Showing posts with label deaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deaths. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/pentagon-iran-war-troop-deaths-casualty-report


 

Trump administration’s revision of Iran war casualties ‘huge disrespect’, say veterans

“It’s such a huge disrespect for the families,” said Michael E Smith, a retired US rear admiral and the founder of National Security Leaders for America. “To claim that they weren’t killed as a result of the war – oh, it was just overseas operations – is just ludicrous.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/trump-administration-iran-war-casualties-veterans 


 

Friday, July 24, 2026

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds

“At a time when many Americans are concerned about the impact of environmental toxins on their families’ health, public health authorities can’t afford to overlook the impact of vehicle pollution on mortality and respiratory health outcomes,” said Lingzhi Jin, a senior researcher at the International Council on Clean Transportation, in a statement…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/deaths-vehicle-emissions-pollution


 

How children in West Bank are being killed by Israel ‘without accountability’

IDF has killed 235 children in territory since 7 October 2023 with no indictments in what activists say is ‘licence to kill’…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/29/is-it-israels-aim-to-kill-our-children-west-bank-parents-implore-end-to-idfs-child-killings-with-impunity


 

Thursday, June 25, 2026

DHS watchdog opens probes into ICE treatment of detainees - POLITICO

Per a memo to ICE chief David Venturella posted on the watchdog’s website, the DHS inspector general is looking at whether “systemic factors, policies, or processes contributed to detainee deaths that occurred in ICE,” from October of 2021 through March 2026. That covers the tenures of both former Secretaries Alejandro Mayorkas and Kristi Noem...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/dhs-watchdog-opens-probes-into-ice-treatment-of-detainees-00976800


 

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Health ministry says Israeli strikes kill 14 in deadliest day since ceasefire began

The US-mediated ceasefire – which started on 16 April and has been extended to mid-May – has brought a significant reduction in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, though both sides have continued to fire at each other, trading blame over breaches...

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/27/lebanon-israeli-strikes-deadliest-day-since-ceasefire-began


Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Pentagon says about 140 U.S. troops have been injured in Iran war so far, 8 severely | PBS News

"The American people deserve to know much more than this administration has told them about the cost of the war, the danger to our sons and daughters in uniform, and the potential for further escalation," Blumenthal said…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/pentagon-says-about-140-u-s-troops-have-been-injured-in-iran-war-so-far-8-severely 


 

Monday, March 9, 2026

‘Incredibly dangerous’: court records reveal gutting of DHS oversight

The Trump administration has so radically transformed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) independent watchdog teams that thousands of cases related to conditions in immigration detention, deaths in custody and officers' use of force are not being investigated, according to court records reviewed by the Guardian. 

Hundreds of pages of court filings in a key legal battle in federal court serve to contradict the Trump administration's repeated claims that the DHS watchdogs are performing "all required functions". The allegations of failings within the shrunken oversight offices at the DHS, tasked by Congress with investigating civil rights and related concerns, come as the department grapples with public criticism of killings by immigration agents, escalating arrest tactics and plans to increase immigrant detention…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/dhs-oversight-court-record-review


 








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