Blast kills three police officers trying to evict siblings from house in Italy – BBC

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  1. Blast kills three police officers trying to evict siblings from house in Italy  BBC
  2. Explosion at Italian Farmhouse Kills Three Military Police Officers  The New York Times
  3. Three police officers killed in Italy after explosion at house during eviction  The Guardian
  4. 3 Italian carabinieri killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion  AP News
  5. Three police officers killed in 'intentional' gas explosion in Italy  Sky News
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After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas cease-fire – The Boston Globe

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  1. After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas cease-fire  The Boston Globe
  2. A Divided Israel Unites in Joy as Hostages Come Home  The New York Times
  3. A commitment of peace in Gaza and storms continue to batter the East Coast: Morning Rundown  NBC News
  4. President Trump Delivers Remarks to Israeli Knesset  C-SPAN
  5. Schumer, Clinton lead Democrats praising Trump for Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal  Fox News
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Trump declares end of Israel-Hamas war, but experts see the hard work as just beginning – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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  1. Trump declares end of Israel-Hamas war, but experts see the hard work as just beginning  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Next steps in Gaza ceasefire uncertain as Trump hails signing of agreement - live updates  CNN
  3. Israel identifies bodies of first four dead hostages returned by Hamas  BBC
  4. How Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Presents Hurdles for Israel and Hamas  The New York Times
  5. Who are the 20 hostages Hamas released from Gaza?  NBC News
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Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed – Reuters

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  1. Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed  Reuters
  2. LIVE: Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel, Hamas Trade Accusations of Cease-Fire Violations  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Gaza latest: 'Six killed' as Israeli troops open fire on 'suspects' after 'violation of ceasefire agreement'  Sky News
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Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests

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Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood

Europe’s most senior human rights official has called on Shabana Mahmood to review UK protest laws after mass arrests over the ban on Palestine Action.

Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, said that the current legal framework allows UK authorities to “impose excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression, and risk overpolicing” in a letter sent to the home secretary.

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Why no hair and an ‘extremely small’ crown? Trump slams Time cover – politico.eu

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  1. Why no hair and an ‘extremely small’ crown? Trump slams Time cover  politico.eu
  2. Trump knocks Time over ‘super bad’ photo with ‘relatively good story about me’  The Hill
  3. President Trump accuses Time magazine of deliberately using the worst photo 'of all time' on a cover praising his peace deal  New York Post
  4. Trump Fumes at Time Magazine’s ‘Super Bad’ New Cover Celebrating His Gaza Peace Deal ‘Triumph’: ‘They Disappeared My Hair!’  Yahoo
  5. ‘Worst of all time’: Trump complains about ‘super bad photo’ on Time Magazine cover  The Independent
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Sydney nightclub named after lesbian artist’s song changes name after ‘preferred clientele’ revealed to be men

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Pink Pony Club, a song by Chappell Roan inspired by The Abbey gay bar in West Hollywood, was the inspiration for new Oxford Street club

A Sydney nightclub whose name was inspired by a lesbian artist despite “predominantly” targeting gay men has been forced to change its name after attracting a swift and “passionate” backlash.

Pink Pony was set to open on Oxford Street in Sydney’s LGBTQ+ heartland in early December. Kevin Du-Val, the owner of Palms on Oxford nightclub, and its manager, Michael Lewis, announced via social media their new venture was “unashamedly inspired by its namesake song that resonates so profoundly within our community”.

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Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war

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Observers and opposition says prosecution of Riek Machar for crimes in relation to attack by rebel militia puts peace deal at risk

South Sudan’s opposition and observers have warned that the prosecution of the country’s suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, risks jeopardising a peace agreement that ended a devastating civil war and plunging the country into full-scale conflict once again.

On 11 September, Machar was charged with murder, treason, crimes against humanity and other serious crimes in connection with a deadly attack by the White Army rebel group on a government army garrison in Nasir county in the country’s north-east. President Salva Kiir then suspended him from his post.

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