Israel Aims to Control 75% of Gaza in Two Months, Military Says – WSJ

  1. Israel Aims to Control 75% of Gaza in Two Months, Military Says  WSJ
  2. IDF chief Zamir, in Gaza, says battle against Hamas ‘not an endless war’  The Times of Israel
  3. Netanyahu’s self-serving press conference: a display of deflection and distortion - opinion  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Israeli Military Aims to Take Over 75% of Gaza in Two Months  Bloomberg
  5. IDF: 75% of Gaza to be occupied in two months; 2 million civilians to be put in 3 zones  Haaretz
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Mohammed Sinwar’s likely death fails to break Hamas, ‘Post’ learns – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Mohammed Sinwar's likely death fails to break Hamas, 'Post' learns  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Exclusive | Israeli Airstrike That Killed Top Hamas Leader in Gaza Hit Meeting of Top Militants  WSJ
  3. Israel targeted Muhammad Sinwar in rare moment when he had no hostages around him — report  The Times of Israel
  4. Israel's Netanyahu says 'it appears' Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed  ABC News
  5. Intel's new CEO says the company has 55% of the data centre market  Reuters
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World Food Programme director calls food situation in Gaza ‘a catastrophe’ – Politico

  1. World Food Programme director calls food situation in Gaza ‘a catastrophe’  Politico
  2. UN says more food needed in Gaza as looting hampers deliveries  Reuters
  3. It Should Not Be Controversial to Plead for Gaza’s Children  The Atlantic
  4. Israel may change tack to allow aid groups in Gaza to stay in charge of non-food aid  AP News
  5. Sweeping overhaul of Gaza aid raises questions of morality and workability  The Washington Post
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Pope Leo XIV completes formalities to become bishop of Rome, declaring ‘I am Roman!’ – PBS

  1. Pope Leo XIV completes formalities to become bishop of Rome, declaring ‘I am Roman!’  PBS
  2. 'I am Roman,' Pope Leo says, as he becomes the bishop of Rome  NPR
  3. Pope Leo XIV: 'Let us renew our devotion to Mary'  Vatican News
  4. In the Heart of Rome, the Pope Becomes Its Citizen  ZENIT - English
  5. Communion requires prayer, listening, conversion, pope says  usccb
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Israeli strikes over past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

Civil defence agency says some people are still under rubble after attacks on Deir al-Balah and Jabaliya

Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours have killed at least 38 people in Gaza, health officials in the Palestinian territory have said, bringing the death toll to more than 100 in less than three days.

An attack on a tent housing displaced people in the central city of Deir al-Balah killed a mother and her two children, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Another strike in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza killed at least five, including two women and a child, it added.

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Top Republicans threaten to block Trump’s spending bill if national debt is not reduced

Prominent US senators warn Trump to ‘get serious’ about addressing budget deficit or they will block ‘beautiful bill’

Donald Trump has been warned by fiscal hawks within his own party in the US Senate that he must “get serious” about cutting government spending and reducing the national debt or else they will block the passage of his signature tax-cutting legislation known as the “big, beautiful bill”.

Ron Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin who rose to prominence as a fiscal hardliner with the Tea Party movement, issued the warning to the president on Sunday. Asked by CNN’s State of the Union whether his faction had the numbers to halt the bill, he replied: “I think we have enough to stop the process until the president gets serious about spending reduction and reducing the deficit.”

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Russia is raining hellfire on Ukraine – The Economist

  1. Russia is raining hellfire on Ukraine  The Economist
  2. At Least 12 Killed and Dozens Injured After Russia’s Air Strike In Ukraine  The New York Times
  3. Russia attacks Ukraine for third night in a row, Ukrainian officials say  Reuters
  4. Russia hits Ukraine with massive drone, missile barrage amid prisoner exchange  ABC News
  5. AP PHOTOS: Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack  AP News
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