BREAKING NEWS Palestine Action will be BANNED after High Court judge refused to block it being branded a 'terror group'
This is a breaking news story, it'll be updated soon.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Guardian
27 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Trump and Netanyahu meet at White House amid indirect ceasefire talks
Update: Date: 2025-07-08T01:19:19.000Z Title: Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the White House for his scheduled talks with', 'Donald Trump', 'this evening. Content: Israeli leader met US secretary of state and Middle East envoy before arriving at White House Cecilia Nowell (now); Abené Clayton, Fran Lawther, Chris Stein, Lucy Campbell and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) Mon 7 Jul 2025 21.19 EDT First published on Mon 7 Jul 2025 04.50 EDT From 6.54pm EDT 18:54 Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the White House for his scheduled talks with Donald Trump this evening. The Israeli prime minister met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff earlier this afternoon, the Associated Press reports, citing the prime minister's office. The visit comes as indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza continued for a second day on Monday. Trump has increased pressure for a deal in Gaza in recent weeks and raised the possibility that a ceasefire could be declared in a matter of hours or days. Hamas demands an Israeli withdrawal, while Netanyahu insists on Hamas disarming. The meeting between Trump and Netanyahu could give new urgency to the US ceasefire proposal, but whether it leads to a deal that ends the war is unclear. Updated at 6.57pm EDT 9.14pm EDT 21:14 A judge has ordered the Trump administration to continue disbursing Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, despite a provision in the president's recently signed tax and spending bill. US district judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary restraining order in response to a lawsuit filed earlier today by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The lawsuit argues that the ban on Medicaid funding, which targets Planned Parenthood for providing abortion care, will see increased rates of untreated sexually transmitted diseases and cancer, as well as unplanned pregnancies, nationwide. Updated at 9.19pm EDT 8.55pm EDT 20:55 The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer need to cut 80,000 jobs, as ordered by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, because it has already cut staff by 30,000 through retirements, buyouts and hiring freezes, the agency said today. In a news release, veterans affairs secretary Doug Collins said: 'Since March, we've been conducting a holistic review of the department centered on reducing bureaucracy and improving services to Veterans.' 'A department-wide RIF' or, reduction in force, 'is off the table, but that doesn't mean we're done improving VA. Our review has resulted in a host of new ideas for better serving Veterans that we will continue to pursue,' he added. 8.44pm EDT 20:44 Ahead of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in Washington DC today, demonstrators gathered outside of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to call for the release of the 7 October attack hostages and urge a ceasefire. Here are images from the rally: Updated at 8.55pm EDT 8.23pm EDT 20:23 Donald Trump said he lifted the United States's sanctions on Syria at the request of Middle Eastern leaders, including Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli prime minister added that Syria's new leadership gives Israel a chance at a new relationship with Syria. 8.11pm EDT 20:11 Donald Trump says the United States will resume weapons shipments to Ukraine. 'They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now,' he said. The president did not add any additional details. Last wee, the Pentagon halted shipments of US Patriot air defence systems and other precision weapons to Ukraine after concern that US stockpiles were running too low. 8.09pm EDT 20:09 Trump and Netanyahu are answering questions about Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who won New York City's Democratic mayoral primary. In response to a question about Mamdani, who has said he would enforce the International Criminal Court's arrest order if Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited New York city, Netanyahu said 'I'm not concerned about that'. Trump, who has threatened to deport Mamdani, who is a US citizen, said 'I'll get him out.' Later Trump called Mamdani a 'communist and said 'he's said some really bad things about Jewish people.' 7.58pm EDT 19:58 Donald Trump passed on a question about a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, asking Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to answer instead. 'I think Palestinians should have all of the power to govern themselves, but none of the power to threaten us,' he said. Updated at 8.02pm EDT 7.54pm EDT 19:54 Trump says Iran has approached the White House for talks following the United State's strike on the country's nuclear facilities. He also compared the US's strikes to the country's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan during World War II. 'I don't want to say what it reminded me of but if you go back a long time ago, it reminded people of a certain other event. And Harry Truman's picture is now in the lobby, in a nice location, not in the lobby where it should have been, but that stopped a lot of fighting, and this stopped a lot of fighting,' he said. 'I hope we're not going to have to' strike Iran again, he added. Updated at 7.54pm EDT 7.51pm EDT 19:51 Donald Trump says Russia's war in Ukraine is a 'horrible thing' and that he's 'not happy' with Russian president Vladimir Putin. He added that it doesn't matter that it's not Americans who are being killed. 'I'm disappointed frankly that President Putin hasn't stopped,' he said. 7.48pm EDT 19:48 In response to a question about the future of Gaza, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: 'It's called free choice: if people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave.' 7.45pm EDT 19:45 Also at the Trump-Netanyahu dinner, Trump confirmed his plans to visit victims of the floods in Texas on Friday. 7.45pm EDT 19:45 Speaking at his dinner with Donald Trump, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has sent a letter to the Nobel committee nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. Updated at 8.53pm EDT 7.36pm EDT 19:36 Demonstrators gathered in Washington DC today to protest the arrival of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently meeting with Donald Trump for talks many hope will lead to a ceasefire agreement in Israel's war with Gaza. Here are a few images from the scenes outside the White House and Blair House, where Netanyahu met Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff earlier. 7.17pm EDT 19:17 Donald Trump signed two other executive orders today, amid his tariff announcements. One directs his administration to 'strictly enforce the termination of the clean electricity production and investment tax credits', Biden-era subsidies for wind and solar projects. The other extends a federal hiring freeze through October 15. That order, which states 'no Federal civilian position that is presently vacant may be filled, and no new position may be created,' does not apply to military personnel, immigration enforcement, national security, public safety or the Executive Office of the President. 