- After firing, Gallant tells hostage families Netanyahu needlessly keeping troops in Gaza The Times of Israel
- Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: IDF reports 110 strikes in Lebanon, Gaza ABC News
- By Firing Gallant, Netanyahu Removes One Threat but Risks Another The New York Times
- Former army chief Moshe Ya'alon calls for civil disobedience to protest Netanyahu gov't Haaretz
- Exiting stage, Gallant tells hostage families IDF has no reason to remain in Gaza The Times of Israel
Indian Kashmir lawmakers scuffle over calls for partial autonomy
Indian-administered Kashmir lawmakers were forcibly ejected from parliament after scuffles broke out.
US Fed cuts interest rates, Powell says won’t quit even if asked by Trump
The Fed will have to navigate a changing economic landscape with the election of Donald Trump as the next US president.
Arab Americans desert the Democrats over support for Israel
Trump won the city of Dearborn, Michigan, which has the highest percentage of Arab Americans in the US.
Fallout after armed Israeli police detain two French gendarmes in Jerusalem
France's foreign ministry said it would summon Israel's ambassador over the incident.
Winner of Paul Mescal lookalike contest in Dublin receives €20 ‘or three pints’
Competition to resemble Normal People star is markedly lower-stakes than chaotic Timothée Chalamet event in New York last month
Two weeks ago, a mobbed competition to find a Timothée Chalamet lookalike in New York led to one arrest, a $500 fine for an “unpermitted costume contest” and a surprise appearance by the real-life Chalamet, fuelling further chaos.
But a similar event in Dublin on Thursday, this time to find a doppelganger for Paul Mescal, the star of Normal People and the upcoming Gladiator II, unfolded rather more sedately.
Continue reading...Proportion of children in Great Britain with gambling problem has doubled, data reveals
Gambling Commission figures show shock rise to 85,000 in number of young people suffering gambling harms
The proportion of young people in Great Britain with a gambling problem has more than doubled, according to “astonishing” official data that prompted calls for urgent government intervention.
New figures from the Gambling Commission, which regulates bookies, online casinos and the national lottery, revealed a shock rise, to 85,000, in the number of children classified as having a gambling problem under widely used diagnostic criteria.
Continue reading...Ex-DJ imprisoned for life for murdering partner’s mother in drunken knife attack
Damian Homer stabbed Wendy Francis, 61, twice in the chest after she tried to help her daughter during the attack
A lorry driver and ex-DJ who stabbed his partner’s mother to death in a drunken attack after she tried to help her daughter has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.
Damian Homer, 51, also stabbed his partner, Stacey Hill, 38, who tried to shield her mother, Wendy Francis, from the kitchen knife he wielded after an argument.
Continue reading...Leaders urge stronger action to defend Europe after Trump’s re-election
EPC talks in Budapest hear calls for unity on continent as former US president’s return to White House brings uncertainty
European leaders have called for stronger action to defend their continent and support Ukraine, in a show of unity after Donald Trump won re-election to the White House for a second term that is likely to prove a major challenge for the bloc.
Meeting in Budapest for two days of talks hosted by Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, an outspoken Trump ally, the EU’s 27 heads of state and government were joined on Thursday by 20 other leaders from the wider European Political Community including Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Continue reading...French minister cancels holy site visit after Israeli police arrest gendarmes
France summons Israeli ambassador over incident at Eleona domain in Jerusalem which is under French control
The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has abandoned a visit to a holy site in Jerusalem under French control after armed Israeli police entered the site and briefly arrested two French gendarmes.
France has summoned the Israeli ambassador over the incident, the latest of several controversies involving the Eleona sanctuary on the Mount of Olives, which along with three other sites make up the French national domain in the Holy Land.
Continue reading...Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency
The warning comes days before nations are due to gather for crunch climate talks led by the UN.
Four soldiers, two schoolchildren killed in attacks in northwest Pakistan
Roadside bomb kills four officers and wounds five others while two schoolchildren are killed in a mortar explosion.
Israel passes law to deport relatives of attackers, including citizens – BBC.com
- Israel passes law to deport relatives of attackers, including citizens BBC.com
- Israel takes hard line against terrorists, allowing deportation of family members Fox News
- Israeli parliament passes law to deport relatives of ‘terrorists’ Al Jazeera English
- Knesset Passes Law to Deport Relatives of Terrorists for Up to 20 Years Haaretz
- Israel seeks to deport suspected terrorists’ families Responsible Statecraft
Sara Sharif’s ‘evil’ stepmother tied her up with packing tape, father tells court
Urfan Sharif says he came home from work to find 10-year-old bound near radiator weeks before her death
The father of Sara Sharif has told a court he caught his “evil” wife red-handed after she tied his “terrified” daughter’s hands behind her back with packing tape just weeks before Sara was killed.
Urfan Sharif said he “shouted and screamed” when he came home from work early to find Sara, 10, bound by the living room radiator.
Continue reading...New DNA evidence at Pompeii reveals surprises about identities of Vesuvius eruption victims – CBS News
- New DNA evidence at Pompeii reveals surprises about identities of Vesuvius eruption victims CBS News
- With DNA, Pompeii Narratives Take a Twist The New York Times
- Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash The Washington Post
- Identity of casts of victims at Pompeii not all they seem, research suggests The Guardian
- DNA rewrites the history of Pompeii: The woman with the bracelet was a man and unrelated to the child on her lap EL PAÍS USA
Biden pledges ‘peaceful transition’, dodges ironies in US election defeat
Joe Biden offered Donald Trump congratulations on his election victory, and also tried to console Democrats.
Father and son jailed over bungled plot to kill Birmingham shop owner
Pair allegedly recruited US woman to carry out shooting who wore hijab as disguise, but gun jammed, court told
A father and son have been jailed for a bungled revenge plot to kill a Birmingham shop owner, after allegedly recruiting an American woman to carry out the shooting who wore a hijab as a disguise.
Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 30, was sentenced to 32 years in prison, while his father, Mohammed Aslam, 58, was given 10 years after both were convicted of conspiracy to murder Aslat Mahumad, the owner of a boutique clothing shop in Birmingham.
Continue reading...Yoav Gallant reportedly says Israeli army has nothing left to do in Gaza
Ousted defence minister also quoted as saying Netanyahu rejected peace deal against advice of his security officials
Israel’s ousted defence minister, Yoav Gallant, has reportedly said the army has achieved all its objectives in Gaza and that Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a hostages-for-peace deal against the advice of his own security establishment.
Gallant was speaking to hostages’ families on Thursday, two days after being sacked by Netanyahu, and reports of his remarks quickly surfaced in Israeli media.
Continue reading...Trump will give Israel ‘blank check’ which may mean all-out war with Iran, says ex-CIA chief
Leon Panetta says he also expects US president-elect to favor letting Russia retain control of areas of Ukraine
Donald Trump will as president give Benjamin Netanyahu a “blank check” in the Middle East, possibly opening the way for all-out war between Israel and Iran, the former CIA director and US defense secretary Leon Panetta predicted.
“With regards to the Middle East, I think he’s basically going to give Netanyahu a blank check,” Panetta said of Trump, who won the presidential election this week and will take office again in January.
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Continue reading...What will Trump’s presidency mean for Israel, Palestinians and Middle East?
Pro-Israeli policies featured heavily in the US president-elect's previous White House term.