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It supported the overthrow of Libya and the Neo-Nazi takeover of Ukraine. Its Russophobic and anti-China content is anti-intellectual and borders on the insane. I stopped listening to the World Service in 2010 as well as watching virtually all BBC content. What the BBC did to Dr Who is disgusting.
Religion is a major contributing factor to all world conflicts (be it Judaism, Christianity, or Islam). Support for one side other another should not be taken to automatically imply siding with the religion of that preferred side. Under Biden, for instance, Colombia appeared untroubled by America’s official Russophobia and its support for Neo-Nazi Ukraine – but since the advent of Trump II’s overt and pronounced anti-Colombian racism at home (ICE) and abroad – perhaps this has switched the pendulum firmly in the other direction. Who knows? The Vatican has longevity and even got away with supporting Mussolini and Hitler before, during, and after WWII!
The controversy erupted after The Daily Telegraph revealed an internal BBC memo showing that an October 2024 Panorama episode, Trump: A Second Chance?, had stitched together two segments of Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021, delivered more than 50 minutes apart. The edit created the misleading impression that Trump was directly urging supporters toward the Capitol riot, sparking public outrage and prompting The New York Times to label it as the BBC’s “worst crisis in decades.”
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election Tuesday night, becoming the first muslim mayor of the most populous city in the United States.
By 00:30 a.m. East Time (0530 GMT) Wednesday, Mamdani had seized around 50.4 percent of the votes, while former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, had collected 41.4 percent, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa had garnered only 7.1 percent, according to the preliminary results issued by the Board of Elections in the City of New York.
Mamdani, born in Uganda, is currently a member of the New York State Assembly and is set to take office on Jan. 1, 2026.
Despite the ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, at least 236 Palestinians had been killed and 600 wounded by Israeli fire, Gaza health authorities said Sunday. It said the total death toll from Israeli strikes since Oct. 7, 2023, had reached 68,865.
The Hamas-run media office on Monday accused Israel of committing 194 violations of the ceasefire, adding that the aid delivered into Gaza since Oct. 10 does not exceed 24 percent of the agreed-upon amount due to Israel’s obstruction.
Also on Monday, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem condemned Israel’s continued demolition of homes and residential areas in Gaza, saying the operations “constitute a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement.”
He called on mediators to pressure Israel to halt the “ongoing violations,” including daily killings, the continued blockade, restrictions on aid, and the closure of the Rafah border crossing.
The specific protocol, known as the Israel Leahy Vetting Forum, involves higher-level US officials and a lengthier process aimed at reviewing incidents allegedly involving Israeli occupation forces.
Under regular circumstances, a single objection from an official is adequate to halt assistance, but the process for Israel requires consensus from a working group, which includes representatives from pro-Israel entities within the US government. This has created a system where, to date, no Israeli military unit has been denied US assistance despite evidence of human rights abuses.
The Biden administration has faced criticism for its decision not to suspend aid to Israeli units that have been linked to gross human rights violations, including a case involving the death of Omar Assad, a 78-year-old American citizen who died after being detained by Israeli forces. The Israeli military later described the incident as a “moral failure and poor decision-making” by the soldiers involved.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 