- Six hostages to be freed and Gazans to be allowed north - Israel BBC.com
- Israel begins allowing Palestinians to return to northern Gaza for the first time in over a year The Associated Press
- Live briefing: Displaced Palestinians begin return home to devastated northern Gaza The Washington Post
- Hamas to release Israeli hostage Yehud, two others before Friday, Israel to allow Gazans to return home north Reuters
- Israel, Hamas reach deal to release hostages and allow Palestinians to return to Gaza Strip Fox News
Six hostages to be freed and Gazans to be allowed north – Israel
The hostages include Arbel Yehud - the civilian at the centre of a row which has led to Israel blocking the return of Gazans to north Gaza.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to north Gaza as Israel opens checkpoints
People begin long walk at dawn to what remains of their homes after 24-hour delay over release of Israeli hostage
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flooded back into northern Gaza on Monday after Israel opened military checkpoints that had divided the strip for more than a year, ending a forced exile from homes and loved ones that many feared could become permanent.
In the dawn light, crowds that had waited by the road overnight began the long walk back to their homes and business – or what remained of them – as soon as the crossing opened.
Continue reading...RNLI rescues American students from Welsh island during Storm Éowyn
A lifeboat had to make four trips to recover seven people from Worms Head island due to very challenging conditions
It turned out to be a dangerous trip to a tidal island in Wales that, thanks to the RNLI, seven American students will never forget.
The group had to be rescued by the lifeboat service after the incoming tide cut Worms Head island off from the Gower coast on Saturday morning.
Continue reading...Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension announced by White House, avoiding renewed fighting – Axios
- Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension announced by White House, avoiding renewed fighting Axios
- As Thousands Try to Return Home, Fragile Mideast Cease-Fires Are Tested The New York Times
- White House Statement on Agreement Extension Between Lebanon and Israel The White House
- At least 22 killed as Lebanon ceasefire expires. Here’s what to know. The Washington Post
- Deadline for Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon expires DW (English)
Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West – Reuters
- Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West Reuters
- Lukashenko pockets massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West Reuters
- Lukashenko wins seventh term as Belarus president in election rejected as sham The Guardian
- Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election The New York Times
- Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko set to extend his 30-year rule The Washington Post
Syrian fighters execute 35 in three days, war monitor says
Authorities have arrested dozens of people accused of taking advantage of the chaos in Syria to settle old scores
Fighters affiliated with Syria’s new leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of Assad-era officers, a war monitor has said.
The authorities, installed by the rebel forces that toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad last month, said they had carried out multiple arrests in the western Homs area over unspecified “violations”.
Continue reading...Auschwitz survivors return as world remembers Nazi death camp 80 years on – BBC.com
- Auschwitz survivors return as world remembers Nazi death camp 80 years on BBC.com
- World leaders to join commemorations marking 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation CNN
- At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism The New York Times
- Among monarchs and presidents, focus of Auschwitz anniversary is on 50 survivors The Guardian
- 80 Years Later, We Forget the Lessons of Auschwitz at Our Peril | Opinion Newsweek
Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation
Fifty survivors - now in their late 80s and 90s - will attend a ceremony marking the camp's liberation.
Israeli troops fire on displaced Palestinians hoping to return to homes, killing 2 – NPR
- Israeli troops fire on displaced Palestinians hoping to return to homes, killing 2 NPR
- Al Jazeera reporter caught in Israeli gunfire at Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor Al Jazeera English
- Gaza Ceasefire Breached: Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinians Waiting to Return Home Palestine Chronicle
- Israeli fire kills 1, wounds 7 as Palestinians are kept out of north Gaza over a ceasefire dispute WBAL TV Baltimore
- In ceasefire violation, Israeli gunfire kills displaced Palestinian in Gaza, injures others Anadolu Agency | English
Immigration raids in Chicago begin days after ‘border czar’ claimed officials were ‘reconsidering’
Ice confirms ‘enhanced targeted operations’ in a city on edge after Trump officials warned of enforcement actions
US federal authorities have begun immigration raids in Chicago, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) statement confirmed on Sunday, just days after incoming “border czar” Tom Homan said officials were “reconsidering” after details leaked into the press.
In a statement, Ice said its agents, along with the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the US Marshals Service, had begun conducting “enhanced targeted operations” in Chicago “to enforce US immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities”.
Continue reading...Sweden opens inquiry into damaged undersea cable as Nato deploys ships
A vessel has been seized after suspected sabotage of fibre optic line, probably due to external influence, Latvia says
An undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, probably as a result of external influence, Riga has said, prompting Nato to deploy patrol ships to the area and triggering a sabotage investigation by Swedish authorities.
Sweden’s security service has seized control of a vessel as part of the inquiry, the country’s prosecution authority said.
Continue reading...My opponents choose jail and exile, Lukashenko tells BBC
On election day, the unchallenged Belarus leader exchanges arguments with the BBC Russia editor.
What can keep the Gaza ceasefire deal on track?
The Israeli army blocks northern Gaza crossing points after prisoner-captive exchanges.
Capital cities expecting hot public holiday as Melbourne braces for 41C
Hot, dry and windy weather for Australia’s south-east prompts bushfire and heatwave warnings
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Multiple heatwave and bushfire warnings are in place for the Australia Day public holiday, with every Australian capital city expecting maximum temperatures above 30C and Melbourne forecast for a scorcher.
On Monday Melbourne was forecast to hit 41C before a late cool change. Sydney was due for 31C, Brisbane 30C, Adelaide 35C, Perth 32C and Hobart 32C.
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Continue reading...Palestinians condemn Trump’s proposal to ‘clean out’ Gaza
Palestinian Authority rejects proposal as a violation of its 'red lines' as Gaza residents insist they will remain.
Trump threatens ‘disciplinary action’ for USAid staff ignoring foreign aid freeze
Memo offers further guidance to ‘stop-work’ directive and how to achieve Trump’s America first policy
Donald Trump urged US Agency for International Development (USAid) workers to join the effort to transform how the federal government allocates aid around the world in line with his America first policy. His administration threatened “disciplinary action” for any staff ignoring the its orders, issued days into Trump’s second presidency.
A sharply-worded memo sent Saturday to more than 10,000 staff at USAid offered further guidance to Friday’s “stop-work” directive that effectively put a sweeping freeze on US foreign aid worldwide. The memo, reviewed by Reuters, laid out expectations for the workforce on how to achieve Trump’s goals.
Continue reading...Trump Developing Plan to Deport Migrants, Including Venezuelan Gang Members, to El Salvador: Report – Rolling Stone
US, Colombia wage tariff war after Petro blocks Trump’s deportation flights
Colombian leader says Bogota will refuse US deportation flights until migrants are guaranteed 'dignified treatment'.
Republican concerned for Pompeo after Trump pulls security detail amid Iran threats
Former secretary of state has faced threats from Iran since since he took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic
The Ohio Republican Mike Turner said on Sunday’s Face the Nation he is “very concerned” for former secretary of state Mike Pompeo after Donald Trump revoked his security detail earlier in the week.
Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran since they took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic during Trump’s first administration, were told of the loss of protection on Wednesday evening.
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