Israel has turned Gaza into a ‘mass grave’, top UN court hears – as it happened

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ICJ holding hearing about Israel’s obligation to facilitate aid to Gaza and the West Bank amid the outlawing of Unrwa. This live blog is closed

Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 24 people across the territory since dawn, Al Jazeera is reporting. In Jabalia, in northern Gaza, 10 family members were reportedly killed in an airstrike, while eight people in another family were killed in a separate airstrike.

Tehran has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dictate US policy in negotiations after the Israeli prime minister repeated calls for Iran’s entire nuclear infrastructure to be dismantled.

Israel’s fantasy that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do is so detached from reality that it hardly merits a response.

What is striking, however, is how brazenly Netanyahu is now dictating what President Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran…

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Treasury Targets Vessels Delivering Oil Derivatives to the Houthis – U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)

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  1. Treasury Targets Vessels Delivering Oil Derivatives to the Houthis  U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)
  2. US Treasury targets Houthi-linked vessels to disrupt efforts to fund 'dangerous and destabilizing attacks'  Fox News
  3. US sanctions target deliveries of oil and gas to Houthis  Reuters
  4. US Treasury Targets Three Tankers for Delivering Oil Products to Houthi-Controlled Ports  gCaptain
  5. US sanctions hit ships delivering oil, gas to Houthi rebels  New York Post
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Exclusive-Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent – Yahoo News UK

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  1. Exclusive-Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent  Yahoo News UK
  2. Exclusive: Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent  Reuters
  3. "When They Shot Your Mother...": Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Pak's Bilawal Bhutto  NDTV
  4. Undermining the Indus Waters Treaty imperils Indian security  Financial Times
  5. Kashmir: An all-out India-Pakistan war is unlikely  DW
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African diplomats urge UK government to back bill to speed up debt restructurings

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Exclusive: Countries are struggling to manage expensive loans, with much of debt transacted through London

Diplomats from eight southern and east African countries have signed a letter calling on the UK government to support a private member’s bill that aims to speed up debt restructurings, after economic crises meant countries were unable to pay back loans.

Poor countries’ economies have been hit by a series of global events in recent years, including the coronavirus pandemic, which reduced growth; the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which sent inflation soaring; and raised US interest rates, which have pushed up the cost of international loans to often unaffordable levels.

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Crime Novelist Murdered on Houseboat – Newser

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  1. Crime Novelist Murdered on Houseboat  Newser
  2. Police launch murder investigation after bestselling novelist found dead on houseboat  CNN
  3. Bestselling German novelist found killed on Hamburg houseboat  The Guardian
  4. Bestselling Novelist Found Dead in 'Violent' Circumstances on Houseboat — and Killer Remains on the Loose  People.com
  5. Germany: Police probe death of author Alexandra Fröhlich  DW
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In first 100 days, Trump struggles to make good on promises to quickly end Ukraine and Gaza wars – AP News

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  1. In first 100 days, Trump struggles to make good on promises to quickly end Ukraine and Gaza wars  AP News
  2. Trump said he could stop the Ukraine war in 24 hours. After 100 days, a deal still eludes him  CNBC
  3. ‘The Art of the Deal’ meets global reality  CNN
  4. Trump and the art of ‘dealism’  Financial Times
  5. Trump, the self-professed dealmaker, presses difficult negotiations  The Washington Post
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