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Chelsea in talks for Villa set-piece guru MacPhee
Chelsea are looking to sign highly regarded set-piece coach Austin MacPhee from Aston Villa but they face competition from Premier League and Saudi Pro League clubs.
August 4, 2026
Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian village near Nablus
Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian village near Nablus Hundreds of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Sarra, southwest of Nablus, on Friday, burning homes, damaging property and assaulting residents. The attacks forced several families in the occupied West Bank village to flee for safety, residents told Middle East Eye. Residents said that at least two homes were set on fire, while several Palestinians suffered from smoke inhalation after the fires. Eyewitnesses told MEE that villagers also attempted to confront the attackers and prevent further damage. The attack on the village comes after a series of attacks carried out by settlers in the Nablus area, following the deadly attack on the town of Tel. Mohammed Turabi, a resident of Sarra, said that he and his family were shaken by the settlers' attack on their home, where they hurled stones and Molotov cocktails. The courtyard, vehicle and ground floor of the house were burned, but the family says it managed to escape unharmed. “The settlers were in the hundreds and they violently attacked the house, pelting it with stones and Molotov cocktails. The yard and the vehicle caught fire,” he said. Israeli soldiers were nearby, watching the settlers without intervening, Turabi said. Ahmad Sarrawi, a member of the municipality, said that the settlers’ attack on the village was organised and premeditated. The settlers had recently been constructing dirt roads to facilitate their access to Palestinian homes and their subsequent attacks, he said. “The settlers came from the Havat Gilad outpost and targeted the houses on the outskirts of the village, setting fire to a number of houses and vehicles with incredible speed and in large numbers,” Sarrawi explained. Read more: Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian village near Nablus
August 4, 2026
Red sun, orange sky as Madrid battles worst wildfire in its history
Wildfires near Madrid and Ávila forced tens of thousands to evacuate, turning the sky orange and the sun blood-red over affected towns.
August 4, 2026
Russian air defenses down 8 guided bombs, 1,060 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones
Ukrainian armed forces units lost about 1,480 service members in the special military operation zone over the past day
August 4, 2026
Japanese restaurant operator Yamaya eyes India as part of broader expansion
August 4, 2026
Russian strike on arms exhibition near Kyiv: event organiser served notice of suspicion
The organiser of an arms exhibition in Kyiv Oblast that was hit by a Russian strike on 24 July has been detained and served with a notice of suspicion. Ten people were killed in the attack and around 100 others were injured.
August 4, 2026
Blackstone, KKR and Brookfield take Kuwait pipelines stake in $16bn deal
Largest ever foreign investment in the Gulf state comes as it seeks to raise capital in face of Iranian attacks
August 4, 2026
Intern arrested on suspicion of spying at Nato military HQ
Belgian officials say operations have not been compromised after a Canadian national of Chinese origin is detained
August 4, 2026
Saudi Arabia strikes Houthis after Iran-backed rebels target tankers
Kingdom’s civil defence forces warn key energy sites at risk of retaliatory attacks
August 4, 2026
Macron and Merz move on from fighter jet heartbreak
The threat of a Le Pen presidency has provided an incentive for Paris and Berlin to come together
August 4, 2026
Investors bet on Federal Reserve rate rise after oil price surge
Sharp increase in energy prices means next week’s US central bank meeting is ‘live’, investors say
August 4, 2026
Amazon accused of poaching HBO employees in Warner Bros. lawsuit
Warner Bros. Discovery has sued Amazon for 'inducing' its employees to breach their contracts.
August 4, 2026
‘The Odyssey’ Was Made for Imax 70mm. Good Luck Watching It That Way
Over the last several years, the Imax format has taken on a few different forms—but only a few dozen theaters are capable of screening it in its full glory.
