Disability benefits cuts: I thought I’d be safe under Labour, now I feel naive

When Keir Starmer's Labour won the 2024 UK general election, Beth Steventon-Crinks celebrated with her mother, who was terminally ill. One of the last things her mother said to her from her hospice bed was that she "might now be safe" after years of austerity under the Conservatives. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Now, with disability benefits coming under renewed attack from the Labour government, Steventon-Crinks says she feels "stupid", "silly and naive" for thinking that things would be different. 'A new war on disabled people in the UK' ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYFUvhAuU-Y #pip #disabled #disability #welfarebill #welfarecuts #benefits #welfare #benefitscuts #labour #keirstarmer #politics

I used to DJ in Ibiza, now I make music with plants

People are always telling me I’m the reason they speak to their plants,” says Joey Dean, an artist who is collaborating with plants to make interactive music and art. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Under the stage name Natural Symphony, Dean uses handmade instruments to detect the bio-rhythms in plants and trees, transforming them into live electronic music. He currently has an immersive exhibition called ‘Nature | Connected’ in King’s Cross, London, running until Sunday 29 June. Dean hopes that his art will help people will feel closer to the natural world: ”By immersing yourself in this experience, you will not only witness the harmony between nature and humanity but also feel a profound connection to the environment.” #plants #nature #music #naturalsymphony #ibiza

Zohran Mamdani declares victory in NYC Democratic mayoral primary race

'Tonight, we made history,' says Zohran Mamdani as the 33-year-old democratic socialist celebrates his apparent victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Andrew Cuomo, who was previously considered the race's frontrunner, conceded early in the night as Mamdani's extended lead became apparent

Rutger Bregman: Why I think you should quit your corporate job and change the world

Do you have a bullshit job? Well, historian Rutger Bregman believes that too many of us are wasting our talents and skills working jobs which are “socially meaningless” – but he thinks there is another option. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn “There’s an antidote to that kind of waste, and it’s called moral ambition. Moral ambition is the will to make the world a wildly better place,” he says. He has founded the School for Moral Ambition, an organisation which tasks talented people with solving the world’s most pressing issues, whether that’s the climate crisis or corruption, inequality or pandemics. In this video, Bregman makes the case for why corporate high flyers should quit their jobs to pursue something more meaningful. #capitalism #corporatelife #corporatejobs #bullshitjobs #davos #rutgerbregman

Why I’m travelling along the Green Line in Israel and the occupied West Bank

Watch the series here ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jfsqzoApnU&list=PLa_1MA_DEorGnakB7QV1Q_LBpHgtGQDxi We’ve just published episode 2 from our 3-part series, Along the Green Line. In this episode we’re in Tulkarm, a Palestinian city under siege from Israeli forces. Reporter Matthew Cassel has been visiting Israeli and Palestinian communities living either side of the 1949 Armistice line or ‘Green Line’ to see what hope there is for a resolution to the conflict between these two peoples. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn

Israel ‘must win every war’ | Along the Green Line: episode 2

In the second episode of Along the Green Line, reporter Matthew Cassel heads north to the occupied West Bank, visiting Tulkarm, a Palestinian city under siege by Israeli forces. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Tens of thousands of residents have been forced from their homes, but just over the border in Israel, residents here are experiencing a very different reality. In this three-part series we're traveling along the 1949 Armistice line or ‘Green Line,’ - once seen as the best hope for a resolution - and meeting Palestinians and Israelis living just kilometres apart. The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/BIHPrdq Website ► https://ift.tt/uWOaeUl Facebook ► https://ift.tt/e7kZuGO Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/6AQRx81 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #alongthegreenline #israel #westbank #palestine #gaza #occupiedwestbank #israelisettlers #israelisettlements

Waska: the cost of spiritual healing in the Amazon

The plant medicine hayakwaska (ayahuasca), marketed as a mystical shortcut to healing and enlightenment, is an example of what the Indigenous storyteller Nina Gualinga, sees as commodification and extractivism in the Amazon. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Nina is from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, Ecuador, and she speaks with the memory of her shaman grandfather about the ongoing cultural appropriation, environmental destruction and marginalisation of her people, questioning our very relationship to the Earth and the quest for healing Sign up for the Guardian Documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/cDWkqtu The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/BIHPrdq Website ► https://ift.tt/uWOaeUl Facebook ► https://ift.tt/e7kZuGO Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/6AQRx81 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #amazonrainforest #amazon #kichwa #sarayaku #ayahuasca #livingforest #theamazon #commodification #deforestation #extractivism

Trump’s military parade: ‘It’s sickening this is happening in my home city’ | The View From

