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“Charles Manson once wrote me a letter saying, ‘If I was as powerful as you claim then you wouldn’t be here,’” Ed Sanders tells me over a video call, savouring the menace in that sentence. Sanders is an American maverick; a musician, poet, activist, journalist and author whose greatest hit remains his bestselling 1971 book The Family, in which he chronicled the lives, crimes and trials of Manson and his followers. Sanders was well placed to report on crazed hippies, having played a pivotal role in launching the US counterculture – though he very much espoused peace, love and consciousness-raising, rather than Manson’s apocalyptic worldview. “I’ve always been a peacenik,” says Sanders. “I got locked in a cell in 1961 for protesting against nuclear armed submarines, and today I’m protesting against the Trumpster. I don’t subscribe to apathy and nihilism.”Aged 87, Sanders is speaking with me as Fugs Film!, a feature-length documentary about the Fugs, the offbeat folk-garage-psych band Sanders initially led from 1964-69, and re-formed in the 1980s, gets its UK premiere this week. “I don’t do many interviews,” he notes. “I’m constantly approached by people requesting them.

Open this photo in gallery:People carry their belongings as they leave their office following a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Monday. Efrem Lukatsky/The Associated PressRussia launched new attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure using ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday, adding that Kyiv again received no early warning of the attack from partner countries that previously shared that intelligence. Zelensky is grappling with recent Washington moves benefiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, including waiving U. S. sanctions on Moscow and signing a deal to import diesel from Moscow. In parallel, limits on Kyiv’s use of the military-grade version of U. S. company SpaceX’s satellite internet service have choked Ukrainian drone operations, according to Zelensky. Also, a severe shortage of American-made Patriot air defence systems has made Ukraine more vulnerable. Western intelligence sharing has helped Ukraine counter Russia’s devastating ballistic missiles and hold back Moscow’s invasion, which began more than 4 1/2 years ago. U. S. President Donald Trump says Washington hasn’t stopped providing intelligence to Kyiv.

Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked to the ground by a group of settlers and kicked repeatedlyIsraeli police say they have arrested 10 suspects in the occupied West Bank after attacks by settlers on an American journalist and European diplomats last week. The unnamed suspects were detained at several locations on suspicion of acts of violence, violating a closed military zone order and illegal construction, according to a statement. Potential evidence and vehicles were also seized. On Friday, masked Israeli settlers beat and severely injured Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine as she covered an olive harvest in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah. A day later, diplomats from Belgium, France, Poland and the Catholic Church were attacked by masked settlers in nearby Taybeh. The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, welcomed the arrests. "A very positive development in finding & punishing those who severely attacked and beat Heidi Levine," he wrote on X. Settler violence in the West Bank is at an all-time high, according to UN records. However, it has escalated dramatically during this year's olive harvest, which is essential to Palestinian livelihoods.

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Open this photo in gallery:A man walks beside Canada's embassy in Havana, Cuba, in 2018. Ottawa says it remains open to mediation with Canadian diplomats who allege they suffered debilitating illnesses while stationed in Cuba. Desmond Boylan/The Associated PressOttawa is open to mediation to settle a lawsuit filed by Canadian diplomats who say they experienced debilitating symptoms, linked to alleged attacks by Russian intelligence using sonic weapons, while they were stationed in Cuba nearly a decade ago. Known as Havana Syndrome, the unexplained ailments include headaches, blurred vision, memory loss, mood changes, nausea and nosebleeds. Last year, the federal government invoked a rare national-security provision that prevents the group of 10 foreign-service officers and their families from revealing details of the multimillion-dollar lawsuit, which is sealed and under a publication ban. Canadian diplomats say their children still suffer from Havana SyndromeIn 2023, former Supreme Court of Canada justice Thomas Cromwell was appointed to mediate the dispute.

Open this photo in gallery:Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, on July 7. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian PressPrime Minister Mark Carney’s drive to reduce trade reliance on the United States will bring him this week to Turkey, which in recent months has taken over a pro-opposition media outlet, raided LGBTQ groups and convicted a stand-up comic of insulting the country’s President. Mr. Carney, who departs for Ankara Wednesday, will be the first Canadian prime minister in history to make a bilateral visit to Turkey, meaning a leader’s trip focused on Canada-Turkish relations instead of an international summit being held there. With a population of 87 million people, Turkey’s economy is the 16th largest in the world and according to the country’s envoy in Ottawa, Ankara is hungry for what Canada has on offer. “The sky is the limit,” Turkish ambassador Can Dizdar says of future co-operation between the two countries. Canada hopes to sell CANDU nuclear reactors to Turkey, which plans to add 20 gigawatts of nuclear power by 2050.