(2019-07-11). Diplomatic leak inquiry has found no evidence of hacking, says minister. thecanary.co 
The inquiry into the leak of diplomatic cables criticising Donald Trump's White House is focusing on whether "someone within the system" was responsible, a Foreign Office minister has said.Sir Alan Duncan said there was no evidence the dispatches from Sir Kim Darroch — Britain's ambassador to the US — had been obtained through computer hacking.Instead, he said the investigation was looking at the possibility they had been "illicitly" released by someone with access to diplomatic reports.Sir Kim announced on Wednesday he was standing down from his posting in Washington, saying his position had become "im…
(2019-07-11). Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians. globalresearch.ca 9 July was a particularly lethal day for Syrians in their homeland. As is their tendency, the choreographs of the warmongering, military industrial complex media have busily diverted eyes on the undiplomatic row between Trump and newly resigned British ambassador; …
(2019-07-11). Johnson throws his barber under the bus after Trump mocks his haircut. thecanary.co When President Trump attacked our ambassador, would-be PM Boris Johnson showed everyone what he's made of. Namely by throwing the ambassador under the bus. | Johnson has made clear exactly how little spine he has. Trump — who takes great joy in tormenting the worms who wriggle around him — has been having some fun with his. | To the wolves: | Trump began by mocking Johnson's hair — a cut that's almost as shabby as his own. The former foreign secretary immediately blamed his barber, but the spurned stylist argued: You think I want to cut his hair like that? He comes in with £5 and a…
(2019-07-11). Majorities of Both US Veterans and Public Believe Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 'Not Worth Fighting'. commondreams.org The majority of American veterans and members of the general public agreed in a new survey that the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the U.S. military campaign in Syria were all "not worth fighting." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/afghanistan_peace.jpg …
(2019-07-10). Headlines for July 10, 2019. democracynow.org Children Recount Mistreatment, Sexual Abuse at Yuma, AZ Migrant Jail, Scabies, Shingles & Chickenpox Spreading Among Children at Clint, TX Migrant Jail, Jewish Activists Arrested After Protesting Migrant Detention on Capitol Hill, Judge Rejects DOJ Move to Replace Legal Team Charged with Census Citizenship Battle, Court Says Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter, U.K. Ambassador Resigns After Leaked Cables Scandal, Afghan Peace Talks Close as Deadly Attacks Continue, Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act, Megan Rapinoe to Trump: "Your Message Is Excluding People", Calls Grow fo…
(2019-07-10). Trump Wants His Friend Boris Johnson to Win the Tory Leadership Race. globalresearch.ca Whoever leaked the British Ambassador to the US' diplomatic telegrams to London did so with the intent that the resultant tiff that it predictably provoked with Trump would probably make Boris Johnson win the Tories' leadership vote with a landslide….
(2019-07-10). US-British relations hit bottom following ambassador's leaked Trump criticism. wsws.org Trump's attack on May over Brexit is the latest broadside supportive of her likely successor Boris Johnson and of the breakup of the European Union.
(2019-07-10). US cancels Brexit trade talks with UK amid ambassador scandal. rt.com 
Long-scheduled talks between US and UK trade officials were suddenly called off amid a scandal involving British Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch and his scathing criticism of President Donald Trump revealed in private memos. |
(2019-07-10). Faith in humanity restored after fellow passengers kicked a man off a bus for being a massive racist. thecanary.co 
Passengers "ejected" a man from a bus because of his reportedly "vile racist" behaviour. And while police are still searching for the abuser, the online response shows the strength of community action. | "The woman… remained calm and collected": | Brighton and Hove News reported that passengers "ejected" a man from a bus in Brighton for launching a racist tirade. The man, who hasn't yet been identified, shouted: "f***ing Syrian…
(2019-07-09). "Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad. mintpressnews.com 
Israel new course to prepare high school students traveling overseas to be good "ambassadors" includes training on how to combat BDS, claims of apartheid and more.
(2019-07-09). Should universities care about the truth? mronline.org 
Those with responsibility for the strategic direction of universities have a clear choice in this matter. They can embrace the funding and accolades that come from saying things the Government and other funders want to hear; or they can do what most ordinary people think universities are supposed to do. | Source
(2019-07-09). Trump Takes the Bait, Lashing Out at U.K. Ambassador Whose Private Notes Were Leaked. theintercept.com Donald Trump's tweet, lashing out Britain's ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, for writing private assessments of the American president's shortcomings, arrived on Monday with all the inevitability of a cuckoo popping out of a clock to announce the progress of time. | In fact, the president's angry denunciation of the previously obscure diplomat — with whom, he wrote, "We will no longer deal" — was so predictable, it looked to some observers like the intended outcome of a plot, hatched in London, to depose the amba…
(2019-07-07). Syria: At least seven children killed in yet another airstrike. un.org According to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), at least seven children were killed in an airstrike against displaced civilians on Saturday on the village of Mhambel, in the outskirts of Idlib, in northwest Syria. News reports state that over 20 civilians were killed in this attack led by Government forces using missiles and barrel bombs.
(2019-07-05). Iran Threatens Seizure of UK Oil Tanker if Iranian Oil Tanker Not Released. theantimedia.com (ZH) — Iran has called for the "immediate release" of its oil tanker after British Royal Marines boarded and seized it off Gibraltar a day ago after it took a long 90-day trek around the tip of Africa, presumably to evade sanctions enforcement en route to Syria. Authorities had accused the Grace 1 supertanker of illegal smuggling …
(2019-07-04). Voices from Syria's Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting. mintpressnews.com 
Eva Bartlett visited refugees in Syria escaping the horrid conditions in the Rukban Refugee Camp, a desolate outpost in the US administered deconfliction zone. What she found was very different than the 'reality' depicted by the Western press.
(2019-07-04). British Marines Seize Oil Tanker Suspected of Bringing Iranian Oil to Syria. theantimedia.com British Royal Marines have seized an oil tanker they suspected was headed to Syria, which would be a violation of US and EU sanctions.