- Rafah is running out of food, even as the U.S. pier starts operating in Gaza NPR
- Health Crisis in Gaza Spirals as New Diseases, Infections Spread - Palestinians Haaretz
- I've spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here's what's going wrong in Gaza The Conversation
- UN says it has no more food or tents for nearly 2m people in Gaza The Guardian
- Rafah hospital braces for casualty influx as Israel readies Gaza push Reuters.com
Soldier slain in north Gaza as IDF battles Hamas in war’s ‘most violent’ fighting yet – The Times of Israel
- Soldier slain in north Gaza as IDF battles Hamas in war’s ‘most violent’ fighting yet The Times of Israel
- Israeli Friendly Fire Kills Five Troops in Gaza as Divisions Grow Over War The Wall Street Journal
- Israel Admits Killing Five of Its Own Young Soldiers by Mistake The Daily Beast
- Israeli military says 5 soldiers killed by friendly fire in northern Gaza, more troops to join Rafah operation NBC News
- IDF announces name of fallen solider The Jerusalem Post
Golf world No1 charged with assaulting police officer
World number one Scottie Scheffler is charged with assaulting a police officer hours before his second round at the US PGA Championship.
Russian strikes kill two in Ukraine’s Kharkiv as Moscow steps up attacks
The latest bombings come as Russian President Putin says aim of Kharkiv offensive is to create a buffer zone.
Putin and Xi no longer have a partnership of equals
Vladimir Putin’s visit to China was a show of strength, but in reality he needs Beijing's support for his war in Ukraine.
Is Jeremy Hunt right about Labour’s £38.5bn black hole? – BBC.com
- Is Jeremy Hunt right about Labour's £38.5bn black hole? BBC.com
- Jeremy Hunt accused of exaggerating Tories’ economic record The Guardian
- Hunt to claim only Tories will cut UK tax burden after the election Financial Times
- UK politics live: Hunt attacks Starmer for 'fake news' as he hints at more tax cuts The Independent
- Labour tax rises are as sure as night follows day, says Jeremy Hunt The Telegraph
Rare footage shows deep-sea squid attacking camera
Watch video of the super-fast Dana squid getting a close-up 1km below the Pacific Ocean's surface.
Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city – The Associated Press
- Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city The Associated Press
- Russia gains more land than Ukraine managed in its big 2023 push The Washington Post
- Russian strikes kill two in Ukraine’s Kharkiv as Moscow steps up attacks Al Jazeera English
- Zelenskyy cancels foreign trips, sign things are critically bad for Ukraine Business Insider
- Opinion | Russia Has Opened Up a New Front. What Comes Next? The New York Times
Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery halted after Ukrainian drone attack, sources say – Reuters
- Russia's Tuapse oil refinery halted after Ukrainian drone attack, sources say Reuters
- Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Russia as Putin courts support from China Yahoo! Voices
- Ukraine Drones Destroy Russian Jets and Hit Power Station in Crimea The New York Times
- Ukraine halts Russia's Kharkiv advance, Putin says offensive aims to create buffer zone NBC News
- Massive Ukraine drone strike hits energy infrastructure in Russia and Crimea Semafor
Met officer who manhandled woman on bus found guilty of assault
PC Perry Lathwood handcuffed Jocelyn Agyemang last year over false suspicion of fare evasion in Croydon
A Metropolitan police officer who manhandled a woman as she was arrested in front of her son on the false suspicion of fare evasion has been found guilty of assault.
PC Perry Lathwood was found guilty of assault by beating after a one-day trial at City of London magistrates court last week.
Continue reading...Vaughan Gething says Plaid Cymru ‘walked away from opportunity to deliver for Wales’ as it ends cooperation agreement – UK politics live
Plaid Cymru has ended its cooperation agreement with Welsh Labour government in the Senedd over concerns regarding donations to leader Vaughan Gething
The Daily Express and Daily Mail have both asked questions about the taxing of pensions. Jeremy Hunt is on combative grounds here. He is asked when calling Labour’s plans a “myth” is he accusing them of lying. He says:
Well, calling them a myth is about as rude as I get. But frankly, it is a lie. I don’t make any bones about it. It is fake news. And it is an absolute disgrace to try and win this election by scaring pensioners about a policy that is not true.
