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‘No one cares about her’ alleged killer yelled while victim Zahwa Mukhtar lay dying in street
20 February 2026 @ 11:43 pm
“I just wished I helped her or she listened to me to not get into the car,” one of the witnesses said tearfully in court as she relived the hours leading up to Zahwa Mukhtar’s death. Zahwa Mukhtar murder trial continues The 27-year-old financial assistant suffered fatal injuries after being pushed from a parked silver […]
By Vicky GayleBangladesh: CAGE warns elections alone won’t stamp out corruption
20 February 2026 @ 8:25 pm
CAGE International has put out a new report, ‘Out of the Shadow of Hasina,’ which it describes as a pathway towards accountability for the people of Bangladesh, where counter-terrorism continues to be used to entrench repression. CAGE’s report highlights the long shadow cast by 15 years of authoritarian rule under the Hasina regime, toppled in July […]
By Maddison WheeldonNew Gorton and Denton by-election poll has the Greens in first place
20 February 2026 @ 8:12 pm
New polling in the Gorton and Denton constituency for the incoming by-election has the Greens three points ahead of Reform. The Zack Polanski-led party is on 20%. Meanwhile, Labour trails on 15%. Green win would be historic The constituency battle marks a further move away from the two party system. As has already happened in […]
By James WrightUK urged to stop fuelling risk of accidental nuclear war
20 February 2026 @ 8:01 pm
The UK has been accused of fuelling the risk of accidental nuclear war, as a former UK defence secretary signed an open letter which said modernised safeguards must be introduced into nuclear command and control systems. Des Browne is vice chair of Nuclear Threat Initiative as well as chair of the board of trustees and […]
By Tom PashbyAfter Israel killed a thousand athletes, FIFA signs agreement with Peace Council to build football pitches in Gaza
20 February 2026 @ 7:53 pm
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has announced what it described as a “historic” partnership agreement with the Peace Council to launch a comprehensive programme to rebuild football infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, which suffered widespread destruction during the recent war. The agreement comes amid a catastrophic sporting reality. All football stadiums and facilities […]
By Alaa ShamaliTony Blair on Gaza’s ‘Board of Peace’ is like putting Prince Andrew in charge of an Epstein inquiry
20 February 2026 @ 7:20 pm
Former PM, genocide supporter, and on-the-loose war criminal Tony Blair’s full support of Donald Trump’s vision for Palestinians was slammed for its cruel irony: the man who helped destroy Iraq wants you to believe he and Trump have Gaza’s best interests at heart. In Washington, the first session of what has been dubbed Donald Trump’s […]
By The CanaryLegal group calls on Met Police to investigate Elbit Systems UK directors
20 February 2026 @ 7:02 pm
The Public Interest Law Centre (PILC), with the support of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has today submitted a detailed complaint to the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) concerning Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. The case against Elbit Systems The complaint asks SO15 to open a criminal investigation into four current and former British […]
By The CanaryFIFA collaborating with Trump in Gaza annexation
20 February 2026 @ 6:52 pm
Wasn’t rightly facing derision for awarding the warmonger Donald Trump a made-up ‘peace prize’ enough? Football’s governing body FIFA has announced that it will collaborate with Trump in his and Israel’s forced annexation of Gaza. FIFA boss Gianni Infantino said that FIFA will ‘partner’ with Trump’s Orwellian scam ‘Board of Peace’ in Gaza to bring […]
By SkwawkboxHow did Israel create an environment that is hostile to life in Gaza?
20 February 2026 @ 6:37 pm
The Gaza Centre for Human Rights has accused the Israeli occupation authorities of pursuing a systematic policy aimed at turning the Gaza Strip into an ‘uninhabitable’ area. It says this is being done through the deliberate targeting of the humanitarian system, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and suffocating restrictions on the flow of basic aid. […]
By Alaa ShamaliBillionaire media barons amplify the right, while silencing the Canary
20 February 2026 @ 6:35 pm
What is common between the billionaire Murdoch family (Australia/US/UK), Larry Ellison (US), Paul Marshall (UK), Pier Silvio Berlusconi (Italy), Lőrinc Mészáros (Hungary), Gautam Adani (India), Yildirim Demirören (Turkey), Vincent Bolloré (France), Miriam Adelson (Israel/US), and Edir Macedo (Brazil)? Apart from being billionaires and sharing a similar right-wing ideology, they own a significant portion of the […]
By The Canary