The Guardian's Tom Silverstone speaks to peaceful protesters and local residents in Washington DC, who express a mixture of anger, concern and curiosity over the imposing military parade that marked the 250th anniversary of the US army and president Trump’s birthday Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Trump coveted a military spectacle but his parade proved underwhelming: ‘Just kind of lame’ ► https://ift.tt/veH9sUt The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/EahI6Lm Website ► https://ift.tt/5km0qNV Facebook ► https://ift.tt/OFM98Vy Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/mAn9sc4 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #trump #trumpmilitaryparade #trumpparada #usa #politics #donaldtrump #militaryparade #usarmy #usairforce

Divided Jerusalem: Along the Green Line

Since the war in Gaza and the expanding occupation of the West Bank, a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians feels more distant than ever. Watch the full episode ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEiL_5h14pY Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn In this three-part Guardian series, reporter Matthew Cassel travels along the 1949 Armistice border, or ‘Green Line’, drawn in the 20th century to separate Israel from the West Bank and Gaza, which was once seen as the best hope for a resolution. “Reporting in the Middle East for over 20 years, I’ve seen the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians deepen, shift, and return to the same painful questions again and again," says Cassel. He meets Palestinians and Israelis living just kilometres apart, but shaped by vastly different realities, to discover whether peace is still possible and what future they envision. This first episode begins in Jerusalem, a city at the heart of the conflict. Episode two will be released on Thursday 19 June. #jerusalem #eastjerusalem #alongthegreenline #israel #palestine #westbank #gaza #middleeast

Trump’s military parade: tanks roll through Washington DC

Donald Trump finally got his birthday wish to hold a military parade in Washington DC on Saturday. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Thousands of soldiers accompanied by tanks, aircraft and helicopters marched through the National Mall in a celebration of the army’s 250th birthday, while across the country, millions of people protested against his administration. Andrew Roth, the Guardian's global affairs correspondent, was in attendance to cover the first military parade in the nation’s capital since 1991. Unearthing the horror of WW2's bloodiest battle ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoslxSw58x8 #trumpparade #trumpmilitaryparade #usa #politics #military #usarmy #trump #donaldtrump #usairforce

LA resident shot ‘point blank’ with ‘less lethal’ ammunition: eyewitness account

On Monday evening, Los Angeles resident Alexandria Augustine filmed law enforcement officers shooting a woman with what appears to be “less lethal” ammunition at close range while she was walking alone near her home. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn “It’s scary, it’s terrifying, but unfortunately it’s not surprising,” she told the Guardian. During the current protests in Los Angeles, law enforcement officers have fired flashbangs, teargas and rubber bullets, while other news outlets have also reported the use of pepper balls.

Why Israel’s US-backed Gaza aid plan is so deadly

“This is a trap for us, not aid,” Adham Dahman told Associated Press after at least four were killed by Israeli fire near Gaza food point on Sunday. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn There have been frequent shootings in the past two weeks near the new hubs, where thousands of Palestinians are being directed to collect food. Since 27 May, when the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) became responsible for civilian food provision, more than 110 people have been killed and more than 1,000 people have been injured. The GHF announced on Wednesday that its operations would be suspended for 24 hours after Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians, as it pressed Israel to improve civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites. A GHF spokesperson said there had been “no incident at or in [the] surrounding vicinity” of any distribution site. The UN and other humanitarian organisations have rejected the new system, saying the GHF will not be able to meet the needs of Gaza’s 2.3 million people and that it allows Israel to use food as a weapon to control the population. A global hunger monitor said in May that half a million people in the strip faced starvation. Israel began bombing Gaza on 7 October 2023, after Hamas crossed the border into Israel, killed approximately 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage to Gaza. Israel’s attacks on Gaza since then have killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, the majority of them women, children and elderly people, and injured more than 125,000, according to health authorities in the territory, whose figures have proved accurate in past conflicts. We asked Chris Newton, a senior analyst at Crisis Group, an international think tank, why the controversial US-backed Israeli aid plan for Gaza is so deadly. #gaza #gazaaid #gazaaidcrisis #palestine #israel #gazafamine #gazafoodshortages #gazahumanitarianfoundation #food

The Bone Hunter: unearthing the horror of war in Okinawa - documentary

Peace activist Takamatsu Gushiken, 71, searches for the remains of people who were killed during the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest chapters in the second world war. As the US seeks to bolster its military presence on the island, due to its close proximity to China, Taiwan and North Korea, we explore the multi-layered tensions that have haunted the people of Okinawa for 80 years

