- Defense minister warns freed terrorist Zubeidi: ‘One mistake and you’ll meet old friends’ The Times of Israel
- Heroes to Palestinians, but Killers to Israelis: Either Way, They Now Go Free The Wall Street Journal
- 'They're the ones who wronged us': Freed Palestinian prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi rebukes UK and US over 'harm they've caused' Sky News
- Zakaria Zubeidi, Militant Who Briefly Escaped Israeli Prison, Is Among Released Palestinians The New York Times
- Katz: Zubeidi, take care, one misstep and you'll meet your old friends The Jerusalem Post
Belgium: Right-wing strikes deal to lead new government – DW (English)
- Belgium: Right-wing strikes deal to lead new government DW (English)
- Belgium Forms a Government After 7 Months of Squabbling The New York Times
- Belgium to form government after seven months of negotiations The Guardian
- Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM POLITICO Europe
- Belgium forms first government to be led by right-wing nationalist party Financial Times
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 1, 2025 – Institute for the Study of War
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 1, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Putin Will Not End War Soon With Slow Advances Planned: ISW Newsweek
- ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 1, 2025 Kyiv Post
- Vladimir Putin’s Attrition Strategy Is Paying Off in Ukraine The National Interest Online
- ISW: Russia is struggling with a severe shortage of personnel and is changing its tactics on the front Факти
Russian missile strike damages historic Jewish institutions in Odesa – The Jerusalem Post
- Russian missile strike damages historic Jewish institutions in Odesa The Jerusalem Post
- Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile attack on world heritage site in Odesa damages historic buildings and wounds seven The Guardian
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,073 Al Jazeera English
- UN Condemns Russian Missile Attack in Odesa that Wounded 7 The Moscow Times
- Russian missile attack seriously damages historic centre of Ukraine's Odesa Reuters
Overcome by Hubris, Netanyahu Hopes the Israel-Hamas Deal Will Collapse – Haaretz
- Overcome by Hubris, Netanyahu Hopes the Israel-Hamas Deal Will Collapse Haaretz
- Second phase negotiations to begin on Monday, as Netanyahu arrives in Washington The Jerusalem Post
- Israel's Netanyahu says negotiations start Monday for next phase of Gaza ceasefire Reuters
- Report: Netanyahu may tap Minister Dermer to head negotiating team instead of Mossad chief The Times of Israel
- Israel has 'vested interest' to break off Gaza ceasefire, expert says FRANCE 24 English
Imavov knocks out Adesanya to stake UFC title claim
Nassourdine Imavov stakes title-fight claim with defeat of former UFC champion Israel Adesanya in Saudi Arabia.
Trump says he ordered air strikes on Islamic State group in Somalia
Trump says he ordered air strikes on a senior attack planner from the Islamic State group in Somalia.
Trump says he ordered air strikes on Islamic State group in Somalia
Trump says he ordered air strikes on a senior attack planner from the Islamic State group in Somalia.
Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir appointed as new IDF chief, succeeding Herzi Halevi – The Jerusalem Post
- Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir appointed as new IDF chief, succeeding Herzi Halevi The Jerusalem Post
- Yarden Bibas reportedly says Hamas taunted him about Shiri and kids; he’s clinging to hope The Times of Israel
- Eyal Zamir named next IDF chief, set to take over from Herzi Halevi in March The Times of Israel
- Zamir picked as next IDF chief of staff, IDF on high alert in West Bank post-prisoner release The Jerusalem Post
- Netanyahu's People Plot to Prevent Israeli Army From Getting a 'Leftist' Chief of Staff Haaretz
Pensioner waits at missile attack site to identify bodies of family, presumed dead – Reuters
- Pensioner waits at missile attack site to identify bodies of family, presumed dead Reuters
- Update: Death toll in Russian missile strike on Poltava rises to 9, including a child. Kyiv Independent
- In a split second, Russia wipes out three generations of a Ukrainian family BBC.com
- Russian attack on residential building in Poltava: 5 people killed, 14 injured – photos, video Ukrainska Pravda
- Russia fires deadly barrage on Ukraine as it presses on key city Citizentribune
Sick and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens
The Rafah crossing reopened after eight months, allowing 37 medical patients into Egypt to receive treatment.
