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British and Israeli governments condemn pledge by 343 professors and lecturers who criticise what they call ‘Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land’ Palestinian protesters run from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank. Photograph: Emad Drimly/Xinhua Press/Corbis Peter Walker and Ian Black   More than 300 academics from dozens of British universities have pledged to boycott Israeli academic institutions in protest at what they call intolerable human rights violations against the Palestinian people. The declaration, by 343 professors and lecturers, is printed in a full-page advertisement…

A new anonymous whistleblower has elaborated on the US drone program abroad and some of the questionable activity taking place under President Obama’s watch. It was always know that there were kill lists involved, but it turns out that the situation is much worse than we expected. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down.

The policy has endured as American forces have recruited and organized Afghan militias to help hold territory against the Taliban. But soldiers and Marines have been increasingly troubled that instead of weeding out pedophiles, the American military was arming them in some cases and placing them as the commanders of villages — and doing little when they began abusing children.”*

Canadian couple Jennifer Huculak and her husband have been saddled with a medical bill of nearly $1 million after she gave birth to her daughter in the U.S.

Record sea ice around Antarctica due to global warming – environment – 17 September 2014 – New Scientist.

American intelligence agencies have concluded that it poses no immediate threat to the United States. Some officials and terrorism experts believe that the actual danger posed by ISIS has been distorted in hours of television punditry and alarmist statements by politicians, and that there has been little substantive public debate about the unintended consequences of expanding American military action in the Middle East

UK government reviewing £8bn of arms sales to IsraelMinisters say contracts for military equipment will be individually examined to ensure they are not being used in Gaza offensive via UK government reviewing £8bn of arms sales to Israel | World news | theguardian.com.

Vince Cable moves to ban zero-hours contract exclusivity clauses | UK news | The Guardian.

News UK news Zero-hours contracts Vince Cable moves to ban zero-hours contract exclusivity clauses Bill introduced on Wednesday aims to clamp down on abuses, but critics say it is not enough to fully protect workers Share 152 inShare25 Email Phillip Inman, economics correspondent The Guardian, Wednesday 25 June 2014 Jump to comments (434) zero hours Vince Cable has announced moves to ban exclusivity clauses in the contracts. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Vince Cable has warned “unscrupulous employers” that he would ban clauses in zero-hours contracts that prevent workers…