, spoke in very militant terms, particularly when he spoke to his own audience, particularly when he spoke in Arabic. All of that convinced many Americans, and certainly a majority of Israelis, that he was somebody with whom ultimately a peace couldn't be made because he could never give up on the aspirations of being a fighter, a militant in their eyes, often a terrorist. Now, Palestinian eyes, those are the traits that made it possible for him to sell some compromises which otherwise would have been even more difficult to swallow. You just mentioned the principal one, which is that even though the fight that the Palestinians have waged from, 1948 onwards was not a fight for a state on 22% of historic Palestine, it was a fight for liberation of all the land. It was a fight for the return of the refugees. And so his efforts, which were to make the Palestinians view that compromise not as a defeat but as a triumph, not as surrender but as conquest, was in part due to the fact that he retained, in their eyes, precisely the image that the West and Israel found repugnant, which is the image of somebody who would not drop his gun, who would not trade in his military garb for a diplomatic outfit, who would not only speak in the diplomatic language, but in the language of a rebel, of a militant, of a revolutionary. In some ways, what made it possible for him to sell the compromise to his own people made it very difficult and sometimes impossible for other audiences, Israeli or Western, to believe a word he said. Q.: You note that Americans were very deferential to the political constraints facing different Israeli leaders, but ignored those affecting Palestinian leaders. That was true for Arafat, but also for Mahmoud Abbas, Arafat's successor and the man who has led the Palestinian Authority for umpteen years now. Abbas believed that nonviolence was the only way forward for the Palestinian cause and has lived that credo, but his efforts to advance statehood have gone nowhere. How did the United States unwittingly sabotage him? How do you think they failed him, and why haven't his efforts been able to go anyplace?Malley:  A word on your first point. The U.S. identifies much more closely with Israel; they are more familiar with its political system. We could debate how much a democracy it is, since today the majority of the people living under Israeli governance, half of the people, don't have the same rights as others and a large percentage, the Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza, have no political rights at all when it comes to Israel's political system. So you could debate how democratic Israel, is, but certainly from an American perspective, it's a system that runs through parliamentary elections an election system that we can understand with regular polling and regular elections. The Palestinian system is a very different one, and I think in the eyes of many Americans, and this doesn't just apply to the Palestinians, it applies to many other countries, and particularly many Arab countries, they view it as more of a one-man show, in the past, the one-man show of Arafat, then the one-man show of Abbas, in which they believe that even though sometimes there are the accoutrements of democracy, the elections don't mean all that much. The system can be run in a more autocratic way by the supreme leader, in this case the head of the PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization, head of Fatah, the main party, the head of the Palestinian Authority. They believe that Palestinian politics don't matter, that ultimately because they project this image of a system that is run by a single person or by a small group of people, that they can impose whatever they want on their own population. Public opinion doesn't really matter. You hear that when people speak about Saudi Arabia, when they speak about Egypt, when they speak about many of these countries that either are not democratic or don't have a form of democracy that the U.S .is accustomed to. Whereas in fact, it doesn't work that way at all. Precisely because the Palestinian leadership doesn't have, and Arafat didn't have, those regular mechanisms in which his authority could be validated at the polls, in which you had democratic institutions that would legitimize his rule, he was very dependent on a popular form of consensus for his decision-making, and he couldn't afford to stray too far away from that core center of gravity, that consensus, because then he would have no legitimacy at all. And that's been true of one Palestinian leader after another. I think there is this misperception that because Israel is more, quote-unquote, "democratic," we need to pay attention and sometimes excessive attention. I can't tell you how many times I heard American officials for whom I was working saying, "We can't do X or Y or Z because it will imperil the coalition in power because of the democratic institutions and processes that Israel has to go through." I never heard that when it came to the Palestinians. It was, if Arafat wants it, Arafat could get it. If the next leadership would want it, it could get it. If the next leadership would

In this in-depth podcast, Associate Professor Karna Bahadur Thapa discusses the Nepal India border dispute, including the controversial regions of Kalapani, Lipulekh Pass, and Limpiyadhura. The conversation begins with India and China resuming the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Lipulekh and explores the geopolitical implications for Nepal. Prof. Karna Bahadur Thapa explains why Nepal never took the border issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), how Nepal may be losing diplomatic and strategic influence internationally, and the growing role of China in Nepal-India border politics. The podcast also dives into Nepal's foreign policy challenges, national security concerns, and whether the United Nations truly has the power to resolve global conflicts. The discussion further examines whether Nepal should continue aggressively fighting for border claims or instead focus on long-term diplomatic, economic, and strategic solutions. If you are interested in Nepal geopolitics, India Nepal relations, China's influence in South Asia, international diplomacy, and border security, this episode offers valuable insight and expert analysis. GET CONNECTED WITH Karna Bahadur Thapa: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/advkarna.thapa  

A new world order is emerging that is dangerously more wicked and destructive. Led by the United States, it is marked by savagery at home and abroad. The old order has collapsed, buried under the weight of its contradictions, mendacities and hypocrisies. The so-called rules-based international system was never what it was designed to be but it had some merit, such as the United Nations and its agencies. Today, that framework is shattered. The U.S. is the imperial hegemon, the global robocop. Rules, laws, treaties, and agreements are all gone. Washington, with its trillion-dollar military budget, commands the waves and the skies. Law, UN resolutions, and judgments from the International Court of Justice are for designated enemies. The master and his servants are exempt. Our media, with few exceptions, are stenographers to power.

