Netanyahu, Eisenkot camps clash over Israeli election projections
Despite narrower exit poll figures, opposition leaders insisted the result was a defeat for the government.
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Israel’s Eisenkot says country voted for change
Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot says millions of Israelis voted for change, tired of Netanyahu’s ‘lies’.
‘This is America’: US envoy scolds Cuban diplomat at UN
US envoy Mike Waltz repeatedly told Cuba’s UN team, ‘This is America’, during a heated clash at UN headquarters
Watch: What happens now after close vote in Israeli election?
Polls have closed in the Israeli election, but there is no clear winner.
Alexander brothers each sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case
The trio - two of whom were high-profile US real estate moguls - were found guilty using their social status to lure women to parties and then raping them.
Gaza’s women filmmakers turn pain into cinema as new academy launches
Gaza film festival highlights women's resilience through stories of war, loss and survival.
President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’
President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.
A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters
Itamar Ben Gvir was defiant after polls show his Otzma Yehudit party has lost seats in the Israeli election.
China’s families are now supporting more old people than kids – BBC
- China's families are now supporting more old people than kids BBC
- China aims to stabilise number of new births with policy support Reuters
- As births decline across China, 1 in 8 are born in Guangdong. What’s the secret? South China Morning Post
- Nine provincial-level regions in China post birth rates above 7‰ in 2025, Guangdong tops newborns: report Global Times
- China’s Population Falls by 3.39 Million, Largest Drop Since 2022 Caixin Global
China’s families are now supporting more old people than kids
The latest figures mark a major milestone as Beijing grapples with an ageing population.
No clear mandate projected in Israel election: What’s next?
President Isaac Herzog will task the candidate he deems best placed to form a government once results are in.
Smotrich dances in Israel despite far-right decline
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich celebrates despite exit polls suggesting support for his far-right party declined.
Arab towns in Israel celebrate historic Knesset gains with fireworks
Celebrations erupted in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats
Thousands rally outside Portugal’s parliament over housing crisis, police operations – Reuters
- Thousands rally outside Portugal's parliament over housing crisis, police operations Reuters
- Thousands of Portuguese gather outside Parliament as housing protests swell AP News
- Portuguese police clear Lisbon housing protest camp, arrest 25 Al Jazeera
- Portugal: Lisbon housing crisis sparks protest outside parliament Yahoo
- CORRECTION Portugal Housing Protest dailyrecordnews.com
Grand jury declines to indict ex-White House staffer who testified about January 6
Cassidy Hutchinson had implicated Donald Trump in US Capitol attack during testimony before House committee
The justice department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 US Capitol insurrection, according to two people familiar with the matter.
A grand jury in Washington rejected prosecutors’ request to return an indictment charging Cassidy Hutchinson, said the people, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case. It’s the latest setback in the justice department’s efforts to charge perceived adversaries of the Republican president.
Continue reading...Pope says ‘there is no such thing as a holy war’ in message to religious leaders – NBC News
‘Go home, Ben-Gvir’; Arab Bloc celebrates record turnout in Israel election
Israel’s Joint Arab List party celebrated as exit polls projected as many as 18 parliamentary seats for the Arab-bloc.
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research finds
AI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UK’s ban on disposable vapes.
Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated, in what is thought to be the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK.
Continue reading...Chris Mason: Budget needs to go some way towards delivering PM’s promises – BBC
- Chris Mason: Budget needs to go some way towards delivering PM's promises BBC
- Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget? The Guardian
- Healey seeks to steer UK through 'difficult moment' with low-key budget Reuters
- Healey due to unveil tax and spending plans in Burnham's first Budget Yahoo
- UK Treasury chief faces headwinds as he delivers first budget under new prime minister, Andy Burnham 10TV
Iran war live: Pezeshkian says Middle East can solve own issues without US
Iranian president's words came at summit for gas exporting countries in Russia.