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• The Guardian view on Israel’s aid blockade of Gaza: hunger as a weapon of war | Editorial

  04-05-2025 19:30
  
  Conditions are increasingly desperate. The resumption of humanitarian relief is essential to save civilian livesShameful. That was the word that Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s foreign minister, used to describe proceedings at the international court of justice (ICJ) last Monday. The United Nations asked the court to determine whether Israel must allow aid to enter Gaza, two months after it cut it off again just before the ceasefire deal collapsed. Supplies are running out. Unicef says that t
  
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• Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini

  04-05-2025 16:00
  The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know To be a transgender person in the UK over the past two weeks has been to wake up daily to discussions on how your life must be made smaller. The supreme court ruled on 16 April that references to a person’s sex in the Equality Act 2010 should be interpreted as referring only to “biological sex”. Since then, we have learned
  
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• Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote

  04-05-2025 08:00
  
  Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industriesMinisters are rethinking changes to copyright law before a vote in parliament next week, in a further concession to artists, the Guardian has learned.A source close to Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, said proposals to introduce an opt-out system of copyright rules was no longer his preferred option but one of several being given consideration. Continue readi
  
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• Spin doctors: gambling firms adopt hard tactics to flood towns with 24-hour slot machines

  04-05-2025 07:00
  
  Companies deploy highly-paid lawyers and appear to mislead councillors – but local authorities are fighting backIt is almost 2am in Peterborough and a handful of punters are wordlessly feeding their money into the machines at Merkur Slots.A fragment of a song, the lyric “nothing to lose”, drifts through the shop as their funds rapidly evaporate. Closing time is fast approaching, but that does not mean the end of the gambling. Continue reading...
  
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