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Review of the U.K. Report on Palestine Action

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Review of the U.K. Report on Palestine Action

1 Palestineaction.org, ‘The Launch of Palestine Action’ (30 July 2020)
2 Palestineaction.org, ‘Actions Agreement’

3 Tribunemag.co.uk, ‘How to Shut Down an Israeli Weapons Factory’ (14 January 2022)
4 Palestineaction.org, ‘The Launch of Palestine Action’ (30 July 2020)
5 Palestineaction.org, ‘Actions Agreement’
6 Palestineaction.org/elbit, ‘Elbit Systems. Genocide Factories.’

7 elbitsites.org/manual.pdf

8 Palestineaction.org, ‘Palestine Action Targets – Dismantling UK Complicity in Israeli Apartheid’.
⁹ Palestineaction.org, ‘Palestine Action Underground launches to celebrate three years of action’ (2 August 2023)
10 NPOCC SIB, ‘National Public Order – Public Safety, Palestine Action Briefing’ (December 2024).
11 Palestineaction.org, ‘Victory in Oldham: Elbit forced to sell Ferranti after sustained direct action campaign’ (10 January 2022)
12 BBC News, ‘Pro-Palestinian Protestors Spray Red Paint on Ministry of Defence’ (10 April 2024)

13 instagram.com/pal_action
14 x.com/Pal_action
15 Palestineaction.org/join
26 elbitsites.org/manual.pdf

17 Palestineaction.org, ‘The Launch of Palestine Action’ (30 July 2020).
18 x.com/Pal_action/status/1870944398856327269 (22 December 2024)
19 x.com/Pal_action/status/1526196977557557248?s=20&t=eCSpOZUho2rvOkNK3u60gQ (16 May 2022).
20 Palestineaction.org, ‘Palestine Action Launch 15 Europe-wide Actions against Allianz, Insurers of Elbit’ (28 January 2025).
21 Instagram.com/pal_action/p/C-ylCcYNgel/ (17 August 2024).
22 Mondoweiss, ‘Flood the Gates: Escalate’ (1 May 2024).

23 Mondoweiss, ‘Palestine Action US Campaign Launches to Stop Israeli Genocide of Palestine and Shut Elbit Down’ (19 October 2023).
24 x.com/unityoffields?lang=en&mx+2 (24 November 2024)
25 ADI.org, ‘Unity of Fields: What You Need to Know’ (19 December 2024).
26 x.com/Pal_action/status/1825225249396253183 (18 August 2024).
27 x.com/Pal_action/status/1851326887139954886 (29 October 2024).
28 BBC News, ‘Seventh Arrest Following Ram Raid at Defence Firm’ (7 August 2024); Independent.co.uk, ‘Activists in Court Over Break In and £1m Damage at Israeli Defence Firm UK Site’ (6 December 2024); Standard.co.uk, ‘Palestine Action Activists Accused of £1m Damage to Israeli Defence Firm’s UK Site’ (6 December 2024).
29BBC News, ‘Arrests After Police Officers Hit with Sledgehammer’ (6 August 2024).
30 BBC News, ‘Eight More People Charged After Defence Firm Break-in’ (23 November 2024); Palestineaction.org, ‘Not Guilty Pleas on All Accounts #FILTON18 Returned to Prison by Judge’ (18 January 2025).
31 CPS.gov.uk, ‘Eight More Charged Over Aggravated Burglary of Business Premises’ (22 November 2024).
32 Kentonline.co.uk, ‘Palestine Action ‘Squirted Chilli-Laced Spray’ in Security’s Guard’s Face and ‘Caused £1m of Damage’ at Instro Precision at Sandwich Discovery Park’ (21 June 2024).
33 Palestineaction.org, ‘Third #Thales5 Political Prisoner released’ (5 December 2024).
34 Glasgowtimes.co.uk, ‘Palestinian Protesters Jailed for Causing £1.1m Damage at Thales Glasgow’ (20 August 2024); BBC News, ‘Pro-Palestinian Activists Jailed Over Weapons Equipment Factory Protest’ (20 August 2024)

35 Palestineaction.org/training/
36 Palestineaction.org/trainingday/
37 elbitsites.org/manual.pdf
38 elbitsites.org/map.

39 x.com/Pal_action/status/1820779034478846218 (6 August 2024)

