Fighting in eastern DRC kills about 7,000 people since January, PM says
Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, 'significant' number of civilians among dead.
Apple commits to $500bn US investment
The iPhone giant's $500bn investment plan includes a new factory in Texas, as well as money spent on suppliers.
Merz says Netanyahu will be able to visit Germany despite ICC warrant
Friedrich Merz says 'absurd' an Israeli PM can't visit Germany as Netanyahu faces warrant on Gaza war crime allegations.
Syria Has Its Biggest Trading Partner Back—but Not the U.S. – The Wall Street Journal
- Syria Has Its Biggest Trading Partner Back—but Not the U.S. The Wall Street Journal
- EU suspends sanctions against Syria including on energy, banking Reuters
- Western sanctions are holding Syria back from rebuilding, locals say NPR
- Syria: EU suspends restrictive measures on key economic sectors consilium.europa.eu
- EU suspends select Syria sanctions to encourage democratic development Al Jazeera English
Who is Germany’s Friedrich Merz?
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IDF attacks rocket launcher in Gaza that fired rocket towards Israel – The Jerusalem Post
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- Shin Bet Arrests Two Israelis Suspected of Involvement in Tel Aviv Suburbs Bus Bombs Haaretz
- Karhi claims coalition to begin A-G ouster in coming weeks The Jerusalem Post
- Katz in West Bank: ‘We will hunt down and eliminate’ anybody involved in terror The Times of Israel
After Germany’s Election, the Left Can Hope Again – Jacobin magazine
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- Resurgence of Germany’s Left exposes fragmented, polarised electorate Reuters
- In these dark times of racially charged election campaigns, the German left offers a flicker of hope | Fatma Aydemir The Guardian
- Who is Heidi Reichinnek, the hard-left ‘Queen of TikTok’ shaking up German politics before election? Firstpost
Leader of Germany’s CDU warns of last chance for centrist politics
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Israel deploys tanks in occupied West Bank, targets refugee camps
Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years.
Sudan army ends two-year siege of key city
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How Europe is trying to shield Ukraine from Trump
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Warmongers and authoritarians suffocating global human rights, warns UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasises alarming human rights abuses in Ukraine, Palestine, and DRC.
Why is Ukraine negotiating a minerals deal with the US?
A minister says nearly all key details have been finalised for a deal giving the US access to the country's minerals.
Video: Italian fighter jets intercept American Airlines passenger plane
An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome after unspecified security concerns.
Musk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestorm
Apparently baseless claim that $21m was given to help voter turnout seized on by Trump and Modi government
Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” has been accused of setting off a political firestorm in India after it claimed that the US government had been sending millions of dollars to support the Indian elections.
In a list published on Musk’s social media platform X last week, Doge, a special group that Donald Trump created, claimed that a $21m grant distributed by USAid – the US agency for international development – to help “voter turnout in India” had been cancelled, as part of the president’s sweeping cuts to foreign aid.
Continue reading...EU suspends select Syria sanctions to encourage democratic development
Brussels says it seeks to encourage democracy as restrictions dealing with energy, transport and banking lifted.
Elon Musk Congratulates Germany’s Far-Right Party AfD After Election Result – Deadline
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- Elon Musk Congratulates AfD Leader on Germany’s Election Results The New York Times
- Elon Musk puts his finger on the scale in German elections MSNBC
- Germany: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe and calls for unity following CDU/CSU election success– live The Guardian
- Elon Musk's X supported far-right German party celebrating historic election gains USA TODAY
Albanese ‘confident’ US would come to Australia’s defence in event of attack
PM tells Q&A that US relationship is ‘rock solid’ as he fields questions on cost of living, housing and antisemitism
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Anthony Albanese says he is confident that the US would defend Australia if it were to come under attack, despite the change in leadership in the US, but that Australia needed to look after its own security and would make its own decisions on foreign policy, including on support for Ukraine.
The comments came on a special edition of the ABC’s Q&A on Monday night, in which the prime minister took questions from members of the public on foreign affairs, the cost of living crisis, housing and social cohesion, in a bid to win over voters ahead of the election being called.
Continue reading...UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ over Israeli settler violence in West Bank – The Times of Israel
- UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ over Israeli settler violence in West Bank The Times of Israel
- Israel sends tanks to the West Bank for the first time in 20 years. Here’s why that’s significant CNN
- West Bank Palestinians fear Gaza-style clearance as Israel squeezes Jenin camp Reuters
- Updates: Israel steps up West Bank raids; Netanyahu accused of sabotage Al Jazeera English
- Israel expels residents of three West Bank refugee camps BBC.com