‘Unprecedented’ wildfire burns area size of Paris in southern FranceThe fire, which started on Tuesday afternoon, had burned 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) inland from the Mediterranean near the Spanish border. It began in the village of Ribaute in the Aude department, spreading across the rural, wooded area of the Corbières, famous for its vineyards and medieval villages.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/france-largest-wildfire-this-year-corbieres-hillsHamburg dockworker demands union action against genocide in GazaMohammed Alattar, who has lost 80 family members in the Gaza massacre, writes in a petition addressed to Verdi that he approached the union leadership with his story and asked what the union was doing in answer. He described the response with anger: “Nothing came back, no chance. Only complete ignorance and silence.” This disregard for the suffering and catastrophe in Gaza, Alattar writes, “reflects the same disregard and isolation that Jewish people in Germany experienced 80 years ago.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/06/fbfe-a06.htmlAbout 300 migrants start walk north from southern MexicoThe group of migrants that left Tapachula, near the border with Guatemala, was small in comparison to migrant caravans in years past. There has been very little movement of migrants in public since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, though migration numbers had been falling even prior to that. Those walking Wednesday said their goal was not to reach the United States, but rather central Mexico. They complained that they had been waiting for months to legalize their status or receive asylum.
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-migrants-us-trump-tapachula-a920fcba8752d1c6f3b1f3eb2c4579aaBrazil: Opposition lawmakers stay the night in CongressThe opposition was demanding a general and unrestricted amnesty for those convicted of attempting a coup d'état, in addition to De Moraes' impeachment. The magistrate is the rapporteur for the case against Bolsonaro, who is accused of leading an attempt to annul the 2022 presidential elections by putting pressure on military commanders. The complaint also points to plans to assassinate and arrest public officials. Bolsonaro and the others under investigation deny the accusations.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/08/06/brazil-opposition-lawmakers-stay-the-night-in-congressSudan says army destroys Emirati aircraft, killing 40 mercenariesA military source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the UAE plane "was bombed and completely destroyed" at Darfur's Nyala airport. The airport has recently come under repeated air strikes by the Sudanese army, at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/08/sudan-says-army-destroys-emirati-aircraft-killing-40-mercenariesRwanda agrees to take deportees from the US after a previous migrant deal with the UK collapsedRwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo told The Associated Press in a statement that the East African country would accept up to 250 deportees from the U.S., with “the ability to approve each individual proposed for resettlement” under the agreement. Makolo didn’t provide a timeline for any deportees to arrive in Rwanda or say if they would arrive at once or in several batches. She said details were still being worked out. The State Department said the U.S. “works with Rwanda on a range of mutual priorities” but wouldn’t comment on details of the deportation deal and what it called diplomatic conversations with other governments.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigrants-deportees-rwanda-us-bb5edea43bb470e76af3ecee5ddad10cLarge Majority of Israeli Jews Untroubled by Reports of Famine in Gaza, Poll FindsAmong the Arab public, 86 percent said they are "very troubled" or "somewhat troubled" about the situation in Gaza. They also found a much greater degree of concern among left-wing Jews, with 70 percent saying that they, too, are troubled by the situation. Jews and Arabs also have profoundly differing views on whether Israel is making substantial efforts to avoid causing unnecessary suffering to Palestinians in Gaza; 78 percent of Jewish respondents agreed that "Israel's actions are restricted by the fighting, but it is making substantial efforts to avoid causing unnecessary suffering to Palestinians in Gaza." Only 22.5 percent of Arabs said that the claim is correct.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-05/ty-article/.premium/large-majority-of-israeli-jews-untroubled-by-reports-of-famine-in-gaza-poll-finds/00000198-7ab3-d0ce-a5de-fbb374f30000https://archive.ph/pj4PWTurkey arrests youth LGBTQ activist following Erdogan criticism at Council of Europe speechEnes Hocaogullari, 23, gave a speech in Strasbourg in March criticising police violence and detentions plus democratic backsliding in Turkey, saying: "The youth has had enough … We are ready to go on the streets to regain our freedoms." He was detained on Tuesday night on arrival from France at Ankara's Esenboga Airport pending trial on charges of "publicly disseminating misleading information" and "inciting hatred and enmity," according to a court document seen by Reuters.
https://www.newarab.com/news/turkey-arrests-youth-lgbtq-activist-following-erdogan-criticismSri Lanka’s parliament votes to fire country’s police chief over abuse of power Lawmakers in Sri Lanka voted Tuesday to fire the country’s police chief for misconduct and gross abuse of power, making him the island nation’s first inspector-general to be impeached. In the 225-member parliament, 117 lawmakers voted to fire Deshabandu Tennakoon. No one opposed, while one member abstained.
https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-parliament-police-chief-fired-d0cfd69ae1e16d4b0f56188352b6c45fUnions demand legal action against Tata Consultancy Services over mass layoffs and labor rights violationsOne of India’s largest trade union federations, the Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) supported demands of legal action against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country’s largest software company, over claims of its violation of the Industrial Dispute Act (IDA) and labor rights.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/06/unions-demand-legal-action-against-tata-consultancy-services-over-mass-layoffs-and-labor-rights-violations/