Israel keeps Gaza border crossing closed while reducing aid deliveries – NPR

  1. Israel keeps Gaza border crossing closed while reducing aid deliveries  NPR
  2. Three more hostages identified as Israel says it will restrict aid to Gaza - live updates  CNN
  3. Hamas still hasn't returned these hostages' bodies from Gaza  Axios
  4. Israeli military says one of the bodies handed over by Hamas is not that of a hostage  AP News
  5. LIVE: Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks rises, despite ceasefire  Al Jazeera
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Raila Odinga, towering Kenyan opposition figure, dies aged 80 – The Guardian

  1. Raila Odinga, towering Kenyan opposition figure, dies aged 80  The Guardian
  2. Raila Odinga's body: Kenyan police fire shots and tear gas at Kasarani stadium  BBC
  3. How Raila Odinga Symbolized the Good and Bad of Kenyan Politics  The New York Times
  4. Police in Kenya fire tear gas to disperse mourners at Raila Odinga viewing  Al Jazeera
  5. Four dead after Kenyan forces fire shots, teargas to disperse crowds at Odinga viewing  Reuters
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Hamas carries out public executions after returning to the streets of Gaza – The Independent

  1. Hamas carries out public executions after returning to the streets of Gaza  The Independent
  2. Masked Hamas fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as the group fights with rival powers  CNN
  3. Germany says Hamas executions of Gazans are terrorism, but aid must still flow to Strip  The Times of Israel
  4. Hamas reasserts power in Gaza with retribution campaign, clouding peace deal’s prospects  The Hill
  5. After Israel’s war halted, who is clashing with Hamas in Gaza?  Al Jazeera
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‘Catholicism is reinventing itself’: Brazilians waking at 4am to stream prayers

Habit of rising early for live streams growing rapidly, suggesting Brazil is testing ground for religious influencers

Psychologist Cláudia Rodrigues de Oliveira Barbosa, 54, needs to be at work by 7.40am, but she wakes up at 3.40am – not because she has a lengthy commute, but to watch a “dawn prayer” livestream on YouTube.

She is one of the millions of Brazilians who tune in to the 4am sermons of Catholic friar Gilson da Silva Pupo Azevedo, 38, known as Frei Gilson, who has recently averaged an impressive 2m daily views for each video.

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Israel frees some Gaza medical staff, but a prominent hospital chief remains imprisoned – AP News

  1. Israel frees some Gaza medical staff, but a prominent hospital chief remains imprisoned  AP News
  2. Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers  Democracy Now!
  3. Calls grow for release of Gaza’s Dr Hussam Abu Safia after ceasefire deal  Al Jazeera
  4. Gaza hospital chief says freed prisoners need special care after torture in Israel  Middle East Eye
  5. Israel Is Still Holding at Least 115 Health Care Workers Hostage, Org Says  Truthout
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2 hikers hospitalized after encountering grizzly bear with 2 cubs on trail – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  1. 2 hikers hospitalized after encountering grizzly bear with 2 cubs on trail  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Mama grizzly bear attacks 2 hikers, hospitalizing both people  USA Today
  3. 2 hikers taken to hospital after grizzly attack northeast of Prince George, B.C.  CBC
  4. Elk Hunter Attacked By Grizzly, Latest In Growing Bear Problem  MeatEater
  5. Grizzly bear attack in Canada leaves 2 hikers hospitalized, 1 in critical condition  CBS News
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Freed hostage Avinatan Or: ‘I’m fine, just tired’; Father: he was in a cage underground – Ynetnews

  1. Freed hostage Avinatan Or: 'I'm fine, just tired'; Father: he was in a cage underground  Ynetnews
  2. Reunited hostage describes stark differences in couple's Gaza captivity  Yahoo
  3. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hails release of Israeli employee held by Hamas for two years  Haaretz
  4. Freed hostages' loved ones thank Trump for reuniting them after more than two years  Fox News
  5. Abducted by Hamas, Noa never lost hope she would see her 'soulmate' again  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards

The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public

The UK’s advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint that Britain’s biggest farm assurance scheme misled the public in a TV ad about its environmental standards.

The Red Tractor scheme, used by leading supermarkets including Tesco, Asda and Morrisons to assure customers their food meets high standards for welfare, environment, traceability and safety, is the biggest and perhaps best known assurance system in Britain.

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Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on ‘edge of survival’, says report

The city – the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the west of the country – has withstood more than 500 days of attacks by paramilitary RSF

The besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has been declared “uninhabitable” with new data indicating most homes are destroyed and critical levels of malnourishment among people trapped there.

The stark assessment comes as the city endures constant artillery and drone attacks, shoehorning its 250,000 starving people into a shrinking urban enclave.

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Netanyahu warns Hamas to disarm or risk ‘all hell’ breaking loose – The Times of Israel

  1. Netanyahu warns Hamas to disarm or risk ‘all hell’ breaking loose  The Times of Israel
  2. Netanyahu says Israel giving "peace a chance," but no Palestinian state without "destroying fanaticism"  CBS News
  3. Hamas Must Disarm Or "all Hell Breaks Loose," Netanyahu Tells CBS  i24NEWS
  4. Benjamin Netanyahu promises released Gaza hostages all will return  The Jerusalem Post
  5. 'All hell will break loose' if Hamas refuses to disarm, Netanyahu threatens  thenationalnews.com
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Exiled Hong Hong dissidents say UK plan to restart extraditions puts them in danger

Legislative change comes five years after treaty suspended in response to city’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists

Exiled Hong Kong dissidents say they fear UK government plans to restart some extraditions with the city could put them in greater danger, saying Hong Kong authorities will use any pretext to pursue them.

An amendment to UK extradition laws was passed on Tuesday. It came more than five years after the UK and several other countries suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong in response to the government crackdown on the pro-democracy movement, and its imposition of a Beijing-designed national security law.

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China to keep its ‘all about production’ economic playbook as rivalry with US intensifies – Reuters

  1. China to keep its 'all about production' economic playbook as rivalry with US intensifies  Reuters
  2. CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Beijing gears up for a big strategy meeting as tensions with Washington deepen  CNBC
  3. Why China still loves its five-year plans  Financial Times
  4. China’s economic priorities: the Fourth Plenum in review  Brookings
  5. What will Beijing’s next 5-year plan mean for Taiwan?  South China Morning Post
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