New Today -- 15 June 2017

Perspective

Washington's war crimes in Syria

UN war crimes investigators found that the US military has inflicted a "staggering loss of civilian life" with its relentless airstrikes in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa.

News & Analysis

London's Grenfell Tower inferno: A crime against the working class

The catastrophic fire broke out shortly after midnight Tuesday, on the second floor of 24-storey council flats in Kensington, West London, that were home to an estimated 500 people.

Grenfell Tower residents warn: "People have had enough"

Gunman shot to death after opening fire on Republican congressmen, aides

French President Macron holds out prospect of canceling Brexit

Australian government demands "patriotic" citizenship tests

Mass shooting at San Francisco UPS facility leaves four people dead, including gunman

Democratic Party establishment prevails in Virginia, New Jersey primaries

Michigan health director named in latest round of charges over Flint water crisis

Despite low inflation, US Fed lifts interest rates

Second appellate court rules against Trump anti-Muslim travel ban

Los Angeles and San Diego teachers' contracts set to expire at the end of the month

US ex-basketballer heads to North Korea to "open door"

Protests spread across Morocco after general strike called in Rif region

New Zealand government to raise retirement age

Commentary

German law professor accuses Baberowski of right-wing extremism and historical revisionism

Arts

Public Enemy: Flint, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play: A remarkable artistic event

Interviews with actors in Public Enemy: Flint