40 Palestineaction.org/prisoners

41 Instagram.com/PAL_Action/p/DBJWMKYNfyw/ (15 October 2024).
42 Palestineaction.org, ‘Palestine Action Target CDW’s Manchester Offices’ (6 February 2025); Palestineaction.org, ‘Not Guilty Pleas on All accounts #FILTON18 Returned to Prison by Judge’ (18 January 2025)
43 Palestineaction.org, ‘£1 Million Damage at Instro Precision: Elbit’s Weapons Factory Out of Action’ (18 June 2024); Palestineaction.org, ‘Third #Thales5 Political Prisoner released’ (5 December 2024).
44 BBC News, ‘Glorify Hamas and You Break Law, Says UK Terror Watchdog’ (14 October 2023)
45 TheCanary.co.uk, ‘Now a Palestine Action Activist Has Been Charged Under the Terrorism Act’ (30 August 2024)
46 Palestineaction.org/trials/ [Accessed 14 February 2025]; x.com/Pal_Action/status/182911013713288473 (29 August 2024)
47x.com/Richard_palact/status/1435335390907543563 (7 September 2021)
48 BBC News, ‘Four of six Palestinian prison escapees recaptured – Israel’ (11 September 2021)
49 TheCanary.co.uk, ‘Now a Palestine Action Activist Has Been Charged Under the Terrorism Act’ (30 August 2024); Middleeastmonitor.com, ‘UK Arrests Peace Activist Sarah Wilkinson’ (30 August 2024)
50 x.com/Pal_action/status/1788093103825461583 (8 May 2024)

51 Palestineaction.org/prisoners
52 Palestineaction.org/trials/

53 Cage.ngo/articles, ‘Statement of Solidarity with Palestine Action’ (5 November 2024)

54 Palestineaction.org/donate
55 chuffed.org/project/palestine-action.
56 Palestineaction.org/store-2/
57 elbitsites.org/manual.pdf

58 Palestineaction.org, ‘Palestine Action Crash into the Front of Teledyne’s Weapons Factory in Shipley’ (28 January 2025) Palestineaction.org, ‘Palestine Action Target BBC’s Headquarters Over Systematic Bias Against Palestinians’ (17 February 2025)
59 BBC News, ‘Pro-Palestinian Protesters Spray Red Paint on Ministry of Defence’ (10 April 2024)
60 Palestineaction.org, ‘Barclays Divest from Elbit Systems After Palestine Action’s Direct Action Campaign’ (31 October 2024)].
61 My London News, ‘Palestine Action Group Claim Vandalism on Jewish-owned Properties in North London’ (3 November 2024)

Shell’s new fluid can significantly accelerate EV charging

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Shell’s new fluid can significantly accelerate EV charging

Shell says it’s developed a thermal management fluid for electric vehicles (EV) that can help speed up battery charging dramatically – we’re talking 10%-80% in under 10 minutes. Not bad for an oil and gas company, eh?

EVs can take hours to dozens of minutes to charge up that much, depending on the car’s charging system, battery temperature, and the battery chemistry that’s optimized for energy capacity, safe operation, and lifespan. Charging faster than we currently do presents challenges in these areas.

In collaboration with automotive engineering firm RML Group, Shell has created a fluid that “reduces thermal stresses very significantly allowing much higher cell charging currents to be tolerated.”

The non-conductive fluid essentially fills all the gaps in a battery pack to maximize contact with each cell inside, and enables highly efficient heat transfer. That’s what makes it possible to push charging speeds without risking damage through overheating.

It’s demonstrated this in a 34-kWh battery (a fair bit smaller than the 84-kWh pack you’d see in a long-range Hyundai Ioniq 5) and achieved the aforementioned 10-minute charge time.

Shell also notes that in a light and aerodynamic car that manages an economy of 10 km/kWh (which works out to 6.2 miles/kWh), the vehicle could charge at up to 14 miles of range per minute (24 km/minute).

That’s purely hypothetical at the moment, as the 6.2 miles/kWh figure hasn’t been achieved by any EV on the market yet. For reference, the Ioniq 5’s economy works out to 4.2 miles/kWh (6.78 km/kWh). The Lucid Air Pure, one of the most efficient cars today, manages 5 miles/kWh (8.04 km/kWh).

While Shell’s tech sounds cool, it’s only been tested in a standalone battery pack, and not commercially available EVs like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 shown above

Still, it could be cool to see automakers leverage this in future battery designs and make fast charging more widely available.

