What’s needed on the ground to implement the Gaza ceasefire deal?
Palestinians in Gaza desperately need aid as 15 months of war has caused a humanitarian crisis.
Southwest Airlines pilot charged with DUI while preparing for takeoff
Officers said pilot had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol before planned flight from Savannah to Chicago
Police at a Georgia airport arrested an airline pilot on a DUI charge as he was making pre-flight checks aboard a Southwest Airlines flight with bloodshot eyes and reeking of what smelled like alcohol, according to a police report.
Passengers had boarded the Southwest Airlines flight from Savannah to Chicago and were awaiting takeoff on Wednesday morning when police boarded the plane and took the pilot away in handcuffs.
Continue reading...CNN found guilty for defaming US navy veteran evacuating Afghans for a fee
Plaintiff had accused CNN of his destroying his reputation by branding him a profiteer who exploited desperate Afghans.
Qatar’s PM calls for Gaza ceasefire agreement to be ‘fully implemented’
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera Sheikh Mohammed shares details on Gaza truce negotiations and Syria talks.
A frosty presidential inauguration? Trump moves ceremony indoors
US President-elect Donald Trump faces one of the coldest inauguration days in modern history when he is sworn in Monday.
Donald Trump’s inauguration moved indoors due to ‘dangerous’ cold
The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol.
Starmer urges world leaders to ‘double down’ on support for Ukraine
PM stressed shared ‘unbreakable commitment to Nato and Ukraine’ with Poland in meeting with Donald Tusk
Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to “double down” in their efforts to support Ukraine during a visit to Poland, days before Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency risks jeopardising international solidarity on the issue.
Speaking alongside the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, after the pair discussed a proposed defence-focused treaty, Starmer dodged questions on the possible impact of Trump, but insisted the only way forward was “peace on Ukraine’s terms”.
Continue reading...Aid increase in ceasefire deal ‘is admission Israel could have done more’, experts say
Agreement to surge aid to Gaza shows Israel has been controlling access, lawyers and humanitarian groups say
A provision to increase the aid entering Gaza under the ceasefire is welcome but insufficient, and shows Israel could have allowed more food, medicine and other supplies into the strip during the war, humanitarian and legal experts have said.
The deal agreed this week allows for 600 trucks a day of aid to enter Gaza, where nine out of 10 Palestinians are going hungry and experts warn that famine is imminent in areas. Israel faces accusations it is using starvation as a weapon of war.
Continue reading...Police fear ‘rightwing driven’ reaction to grooming gangs will harm victims
Senior officers say fraction of child abuse cases relate to gangs and funding could be diverted from current cases
Senior police officers fear that government pressure to reinvestigate closed historic cases of gang grooming could make it harder to catch those targeting children today.
The government on Thursday announced more reviews of past cases and also that victims, whose cases did not end in prosecutions, will be given a new right of appeal to have their investigations reopened.
Continue reading...ICC chief prosecutor meets Syria’s de facto leader
ICC's Karim Khan makes unannounced visit to Damascus for talks on 'accountability for alleged crimes'.
Inmates fighting LA fires: ‘Happy to pay my debt this way’
More than a thousand California prisoners have helped to battle the Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles.
‘One-in-a-billion’ round egg found at farm in Devon to be auctioned
Rare spherical egg could fetch in region of £200, with proceeds of sale going to charity
A farm worker in Devon has discovered what she believes to be a “one-in-a-billion” spherical egg.
Alison Greene, who has worked as an egg handler on Fenton Farm near the Somerset border for three years and handled more than 42m eggs, said she had never found a perfectly round one before.
Continue reading...Americans and Chinese share jokes on ‘alternative TikTok’ as US ban looms
RedNote's Chinese users say it is the first time they have been able to speak directly to Americans online.
Donald Trump’s inauguration moved indoors due to ‘dangerous’ cold
The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol.
What has Netanyahu won and lost by agreeing to Israel-Gaza ceasefire?
Israeli PM may lose influential supporters but could still rework his alliances and survive politically.
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law
A law passed last year requires TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the video platform or face a ban.
TikTok ban will be first test for Trump as dealmaker-in-chief
The new law will land in the incoming president's lap – but it's also a political opportunity, writes Anthony Zurcher.
TikTok ban will be first test for Trump as dealmaker-in-chief
The new law will land in the incoming president's lap – but it's also a political opportunity, writes Anthony Zurcher.
‘Law of the land:’ Biden signals Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified
The outgoing US president called on others to 'affirm' the amendment, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex.
EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility
The European Commission has asked X to hand over internal documents about its algorithms, as it steps up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media platform has breached EU rules on content moderation.
The EU’s executive branch told the company it wanted to see internal documentation about its “recommender system”, which makes content suggestions to users, and any recent changes made to it, by 15 February.
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