Crowds have gathered at Pride celebrations around the world, including the Pride Parade NYC.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Turkish police arrest more than 50 people before banned Istanbul Pride parade
City’s bar association says people ‘deprived of their liberty through arbitrary, unjust, and illegal detention’
Police arrested more than 50 people in Istanbul on Sunday ahead of a banned LGBTQ+ Pride march, the city’s bar association said.
“Before today’s Istanbul Pride march, four of our colleagues, including members of our Human Rights Centre, along with more than 50 people, were deprived of their liberty through arbitrary, unjust, and illegal detention,” the Istanbul Bar’s Human Rights Centre posted on X.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/29/turkish-police-arrest-more-than-50-people-before-banned-istanbul-pride-parade
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Business secretary to meet Lotus chiefs amid doubts over future of operations
Jonathan Reynolds to hold talks with carmaker after reports suggested its UK factory could close
The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will hold talks with Lotus after the carmaker appeared to shelve plans to shut its UK operations.
After reports that Chinese owner Geely was planning to stop manufacturing at the Hethel plant in Norfolk, putting 1,300 jobs at risk, Lotus issued a statement saying it had “no plans” to close the factory.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/28/business-secretary-to-meet-with-lotus-after-reports-it-plans-to-scrap-uk-operations
Senate Republicans scrambling to pass tax-and-spend bill by Trump deadline
Lawmakers prepare for key procedural vote Saturday after dissent among GOP ranks threatens to postpone debate
The US Senate is preparing for a key procedural vote Saturday as Republicans race to pass Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his Fourth of July deadline.
Republicans are using their majorities in Congress to push aside Democratic opposition, but they have run into a series of political and policy setbacks. Not all Republican senators are on board with proposals to reduce spending on Medicaid, food stamps and other programs as a way to help cover the cost of extending some $3.8tn in Trump tax breaks.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/republicans-tax-and-spending-bill
'Proud to be gay': K-pop star on coming out to the world
Only a handful of K-pop artists have come out as gay, but none as publicly as Bain. Is this a turning point?
Friday, June 27, 2025
Mother arrested at LA court alongside six-year-old son with cancer sues Ice
Lawsuit says Honduran woman fears son is not receiving necessary medical care at detention facility in Texas
A Honduran woman who sought asylum in the US is suing the Trump administration after immigration agents arrested her and her children, including her six-year-old son who was diagnosed with leukemia, at a Los Angeles immigration court.
The woman, identified as “Ms Z” in the lawsuit, and her nine-year-old daughter and six-year-old son have been in custody at a Texas detention facility for several weeks following their arrest. The government has placed them in expedited removal proceedings.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/honduras-mother-ice-arrest-lawsuit
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