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Aug 31, 2026 - World

Guidance says states must implement ‘comprehensive measures’ to address legacy of racial discriminationA UN committee has said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other ⁠measures to address the enduring ⁠legacy of racial ​discrimination.Guidance published on Monday by the committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (CERD) said the obligations arose from ⁠a legally binding 1965 convention on racial discrimination, not from the legal standards that existed when the slave trade took place. Continue reading...

Aug 31, 2026 - World

Pedro Sánchez says two countries cooperating and accuses Israel and Russia of spreading fake news about migrationSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said there is no evidence to suggest the Moroccan government was behind last month’s massive border crossing into Ceuta but accused Israel and Russia of spreading disinformation.As many as 141 people are thought to have died trying to enter the Spanish enclave at the end of July. The influx of about 70,000 men, women and children unleashed a political crisis, a humanitarian emergency and reignited tensions within the EU over immigration. Continue reading...

Aug 31, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump's strange interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy on Sunday night bewildered the president's critics. Trump appeared on "Sunday Night in America" with Gowdy, where the two men discussed topics ranging from Trump's dream golf foursome to his management of the economy and foreign affairs. During the interview, critics noted that Trump was spouting statements so strange that they wondered what was really going through the president's mind as he spoke. "Trey Gowdy is working hard to do the most pathetic interview of Trump of all time," Aaron Rupar, an independent journalist, posted on X. "It's a stiff competition, but man, this is some pathetic stuff."In one segment, Trump claimed that Canada "thinks" it is a state even though Trump has repeatedly claimed he wanted to make Canada a state. "We are actually quite sure we are not a state," Scott Barber, a Canadian author, posted on X. "Deranged," the political commentary account "Spiro's Ghost" posted on X. Trump also repeated his plea to voters to pretend he is on the midterm ballots to increase voter turnout. Polls have shown that Republicans often perform well when Trump is on a ballot, but recent polling suggests the 2026 midterms may be different. Trump's plea struck a nerve with comedian Stacy Cay. "Pretend gas prices aren’t high. Pretend inflation isn’t getting worse," Cay posted on X. "Pretend we’re not at war with Iran. Pretend I won the 2020 election. Pretend I wasn’t Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend. Pretend my main donor didn’t do a Seig Heil at my inauguration."Trump also claimed to have "largely taken care of inflation" during the interview, a claim that some found truly difficult to comprehend. "So out of touch," Robert Wolf, a board member of the Obama Foundation, posted on X. "Gas prices are still high. Grocery prices are up big, such as beef, coffee, chocolate. Commodity prices are up, like wheat [and] corn. Fertilizer and diesel prices are up, hammering farmers." Trey Gowdy is working hard to do the most pathetic interview of Trump of all time. It's a stiff competition, but man, this is some pathetic stuff. pic.twitter.com/Z7tUnmLcBw— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2026

Aug 30, 2026 - World

CNN data guru Harry Enten was astounded on Sunday after new data revealed just how little Americans think of President Donald Trump's latest stunt. Last week, Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario Lake America as part of his ongoing trade spat with America's northern neighbor. Enten did a little digging into Google's search data and said during Sunday's broadcast of "CNN Newsroom" that the data painted a revealing picture of how Americans are thinking about the move. "Do Americans agree with him? Are they actually now calling it Lake America?" Enten asked. "Well, the early signs are no, Americans do not, in fact, agree with President Trump.""Since Thursday, I looked at the Google searches in all 50 states," he continued. "And guess what? In every single one of them, all 50 [states], a 50-state sweeperoo (sic), more Americans are searching for Lake Ontario." Enten also noted that Americans have largely sided with Canada in the wake of Trump's move, as Canada's favorability rating remains well ahead of the president's. "It's a completely different ballgame," Enten said about Trump's favorability rating compared to Canada's. "My goodness gracious! Americans far more like Canada, dare I say love Canada, than ... [they] despise the way that President Trump is dealing with Canada."

Aug 30, 2026 - World

There's an "interesting sign" emerging after the U.S. conducted a new round of strikes against Iran on Sunday that risks spurring America's enemies to act, according to one analyst. The U.S. launched a series of strikes against two sites on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz where Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps members were staging rocket launchers to attack merchant ships, according to reports. The strikes came just days after President Donald Trump called Iran a "failing nation" in a post on Truth Social. David Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times, shared his assessment of the strikes on Sunday's broadcast of "CNN Newsroom.""I think they take it as an interesting sign, Sanger said about how America's enemies such as China and Russia reacted to the new strikes. "I think they both also see that the U.S. is now going to have to tie up considerable forces in the Persian Gulf for the foreseeable future."Sanger also warned that the new strikes could have bitter geopolitical consequences. "That could tempt Vladimir Putin to try to go take a small NATO country, or at least some territory in it," Sanger said. "It could tempt Xi Jinping to go after Taiwan."