August 4, 2026
What a helicopter’s flight in the Taiwan Strait says about Beijing’s war plans
A People’s Liberation Army helicopter’s unprecedented flight in the Taiwan Strait has raised concerns in Taipei that Beijing is rehearsing a new kind of operation for a potential cross-strait conflict. Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected four PLA aircraft, including a helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), operating around the island on July 20 and the following morning. The helicopter and drone crossed the median line and remained east of it for nearly 9.5 hours in the “R9”...
August 4, 2026
India’s education minister quits in major win for youth protesters
India’s education minister resigned on Saturday, handing a major victory to youth protesters who had demanded he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks, and who erupted in celebration on news of his departure. “We have done it,” said Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party that led the protests, to loud cheers at the Jantar Mantar protest site in New Delhi. India’s biggest street protests of recent years have become a political flashpoint, posing one of the...
August 4, 2026
Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian village near Nablus
Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian village near Nablus Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Sat, 07/25/2026 - 09:40 Residents say Israeli forces watched as settlers burned homes and forced families to flee, following escalation in violence in occupied West Bank after Tel killings Residents douse flames engulfing a car outside a home attacked by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Sarra, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank (Atiq/Middle East Eye) Off Hundreds of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Sarra, southwest of Nablus, on Friday, burning homes, damaging property and assaulting residents. The attacks forced several families in the occupied West Bank village to flee for safety, residents told Middle East Eye. Residents said that at least two homes were set on fire, while several Palestinians suffered from smoke inhalation after the fires. Eyewitnesses told MEE that villagers also attempted to confront the attackers and prevent further damage. The attack on the village comes after a series of attacks carried out by settlers in the Nablus area, following the deadly attack on the town of Tel. Mohammed Turabi, a resident of Sarra, said that he and his family were shaken by the settlers' attack on their home, where they hurled stones and Molotov cocktails. The courtyard, vehicle and ground floor of the house were burned, but the family says it managed to escape unharmed. “The settlers were in the hundreds and they violently attacked the house, pelting it with stones and Molotov cocktails. The yard and the vehicle caught fire,” he said. Israeli soldiers were nearby, watching the settlers without intervening, Turabi said. Ahmad Sarrawi, a member of the municipality, said that the settlers’ attack on the village was organised and premeditated. The settlers had recently been constructing dirt roads to facilitate their access to Palestinian homes and their subsequent attacks, he said. “The settlers came from the Havat Gilad outpost and targeted the houses on the outskirts of the village, setting fire to a number of houses and vehicles with incredible speed and in large numbers,” Sarrawi explained. A car set on fire during an attack by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Sarra, southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank (Atiq/Middle East Eye) Residents eventually confronted the settlers, preventing further destruction and forcing them to leave the village, Sarrawi added. Umm Wahid, an elderly resident, said she gathers her children every night to sleep at her daughter's house because of fears of settler attacks. She told us that Israeli bulldozers approached her daughter's house and began uprooting olive trees, then hundreds of settlers launched a massive attack from nearby valleys. "When we saw them attacking in such numbers, we decided to leave the house to protect the children. As soon as we left, they set the house on fire and then went to other houses in the village, breaking windows and damaging vehicles," she added. She said one of her grandchildren fainted after inhaling thick smoke and that the children were left terrified by the attack. Incitement campaigns The violence coincided with continued incitement by extremist settler groups on social media, alongside an increase in attacks on Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank. Palestinians and human rights organisations have warned that the incitement will fuel further violence and provide cover for attacks targeting civilians and their property, amid calls for international protection for the population. The Palestinian Presidency, the government, and the Commission Against the Wall and Settlements condemned the recent attacks on Palestinian villages, considering them part of a policy aimed at intimidating residents and forcing them to leave their land. They also called for urgent international action to hold those responsible for these attacks accountable and to end the "impunity that encourages the recurrence of settler attacks". Israeli military jeeps along the road in the Palestinian village of Sarra, as civil defence teams and residents douse flames from a home attacked by Israeli settlers southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank (Atiq/Middle East Eye) Naaman Abdullah, the mayor of Sarra, told MEE that the western part of the village is inaccessible because it is classified as Area C, meaning it is under Israeli control according to the Oslo Accords. "This reality we are living in is like the situation in the villages neighbouring us. After the killing of four Palestinians in the village of Tel on Friday morning, the settlers moved to other villages and attacked their homes," he said. "Then they reached our village and bulldozed the land, uprooted the trees and burned the houses," he added. Abdullah said that repeated settler attacks, coupled with Israeli military restrictions, have made life hard, as roads are "frequently blocked by military gates", forcing residents to rely on unpaved routes to reach their homes. Israel's genocide in Gaza News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0
August 4, 2026
Number of detained Palestinians from overnight Israeli raids reaches 66
Number of detained Palestinians from overnight Israeli raids reaches 66 At least 66 Palestinians have been detained in a large scale raid and detention campaign by Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank, launched in the early hours of Saturday. Wafa news agency reported that 30 people were detained in Tal, south of Nablus city, four in Ramallah, and five in Jenin. In Hebron, eight people were rounded up during military raids of towns and villages. Another three people were detained in Bethlehem and five in Tulkarem.
