- Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza. Netanyahu tells negotiating team to stay at talks AP News
- LIVE: Israeli bombs kill 125 across Gaza, including dozens at ‘safe zone’ Al Jazeera
- Death toll from Israeli airstrikes overnight across Gaza rises to at least 103, hospitals say Channel 3000
- Gunfire in Gaza as Israel Says Its Troops Are Mobilizing The New York Times
- Report: Body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar found in Gaza tunnel struck by IDF The Times of Israel
‘Fight back and don’t let them win’: actor Pedro Pascal decries Trump’s attacks on artists
Comments at Cannes come after US president’s social media posts against Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift
Pedro Pascal has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s attacks against artists, as the director of a conspiracy theory satire starring the actor said he feared the political messages of films could be weaponised by US border guards.
“Fuck the people that try to make you scared,” the Game of Thrones and The Last of Us actor said at a press conference at the Cannes film festival, promoting Ari Aster’s new film Eddington. “And fight back. And don’t let them win.”
Continue reading...Three Iranians in UK charged after counter-terrorism investigation
Met police say the three charged under National Security Act for allegedly assisting Iranian foreign intelligence service
Three men have appeared in court charged under the National Security Act on suspicion of assisting the Iranian foreign intelligence service.
Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, of St John’s Wood, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, of Kensal Rise, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, of Ealing, appeared before Westminster magistrates court on Saturday.
Continue reading...In Spain, a homelessness crisis unfolds in Madrid’s airport – AP News
- In Spain, a homelessness crisis unfolds in Madrid’s airport AP News
- Airport used by thousands of Brits invaded by homeless drug addicts Daily Mail
- The homeless people of Madrid’s Barajas airport: ‘I’m sick of sleeping on the floor’ EL PAÍS English
- Spain will limit access to Madrid's airport to try to prevent homeless camping WSB-TV
- Spain chaos as major airport 'fumigated' Daily Express
At Least 8 Dead After Shooting in South Africa – The New York Times
- At Least 8 Dead After Shooting in South Africa The New York Times
- 8 people shot dead in a bar found "lying in a pool of blood," South Africa police say CBS News
- at the click of a button. - PREMIER NTULI CONDEMNS BARBARIC MASS KILLING IN UMLAZI, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ARREST OF PERPETRATORS kznonline.gov.za
- KZN CPF says fighting rising crime levels only successful once more residents volunteer EWN
- 'They shot her and she fell at my feet': Umlazi mom tells of horror attack TimesLIVE
Master negotiator who ‘drowns the devil in words’: Iran’s man in nuclear talks with US – Ynetnews
- Master negotiator who 'drowns the devil in words': Iran's man in nuclear talks with US Ynetnews
- Top Iranian official says Tehran would forgo highly enriched uranium in nuclear deal with Trump NBC News
- Trump Wants an Iran Deal, but It May Be Weaker Than His Supporters Demand The New York Times
- Iran says no new nuclear proposal, disputing Trump: ‘Confusing and contradictory’ messaging The Hill
- Tehran persists that Iran has the right to enrich uranium The Jerusalem Post
Nine killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine
Another seven people are injured in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, local officials say.
At least 21 dead after storms hit US states of Missouri and Kentucky
The storms are part of a severe weather system sweeping across the Midwest, leaving thousands without power.
‘It feels like we never left’: resentment builds in one of UK’s firmest Brexit-backing areas
Keir Starmer says Britons have moved on but many in Thurrock think they were lied to in debate about leaving EU
When Keir Starmer was asked last week whether he thought Britons had finally moved on from the issue of Brexit, his answer was a definitive yes.
It’s not difficult to see why the prime minister would hope to settle the question, before a week in which he hopes to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU, clearing a way for easier access to a marketplace that could help increase the economic growth he badly needs.
Continue reading...Officials across US government scramble to implement Trump’s surprise Syria announcement – CNN
- Officials across US government scramble to implement Trump’s surprise Syria announcement CNN
- WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Trillions in Great Deals Secured for America Thanks to President Trump The White House (.gov)
- How Trump’s meeting with Syria’s new leader is a turning point for the war-torn nation PBS
- Rubio meets Syrian counterpart in latest step towards normalizing relations Axios
- What Trump's promise to lift sanctions on Syria means for the U.S. MSNBC News
Israel accused of ethnic cleansing after more than 140 killed in Gaza in 24 hours
Israel says intensified bombings are part of campaign expansion to ‘achieve all of the war goals in Gaza’
At least 140 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours, a deadly escalation as Israel seemed poised to launch a major offensive in the besieged territory.
