"It really does feel as though the state wants to kill us," said Helen Belcher, a prominent trans rights campaigner and chair of the advocacy group TransActual.

Speaking to the AFP following the court’s decision, Belcher said the ruling represents a fundamental denial of trans people's identities and lived realities.

Belcher, 61, who is also a Liberal Democrat politician, said the implications of the ruling are already being felt within the trans community.

"I fear for people's mental health. I fear for people's physical health. I fear for people's ability to earn money. They've issued a ruling that sex is biological, but they haven't defined what biological means,” said Belcher

Belcher warned and reasoned that the judgment leans on a rigid and outdated framework, dismissing scientific literature that recognises sex and gender as complex spectrums.

“They're relying very much on a Trumpian, evangelical Christian simplistic world model,” Belcher said, “ignoring all huge amounts of scientific literature, which says that sex is not binary, it's not simple, it's really complex. In their judgment, they have decided basically that intersex people and non-binary people don't exist. And it's awful."

Belcher, who transitioned more than 20 years ago, described the ruling as a deeply personal blow.

“To go through that process - sometimes painful process - of getting to understand myself, having invasive medical questioning, some painful surgeries, to then be told, ‘Yeah, but you're still a man,’ is deliberately and intentionally cruel.”

The ruling has brought back the already polarised national debate over trans rights. However, the Supreme Court justices emphasised that trans people remain protected under the Equality Act against discrimination and harassment.

The Nazi occupation of Greece from 1941 to 1944 saw severe repression, with thousands of resistance members arrested, tortured, or killed, while more than 86 percent of Greece’s Jewish population was deported to Nazi concentration camps, the AFP reports.

Despite these atrocities, this period of Athens' history is often overlooked. Historian Dimitris Charalampidis, who launched "Athens History Walks" to preserve the memory of the occupation, has pointed out the lack of memorials commemorating key events from this time, including the famine that claimed many lives.

This anniversary contrasts with Greece's more widely celebrated "Ohi Day" on October 28, marking the country's refusal to surrender to Mussolini's Italy during World War II.

The ongoing effort to highlight the full scope of Greece’s wartime suffering continues through initiatives like Charalampidis' tours, which seek to raise awareness of the city's painful past.

Below are four prominent football matchups that have been banned by FIFA due to political disputes:

Spain vs Gibraltar 

Spain and Gibraltar are prohibited from facing each other due to a long-standing territorial dispute between Spain and the United Kingdom over Gibraltar. This conflict dates back to the 18th century when the Treaty of Utrecht granted the UK control over Gibraltar, despite its geographic proximity to Spain.

Armenia vs Azerbaijan 

Matches between Armenia and Azerbaijan are banned due to ongoing ethnic and territorial conflicts over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The violent tensions between these nations have persisted since the late 1980s, making football fixtures between them a security risk.

Kosovo vs Serbia/Russia/Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Kosovo is barred from playing against Serbia, Russia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina due to disputes over its independence. Serbia, supported by Russia and Bosnia, refuses to recognize Kosovo's sovereignty, a conflict that escalated during the Kosovo War in the 1990s.

Russia vs Ukraine 

The ban on Russia and Ukraine's matchups stems from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The war has heightened political tensions and displaced numerous Ukrainian players and teams, forcing clubs like Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv to play their home games abroad for safety.

These bans affect not only national teams but also domestic club competitions.

The vessel, which departed from the Slack area near Wimereux with 59 people aboard, quickly encountered difficulties and ran aground on the foreshore. The boat was severely damaged by the rocks, leading to its sinking.

Prefect of Pas-de-Calais Jacques Billant told the media, “The boat was obviously torn apart on the rocks. As soon as the incident was reported, the emergency services were immediately mobilised to provide assistance to the shipwrecked crew, and the cross-country rescue team deployed the vessel 'Minck', which was already in the area, and the helicopter 'Dolphin' to search for any survivors at sea. Fortunately, no other victims were found during the search by the Préfecture Maritime." 

This accident comes less than two weeks after the deadliest migrant disaster in the Channel this year. The French and British governments are struggling to prevent the dangerous crossings made by migrants on the Channel.