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30 August 2026
Palestinians in Gaza protest Israeli attack on water purification station, demand access to water
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Children and elderly people joined the demonstration at Sheikh Radwan Market, with some protesters carrying empty water containers and signs reading, “A drop of water is life” and “Restore the flow of water.”
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip staged a protest on Friday, against an Israeli army attack on a water purification station in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, calling for the facility to be repaired and put back into service, Anadolu reports.
Children and elderly people joined the demonstration at Sheikh Radwan Market, with some protesters carrying empty water containers and signs reading, “A drop of water is life” and “Restore the flow of water.”
Dr. Imad Abu Nimeh, one of the organizers, said water shortages in the neighborhood had worsened after the station supplying residents was bombed.
Protesters called for the damaged facility to be repaired and reopened to meet the water needs of residents in the area.
Israeli warplanes struck the recently built desalination plant near the Al-Radwan Mosque in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, destroying the facility and sending columns of smoke into the air.
READ: Thousands more Gaza patients await medical evacuation: WHO chief
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29 August 2026
Iranian president urges Trump to avoid creating turmoil, says dialogue can resolve problems
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses national and international policy matters during a live broadcast on state television in Tehran, Iran, on August 28, 2026. [Iranian Presidency – Anadolu Agency]
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday urged US President Donald Trump to avoid creating turmoil, saying problems could be resolved through dialogue and implementation of a memorandum of understanding, Anadolu reports.
“If we proceed through dialogue and on the basis of the memorandum of understanding, we will resolve the problems and secure our rights,” Pezeshkian said in a ceremony in Tehran, as cited by Mehr News Agency.
“It is in the interest of the country, the region and the world that Trump does not create turmoil and that Israel does not cause insecurity and aggression,” he added.
Pezeshkian said Iran does not favor war but would respond firmly to any assaults.
“We do not like war, but we will stand with strength against aggression and defend ourselves,” he said, adding that no power could force a united nation determined to defend its territory to surrender.
He said Tehran was seeking to resolve problems through dialogue, but stressed that the Iranian people, officials and military commanders would “never surrender” in the face of threats and aggression.
The president also accused Israel of seeking to sow divisions among Muslim countries, saying greater unity among Islamic nations could thwart such efforts.
READ: Iran says it agreed with Oman on Hormuz passage route, links reopening to US commitments
Turning to domestic issues, Pezeshkian said maintaining industrial production during the coming winter was a “red line,” stressing that supplies of gas, electricity and water to production facilities should not be interrupted.
He said the government would manage consumption of water, electricity, gas and fuel and, if restrictions became necessary, would first impose them on government offices and public buildings rather than shift the burden onto the public.
Pezeshkian called on the public to cooperate with the government to maintain stability, saying Iran’s adversaries should not believe that pressure would force the country to surrender.
The US-Israeli war against Iran began on Feb. 28, with attacks targeting military, nuclear and infrastructure sites across the country. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel and US military facilities across the region.
Iran and the US reached a 14-point memorandum of understanding in June, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, aimed at ending hostilities and opening a 60-day window for negotiations toward a broader agreement.
The memorandum also addressed the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and lifting of the US naval blockade, as well as sanctions and Iran’s frozen assets.
Tehran has maintained that further progress in talks depends on Washington fulfilling its commitments under the memorandum, while Iranian officials have said the Strait of Hormuz will not fully reopen until those obligations are implemented.
READ: Dialogue ‘only viable way out’ of US-Iran conflict, China says amid sanctions threats
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Donald Trump calls for help from NATO allies in securing the Strait of Hormuz despite saying on 7 March 2026 that they don’t need people to join wars after they’ve already won. He’s challenged with the claim that he lies as much as the IDF.
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29 August 2026
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says US claims about Hormuz are ‘lies’ to manipulate oil prices
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Large commercial vessels and a small boat navigate the waters off the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran on June 21, 2026. [Hassan Ghaedi – Anadolu Agency]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said Friday that US claims that the Strait of Hormuz is open are “lies” aimed at manipulating oil prices and concealing Washington’s failures, Anadolu reports.
The IRGC Navy said in a statement by Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB that US officials had made “false and misleading” statements about the waterway’s status.
“Statements by American officials regarding the opening of the Strait of Hormuz are an outright lie, aimed only at manipulating oil prices and covering up their failures,” it said.
The IRGC Navy said its control of the strategic waterway was “decisive,” asserting that the strait will remain closed to all vessels seeking to pass without coordination with Iran.
It said the measure will continue until the end of “the evil actions” of the US military against Iran and until commitments outlined by Tehran were fulfilled.
The US military’s Central Command said Thursday that internationally recognized shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz are open after American forces cleared sea mines from the waterway.
READ: Iran seeks stronger relations with Muslim countries, particularly neighbors: Foreign minister
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that millions of barrels of oil are continuing to pass through the waterway despite tensions with Iran.
“The strait is open. The Strait of Hormuz is open. We have control, and we have the blockade,” Trump said in remarks at the White House.
“We’re taking a lot of boats,” he added. “Millions and millions of barrels of oil are coming out of the strait every day.”
The Strait of Hormuz is a major global energy chokepoint linking the Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the wider Arabian Sea.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday that Tehran agreed with Oman on a passage route through the strait and would reopen the strategic waterway if the US fulfilled its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum signed in June.
The two littoral countries have been holding talks on an arrangement to manage shipping through the waterway since the signing of the memorandum.
Under that deal, the US and Iran agreed to extend an April ceasefire and gradually allow shipping through the strait to return to its prewar levels.
READ: Iran says it agreed with Oman on Hormuz passage route, links reopening to US commitments
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Donald Trump calls for help from NATO allies in securing the Strait of Hormuz despite saying on 7 March 2026 that they don’t need people to join wars after they’ve already won. He’s challenged with the claim that he lies as much as the IDF.
Climate science denier Donald Trump confirms that he knows nothing about democracy and that more liquid gold is being secured according to his policy of global privateering.
Orcas discuss how Trump was re-elected and him being an obviously insane, xenophobic Fascist.
29 August 2026
Activists Face ‘Terror’ Charges for ‘Vandalising Trump’s Golf Course’
https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/28/activists-face-terror-charges-for-vandalising-trumps-golf-course/
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They’re accused of spray-painting the lawn at the property in Scotland.
Prosecutors are seeking to establish a “terrorism connection” in the case of seven Palestine Action activists who allegedly spray-painted Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland.
The seven have been charged with malicious damage over the 8 March 2025 protest, which came weeks after Trump proposed a US-led takeover of the Gaza strip, the Guardian reported.
Activists broke into the US president’s Turnberry golf course and spray-painted the message “Gaza is not 4 sale” on the lawn. They also sprayed weed killer and daubed the clubhouse in red paint.
“The prosecution will seek to establish a ‘terror connection’, to enable terror sentences to be imposed on the defendants even though the prosecution has chosen not to charge them with any terror offences,” said campaign group Defend Our Juries (DOJ).
Trump had two phone calls with then prime minister Keir Starmer after the protest, DOJ added.
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Continues at https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/28/activists-face-terror-charges-for-vandalising-trumps-golf-course/
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
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29 August 2026

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