Our argument is this is about the future growth of the economy, because we can see looking around the world that more lightly taxed economies have more dynamic private sectors, they grow faster, and in the end that is more money for precious public services like the NHS.
Continue reading...South Africa’s ICJ genocide case aimed at defending Hamas, Israel claims
Israel complains of ‘obscene exploitation’ of genocide convention and asks judges to throw out bid to halt Rafah offensive
Israel on Friday attacked South Africa’s case against it in the international court of justice as an “obscene exploitation” of the genocide convention, claiming it aimed not to protect Palestinian civilians but to defend Hamas militants.
Israel’s representatives told the court their country was fighting a war of self-defence it “did not want and did not start”. They said Israel had made “extraordinary” efforts to protect civilians, and had complied with orders from the court to let more aid into Gaza.
Continue reading...‘The genie is out of the bottle’: Robert Fico shooting highlights far wider crisis in Slovakia
Attack on prime minister lifts lid on divided politics of ‘one of the most polarised countries in Europe’
On Friday morning, Father Tomáš stood solemnly in the small Catholic church nestled near a park along the banks of the Danube River in Bratislava.
He had seen an increase in visitors since Wednesday’s shock shooting of Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, which has prompted soul-searching among the country’s deeply divided society. The priest, who did not wish to give his full name, planned to hold his weekly Sunday service to pray “for peace in Slovakia, so that we find mutual respect and understanding”.
Continue reading...Australian government launches working holiday visa lottery for some applicants
Ballot aims to make system more equitable for those from China, India and Vietnam while also tightening temporary migration
Backpacker visas for citizens of certain countries will be handed out by lottery in only the second time Australia has used such a system, as the federal government escalates its crackdown on temporary migration.
Hopeful working holidaymakers from China, India and Vietnam will have to pay $25 to enter a randomised ballot for a limited number of visas from July 2024.
Continue reading...Hezbollah introduces new weapons, tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on – PBS NewsHour
- Hezbollah introduces new weapons, tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on PBS NewsHour
- 2 hurt as barrage of 75 rockets fired at north; IDF strike on Hezbollah said to kill 3 The Times of Israel
- IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
- How long can Israel and Hamas avoid all-out war? Vox.com
- Israel at War, Day 224: Some 75 Rockets Fired at Israel's Golan Heights From Lebanon - Middle East News Haaretz
Peer faces year’s ban from Lords bars for bullying two people while drunk
Kulveer Ranger resigns Tory whip after committee also recommends suspension from House of Lords for three weeks
A peer is set to be suspended from House of Lords bars for 12 months after he was found to have bullied and harassed two people while drunk.
Kulveer Ranger has resigned the government whip after the House of Lords conduct committee also recommended that he be suspended from the house for three weeks.
Continue reading...Moscow says west ‘playing with fire’ over Ukraine – as it happened
The country’s foreign ministry said the supply of long range weapons to Ukraine by the UK and US had led to an escalation in the conflict
A long-range Ukrainian strike on the Moscow-controlled Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea destroyed three Russian warplanes and a fuel facility near its main runway this week, US commercial satellite company Maxar said.
The company cited satellite imagery taken on Thursday as showing that two MiG-31 fighter jets and an Su-27 fighter jet had been destroyed. It said one MiG-29 fighter aircraft also appeared to have been damaged.
Continue reading...Israeli far right sees victory as ‘ultimate annihilation of the Gaza Strip’
Marc Lamont Hill talks to journalist Orly Noy about the extreme elements in Israel’s leadership.
Preview: English Premier League final weekend; Manchester City, Arsenal
The Premier League title goes down to the final day for the first time since 2021/2022 season.
Honduran city’s air pollution is almost 50 times higher than WHO guidelines
San Pedro Sula is rated ‘dangerous’ as effects of forest fires, El Niño and the climate crisis cause a spike in respiratory illnesses
The air quality in San Pedro Sula, the second-largest city in Honduras, as been classified as the most polluted on the American continent due to forest fires and weather conditions aggravated by El Niño and the climate crisis.
IQAir, a Swiss air-quality organisation that draws data from more than 30,000 monitoring stations around the world, said on Thursday that air quality in the city of about 1 million people has reached “dangerous” levels.
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