August 4, 2026
Charting the Global Economy: Growth Picks Up, AI Boom Continues
Applications for US unemployment benefits fell last week to an almost 60-year low, adding to signs of a stable labor market that will allow the Federal Reserve to focus on inflation.
August 4, 2026
‘People who commit heinous crimes can be victims’: Michael Mann on the provocative power of Manhunter at 40
As a stunning 4K restoration arrives in theaters, the director and cast reflect on creating the disturbing descent into a criminal underworld Michael Mann has shown time and again in films like Thief , Heat , Miami Vice and Public Enemies that he is one of American film’s greatest explorers of the underworld. “It’s like a kind of cultural anthropology,” Mann tells me from his office in Los Angeles. “If you make films, you get to do that in a different place with a different subject every few years. For me, the exploration is the high.” With its unsettling atmosphere and soaring beauty, Mann’s 1986 film Manhunter reimagined how a thriller could look, sound and feel in an early high point for the director. To commemorate its 40th anniversary Manhunter: The Final Cut , a 4K restoration and director’s cut with three minutes of new footage, will see a theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles this weekend with a nationwide US rollout to follow. Continue reading...
August 4, 2026
‘Maybe he’s a racist’: Donald Trump takes bizarre swipe at NBA great LeBron James
US president responds to question about NBA’s ‘best ever’ James backed three candidates who ran against Trump In a bizarre response to being asked to weigh in on the basketball careers of Michael Jordan and LeBron James, the US president Donald Trump said that James might be “a racist”. In Friday’s White House press conference, the Fox News reporter Peter Doocy mentioned that James intends to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers, then asked the president whether Jordan or James is the “best ever”. Continue reading...
August 4, 2026
No, this video does not show Iran downing a US B-52 bomber
A video said to show an Iranian missile destroying a US B-52 bomber has garnered more than three million views on X, where it has been picked up and shared by a pro-Iranian account. However, if you look closely, you’ll see the signs that this video was actually artificially generated.
August 4, 2026
Indian education minister resigns after mass protests over exam paper leaks
India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday he had resigned from his post following mass protests calling for his dismissal. Public trust in India's university testing system has been undermined by a series of exam irregularities, including the leaking of a medical entrance question paper that forced more than two million candidates to re-sit the test.
August 4, 2026
GoPro Mission 1 Pro Review: The Best Action Camera You Can Buy
GoPro’s New Mission 1 cameras bring action cameras to a higher level with a larger sensor and more cinematic footage.
August 4, 2026
UKMTO reports tanker 'encounter' with 'military forces' in Gulf of Oman
UKMTO reports tanker 'encounter' with 'military forces' in Gulf of Oman The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an "encounter" between a tanker and "military forces" in the Gulf of Oman on Friday. The agency advised vessels to "consult the latest maritime security information and remain alert to the evolving operational environment". It added that authorities are investigating the situation, but did not provide any further details relating to the tanker's flag or the nature of the military forces involved.
August 4, 2026