Labor activist Chris Smalls is back in the US after imprisonment and abuse by Israeli forces for joining the Handala Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. He tells us about his time in detention, the silence from the US, and what the flotilla movement means for worldwide solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide.

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The US has imposed a punitive 25% tariff on India. President Trump warns that more could follow. It's a spectacular change from six months ago - when the leaders of the two nations declared their friendship at the White House. So what went wrong - and what's next?

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Shurina is a 15-year-old high school student in Hita in southwestern Japan. Her world shifts when she’s cast as a kamikaze pilot in a play about World War II directed by her piano teacher and performed alongside her best friend, Yua. Tasked with reciting the pilot's farewell letter and portraying the brutal realities of war, Shurina is overwhelmed by the emotional weight of her role. To prepare, Shurina and Yua travel across Japan to visit World War II memorial sites, culminating in Okinawa, the site of their final performance. As the performance nears, can Shurina find the strength to honour the story she’s been entrusted to tell?

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Almost two years in, the war in Gaza is the deadliest conflict for journalists ever. With no foreign journalists allowed in, Palestinian reporters on the ground are the only ones who can tell the story to the world. But they face death threats, attacks, and now even starvation. How are reporters in Gaza doing their jobs amid such challenges?

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US President Donald Trump says he's ordered two nuclear submarines to be repositioned to what he's called the 'appropriate regions'. It comes after a social media war of words between Trump and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Trump is getting increasingly frustrated with Russia. His August 8 deadline, to end the fighting in Ukraine, has been mostly ignored by Vladimir Putin. And threats of US sanctions against Moscow and countries that buy its oil have so far landed flat. So, is this all about political theatre? Or can it add pressure for a ceasefire deal in Ukraine? So, is this all about political theatre? Or can it add pressure for a ceasefire deal in Ukraine?

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Starvation. Mass death. Children wasting away on camera. And still, no consequences. Rania Khalek is joined by Abby Martin to expose the full horror of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the complicity of liberals who stay silent or worse, and the surreal reality in which Marjorie Taylor Greene, Candice Owens and Tucker Carlson speak out. They also dig into the renewed media focus on Jeffrey Epstein, and what the mainstream won’t say about his ties to Israeli intelligence and elite blackmail.

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Despite some pushback from his party to deal with the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza - especially Israel’s starvation policy - the US governing Republican Party remains unmoved. Republicans overwhelmingly support Israel’s tactics against the Palestinians, as support for Israel plummets among Independent and Democratic voters. Trump says he wants more food to reach Gaza via the militarised distribution mechanism, the GHF. But he criticised Western countries that spoke of diplomatic moves, such as recognising Palestinian statehood.

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Around the world, countries are scrambling to cope with the latest wave of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. More than 60 countries are on the list, some with levies as high as 50 percent. The move has unleashed shock, confusion, and financial volatility. The US stock market took a hit, and a jobs report revealed slower than expected economic growth. Trump didn't take the news well...he promptly fired the head of the US Labour Statistics agency. But beyond that, how will these tariffs affect the global economy? And will this controversial foreign policy tool backfire on Trump?

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India is expelling Bengali Muslims - stripping citizenship, detaining and deporting them to Bangladesh. The crackdown has spread nationwide, prompted by years of BJP propaganda and a news media all too willing to sell the story of a Muslim "enemy within".

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The US arrested two Chinese researchers on National security-related charges for “smuggling” research materials into the US. But are these researchers really “agro-terrorists” posing a serious threat to US security, or are they the scapegoats in a rising cold war witch hunt against China? Join Linda Wan of Code Pink, Bob McMurray, and Judge Julie Tang to discuss what’s really happening here.

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