EU accused of dragging its feet over ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements

Foreign ministers will discuss options on Monday but decision on imports is not expected for months

The EU has been accused of dragging its feet over upholding international law, on the eve of a long-awaited debate about banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements.

EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday will discuss a possible ban on imports from the settlements, against an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where a UN inquiry found Israel to be committing a genocide, and surging state-backed violence in the occupied West Bank, which has killed at least 235 children.

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Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival

Police say two people exchanged gunfire in shooting that mayor called an ‘irresponsible act of violence’ in festival attended by families

A shooting near a Toronto street festival killed two men and wounded four other people on Saturday evening, police said, adding that what initially prompted an active-shooter warning was an exchange of gunfire between two people targeting each other.

Toronto police deputy chief Frank Barredo said investigators recovered two firearms after the shooting, which was reported at 8.12pm near St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue, where the Salsa on St Clair festival was underway.

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At least two killed in Toronto street festival shooting – BBC

  1. At least two killed in Toronto street festival shooting  BBC
  2. Two killed in mass shooting at Canada’s largest Latin street festival in Toronto, police say  CNN
  3. 2 killed, 6 injured at Toronto festival after pair of gunmen shoot at one another  NBC News
  4. Toronto active shooter incident leaves 5 people injured, 2 dead, police say  Reuters
  5. Gunfire shatters Toronto Latin street festival, leaving at least 2 dead and 3 injured  Fox News
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Wagner’s Remnants Are Running an Opioid Empire in the Center of Africa – WSJ

  1. Wagner’s Remnants Are Running an Opioid Empire in the Center of Africa  WSJ
  2. Remaining Wagner Group mercenaries build opioid-fueled criminal empire in Central African Republic  i24NEWS
  3. Remnants of "Wagner" led by Prigozhin's son created a drug empire in CAR  Наша Ніва
  4. Russian Mercenaries Exploit CAR’s Conflict Economy, Report Shows  Africa Defense Forum
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