Elon Musk fans defend billionaire as they watch SpaceX rockets at Starbase

As a small cluster of voters connected to SpaceX move to incorporate their own ‘Starbase city’ – a 4 sq km municipality just east of Brownsville, Texas – local tensions are rising. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn For the latest episode of Anywhere but Washington, Guardian reporter Oliver Laughland visited the small, low-income county near the US-Mexico border, where residents have mixed feelings about the plans – but Elon Musk fans are cheering on his every move. Follow the link to watch the video in full ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwxlYvRxzk4 #anywherebutwashington #starbase #elonmusk #spacex #texas #donaldtrump #trump

Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women

“Every girl growing up in Saudi knows about Dar al-Reaya and how awful it is. It’s like hell. I tried to end my life when I found out I was going to be taken to one. I knew what happened to women there and thought I can’t survive it.” Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn This is what one young Saudi woman who fled into exile told our reporter Deepa Parent about her experience of one of Saudi Arabia’s notoriously secretive Dar al-Reaya, which are so-called “care homes”, to where women are banished by their families or husbands for crimes such as disobeying the male members of their families, so they can be “rehabilitated” and returned to their families. Activists say these institutions, which they refer to as “prisons”, are one of the regime’s lesser-known tools for controlling and punishing women, and they want them to be abolished. Speaking out in public or sharing footage of these Dar al-Reaya has become impossible in a country where voices on women’s rights appear to have been silenced. But over the past six months, the Guardian has gathered testimony about what it is like inside these institutions, where girls and young women describe facing flogging and abuse. A Saudi government spokesperson said there was a network of specialised care facilities that supported vulnerable groups, including women and children affected by domestic violence. It categorically rejected claims of enforced confinement, mistreatment or coercion. Read the stories of some of the women who say they were detained, or threatened with detention, at one of these centres, in Deepa Parent and Tom Levitt’s full report ► https://ift.tt/cNFXpqR #saudiarabia #saudiprisons #saudi #women #daralreaya

I’m a UN aid worker in a warehouse full of supplies being blocked from entering Gaza

While aid has started to trickle into Gaza, reaching some of the most vulnerable people and areas, the level is totally inadequate for the needs of the territory’s 2.1 million people, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, has said. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Charities have warned that thousands of people are on the brink of famine because of the Israeli blockade on aid, which, after months, was eased earlier this week amid growing international pressure. Israel imposed the blockade on all supplies in March, saying Hamas was seizing deliveries for its fighters – a charge Hamas denies. A total of 107 trucks carrying flour, food, medical equipment and pharmaceutical drugs from the UN and other agencies were allowed into the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the Israeli military has said. However, the UN says about 500 aid lorries entered Gaza every day on average before the war began, and that about 600 a day are needed to begin tackling the territory’s widespread humanitarian needs. Earlier this month, a global hunger monitor said half a million people in Gaza face starvation. In a warehouse in Amman, Jordan, where supplies have been held up during the 11-week siege, the Unrwa senior emergency officer Louise Wateridge warns that “letting a few supplies in at a drip and a drop is not going to make a difference. All of these supplies need to enter now”. “These aid supplies are just one problem that people in Gaza are facing right now on [top of] the many horrors that they have on a day to day basis,” Wateridge says. “The only certainty that we have is if these supplies don't get to the people soon, more people will die.” #gaza #palestine #israel #gazawar #gazaaid #gazafamine #gazafoodshortages

‘God gave us Israel, all of it’ | Along the Green Line: episode 1

Since the war in Gaza and the expanding occupation of the West Bank, a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians feels more distant than ever. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn In this three-part series, the reporter Matthew Cassel travels along the 1949 Armistice border, or ‘Green Line’, once seen as the best hope for a resolution. He meets Palestinians and Israelis living just kilometres apart, but shaped by vastly different realities. This first episode begins in East Jerusalem, a city at the heart of the conflict The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/U62Ap5G Website ► https://ift.tt/xsel4Xq Facebook ► https://ift.tt/wjWJr4x Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/YC9tf7U The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #alongthegreenline #thegreenline #israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #middleeast

Why are gen Z men turning to rightwing politics?

Watch the full film here ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVm8bcAEA2c Young men and women are pulling apart ideologically - in the US, UK, South Korea, France, Germany and elsewhere, young women now take far more liberal positions on immigration and racial justice than young men, while older age groups remain evenly matched. Subscribe here ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn In the 2024 UK general election, almost twice as many young women voted Green than young men did (23% to 12%). Conversely, young men were more likely to vote for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK (12% to 6%). Guardian environment correspondent Damien Gayle wanted to hear from young men to find out why so many of them are turning to rightwing politics. #rightwing #men #manosphere #uk #politics #masculinity #nigelfarage #reformuk #reformparty