6.54pm EDT 18:54 Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the White House for his scheduled talks with Donald Trump this evening. The Israeli prime minister met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff earlier this afternoon, the Associated Press reports, citing the prime minister's office. The visit comes as indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza continued for a second day on Monday. Trump has increased pressure for a deal in Gaza in recent weeks and raised the possibility that a ceasefire could be declared in a matter of hours or days. Hamas demands an Israeli withdrawal, while Netanyahu insists on Hamas disarming. The meeting between Trump and Netanyahu could give new urgency to the US ceasefire proposal, but whether it leads to a deal that ends the war is unclear. Updated at 6.57pm EDT 6.03pm EDT 18:03 Donald Trump has set new 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other countries, including Bangladesh and South Africa. The announcement was made via a post on Truth social that included letters sent to the nations' leaders. He also signed an executive order on Monday extending a 90-day pause for a slate of so-called 'reciprocal' tariffs first introduced in April – in effect pushing back the deadline of trade talks back to 1 August. Read the details of Trump's most recent moves here. Updated at 6.26pm EDT 5.43pm EDT 17:43 The Trump administration will deport Kilmar Ábrego García if he is released from custody, a Justice Department attorney said in court this morning, according to the New York Times. The Maryland father, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March, is currently detained on smuggling charges the Trump administration filed after he was returned to the United States. Ábrego García's lawyers have asked the Federal District Court hearing the smuggling case to keep him in custody so that the federal government does not deport Ábrego García before the criminal case is concluded. Updated at 5.43pm EDT 5.35pm EDT 17:35 California has rejected the Trump administration's guidelines on transgender athletes, education secretary Linda McMahon said in a social media post. Since taking office in January, Donald Trump has directed his Education Department to enforce Title IX, a civil rights law preventing sex discrimination, to prevent transgender athletes from competing on teams that align with their gender identity. In June, the Education Department found that California had violated civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams. In her post, McMahon included email screenshots showing that the California Department of Education and Interscholastic Federation had opted not to comply with the Trump administration proposal, which would have required the state to apologize to athletes who had lost competitions to trans athletes. In a screenshot of an email, California Education Department general counsel Len Garfinkel wrote that the state 'respectfully disagrees' with the Trump Administration's analysis.
The Guardian
27 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at White House meeting expected to focus on Gaza
Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that he would nominate him for the Nobel peace prize on Monday, as the two leaders met for the first time since the US launched strikes on Iran's nuclear program as part of a short-lived war between Israel and Iran. Trump was expected to press Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Israel's 21-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza amid an outcry over the humanitarian cost of an offensive that has led to nearly 60,000 deaths, most of them Palestinian. Israeli and Hamas negotiators met for indirect talks for the first time in six weeks in Qatar on Monday. While both sides have spoken positively about the prospects for a ceasefire, a number of crucial negotiating points remain including guarantees from the Israeli side that the war would not continue and Netanyahu's insistence that Hamas be banished from Gaza for good. Before a dinner in the Blue Room at the White House, Trump was asked whether he believed that Palestinians should be forcibly removed from Gaza, amid reports that Israel has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah – a plan that has been criticised as a blueprint for ethnic cleansing. Trump directed Netanyahu to answer the question. 'It's called free choice,' said Netanyahu, who is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes relating to the Gaza war. 'You know, if people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave.' At the beginning of the meeting, Netanyahu presented Trump with a letter that he said he had sent to a committee for the Nobel peace prize commending Trump's efforts to end conflicts in the Middle East. 'I want to express the appreciation and admiration not only of all Israelis, but of the Jewish people,' Netanyahu said before presenting the letter. 'You deserve it,' Netanyahu added. 'Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful,' Trump said. It was the second high-profile nomination for the president: last month Pakistan said it would recommend Trump for the prize. Asked about Russia's war in Ukraine, Trump suggested that he would resume weapons shipments to the Ukrainian army, although the White House had recently confirmed it had halted some weapons deliveries due to a Pentagon review of dwindling US munitions stocks. 'We're going to send some more weapons,' he said. 'We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now. They're getting hit very hard. We're going to have to send more weapons.' Trump claimed during the meeting that Hamas 'want to meet and they want to have that ceasefire.' But he did not share any additional details on preparations for a ceasefire, and when asked about a two-state solution with the Palestinians, directed the question to Netanyahu, who repeated Israeli insistences that they would maintain a 'security guarantee' over territories like the Gaza Strip. 'I think the Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves, but none of the powers to threaten us,' Netanyahu said. 'And that means that certain powers like overall security will always remain in our hands.' Before departing for Washington on Sunday, Netanyahu said he was confident a deal could be achieved and that Israeli negotiators had been given clear instructions to achieve a ceasefire – but only with conditions that Israel has already agreed. Sources in the prime minister's entourage described the talks in Qatar as positive, according to Israel's military radio station and an Israeli official quoted by Reuters. Palestinian officials were more downbeat and said initial meetings on Sunday had ended inconclusively. Netanyahu had met with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and secretary of state Marco Rubio earlier on Monday. He is expected to remain in Washington to meet with vice-president JD Vance and senior officials, including house speaker Mike Johnson.