Despite sanctions and repeated condemnation against the Burmese military, the ruling junta continues to unleash brutal attacks against its own people, including religious minorities such as Muslim-majority Rohingya and Christian-majority Chin, Kachin, and Karen communities. Several global efforts to hold the Burmese military accountable through a variety of international legal mechanisms are now underway.On this episode of the USCIRF Spotlight podcast, Commissioner Stephen Schneck speaks with Tom Andrews, former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, as well as Arsalan Suleman, a partner at Foley Hoag's International Litigation and Arbitration Practice. They focus their discussion on the ongoing case in the International Court of Justice which prosecutes the Burmese government's role in the Rohingya genocide.

Hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin bring us Empire on the Rocks with a look at growing opposition to the US-Israel war on Iran and weapons for Israel's bombardment of Gaza and bombing of Iran, Lebanon and Syria. On the second half of CODEPINK Radio, journalist Sam Husseini reports back on his trip to South Africa, where white supremacists are pressuring their country to drop its genocide case against Israel. Husseini advocates for South Africa to move for additional emergency orders at the International Court of Justice. 

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the laws that Hammurabi (c1810 - c1750 BC), King of Babylon, had carved into a black basalt pillar in present day Iraq and which, since its rediscovery in 1901 in present day Iran, has affirmed Hammurabi's reputation as one of the first great lawmakers. Visitors to the Louvre in Paris can see it on display with almost 300 rules in cuneiform, covering anything from ‘an eye for an eye' to how to handle murder, divorce, witchcraft, false accusations and more. The Code of Hammurabi, as it became known, made such an impression in Mesopotamia that it was copied and shared for a millennium after his death and, since its reemergence, Hammurabi and his Code have been commemorated in the US Capitol and the International Court of Justice.WithMartin Worthington Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at Trinity College DublinFrances Reynolds Shillito Fellow and Associate Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at The Queen's CollegeAnd Selena Wisnom Lecturer in the Heritage of the Middle East at the University of LeicesterProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list:Zainab Bahrani, Mesopotamia: Ancient Art and Architecture (Thames and Hudson, 2017)Dominique Charpin, Hammurabi of Babylon (I.B. Tauris, 2021)Prudence O. Harper, Joan Aruz and Françoise Tallon, The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures from the Louvre (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992)J. Nicholas Postgate (ed.), Languages of Iraq, Ancient and Modern (British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 2007), especially ‘Babylonian and Assyrian: A History of Akkadian' by Andrew R. George Martha T. Roth, Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor (2nd edition, Scholars Press, 1997)Marc Van De Mieroop, King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography (Wiley, 2005) Marc Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 BC (4th edition (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006)Selena Wisnom, The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History (Allen Lane, 2025)Martin Worthington, Complete Babylonian: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Babylonian with Original Texts (Teach Yourself Library, 2012)In Our Time is a BBC Studios ProductionSpanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 is essential listening for the intellectually curious. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the laws that Hammurabi (c1810 - c1750 BC), King of Babylon, had carved into a black basalt pillar in present day Iraq and which, since its rediscovery in 1901 in present day Iran, has affirmed Hammurabi's reputation as one of the first great lawmakers. Visitors to the Louvre in Paris can see it on display with almost 300 rules in cuneiform, covering anything from ‘an eye for an eye' to how to handle murder, divorce, witchcraft, false accusations and more. The Code of Hammurabi, as it became known, made such an impression in Mesopotamia that it was copied and shared for a millennium after his death and, since its reemergence, Hammurabi and his Code have been commemorated in the US Capitol and the International Court of Justice.WithMartin Worthington Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at Trinity College DublinFrances Reynolds Shillito Fellow and Associate Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at The Queen's CollegeAnd Selena Wisnom Lecturer in the Heritage of the Middle East at the University of LeicesterProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list:Zainab Bahrani, Mesopotamia: Ancient Art and Architecture (Thames and Hudson, 2017)Dominique Charpin, Hammurabi of Babylon (I.B. Tauris, 2021)Prudence O. Harper, Joan Aruz and Françoise Tallon, The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures from the Louvre (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992)J. Nicholas Postgate (ed.), Languages of Iraq, Ancient and Modern (British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 2007), especially ‘Babylonian and Assyrian: A History of Akkadian' by Andrew R. George Martha T. Roth, Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor (2nd edition, Scholars Press, 1997)Marc Van De Mieroop, King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography (Wiley, 2005) Marc Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 BC (4th edition (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006)Selena Wisnom, The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History (Allen Lane, 2025)Martin Worthington, Complete Babylonian: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Babylonian with Original Texts (Teach Yourself Library, 2012)In Our Time is a BBC Studios ProductionSpanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 is essential listening for the intellectually curious. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.

Against the backdrop of Donald Trump's tariffs, America's closest ally, Canada, has struck a trade agreement with its rival, China. Speaking in Beijing, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the relationship with China had been "more predictable" than the one with the US. Is President Trump pushing his allies into Beijing's orbit? Also: Taiwan's tech firms will invest $250 billion in the US in exchange for lower tariffs. The government of Myanmar has begun its defence at the International Court of Justice against charges that it committed a genocide of the Rohingya people. South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol is sentenced to prison for his 2024 attempt to impose martial law. And we take a look at the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, as host nation Morocco prepares to face Senegal in the final. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment.Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk