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On July 7, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1124, The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. In 1667, An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. In 1880, Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (died 1960) was born. In 1937, The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). In 1937, The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine. In 1944, World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan. In 2005, A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others. In 2012, Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (born 1936) passed away. In 2017, The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour. In 2022, Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Cutting language courses will be a costly mistake | Letters

Universities | The Guardian

July 7, 2026

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Cutting language courses will be a costly mistake | Letters

Sara Robertson, Raisa McNab and John Worne fear that Britain risks becoming a monolingual island in a multilingual world. Plus letters from Dr Darren Paffey, Janet Fraser and Ilona Marchant News that the University of Exeter is planning to cut 150 jobs (Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts, 1 July), with a disproportionate threat to the teaching of humanities, is only the latest in a series of blows to the teaching of modern languages in the UK.When universities close language departments, they reduce the pipeline of teachers, which further reduces school provision, leading to fewer students being able to study languages at university. Plus, regional closures disproportionately affect students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are more likely to study locally. Continue reading...

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