Where East Meets West Join us for a compelling evening as Ash Sarkar sits down with acclaimed historian and author William Dalrymple for a wide-ranging conversation at the crossroads of empire, resistance, and the long shadows of colonialism. Get tickets! dice.fm/event/92dq5d...

Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral primary race, overtaking the disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, will likely become the city’s mayor in November’s election, as the primary race tends to determine the outcome of that election.

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The UK government has confirmed it will ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support the direct action group.

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Sex workers told Novara Media that the measures proposed by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi could unjustly criminalise their friends and family and put prostitutes’ safety at risk. Maya Oppenheim reports.

Comprehensive new research finds the BBC coverage of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza is systematically biased against Palestinians and fails to reach standards of impartiality.

The UK Ministry of Defence has admitted that it’s currently training Israeli military personnel on British soil.

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The Novara Live team has been nominated for the Amnesty UK People’s Choice Award! Cast your vote for Ash Sarkar and Michael Walker here: www.amnesty.org.uk/cast-your-vote Just a reminder: there are new Novara Live episodes every weekday at 6pm UK time on our YouTube channel.

More than 100 relatives of people who have died after contact with the police since 1971 have joined plans for a class action lawsuit seeking compensation and justice.

Ten British nationals are facing allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting with the Israeli military in Gaza. On Monday 7 April, a team of legal experts delivered a landmark report to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team. novaramedia.com/2025/04/07/t...

Hungary has announced it is leaving the International Criminal Court, just hours after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived for a state visit, in full defiance of the ICC arrest warrant.

Berlin’s immigration authorities are moving to deport four foreign residents for being involved in pro-Palestine actions.

Professor Avi Shlaim speaks to Sebastian Shehadi about his latest book, western complicity in the genocide in Gaza and how Israel’s own archives turned him into an anti-Zionist.

The ICJP has announced the launch of a worldwide legal coalition dedicated to holding accountable any Israeli and dual national individuals alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

At least 326 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza overnight, including many children, women, and elderly people, according to Al Jazeera. This marks the latest violation of the ceasefire, which Israel has repeatedly breached throughout ‘phase one.’

Palestine Action activists will serve the equivalent of a two and a half year sentence before they even go to trial.

Ilan Pappé will be joining Aaron Bastani for Novara Media’s first Downstream IRL of the year! Pappé is one of the outstanding voices on not only the history of the Nakba, and Israel’s occupation of Palestine, but the zionist lobby too. dice.fm/event/g5gp26...

According to Drop Site News, Israel publicly announced Hamas had rejected the so-called Witkoff proposal before Hamas had been officially briefed on it by mediators and given its response.

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has called for the group to lay down its arms and dissolve, in a historic statement shared by pro-Kurdish politicians today.

Novara Media can lift the lid on the shadowy folk-rock connections of a far-right drinks party whose secret location was revealed by climate activists. Read more: novara.media/41fOx41

Israeli tanks have entered the occupied West Bank in a severe escalation of its month-long ‘Operation Iron Wall’, which targeted refugee camps and forcibly expelled 40,000 Palestinians.

Despite the Oscar nomination for best documentary, the Israeli-Palestinian co-production has struggled to find a US distributor. This sorry situation is a reflection of the spinelessness of an industry that loves to trumpet its liberal values, writes Juliet Jacques. novaramedia.com/2025/02/19/n...

Politicians who deliberately lie could be forced from office in Wales, under new “globally pioneering” proposals to restore people’s trust in politics.

Just two days into its supposed ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza, Israel announced Operation Iron Wall, targeting refugee camps in the West Bank. This has nothing to do with defence, writes Mariam Barghouti, and Israeli politicians have said as much – they want the land. novaramedia.com/2025/02/17/d...

A new Lancet study based on official Gaza Health Ministry numbers for fatalities between October 2023 and September 2024, shows that the life expectancy in Gaza has fallen by approximately half, a loss of 38 years (-51.6%) for men and 30 years (-38.6%) for women.

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Rojava vs. Turkey met this week in Brussels to investigate Turkey's alleged war crimes in North and East Syria.

Watch Ash Sarkar criticise two MPs on #PoliticsLive for not using the term ethnic cleansing: “When you are talking about the permanent resettlement of an entire ethnic group, from the place they call home, that’s called ethnic cleansing.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ke7...

Last night hundreds of people gathered to view the Gaza Biennale, projecting the works of over 60 Palestinian artists onto the outside walls of the ICA in London.

Yesterday the US federal government filed four criminal charges against Luigi Mangione, including one that is punishable by death — murder through use of a firearm.

Dominique Pelicot has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of aggravated rape and drugging and recruiting strangers to rape his ex-wife Gisèle for years, a French court announced today.

Before and after aerial shots of Jabalia in north Gaza, as Israel's genocide of Palestinians continues.

Former first minister Humza Yousaf has announced today that he will stand down at the next Scottish election.

Following the confirmed takeover, the UK government will retain a "golden share" in IDS, the owner of the 508-year-old Royal Mail, which will mean any changes to Royal Mail’s ownership, tax residency or headquarters will need its approval.

Elon Musk has become the first person in history to amass a fortune of more than $400 billion, exceeding the net worth of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos combined. He is now roughly $136 billion richer since November 5, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Almost half of all mentions of Islam or Muslims on UK news channels since October 2022 came from a single a source, a new report has found, confirming what many have suspected: GB News is an engine of Islamophobia. @simonchilds.bsky.social reports: novara.media/4fZT5

Israel has seized an opportunity to illegally expand further onto Syrian land following the overthrow of the Assad regime.

Amnesty International has published a landmark report concluding that Israel’s assault on Gaza constitutes genocide, in a move that may normalise the term within political and media arenas, writes @rivkahbrown.bsky.social.

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Millionaire property tycoon and longtime-Tory donor Sir John Hall defected to Reform UK last month – and straight into the role of the party’s “North East Life President,” after making a reportedly ‘vast’ donation. novaramedia.com/2024/12/03/m...

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Lord Walney AKA John Woodcock, the government’s anti-protest tsar, has donned his clown makeup and oversized shoes once again with an un-fact-checked attack on the Palestine movement. Read more: novara.media/3B4BhpZ

The US election exit polls appeared to show young men moving overwhelmingly to the right. Don’t panic, writes Keir Milburn – things aren’t quite what they seem. novaramedia.com/2024/11/26/n...

The last world war veterans are dying. Cue new heights of remembrance hysteria, writes Juliet Jacques: novara.media/3CP62iV

The ICC issued overdue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, and certain people aren't taking it very well.

This is a really heart warming and inspiring conversation with Adrienne Maree Brown (author of Emergent Strategy) on the @novaramedia.com podcast about liberating people from bad ideas 👏 @rivkahbrown.bsky.social novaramedia.com/2024/10/31/n...

Earlier this week Ash took to the streets of London to speak to farmers furious at Labour's new tax laws. novaramedia.com/2024/11/20/a...