- South Korean president accused of ordering use of guns to stop martial law vote BBC.com
- S. Korean prosecutors say Yoon authorised soldiers to shoot during botched martial law bid FRANCE 24 English
- South Korean prosecutors say Yoon authorised 'shooting' during martial law bid The Times of India
- Police leave Yoon's safe house after unsuccessful raid attempt The Korea JoongAng Daily
- South Korea Prosecutors Indict Ex-Defense Minister Kim, Yonhap Reports Bloomberg
WHO ‘appalled’ by Israel attack on northern Gaza’s last functioning major hospital
Kamal Adwan in Beit Lahia was partially destroyed and critical patients are at grave risk, the UN body says
The World Health Organization says it is “appalled” by an Israeli raid which it said had shut down and partly destroyed the last major hospital still functioning in northern Gaza.
Israel’s “systematic dismantling of the health system” combined with a siege of the population in the north of the coastal strip over the past 80 days “puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk”, the WHO said.
Continue reading...S Korean president accused of ordering use of guns to stop martial law vote
Yoon Suk Yeol told authorised soldiers to break down doors and drag politicians out of parliament, prosecutors say.
Putin Apologizes but Stops Short of Taking Responsibility for Kazakhstan Crash – The New York Times
- Putin Apologizes but Stops Short of Taking Responsibility for Kazakhstan Crash The New York Times
- What is known about a plane crash in Kazakhstan after Putin apologized for a "tragic incident"? The Associated Press
- Five infamous incidents of commercial airplanes that were shot down The Washington Post
- Azerbaijan Airlines says plane crashed after ‘external interference’ as questions mount over possible Russian involvement CNN
- A strange banging sound, chaos and prayers before a plane crashes The Seattle Times
Israel arrests hospital director and other staff in raid on last functioning facility in northern Gaza, health officials say – CNN
- Israel arrests hospital director and other staff in raid on last functioning facility in northern Gaza, health officials say CNN
- Director of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza detained in Israeli military raid Sky News
- When burning hospitals are no longer news Al Jazeera English
- Fire rips through one of Gaza’s last hospitals; Israel detains director NBC News
- WATCH: IDF, Shin Bet arrest over 200 terror suspects in raid of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza The Jerusalem Post
Leicester City vs Man City: EPL preview, team news, how to follow, stream
Before their trip to Leicester City, coach Pep Guardiola has assured fans he won't walk away from Man City's crisis.
Voting begins in Chad as opposition parties call for election boycott
Opposition parties urge Chadians to boycott the vote, calling it a sham aimed at entrenching the ruling party's power.
Driver in 80s arrested after pedestrian dies following collision in Bedfordshire
Police say man in 40s died at scene in Dunstable after incident at about 4pm on Friday
A man in his 80s has been arrested after a pedestrian died following a road collision in Bedfordshire, police said.
Officers were called just before 4pm on Friday to reports of a collision between a blue Saab car and a pedestrian in West Street, Dunstable.
Continue reading...Labour donor Dale Vince urges ‘rigorous financial scrutiny’ of Sizewell C costs
Green energy entrepreneur voices concerns over project’s funding and ‘spiralling costs’ of UK’s other nuclear plants
The government’s new value for money tsar has been challenged to examine the costs of a nuclear power station to be given final approval next year, as ministers attempt to shore up private investment for the project.
New nuclear plants are a key part of the government’s plan to have clean power by 2030. The Sizewell C reactor, billed as generating enough energy to power 6m homes, is expected to be given the final go ahead in June’s review of public spending. Its projected costs are in excess of £20bn.
Continue reading...Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he’d have defeated Trump
President also regrets picking Merrick Garland for attorney general, as he was slow to prosecute Trump for January 6
Joe Biden regrets having pulled out of this year’s presidential race and believes he would have defeated Donald Trump in last month’s election – despite negative poll indications, White House sources have said.
The US president has reportedly also said he made a mistake in choosing Merrick Garland as attorney general – reflecting that Garland, a former US appeals court judge, was slow to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the 6 January 2021 insurrection while presiding over a justice department that aggressively prosecuted Biden’s son Hunter.
Continue reading...When burning hospitals are no longer news
The silence over the demise of Kamal Adwan Hospital is deafening. The world has fully accepted Israel’s genocide.
Top 5 January transfer targets: Rashford, Salah, Osimhen, Alexander-Arnold
With European football's January transfer window approaching, Al Jazeera looks at the top talent on the table.
Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening ‘second energy front’ against Ukraine
Ukrainian president's criticism comes as Kyiv is expected to stop transit of Russian gas to Slovakia on January 1.
WHO chief ‘escaped death narrowly’ in Yemen airport attack
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.
WHO chief ‘escaped death narrowly’ in Yemen airport attack
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.
Israel detains a Gaza hospital director, Palestinian medical officials say – NPR
- Israel detains a Gaza hospital director, Palestinian medical officials say NPR
- LIVE: Baby in Gaza ‘freezes to death’ as Israeli attack on hospital kills 7 Al Jazeera English
- Fire rips through one of Gaza’s last hospitals; Israel detains director NBC News
- No Infrastructure Remains in Northern Gaza, for Terrorism or for Life Haaretz
- Israeli forces ‘sexually assaulted, beat and insulted women’ during Gaza hospital raid Middle East Eye
Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party
Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justify his wading into German politics
The tech entrepreneur and close adviser to Donald Trump Elon Musk has taken a stunning new public step in his support for the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD), publishing a supportive guest opinion piece for the country’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper that has prompted the commentary editor to resign in protest.
The commentary piece in German was launched online on Saturday before being published on Sunday in the flagship paper of the Axel Springer media group, which also owns the US politics news site Politico.
Continue reading...How concerned are Israelis by what their government is doing in their name?
Israel has been attacking hospitals and displacement shelters for more than a year now, killing tens of thousands.
What we know about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash
The White House has said the flight may have been hit by missiles fired by a Russian air-defence system.
Putin apologises to Azerbaijan’s president over ‘tragic’ plane crash
Vladimir Putin says incident occurred in Russian airspace, but does not acknowledge any possible involvement of Russia.