Israeli strike on Yemen’s Houthis reportedly kills eight – BBC

  1. Israeli strike on Yemen's Houthis reportedly kills eight  BBC
  2. Israel Attacks Yemeni Capital, a Day After Houthi Drone Strike  The New York Times
  3. Israeli strikes pound Yemen’s capital as Houthi leader decries Gaza war  Al Jazeera
  4. Yemen drone attack injures more than 20 in Israeli city of Eilat, including two in serious condition  CNN
  5. IDF Intercepts Yemen Missile That Triggered Sirens in Tel Aviv, Across Central Israel  Haaretz
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Middle East: Spain sends navy ship to Gaza flotilla – DW

  1. Middle East: Spain sends navy ship to Gaza flotilla  DW
  2. As Gaza engulfs European politics, Italy sends navy ship on unlikely mission  The Washington Post
  3. NATO Warships Protecting Gaza Convoy Against Israel Attack: Greta Thunberg  Newsweek
  4. What to know about the international flotilla seeking to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza  PBS
  5. Why have Spain and Italy sent ships to assist the Gaza Sumud flotilla?  Al Jazeera
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In UN speech, Abbas denounces Israeli ‘genocide,’ rejects ‘what Hamas did on Oct. 7’ – The Times of Israel

  1. In UN speech, Abbas denounces Israeli ‘genocide,’ rejects ‘what Hamas did on Oct. 7’  The Times of Israel
  2. Abbas to address UN after visa clash with US as questions swirl over Hamas  Fox News
  3. ‘Palestine Is Ours,’ Abbas Tells U.N. General Assembly  The New York Times
  4. UN General Assembly updates: Palestinians ‘will not leave’, Abbas says  Al Jazeera
  5. 'Palestinians will not leave,' their president tells world leaders at UN in defiant, virtual speech  AP News
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Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for campaign finance scandal – MSNBC News

  1. Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for campaign finance scandal  MSNBC News
  2. Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in Libya campaign financing case  BBC
  3. Court sentences former French President Sarkozy to 5 years in prison in campaign-financing trial  CNN
  4. Sarkozy Guilty of Conspiracy to Use Libyan Money for 2007 Campaign  The New York Times
  5. Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction  The Guardian
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Trump called climate change a ‘con job’ at the United Nations. Here are the facts and context – PBS

  1. Trump called climate change a ‘con job’ at the United Nations. Here are the facts and context  PBS
  2. Opinion | Trump at the U.N.: A Bitter Display  The New York Times
  3. Thanks to Trump’s Attack, the UN Might Have Rediscovered a Voice  Bloomberg.com
  4. Trump’s ‘right about everything’ rant offers no answers to a world on the brink  CNN
  5. Bragging rights meet battlefield reality as Trump’s peacemaker pitch falls flat at UN  Politico
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Doug Ford to ban speed cameras in Ontario in populist appeal to suburban voters

Canada premier’s move prompts criticism from road safety activists and is likely to cue new showdown with Toronto

Doug Ford has announced plans to ban speed cameras in Ontario, describing the devices as an out-of-control “tax grab” in his latest populist appeal to suburban voters.

The move prompted criticism from road safety activists and is likely to cue another showdown with Toronto, after the mayor of Canada’s largest city urged councillors to keep the cameras in place, warning that “speed kills”.

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