Second Ebola treatment center set on fire in epicenter of disease’s outbreak – CBS News

  1. Second Ebola treatment center set on fire in epicenter of disease's outbreak  CBS News
  2. Residents burn Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak  PBS
  3. Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients to demand bodies of their kin  AP News
  4. Attacks on Ebola centres intensify in eastern DRC amid outbreak fears  Al Jazeera
  5. Mob Burns Congo Ebola Center Amid Rare Strain Outbreak  The New York Times
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What may be included in proposed Iran ceasefire deal?

Proposed framework hinges on a 60-day truce, reopening strait of Hormuz, and revived talks on limiting Iran nuclear programme

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Donald Trump has said a “memorandum of understanding” in talks to end the US-Israel war on Iran “has been largely negotiated”.

Official details of the deal remain scant and it remains possible some aspects of the memo could change, but here is what we know so far about the potential agreement that could bring an end to the war.

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Seven flotilla activists detained in Israel arrive back in UK – BBC

  1. Seven flotilla activists detained in Israel arrive back in UK  BBC
  2. Freed Gaza flotilla activists accuse Israeli forces of sexual violence and abuse while in custody  CNN
  3. Israel’s Human Wrecking Ball  The Atlantic
  4. France Bans Israeli Minister Over Treatment of Detained Flotilla Activists  The New York Times
  5. Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse  Reuters
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Irish gangland figure fails in Dublin byelection bid for seat in parliament

Gerry ‘the monk’ Hutch comes fourth in contest won by Daniel Ennis of Social Democrats

The Irish gangland figure Gerry “the monk” Hutch has failed in his bid for a parliamentary seat in a Dublin byelection.

The 63-year-old came fourth in a contest won by Daniel Ennis of the Social Democrats, a victory for progressive politics after a campaign dominated by concerns over the cost of living and immigration.

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New Probe Into Disgraced Andrew Casts Long Shadow Over Warring Royals – The Daily Beast

  1. New Probe Into Disgraced Andrew Casts Long Shadow Over Warring Royals  The Daily Beast
  2. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces police investigation into ‘alleged inappropriate behaviour at Royal Ascot’  The Guardian
  3. Andrew faces allegation over ‘incident with woman’ at Royal Ascot  The Times
  4. Andrew investigation could look into sexual misconduct allegations  BBC
  5. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigated over potential sex crimes  Sky News
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Hunger increasingly used as weapon of war as ‘food-related violence’ surges, analysis shows

More than 20,000 attacks on markets, farmland and food distribution systems have been recorded since 2018

Hunger is being increasingly exploited as a weapon of war with more than 20,000 documented incidents of “food-related violence” in the past eight years, new analysis reveals.

Attacks include 1,261 strikes on markets used by families for daily groceries and 863 incidents in which food distribution systems were targeted and workers killed.

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