It’s worth noting that quick-charging batteries have hit this sort of speed already. Chinese battery manufacturer CATL, which is the largest firm in this biz, showed off the Shenxing Gen 2, which is capable of adding 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of range per second of charge; using the fastest chargers available in the US, you could expect to go from 0%-100% in 20 minutes with a 500-mile (804 km) range battery.

And earlier this month, CATL unveiled the Shenxing Pro Super-Fast Charging LFP battery, which does 0.5 miles (0.8 km) per second, while also including safety measures to prevent overheating, and promising high performance at sub-zero temperatures and a 150,000-mile (240,000-km) warranty.

CATL's fast charging Shenxing Pro LFP battery features a 'no propagation' design that ensures overheating in one cell doesn't cascade across the entire unit
CATL’s fast charging Shenxing Pro LFP battery features a ‘no propagation’ design that ensures overheating in one cell doesn’t cascade across the entire unit

Shell makes coolants and other products for use in many brands’ EVs, so it’s possible its automaker partner companies might adopt this tech soon. As long as it’s safe and not exorbitantly more expensive, this can only be a good thing for tomorrow’s EVs.

Source: Shell

Hutter, Director of Ascent Industries, Sells $587k Worth of Stock

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Hutter, Ascent Industries director, sells $587k in stock

Islamophobic incidents in Australia have surged since Israel’s Gaza war: Report on Islamophobia in Australia

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Islamophobic incidents in Australia have surged since Israel’s Gaza war: Report on Islamophobia in Australia

Anti-Muslim incidents in person have increased by 150 percent – and by 250 percent online — according to an independent report.

Published On 12 Sep 2025

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said his government will “carefully consider” the recommendations of an independent report which found that anti-Muslim incidents in the country have “skyrocketed” since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.

During a media briefing at the Commonwealth Parliament Offices in Sydney on Friday, Albanese said targeting Australians based on their religious beliefs was an attack on the country’s core values.

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“Australians should be able to feel safe at home in any community … we must stamp out the hate, fear and prejudice that drives Islamophobia and division in our society,” he said.

Aftab Malik, who has been serving as the government’s special envoy to combat Islamophobia since last October, was appointed to the three-year role to recommend steps to prevent anti-Muslim hatred. The appointment came as Australia had been experiencing a surge in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel.

The independent report, released on Friday and Malik’s first since assuming the position, said the normalisation of Islamophobia has become so widespread in Australia that many incidents are not even getting reported.

“The reality is that Islamophobia in Australia has been persistent, at times ignored and other times denied, but never fully addressed,” said Malik, appearing alongside Albanese.

“We have seen public abuse, graffiti … we have seen Muslim women and children targeted, not for what they have done, but for who they are and what they wear.”

The 60-page report’s 54 recommendations to the government include a review of counterterrorism laws and procedures to investigate potential discrimination.

Malik also recommended a wide-ranging inquiry into Islamophobia to investigate its main drivers and potential discrimination in government policies.

Islamophobia had intensified since the al-Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 and had become entrenched, said Malik.

Islamophobic incidents in person had skyrocketed by 150 percent — and by 250 percent online — since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, Malik said.

The Australian government has acknowledged steep rises in both Islamophobic and anti-Semitic incidents in Australia.

Jillian Segal was appointed envoy to combat anti-Semitism in July 2024.

Segal recommended, in her first report two months ago, that Australian universities lose government funding unless they address attacks on Jewish students, and that potential migrants be screened for political affiliations.

According to the 2021 Australian Census, 3.2 percent of the Australian population is Muslim.

Islamophobia has also risen across Europe, fuelled by political parties touting a populist anti-immigration stance.

Wall Street remains confident in Powell’s expected rate cut due to jobless and inflation data

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Wall Street remains confident in Powell’s expected rate cut due to jobless and inflation data

If markets needed further evidence for a September rate cut, they got it: initial jobless claims for the first week of September came back as the highest in nearly four years.

The Labor Department revealed Thursday that initial claims rose by 27,000 to 263,000 in the week ending September 6—their highest levels since October 2021.

Many saw the data (compounded by significant revisions to recent jobs reporting from the Bureau of Labor Statistics which painted a far weaker employment picture than previously believed) as further pressure on the Federal Open Market Committee to cut the base rate.

