‘I can barely do one story. I just feel dizzy’ – BBC’s Gaza freelance journalists tell of struggle for food
Three freelance journalists working for the BBC in Gaza are facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering.
Verstappen says Horner’s exit has no impact on future plans
Christian Horner's departure as Red Bull boss will not affect Max Verstappen's future with Mercedes move rumoured.
US Justice Department meets with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell
Talks with imprisoned ex-girlfriend of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein come as pressure mounts on Trump administration.
One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, UN aid agency says
The UN agency for Palestinians says it has thousands of truckloads of supplies near Gaza which it wants to deliver.
UK and India sign free trade agreement during Modi visit
The two countries hope the accord will boost trade between them by 25.5 billion pounds.
Why Thai fighter jets have attacked Cambodia – The Economist
- Why Thai fighter jets have attacked Cambodia The Economist
- Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodian military targets as deadly border dispute escalates CNN
- Thailand, Cambodia Clash in Rare Armed Attacks Foreign Policy
- Thai fighter jet bombs Cambodian targets as border battle escalates Reuters
- Thailand seals border with Cambodia after military clashes kill at least 12 people BBC
He went to get aid and didn’t come back – stories of people killed in Gaza
As aid agencies warn of "mass starvation", the BBC hears from the relatives of some of those killed in the past week.
He went to get aid and didn’t come back – stories of people killed in Gaza – BBC
- He went to get aid and didn't come back - stories of people killed in Gaza BBC
- Officials say 85 Palestinians seeking aid are killed in Gaza as Israel widens evacuation orders AP News
- Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 aid-seekers in Gaza since May, the U.N. says NPR
- LIVE: Israel attacks kill more than 80 in Gaza as starvation intensifies Al Jazeera
- Israeli Troops Kill Dozens Seeking Food Near Border, Gazan Officials Say The New York Times
Benin names Spike Lee and wife ambassadors for African-Americans in the US
They are expected to support initiatives to reconnect African descendants with their roots in the continent.
Is It Important to Call Israel’s Carnage in Gaza ‘Genocide’? – Haaretz
- Is It Important to Call Israel's Carnage in Gaza 'Genocide'? Haaretz
- Opinion | Strong Views on Israel and Genocide The New York Times
- Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth The Guardian
- Yes, The New York Times is committing genocidal journalism Al Jazeera
- Outrage at Gaza's destruction is no longer enough Le Monde.fr
Iran considering relocating its capital over severe water shortage – report – The Jerusalem Post
- Iran considering relocating its capital over severe water shortage - report The Jerusalem Post
- Iran shuts down in the face of blistering heat NBC News
- Tehran declares public holiday to tackle water shortage Financial Times
- Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted The Guardian
- Iran in danger of complete water shortage amid heatwave The Jerusalem Post
EU chief says ties with China at ‘inflection point’
A summit between China and the European Union is cut to just a day as ties grow fraught.
Beijing’s Trade Tactics, Ukraine Stance Cast Pall Over Europe-China Ties – The Wall Street Journal
- Beijing’s Trade Tactics, Ukraine Stance Cast Pall Over Europe-China Ties The Wall Street Journal
- EU-China ties at 'inflection point', von der Leyen says after tense Beijing summit Reuters
- Why Isn’t China Wooing Europe? Foreign Policy
- Europe and China agree to take action on climate change and nothing else in tense Beijing summit AP News
- China’s Xi urges Europe to make ‘the right strategic choice’ amid global trade turbulence at key summit CNN
EU to China: We can’t keep our markets open if you won’t rebalance trade – politico.eu
- EU to China: We can’t keep our markets open if you won’t rebalance trade politico.eu
- China and E.U. Reach Narrow Agreements on Climate and Rare Earths The New York Times
- China’s Xi urges Europe to make ‘the right strategic choice’ amid global trade turbulence at key summit CNN
- Beijing’s Trade Tactics, Ukraine Stance Cast Pall Over Europe-China Ties The Wall Street Journal
- China Fails to Capitalize on Europe’s Grievances Over US Tariffs Bloomberg.com
We might get killed, but we have to get food, injured Gazan tells BBC
Many patients brought to UK-Med's Gaza field hospital were seeking food aid but found only violence.
No survivors after plane carrying 48 people goes down in Russian far east
The Angara airlines An-24 plane went down as it approached an airport in Amur region.
Former head of Central African football body jailed for war crimes
Edouard Ngaïssona, along with Alfred Yekatom, was convicted of targeting CAR's Muslim population.
People in Gaza are ‘walking corpses’, says Unrwa, as agency says it has 6,000 aid trucks ready to enter – Middle East crisis live
Philippe Lazzarini says Unrwa findings show one in five children is malnourished in Gaza City and says agency has food and medical supplies
Palestinian health officials said Thursday that two Palestinian teenage boys were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday night in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Israel’s military said its forces had fired at Palestinians throwing molotov cocktails toward a highway, killing two near the West Bank town of Al-Khader.
Continue reading...European Central Bank keeps interest rates on hold despite sluggish growth
Central bank shuns calls to reduce borrowing costs as higher US tariffs loom
The European Central Bank has kept interest rates on hold as figures showed the eurozone economy maintaining a slow pace of economic growth.
In what was widely expected to be a pause before further cuts later in the year, the Frankfurt-based central bank shunned calls to reduce the cost of borrowing and held its main interest rate at 2% and the deposit rate at 2.15%.
Continue reading...British teenager Bella Culley to be held in Georgia until September drugs trial
Tbilisi judge rejects lawyer’s offer of plea agreement for release of pregnant Teesside teenager, now 19, at hearing
The British teenager Bella Culley is to be held in a Georgian prison for at least five more weeks as she awaits trial on drug-smuggling charges, a court in Tbilisi has ordered.
Culley, the great-granddaughter of a former Labour MP, was arrested on arrival at the city’s airport in May. Georgian prosecutors said she was carrying a large amount of illegal drugs in luggage she brought with her from Thailand.
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