Sick and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens – BBC.com
- Sick and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens BBC.com
- Updates: Israel lets wounded evacuate Gaza; joy, grief for freed detainees Al Jazeera English
- Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages and freed Palestinians return home as Rafah crossing opens The Guardian
- Wounded Gazans Begin to Leave for Egypt Through Reopened Rafah Crossing The New York Times
- Sick, wounded Palestinian children cross Gaza-Egypt border as Israel-Hamas truce holds Haaretz
Sick and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens
The Rafah crossing reopened after eight months, allowing 37 medical patients into Egypt to receive treatment.
Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself
Rachel Reeves was facing criticism on Saturday night as it was confirmed that a report she cited as evidence that a third runway at Heathrow would boost the UK economy was commissioned by the airport itself.
Experts and green groups also challenged Reeves’s view that advances in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) had been a “gamechanger” that would substantially limit the environmental damage of flying, saying the claims were overblown and did not stand up to scrutiny.
Continue reading...Major anti-corruption protests in Serbia add to pressure on President Vučić
Tens of thousands rally against government and in memory of railway station roof collapse that killed 15
Serbia’s powerful populist leader Aleksandar Vučić was facing his biggest challenge yet as student-led demonstrations intensified at the weekend in what was being called the Balkan country’s greatest ever protest movement.
Three months to the day after a concrete canopy collapsed at the entrance of Novi Sad’s railway station, tens of thousands of protesters converged on the northern city, blockading its three bridges in commemoration of the 15 people killed in the accident. The tragedy has been blamed squarely on government ineptitude and graft.
Continue reading...Twelve killed in Russian missile, drone attack on Ukraine
Twelve civilians die in Russian missile attack on Ukraine, targeting residential buildings and energy infrastructure.
UK betting giants under fire for ads targeting at-risk gamblers
Judge condemns firm for use of customer’s data after problem gambler was sent 1,300 emails over two years
- ‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hooked
Gambling companies in Britain could be forced to overhaul their advertising practices after a betting firm was ruled to have unlawfully targeted a problem gambler who was bombarded with more than 1,300 marketing emails.
In a ruling at the high court, a judge found that Sky Betting & Gaming sent the man personalised marketing without proper consent after gathering hundreds of thousands of pieces of data about him and his gambling habits.
Continue reading...Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa to visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday
Syria's leader will be in Saudi Arabia for two days and is expected to discuss bolstering relations.
Gaza ceasefire sees its smoothest exchange yet of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners – The Associated Press
- Gaza ceasefire sees its smoothest exchange yet of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners The Associated Press
- Live updates: US-Israeli citizen Keith Siegel freed in latest round of hostage releases CNN
- Israel and Hamas Exchange 3 Hostages and More Than 180 Prisoners The New York Times
- LIVE: Israel frees 183 Palestinians after 3 captives released in Gaza Al Jazeera English
- A U.S. dual citizen is among 3 Israeli hostages exchanged for Palestinian prisoners NPR
Russian stuff blowing up: Russia bombs shelter in occupied Kursk, almost 100 reported trapped – Daily Kos
- Russian stuff blowing up: Russia bombs shelter in occupied Kursk, almost 100 reported trapped Daily Kos
- Four dead in Russian strike on Kursk school, Ukraine says BBC.com
- Zelenskyy says Russia attacking 'own civilians' in Kursk DW (English)
- Russia strikes nursing home in Kursk region's Sudzha, Ukraine's General Staff reports. Kyiv Independent
- Russians strike nursing home in Sudzha, trapping 95 people under rubble – Ukrainian military commandant's office Ukrainska Pravda