That’s because part of the Fed’s mandate is to ensure stable and maximum employment, an aspect of their work which in recent months has been overshadowed by the fear of inflation—mainly due to President Trump’s tariff plans.

On this account, Powell has agreed with many analysts that he will have to “see through” tariff increases as a one-off blip to price stability as opposed to an ongoing trend which will need to be managed.

Which meant yesterday’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) didn’t come with the same level of gravity as it may have done otherwise. The BLS reported CPI for urban consumers increased 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis, up 0.2% from July.

The largest contributor to the increase was shelter, which rose 0.4%, while the food index increased 0.5%, with groceries increasing 0.6% for the month.

But markets shook off the warmer data: The S&P 500 is up 0.85% at the time of writing, the Dow Jones up 1.36% and the Russell 2000 was up 1.83%. Despite political volatility in France, Paris’s CAC was only down a marginal 0.45% while London’s FTSE 100 is up around 0.35%.

In Asia Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up approximately 0.9% while India’s Nifty 50 also increased by 0.46%.

Markets are “buoyant” wrote Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid to clients this morning: “The combined data prompted a rally in U.S. Treasuries, with 10yr yields falling -6bps lower after the print before closing -2.5bp on the day to 4.02% … However, the front-end rally ran out of steam as the day went on and 2yr yields closed a mere -0.1bps lower as markets remained hesitant to price in much risk of a 50bps cut, with September Fed pricing unchanged at 27bps.”

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With CME’s FedWatch barometer still pricing in a 0.0% chance of a rate hold at the FOMC’s meeting this month, JPMorgan Wealth Management’s Elyse Ausenbaugh, head of investment strategy, said the team had been “encouraging investors to dust off their ‘rate-cutting playbook.’”

Ausenbaugh wrote in a note seen by Fortune: “The path for the Fed to deliver what the market is expecting looks clear from our perspective. With inflation printing in-line with expectations and the labor market not giving us signs of improvement, a cut is in order.”

She added: “We expect these cuts to happen without a recession. There’s potential in the evolving environment for continued equity outperformance in the U.S. and abroad. It’s also important for investors to consider the reinvestment risk associated with holding cash and ultra-short-term fixed income positions.”

Over at UBS Mark Haefele, Global Wealth Management chief investment officer, is similarly reminding clients of their to-do list during a base rate cut. He wrote this morning: “With cash returns set to fall further as the Fed resumes rate cuts, we see a growing need to deploy excess cash into higher-yielding assets.

“Phasing into diversified portfolios over time could also help manage the risk of poor timing, reduce the influence of emotion, and provide more opportunities to benefit from market dips and rebounds.”

Here’s a snapshot of the markets globally this morning:

  • S&P 500 futures were down 0.22% this morning. 
  • STOXX Europe 600 was down 0.18% in early trading. 
  • The U.K.’s FTSE 100 was up 0.35% in early trading.
  • Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 0.89%.
  • China’s CSI 300 was down 0.57%. 
  • South Korea’s KOSPI was up 1.54%.
  • India’s Nifty 50 was up 0.46%.
  • Bitcoin has nudged above $115K.
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Two killed in Sumy as Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia

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Two killed in Sumy as Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia

Russia says it downed 221 Ukrainian drones launched on its territory overnight, in one of the largest aerial assaults since May.

More than half of the drones were intercepted over the Bryansk and Smolensk regions, south-west of Moscow, where Lukoil facilities were reportedly targeted, the defence ministry said.

Authorities in the Leningrad region said 28 drones were brought down and that a fire had broken out on a vessel in the Baltic port of Primorsk, Russia’s largest oil terminal. They added that the blaze was extinguished without casualties or leaks.

Meanwhile, officials said two civilians were killed in Ukraine’s Sumy region when a Russian glide bomb struck a village near the border.

Interceptions were reported across at least nine other regions of Russia, including Kaluga, Novgorod and the Moscow area, where nine drones were said to have been destroyed. Debris was recorded across several areas, though Russian officials insisted there had been no casualties.

Seven people, including five civilians and two military personnel, were injured when a drone struck a bus in Bryansk, the region’s Governor Alexander Bogomaz said.

Moscow’s figures, which the BBC has been unable to independently verify, suggest Thursday night’s attack constituted one of the largest Ukrainian aerial bombardments in over four months.

Russia said it destroyed a record 524 drones on 7 May. By comparison, Ukrainian officials said Russia had deployed 818 drones against their territory in recent weeks.

