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Turkey used German spy software on opposition politicians and activists

Opposition protesters in Turkey were reportedly deceived into downloading a spy app made by a German firm. Germany has previously vowed to block exports of spy software to authoritarian countries.

Exclusive: how rightwing groups wield secret ‘toolkit’ to plot against US unions

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Internal documents obtained by the Guardian reveal a nationwide drive to persuade union members to quit and stop paying dues

Rightwing activists are launching a nationwide drive to persuade public-sector trade union members to tear up their membership cards and stop paying dues, posing a direct threat to the progressive movement in America.

Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal that a network of radical conservative thinktanks spanning all 50 states is planning direct marketing campaigns targeted personally at union members to encourage them to quit. The secret push, the group hopes, could cost unions up to a fifth of their 7 million members, lead to the loss of millions of dollars in income and undermine a cornerstone of US progressive politics.

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Erdoğan ends UK state visit by calling jailed journalists ‘terrorists’

Why did May even invite a dictator to Britain?

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Turkish president ignores call from Theresa May to not lose sight of defending democracy

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has ended his three-day state visit to the UK by insisting that all the journalists locked in Turkish jails were terrorist criminals, ignoring a warning from Theresa May not to lose sight of democratic values as he sought to defend his country from “the extraordinary pressures of a failed coup and Kurdish terrorism”.

At a press conference in Downing Street alongside May, Erdoğan made no reference to May’s remarks about human rights, but instead urged her to do more to extradite Turkish exiles from the Gulenist or Kurdish movements, saying that if she did not act act against terrorists, it would come back to bite her.

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North Korea cancels talks with South, and hints it could do the same with US

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  • State news agency warns US over ‘provocative’ military exercises
  • Analysts say language of warning is mild by Pyongyang’s standards

The North Korean regime has called off high-level talks with Seoul and hinted it could also pull out of a planned summit with Donald Trump, in protest at joint exercises by the US and South Korean militaries.

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if we live for next elections, my voice is for Hamas اذا ما حيينا لانتخابات قادمة …حماس هي صوتي

This is, above all, about Palestinian leadership which unites in effective work for freedom for all Palestinian people – not a party or government in power – for the people.

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إذا ما حيينا لانتخابات قادمة…. حماس هي صوتي

قد تبدأ الإنتقادات من العنوان ، فعادتنا لن تتغير كشعوب لا تقرأ. وقد ينتهي القاريء للعنوان الى تحليل لفحوى المقال ، وقد يعزف الكثيرون عن القراءة لصوت ينادي من أجل حماس.

ولن أطيل في مقدمة طويلة ، فصورتي على مقالاتي تؤكد انتمائي المختلف عما تنادي به حماس.

ولكن لأنني لست فصائلية ولا عقائدية ولا حزبية، ولا زلت أنبض بهويتي الفلسطينية الخالصة ، أقول وبأعلى صوتي ، أن حماس يجب أن تكون خيارنا .

ما يجري بغزة يؤكد ان هذا الشعب يصمد ويحارب ويقاوم ويبذل حياته من أجل وطن ترفع راياته ، ومن أجل حق وعدل لا بد يتحقق ما دام هناك شعب نابض مطالب لا ينسى ولا يركع .

ولا أظن ان الالاف المؤلفة في غزة تختلف عن مثيلتها بالضفة والقدس ، ولكن الاختلاف هو وبلا شك في محتواه الرئيسي في قيادة الشعب بغزة ، وسواء أعجبنا ام لم يعجبنا…

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