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Reform’s Zia Yusuf thinks targeted prostate cancer screenings are racist against white people now
3 June 2026 @ 10:17 pm
On 2 June, the Department of Health and Social Care announced a £200m boost to the Transform prostate cancer treatment trial. However, Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf has chosen to get himself in a tizz about the fact that the potentially life-saving trial is targeting Black people. You know, because Black people suffer from a far […]
By Alex/Rose CockerEducation ministers funded by corporate and pro-Israel lobbyists
3 June 2026 @ 10:02 pm
Keir Starmer’s government, true to its deeply shady form, has filled the Department for Education (DfE) with people close to both corporate and pro-Israel lobbyists. And the overlapping right-wing network flows from old Blairites like Peter Mandelson and Jim Murphy to the more recent Starmerites at Labour Together. Electoral Commission statistics show us just how […]
By Ed SykesUS Universities selling bodies meant for ‘science’ to US Navy for Israeli military training
3 June 2026 @ 8:49 pm
Two US universities are selling dead bodies, which are meant for ‘scientific purposes’, to the US Navy, which uses them to train the Israeli military. Back in 2025, student journalists revealed the links between bodies donated by the University of Southern California (USC) for scientific research and training provided to Israeli soldiers by the US […]
By HGBoris offered a “top five job” to back remaining in EU before he ultimately ran for leader
3 June 2026 @ 8:30 pm
In a new BBC documentary, Boris Johnson revealed that David Cameron offered him a “top five job” during a tennis match to secure his support for remaining in the EU. Cameron, PM at the time, apparently wanted Boris to know that he: valued his contribution, that he would be a major party of the government […]
By Maddison WheeldonList of disgrace: Over 50 countries armed Israel since plausible genocide ruling
3 June 2026 @ 7:56 pm
51 nations armed Israel during the settler-colonial state’s genocide against Palestinians. Some states gave the regime hundreds of millions of dollars in arms. Others just a few hundred dollars worth of equipment. All bear the mark of shame. Al Jazeera reported on 24 May: military-related goods originating from at least 51 countries and self-governing territories […]
By Joe GlentonLabour holds power in Cambridge because of Lib Dems say Greens
3 June 2026 @ 7:47 pm
This is a statement from the Cambridge & South Cambridgeshire Green Party The Green group on Cambridge city council has confirmed that it will not be entering a proposed rainbow coalition with Labour or the Liberal Democrats. Instead, it put forward and voted for its deputy leader Sefira Davison to lead the city council. Sadly […]
By The CanaryTrump’s planned $1.8 billion payout to loyalists like Proud Boys is dead
3 June 2026 @ 7:44 pm
On May 18th, Trump’s Justice Department announced a nearly $1.8 billion fund called the Anti-Weaponization Fund; however, on Tuesday, the acting Attorney General of the USA said that they were no longer moving forward with it amid a backlash from both Democrats and Republicans. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration will drop […]
By The Canary‘Beloved youth’ abducted at gunpoint by Israeli forces alongside three other women
3 June 2026 @ 7:33 pm
The Director of Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice and Evangelical Lutheran Pastor, Munther Isaac, has posted a statement from Bishop Dr. Imad Haddad on the abduction of a young member of their church community in Birzeit, located in the occupied West Bank. As the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the […]
By Maddison WheeldonAlgeria at the 2026 World Cup: Restoring prestige and chasing the 2014 feat
3 June 2026 @ 7:06 pm
Algeria — After years of ups and downs, marked by both successes and failures, the Algerian national team returns to the 2026 World Cup with a twofold ambition: to restore its standing amongst the African elite on the one hand, and to prove that the current generation is capable of writing a new chapter to […]
By Alaa ShamaliCampaigners file legal challenge to ‘unlawful powergrab’ over NHS drug price controls
3 June 2026 @ 6:53 pm
A legal battle by campaigners against the UK government over changes it has made to the UK’s drug price control system is moving to the courts, following a formal exchange with the government’s lawyers. In its response to a pre-action letter, the government sought to justify the way changes, which will end the independence of […]
By The Canary