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 300 people since Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, one of the deadliest periods in the war since ceasefire talks broke down in March. The intensified bombing campaigns came as Israel’s total blockade on humanitarian aid has prompted fears of a famine in the Palestinian territory.
Continue reading...No 10 actively investigating winter fuel payment changes as fears grow over voter anger
Keir Starmer did not deny a rethink of benefit cut to 10 million pensioners blamed for Labour’s electoral losses
Downing Street is actively investigating changes to the controversial winter fuel payment cut over growing concerns about the policy’s deep unpopularity among voters.
No 10 has stepped up its work on reviewing the policy by carrying out internal polling and focus groups on how voters would respond to potential modifications to it.
Continue reading...Israel accused of ethnic cleansing after more than 140 killed in Gaza in 24 hours – The Guardian
- Israel accused of ethnic cleansing after more than 140 killed in Gaza in 24 hours The Guardian
- Israel turns tables on UN official claiming 'genocide' in Gaza with basic questions Fox News
- Danon accuses UN aid chief of weaponizing the word 'genocide' against Israel The Jerusalem Post
- UN rights chief: Apparent ‘push for permanent demographic shift’ in Gaza amounts to ethnic cleansing The Times of Israel
- The crisis is Gaza is only growing. Here’s what to know AP News
Iran’s leaders slam Trump for ‘disgraceful’ remarks during Middle East tour
The pushback comes after the US president accused Tehran's leadership of being 'corrupt and ineffective'.
How Donald Trump’s ‘historic’ Gulf state deals benefit a handful of powerful men
The deals stand to enrich tech CEOs substantially by opening up new audiences for their products
On his tour of the Middle East this week, Donald Trump announced a slew of multibillion-dollar tech deals with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. With the sale of the US’s most advanced technology, he also sold the American model of the industry that made it: enormous amounts of power concentrated in the hands of a few men.
The announcements poured in last week: the US and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Abu Dhabi as the site of the largest artificial intelligence campus outside the US. The deal reportedly allows the UAE to import half a million Nvidia semiconductor chips, considered the most advanced in the world for the creation of artificial intelligence products. Saudi Arabia struck a similar deal for semiconductors, obtaining the promise of the sale of hundreds of thousands of Nvidia Blackwell chips to Humain, an AI startup owned by its sovereign wealth fund. Cisco said it had signed a deal with a UAE AI firm to develop the country’s AI sector. The agreements also directed some investment by Saudi firms into US technology and manufacturing. Amazon Web Services and Qualcomm likewise announced deals on cloud computing and cybersecurity.
Continue reading...Watch India launch its 2nd mission of the year tonight – Space
- Watch India launch its 2nd mission of the year tonight Space
- ISRO's 101st Big Rocket Launch Takes Flight, Loses Satellite Minutes Later NDTV
- ISRO’s 101st satellite launch fails: Recalling the only two other instances when ‘workhorse’ PSLV failed The Indian Express
- PSLV-C61/EOS-09 mission could not be accomplished: ISRO The Hindu
- PSLV launch of Indian radar imaging satellite fails SpaceNews
Zelenskyy calls for tougher Moscow sanctions after deadly Russian strike on bus
Ukraine’s president describes attack on minibus reportedly carrying mostly elderly women as ‘deliberate killing of civilians’
Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a minibus Ukraine says was evacuating civilians, prompting Volodymyr Zelenskyy to call for tougher sanctions against Moscow.
Local authorities said that most of those killed were elderly women being evacuated from Bilopillya, a town in the Sumy region that has come under repeated Russian attack.
Continue reading...Seven European nations urge Israel to ‘reverse its current policy’ on Gaza
Israel has halted the entry of food, medication and all other essentials into the Palestinian territory since March 2.
Exclusive | Hamas Wanted to Torpedo Israel-Saudi Deal With Oct. 7 Attacks, Documents Reveal – WSJ
- Exclusive | Hamas Wanted to Torpedo Israel-Saudi Deal With Oct. 7 Attacks, Documents Reveal WSJ
- Meeting transcripts show Hamas wanted to thwart Israel-Saudi normalization with Oct. 7 attack - WSJ The Jerusalem Post
- Report: In days prior to Oct. 7, Yahya Sinwar said 'extraordinary act' needed to derail Saudi normalization The Times of Israel
- Oct. 7 massacre aimed to block Israel-Saudi deal, documents reveal Ynetnews
- Hamas docs: Oct. 7 aimed to block Israel-Saudi peace JNS.org
Trump’s moment in the Middle East
Dissecting the spectacle and substance of Trump’s Middle East tour.