Eyewitnesses recall Israeli attack on youth carrying firewood in Gaza
Eyewitnesses recall an Israeli strike and quadcopter attack that killed three young Palestinian men and injured others.
EU, others pledge more than $6bn to Syria in post-al-Assad donor drive
Western powers and regional neighbours attend conference in Brussels aimed at helping country rebuild after civil war.
Trade turmoil forecast to slash growth in Canada and Mexico
Trump's tariffs will hit its biggest steel trading partners' economies the most, the OECD predicts.
Grief, anger in North Macedonia as thousands mourn nightclub fire victims
Local authorities arrest 20 people in connection with the blaze, including officials and the nightclub manager.
Tens of thousands attend rallies in Yemen after deadly US airstrikes – as it happened
Huge demonstrations in Houthi-controlled areas come as more than 50 people die in strikes responding to Red Sea attacks
More than 200 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in incidents involving war remnants in the three months since the fall of the Assad regime, as bomb disposal experts warn that “no area in Syria is safe”.
The number of casualties has risen as approximately 1.2 million people return to their former homes and lands after being displaced by the country’s brutal civil war.
The US and Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the US launched a wave of deadly airstrikes on Saturday with the stated aim of deterring the rebel group from attacking Red Sea shipping. Updating an earlier death toll, Houthi health ministry spokesperson Anis al-Asbahi said 53 people had been killed including “five children and two women”, and that 98 people had been injured.
Iran will respond to US president Donald Trump’s invitation to talks after proper scrutiny, the foreign ministry said on Monday, accusing Washington of not matching actions with words. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and president Masoud Pezeshkian have rejected Trump’s letter and public exhortations for nuclear talks as deceptive and bullying.
A civilian was killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Gaza City yesterday evening, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, medics said on Monday. There have been many more reports of Palestinians being killed by Israeli forces since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US, came into effect on 19 January.
Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles continue to be positioned around the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. Wafa correspondents are reporting that Israeli bulldozers are levelling streets and widening others to allow for the entry of more military vehicles.
Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will seek to dismiss the director of Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, through a cabinet vote later this week, in a move that will prompt further accusations of authoritarianism. The Israeli prime minister said in a video statement on Sunday that “ongoing distrust” made it impossible for him to continue to work with Ronen Bar, who has led Shin Bet since 2021.
Germany is pledging a further €300m ($326m; £252m) in aid for Syrians through the UN and select organisations, the country’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said this morning ahead of an EU-led donor conference in Brussels. More than half of the funds, which will go towards providing food, healthcare and emergency shelters, among other relief, will be allocated without the transitional government in the country, she said.
Continue reading...Antarctic researcher accuses colleague of death threat and assault | Antarctica – The Guardian
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Minister refuses to say disability benefits for people unable to work won’t be cut – UK politics live
Stephen Timms, social security and disability minister, says government is ‘fully supporting’ people who would always be unable to work
The Reform UK press conference is about to start. There is a live feed here.
Nigel Farage is going to announce that 29 councillors have defected to his party, according to the Guido Fawkes website.
Continue reading...Judge orders Trump officials to explain if they defied court order by deporting migrants – live
James Boasberg sets 4pm ET hearing as rights groups say Trump deportation of Venezuelans could be ‘blatant violation’ of court order
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- Professor deported despite judge’s order, defying US court
The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.
Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning.
Continue reading...Storrington in West Sussex named UK’s first European stork village
Village joins continental network alongside nearby Knepp estate, as birds previously extinct in Britain flourish
The Saxons knew the West Sussex village of Storrington as Estorchestone, the “abode of the storks”.
But the graceful white birds disappeared from its skies more than 600 years ago, when they became extinct in Britain.
Continue reading...Carney meets Macron on first foreign visit as PM
Carney described Canada as the "most European of non-European countries".
Lithuania accuses Russia over Ikea store fire in Vilnius
Nato allies believe Russia is running sabotage operations to undermine European support for Ukraine.
