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Judge orders Trump admin to restore UCLA funding amid protests
WASHINGTON: A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to restore a part of the federal grant funding that it recently suspended for the University of California, Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco ruled that the grant funding suspensions violated an earlier June preliminary injunction where she ordered the National Science Foundation to restore dozens of grants that it had terminated at the University of California. That order had blocked the agency from cancelling other grants at the University of California system, of which UCLA is a part. 'NSF's actions violate the Preliminary Injunction,' Lin, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden, wrote. The White House and the university had no immediate comment on the ruling. UCLA said last week the government froze $584 million in funding. Trump has threatened to cut federal funds for universities over pro-Palestinian student protests against U.S. ally Israel's military assault on Gaza. It was not immediately clear how much of the frozen funding was the judge ordering to be restored. The University of California said last week it was reviewing a settlement offer by the Trump administration for UCLA in which the university will pay $1 billion. It said such a large payment would 'devastate' the institution. The government alleges universities, including UCLA, allowed antisemitism during the protests. Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say the government wrongly equates their criticism of Israel's war in Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian territories with antisemitism, and their advocacy for Palestinian rights with support for extremism. Experts have raised free speech and academic freedom concerns over the Republican president's threats. Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom called the Trump administration's settlement offer a form of extortion. Large demonstrations took place at UCLA last year. Last month, UCLA agreed to pay over $6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging antisemitism. It was also sued this year over a 2024 violent mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters. Rights advocates note a rise in antisemitism, anti-Arab bias and Islamophobia due to conflict in the Middle East. The Trump administration has not announced equivalent probes into Islamophobia. The government has settled its probes with Columbia University, which agreed to pay over $220 million, and Brown University, which said it will pay $50 million. Both accepted certain government demands. Settlement talks with Harvard University are ongoing. - Reuters
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Two months after war, Israeli PM Netanyahu urges Iranians to take to the streets
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Iranians to take to the streets and demand accountability from their government, as the country grapples with power and water shortages. Netanyahu's remarks came just two months after the arch-foes engaged in a 12-day conflict that saw Israel and Iran exchange heavy strikes. Israel's surprise offensive killed senior military commanders, nuclear scientists and hundreds of others in Iran. Iranian ballistic missile salvos targeted Israel – with several projectiles managing to evade its air defences, killing 30 civilians. In the video address posted online, Netanyahu addressed Iran's ongoing water shortages that has seen water levels in the country's reservoirs drop dramatically. Last week, Iranian authorities also ordered many government offices to close in a bid to cut power consumption as a heatwave strains generating capacity. "In this brutal summer heat, you don't even have clean, cold water to give your children," said the prime minister. "So here is the great news: The moment your country is free, Israel's top water experts will flood into every Iranian city bringing cutting-edge technology and know-how," he added. Netanyahu went on to call on Iranians to "take risks for freedom", "take to the streets" and "build a better future for your families and for all Iranians." The Israeli premier has used video messages in the past to address countries Israel is at odds with and call on their citizens to take matters into their own hands. The speech comes as Netanyahu is facing increasing pressure at home and abroad to end Israel's 22-month war in Gaza amid warnings of an unfolding famine and secure the release of Israeli hostages being held there.--AFP
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Al Jazeera clarifies Israeli strike killed 4 staff, 2 freelancers
DOHA: A recent Israeli strike killed four Al Jazeera journalists and two freelancers, the news channel said Tuesday, clarifying that four of the six dead were staff and not five as initially reported. The Qatar-based broadcaster had originally reported its correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were killed in the Israeli attack on Sunday. But in a corrected report on its English-language website, Al Jazeera clarified that Moamen Aliwa worked as a freelance cameraman, adding that the sixth journalist slain in the attack, Mohammed al-Khalidi, was also a freelancer. "An earlier version of this story referred to Israel killing five Al Jazeera staff. The number of Al Jazeera journalists Israel killed was four," Al Jazeera's statement read. The attack on the journalists' tent in Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian territory provoked international outrage and condemnation from journalists' groups. The Israeli military confirmed that it had carried out the attack on Sharif, one of the most recognisable faces on the channel, claiming that he was a "fighter" who "posed as a journalist." Al Jazeera condemned the killings and dismissed accusations against Sharif saying the Israeli strike followed "repeated incitement and calls by multiple Israeli officials and spokespersons to target the fearless journalist Anas Al Sharif and his colleagues." With Gaza sealed off, many media groups around the world, including AFP, depend on photo, video and text coverage of the conflict provided by local Palestinian reporters. Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in early July that more than 200 journalists had been killed in Gaza since the war began, including several Al Jazeera journalists.--AFP
