UN resolution on Gaza imposes ‘illegal trusteeship’ over Palestinians: Top legal expert – Middle East Eye

  1. UN resolution on Gaza imposes 'illegal trusteeship' over Palestinians: Top legal expert  Middle East Eye
  2. Opinion | Hamas is refusing to disarm. That means tough choices.  The Washington Post
  3. In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza  The New York Times
  4. Opinion | Trump Rallies the Security Council on Gaza  The Wall Street Journal
  5. Is the UN Resolution on Gaza Hopeful, Meaningless – or Dangerous?  Haaretz
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UN Security Council resolution a violation of Palestinian right of self-determination and UN Charter, UN expert warns – ohchr

  1. UN Security Council resolution a violation of Palestinian right of self-determination and UN Charter, UN expert warns  ohchr
  2. Opinion | Hamas is refusing to disarm. That means tough choices.  The Washington Post
  3. Opinion | Trump Rallies the Security Council on Gaza  The Wall Street Journal
  4. U.N. Security Council Adopts Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza  The New York Times
  5. Trump's Gaza Plan Could Force Netanyahu to Make a Stand on Palestinian Statehood  Haaretz
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We can’t be the losers from unfair competition with China, says German finmin – Reuters

  1. We can't be the losers from unfair competition with China, says German finmin  Reuters
  2. EU to toughen trade stance on China as Germany pivots  Reuters
  3. German Finance Chief Says China Trip Helped Bridge Differences  Bloomberg.com
  4. German vice chancellor visits China in difficult times  DW
  5. ‘We need stability’: China and Germany strive to reset trade ties in Beijing  South China Morning Post
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Iran releases Marshall Islands-flagged tanker and crew it seized last week – AP News

  1. Iran releases Marshall Islands-flagged tanker and crew it seized last week  AP News
  2. Iran releases tanker seized in Strait of Hormuz, vessel's manager says  BBC
  3. Iran confirms seizure of tanker carrying petrochemical cargo  CNN
  4. Iran Releases Tanker It Seized From the Strait of Hormuz  The New York Times
  5. Iran Strait of Hormuz Tanker Seizure Violates International Law, CENTCOM Says  USNI News
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Cornwall woman among five killed in snowstorm in Chile – BBC

  1. Cornwall woman among five killed in snowstorm in Chile  BBC
  2. A Violent Snowstorm Killed 5 Tourists in Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park  Outside Magazine
  3. 5 Tourists Killed in 110 MPH Blizzard at Remote National Park, 4 Others Rescued Alive  People.com
  4. British woman among five tourists killed in Patagonia blizzard  The Times
  5. British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile  The Guardian
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Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence – World Health Organization (WHO)

  1. Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence  World Health Organization (WHO)
  2. Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2023  World Health Organization (WHO)
  3. Nearly one-third of women worldwide faced partner or sexual violence: WHO  Al Jazeera
  4. Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’  UN News
  5. European health systems are failing victims of gender violence, WHO says  Euronews.com
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Allegations about Farage’s conduct as schoolboy ‘disturbing’, says No 10 – UK politics live

The Guardian spoke to more than a dozen contemporaries of Farage at Dulwich college, a public school in south London

Healey is now taking questions.

Q: How close are are we to war?

It is Labour that is the party of defence.

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British Museum ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm

Critics of deal welcome move, which has been called for since 2016 when experts said it was morally unacceptable

The British Museum has ended a controversial sponsorship deal with a Japanese tobacco firm after reports that the government had raised questions about the deal, which some critics said was “deeply troubling”.

The Guardian understands that the museum’s board chose to not renew the 15-year partnership with Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which ended in September.

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Tropical cyclone Fina intensifies to category two and could hit NT coast on Friday

If it makes impact on Friday, it would be the earliest cyclone of the season to make landfall in Australia since 1973

If tropical cyclone Fina crosses the Northern Territory coast on Friday, it could equal the earliest cyclone to make landfall in Australia.

Fina intensified to category two storm on Wednesday night, the Bureau of Meteorology said, and was moving east about 370km north-east of Darwin before making an expected turn south on Thursday.

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