Lithuania accuses Russia over Ikea store fire in Vilnius
Nato allies believe Russia is running sabotage operations to undermine European support for Ukraine.
Trump says he and Putin will discuss land and power plants in Ukraine ceasefire talks
Trump says negotiators have already discussed ‘dividing up certain assets’ and that he will talk to Putin on Tuesday
Donald Trump is to speak to Vladimir Putin on Tuesday after the Russian president last week responded to a US-brokered plan for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine with a series of sweeping conditions he said would need to be met.
The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that the two leaders were due to speak on Tuesday by phone, after Trump’s statement that he planned to discuss with Putin ending the war in Ukraine. The US president also said that negotiators had already talked about “dividing up certain assets”, including power stations.
Continue reading...Canada’s Carney visits France to seek ‘reliable’ allies amid US disputes
The Canadian prime minister meets France's President Macron in Paris, where the two leaders discuss trade and Ukraine.
Trump administration pulls US out of body investigating Ukraine invasion
Russia and allies were target of International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
The Trump administration is withdrawing from an international body formed to investigate responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine in the latest sign that the White House is adopting a posture favouring Vladimir Putin.
The Department of Justice said it was pulling out of the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) two years after the Biden administration joined it with a commitment to hold Putin, Russia’s president, to account for the 2022 invasion and subsequent crimes committed by Russian forces.
Continue reading...‘So proud’: Newcastle fans reflect on historic cup win after 70 years of hurt
Outside St James’ Park and the Angel of the North, Magpies fans explain significance of Wembley victory
“After years and years of hurt, it was just glorious,” said 67-year-old Paul Wearmouth outside St James’ Park on the morning after the night before. “It was tremendous. I’ll be honest, I was crying. They were tears of jubilation.”
Wearmouth, a retired school caretaker, has been a fan of Newcastle United all his life and can tell you at length about how difficult a commitment that can be.
Continue reading...Brown University professor deported despite judge’s order, defying US court
Rasha Alawieh’s case highlights Donald Trump’s escalating immigration policies and tensions with universities
A Brown University medical professor was deported to Lebanon over the weekend despite having a valid US work visa, defying a judge’s order blocking her immediate removal from the country.
The case centering on Rasha Alawieh, 34, comes as Donald Trump’s second presidential administration has been escalating its immigration policies and attacking universities.
Continue reading...Lucy Letby calls for public inquiry into baby deaths to be halted
Ex-nurse says inquiry should be suspended until review of convictions has finished
Lucy Letby has called for the public inquiry into her crimes to be halted, arguing there is now “overwhelming and compelling” evidence undermining her baby murder convictions.
Lawyers for the former nurse took the extraordinary step of writing to Lady Justice Thirlwall on Monday to say that the inquiry – which is due to end on Wednesday – should be suspended immediately.
Continue reading...Trump makes unsupported claim Biden pardons are ‘void’ as he used autopen
President claims without evidence that January 6 panel members’ pre-emptive clemency was not signed personally
Donald Trump claimed on Monday, without offering evidence, that pardons signed by Joe Biden were “void, vacant and of no further force and effect” because they were signed with an autopen.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an autopen as “a device that mechanically reproduces a person’s signature”.
Continue reading...Trump administration poised to ‘strand rural America with worse internet’ to help Musk, official warns
US official urges stop to plan to re-evaluate Biden program to connect communities to high-speed internet, which will likely benefit Starlink
Small town USA is facing a “significant risk” that the Trump administration is going to abandon key elements of a $42.45bn Biden-era plan to connect rural communities to high-speed internet so that Elon Musk can get even richer, a top departing commerce department official warned in an email.
Evan Feinman, who headed up the so-called Bead program for the last three years, urged governors across the country to lobby their congressional delations in Washington to stop the Trump administration from implementing plans he said could have “deeply negative outcomes” for American homes and businesses.
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