The aerial assault is being described as one of the most significant for the Leningrad region since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three-and-a-half years ago. The attack saw operations at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport temporarily suspended.

Cross-border drone raids have become an increasingly prominent feature of the war. In July, a sustained Ukrainian drone attack forced the temporary closure of all of Moscow’s airports.

In recent months Ukrainian strikes have reached deeper into Russian territory, hitting refineries, fuel depots and logistics hubs hundreds of miles from the frontlines.

Moscow has intensified its missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities and energy facilities over the summer as US-led efforts to reach a peace agreement stalled.

The attacks came ahead of the start of a major joint military exercise between Russia and ally Belarus on Friday, which is staged every four years.

But this time it is taking place just days after a number of Russian drones were shot down or fell on Poland, in what Warsaw called an unprecedented incursion into its airspace.

AI platform Stability introduces latest AI model for brands to develop personalized audio experiences

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AI platform Stability introduces latest AI model for brands to develop personalized audio experiences

UK-based Stability AI has unveiled a new audio generation model called Stable Audio 2.5, which the artificial intelligence company says is tailored for enterprise-grade sound production.

The new model addresses challenges in corporate marketing. Stability noted, citing Ipsos research, that while custom audio can make brands eight times more memorable, only 6% of creative campaigns incorporate a sound identity.

The company’s research suggests that 86% of brand engagement is influenced by audio, but only few brands use custom audio.

Stability AI says Stable Audio 2.5 provides “faster generation, smarter composition, enhanced workflows,” capable of generating three-minute compositions in under two seconds on H100 GPUs.

The model was post-trained using what Stability AI calls Adversarial Relativistic-Contrastive training, a method developed by the company’s Stable Audio research team.

According to Stability AI, the new version has improved musical structure, producing compositions with “richer multi-part compositions,” and is able to respond more effectively to prompts like “uplifting” or specify musical elements such as “lush synthesizers,” suggesting that the system responds to both emotional and technical directions.

A new feature called audio “inpainting” allows users to upload existing audio files and specify where they want additional content generated. The model analyzes the context and extends the track accordingly.

Stability AI, maker of the popular Stable Diffusion image generator, emphasized that its terms of service prohibit copyrighted material uploads, with content recognition systems monitoring compliance.

Its statement comes as Stability AI faces multiple copyright infringement lawsuits. In one case, Seattle-based Getty Images sued Stability AI in both the UK and the US, alleging that the company illegally used 12 million images without permission or compensation.

“Like all Stable Audio models, Stable Audio 2.5 is commercially safe and trained on a fully licensed dataset.”

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Separately, illustrators Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz filed a class action lawsuit in January 2023 against Stability AI and two other companies, challenging the use of their works for AI model training.

Most recently, Stability AI said: “Like all Stable Audio models, Stable Audio 2.5 is commercially safe and trained on a fully licensed dataset.”

Coinciding with the launch of Stable Audio 2.5, Stability AI announced that it is partnering with Amp, a WPP-owned sound branding agency, to develop enterprise solutions for brands. The collaboration will make Stable Audio 2.5 available to WPP’s global client portfolio through the advertising giant’s technology platform, WPP Open.

Back in July, Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju told the Financial Times in an interview that the company is looking at developing a marketplace where artists can license their work for AI training.

The proposed marketplace would allow creators to voluntarily submit artwork and receive compensation when AI companies use their content for model training.

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Israel’s deadly assault in Gaza sparks condemnation from UNSC following Doha attack | Latest developments in Israel-Palestine conflict

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Israel’s deadly assault in Gaza sparks condemnation from UNSC following Doha attack | Latest developments in Israel-Palestine conflict

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Israeli onslaught on Gaza intensifies as United Nations Security Council issues statement condemning attack on Qatari capital.

Published On 12 Sep 2025

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Fresh leads discovered in search for Charlie Kirk’s murderer

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Fresh leads discovered in search for Charlie Kirk’s murderer

The FBI has released new footage showing the suspect in the killing of US activist Charlie Kirk running across a roof – from where the fatal shot was fired – before dropping to the ground and crossing a road.

As the authorities continue their search, BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been looking at the footage and what we know about his escape.

Produced by Aisha Sembhi. Filmed by Andrew Blum. Graphics by Leo Scutt-Richter and Mesut Ersoz.

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