The Independent
41 minutes ago
- The Independent
The real reason Netanyahu nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke in a solemn voice as he lauded the efforts of the peacemaker who sat before him. 'He's forging peace, as we speak, in one country, in one region after the other,' Netanyahu said. 'So I want to present to you, Mr President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee. It's nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved, and you should get it,' he added, rising to hand him said letter. President Donald Trump, who had just weeks earlier launched airstrikes against Iran, was touched. 'Wow,' he said. 'Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful.' Soon after, Trump took a moment to reflect on his quest for peace. 'The biggest bombs that we've ever dropped on anybody, when you think non-nuclear,' the president said of the diplomacy that earned him the nomination for the prize previously awarded to Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela. 'I don't want to say what it reminded me of, but if you go back a long time ago, it reminded people of a certain other event, and is Harry Truman's picture is now in the lobby,' Trump continued, comparing his efforts to the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Japan during the Second World War, an event that killed more than 120,000 civilians. The ironies abound. President Trump received a nomination for the peace prize weeks after launching military strikes against a country that his intelligence agencies had said was not building a nuclear weapon. He launched that action after single-handedly destroying a diplomatic deal that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had negotiated, and which was working. He received it from a man who, had he delivered the nominating letter to the Nobel Committee in Sweden by hand, would have been arrested under its obligation as a signatory to obey a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. From a man who is currently presiding over a war that has killed more than 55,000 people, more than half of them women and children, that has made Gaza the place with the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, and where the blockade of vital aid has pushed much of the population to the brink of famine. In short, being nominated for a peace prize by Benjamin Netanyahu is akin to being nominated for a 'not breaking the law' prize by fictional mob bossTony Soprano. But Netanyahu's nomination has less to do with world peace and more to do with the softening up of Trump ahead of crunch talks this week. This visit was supposed to be a victory lap for the Israeli prime minister after the realization of a decades-long-held wish to bomb Iran's nuclear program. He achieved it with Trump's help and he will likely need it again in the near future to ensure it does not rebuild. The Israeli leader's relationship with Trump is also a political crutch that he leans on when he needs to shore up support in his shaky ruling coalition at home. Trump has, in recent weeks, gone to the extraordinary lengths of calling for corruption charges against Netanyahu to be dropped, linking U.S. support for Israel to the fate of its prime minister. All of which is why he ensured his departure was covered with much fanfare as he left Tel Aviv. The same fanfare was not waiting on the other side, however. The Israeli leader was whisked into the White House through the back door on Monday, and the pair had no public events scheduled as they met to discuss Israel's ceasefire with Iran, a potential ceasefire in Gaza, and a wider peace deal between Israel and Gulf countries. Some had read into that arrangement that Trump might be aiming to put more pressure on Netanyahu on this visit to achieve some of his goals. In many ways, Trump and Netanyahu have never looked more in sync. They have just gone to war together, after all. But much of their relationship over the past year or so has been a one-way street, and Trump is beginning to notice. Trump has given Netanyahu carte blanche to act with impunity with American weapons in Gaza, not even putting up the pretense of caring about civilian casualties, and even entertaining the Israeli right's wildest dreams of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza. But he has his own plans for the region. He wants to build on the Abraham Accords peace deal between Israel and several Arab states from his first term, specifically bringing Saudi Arabia on board. He would like — for his own reasons, likely not related to the welfare of Palestinians — to forge a peace in Gaza. He has made little headway in those goals largely because Netanyahu's plans have superseded his own. Trump has not been shy to show his frustration. A few weeks ago, he publicly admonished the prime minister for breaking a ceasefire agreement he had brokered with Iran. "They don't know what the f*** they're doing,' he said of the leaders of both Iran and Israel, a statement that raised eyebrows for its equal apportioning of blame. Trump is reportedly keen to use this trip to press for a ceasefire in Gaza and a permanent end to the war, and has promised to be 'very firm' with Netanyahu to get it. Part of that pressure campaign appears to involve denying him the oxygen of publicity until he can show some results. If some kind of deal is reached, or if Netanyahu gives Trump enough to make him feel like he's won a victory, expect a longer-than-usual press conference to make up for it, filled with war stories, tales of bravery, bunker busters, daring pilots, and peace in our time.
