- IDF calls up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of expanded Gaza offensive The Times of Israel
- Israel calls up thousands of reservists, plans to expand Gaza offensive amid stalled hostage talks CNN
- Israeli military issues thousands of call-up notices, local media report Reuters
- Poised to Expand Gaza Offensive, Israel Calls Up Thousands of Reserve Soldiers The New York Times
- PA leader Abbas: ‘Hamas-affiliated gangs primarily responsible’ for Gaza aid looting The Times of Israel
Greece: Woman carrying bomb dies after explosion in Thessaloniki – BBC
- Greece: Woman carrying bomb dies after explosion in Thessaloniki BBC
- Woman carrying bomb killed after it explodes before she could place it outside bank, police say CBS News
- 38-Year-Old Woman Killed in Popular Tourist Destination After Bomb She Was Carrying Detonated in Her Hands People.com
- Woman killed in Greece after bomb explodes in her hands CNN
- Woman dies when a bomb she is carrying explodes in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police say ABC News
Driver arrested after four people injured in two collisions in Rochdale
Man detained on suspicion of attempted murder following two incidents about two miles apart
A driver has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after four people were injured in two separate collisions in Rochdale, police have said.
A woman was airlifted to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after she was hit by a car in Whitworth Road and three pedestrians, including a child, were injured in Woodgate Avenue, about two miles away.
Continue reading...Portugal announces the expulsion of 18,000 foreigners ahead of a national election – AP News
Seven killed in South Sudan hospital and market bombing, charity says – BBC
- Seven killed in South Sudan hospital and market bombing, charity says BBC
- At least 7 dead after Doctors Without Borders facility in South Sudan targeted in aerial bombing CBS News
- Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed in South Sudan dw.com
- At least seven killed in South Sudan hospital bombing: MSF Al Jazeera
- 4 civilians killed as SSPDF planes bomb MSF Hospital in Old Fangak Radio Tamazuj
Seven killed in South Sudan hospital and market attack, MSF says, as civil war fears grow
MSF said its hospital was attacked as fears grow of a return to civil war in South Sudan.
Why does the United Nations face a funding crisis?
Officials warn millions of people who rely on UN help are at risk.
Prime minister of Yemen’s government announces resignation
Ahmad bin Mubarak says he was not able to take the decisions he needed to or to fully exercise his powers
Ahmad bin Mubarak, the premier of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, has announced his resignation saying he was unable to fully exercise his powers.
Bin Mubarak had been entangled in bitter disputes for months with Rashad al-Alimi, who heads the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), two ministers and a member of the PLC told AFP.
Continue reading...New post for Togo leader could see him rule for life
Faure Gnassingbé's new role has no official term limits and his critics say it is a "coup d'état".
Iran reasserts uranium enrichment rights as further US talks delayed
Foreign Minister Araghchi insists Iran's nuclear activities are civilian in nature.
Romania set for presidential election re-run after annulled vote sparks political turmoil – France 24
- Romania set for presidential election re-run after annulled vote sparks political turmoil France 24
- Romania reruns controversial election after earlier vote annulled BBC
- Russia not a threat to NATO, Romanian hard-right presidental favourite says Reuters
- Who can beat Romanian nationalist presidential candidate George Simion? politico.eu
- What’s at Stake in Romania’s 2025 Elections? Council on Foreign Relations
Germany hits back at Marco Rubio after he panned labeling of AfD as ‘extremist’
Far-right German party was labeled a ‘confirmed rightwing extremist group’ by country’s domestic intelligence service
Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, following his criticism of Germany’s decision to label the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party as a “confirmed rightwing extremist group”.
On Thursday, Rubio took to X and wrote: “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy – it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD – which took second in the recent election – but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes.”
Continue reading...Dozens of Palestinians starved to death under Israel’s blockade of Gaza
As trucks carrying vital supplies pile up at border with Egypt, hungry children look through rubbish for food.
Woman dies when bomb she was carrying explodes in Greek city of Thessaloniki, police say – PBS
- Woman dies when bomb she was carrying explodes in Greek city of Thessaloniki, police say PBS
- Woman killed in Greece after bomb explodes in her hands CNN
- 38-Year-Old Woman Killed in Popular Tourist Destination After Bomb She Was Carrying Detonated in Her Hands People.com
- Blast kills a woman in Greek city of Thessaloniki Reuters
- Woman carrying bomb killed after it explodes before she could place it outside bank, police say CBS News
MP calls for trials of lifting drinking ban in English football stands
Labour’s Luke Charters says allowing alcohol in the top five tiers of the men’s game would be the ‘modern approach’
A Labour MP has called for trials to assess the impact of lifting a decades-long ban on drinking alcohol in football stands.
York Outer MP Luke Charters said football needs to take a “modern approach” to the issue in a debate on the football governance bill earlier this week.
Continue reading...Singapore’s ruling party wins election in landslide
People’s Action Party wins its 14th successive election, giving PM Lawrence Wong the clear mandate he sought.
Buckingham Palace Responds to Prince Harry’s BBC Interview Amid His Court Loss – instyle.com
- Buckingham Palace Responds to Prince Harry's BBC Interview Amid His Court Loss instyle.com
- Prince Harry tells BBC he wants 'reconciliation' with Royal Family BBC
- Prince Harry says he wants ‘reconciliation,’ but Charles won’t talk to him The Washington Post
- Prince Harry Says King Charles ‘Won’t Speak to Me’ in BBC Interview New York Magazine
- ‘It’s not that the King won’t talk to Prince Harry — he can’t’ The Times
‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule
Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policies
Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student freed on Wednesday after more than two weeks in immigration detention, has issued a stark warning about the US’s descent into authoritarianism.
“Once the repression of dissent, in the name of security, becomes a key objective of a government, authoritarian rule and even martial law are not far off. When they look at my case, all Americans should ask themselves: what is left of our democracy, and who will be targeted next?” said Mahddawi in an op-ed for the New York Times.
Continue reading...Now Farage not Starmer is feeding public’s appetite for change
The Reform UK leader has somehow dodged responsibility for the economic damage of Brexit and is winning over disaffected Labour voters
There was a time when any election campaign featuring the name Nigel Farage would have featured the word “Brexit” just as prominently.
And yet, almost a decade after Farage orchestrated Britain’s great EU schism, and with the Reform leader emerging as a bigger political threat than ever, at this week’s local elections Brexit was not a word on the lips of voters.
Continue reading...Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week
Over five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allow
It was three weeks after Christmas when the bombshell letter arrived. Guy Shahar and his wife, Oksana, looked at each other in stunned disbelief.
They had followed the Guardian’s investigation into the carer’s allowance scandal that has left thousands of families with crippling debts and criminal records. Not once did they think they would join them.
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