Elton John slams Trump administration over USAID cuts – Salon

  1. Elton John slams Trump administration over USAID cuts  Salon
  2. Chelsea Handler Reveals She Has a Mysterious New Boyfriend  The Daily Beast
  3. 'People will die,' says Canadian charity in Kenya as Trump's USAID cuts threaten HIV medications  CBC.ca
  4. US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’  The Guardian
  5. Africa HIV deaths to mount, as Trump stops funding. Here’s why  Al Jazeera English
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Israel warns Hamas to return remaining Gaza hostages or face ‘hell’ – FRANCE 24 English

  1. Israel warns Hamas to return remaining Gaza hostages or face 'hell'  FRANCE 24 English
  2. Gazans Worry as Israeli Border Block Sends Food Prices Climbing  The New York Times
  3. Palestinians fear hunger as Israel stops aid shipments to Gaza  Yahoo
  4. Gaza Summit: Israel Warns Hamas It Has Days to Rethink Ceasefire Position  Bloomberg
  5. Opinion | Israel Throws Off the Biden Shackles  The Wall Street Journal
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Mannheim car ramming attack suspect a German with history of mental illness, say investigators – Euronews

  1. Mannheim car ramming attack suspect a German with history of mental illness, say investigators  Euronews
  2. At Least Two Killed After Car Rams Crowd in Mannheim, Germany  The New York Times
  3. Mannheim attack: 'It's daily news now, here in Germany'  DW (English)
  4. 2 dead, 25 injured after vehicle drives into crowd  ABC News
  5. Car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim, killing two  Reuters
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Father of hostage still in Gaza accuses Netanyahu of ‘stalling’ Hamas deal

Yehuda Cohen says Israeli prime minister is refusing permanent ceasefire because ‘he wants to stay in power’

The father of an Israeli hostage has said Benjamin Netanyahu is “stalling” the deal with Hamas that could lead to the return of his son from Gaza.

Speaking at the Israeli embassy in central London, Yehuda Cohen, father of 20-year-old Israeli hostage Nimrod Cohen, said: “There is a deal on the table.

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Trump-Zelensky: Would one-month Ukraine truce work? – BBC.com

  1. Trump-Zelensky: Would one-month Ukraine truce work?  BBC.com
  2. Which European countries would take part in a 'coalition of the willing' for Ukraine?  Euronews
  3. France suggests partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine  The Guardian
  4. Trump threatens to lose patience as Europeans float proposals for Ukraine ceasefire  Yahoo
  5. Who's in, who's out? The 'coalition of the willing' that could secure peace in Ukraine  Sky News
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Israeli police say one killed in Haifa bus station knife attack – BBC.com

  1. Israeli police say one killed in Haifa bus station knife attack  BBC.com
  2. Terror attack in Haifa, Israel leaves 1 dead, 4 wounded  Fox News
  3. Israel: First fatal attack since Gaza ceasefire began  DW (English)
  4. Druze terrorist in Haifa attack suffers from mental illness, family says - Israel News  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Yair Golan: Deadly Haifa attack shows ‘profound failure’ of right-wing government  The Times of Israel
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Metal Containers Save Workers After Avalanche in India – Newser

  1. Metal Containers Save Workers After Avalanche in India  Newser
  2. Workers survive 36 hours buried under India avalanche  CNN
  3. India avalanche rescue operation ends as eighth and final body found  Al Jazeera English
  4. At least 4 construction workers are killed in an avalanche in northern India  The Associated Press
  5. Avalanche Buries Road Workers’ Camp in India, Killing 8  The New York Times
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Two people dead after car drives into crowd in Mannheim, Germany – BBC.com

  1. Two people dead after car drives into crowd in Mannheim, Germany  BBC.com
  2. 2 dead, 25 injured after vehicle drives into crowd  ABC News
  3. Mannheim attack: 'It's daily news now, here in Germany'  DW (English)
  4. Car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim, killing two  Reuters
  5. 2 killed and several injured in suspected car ramming in Mannheim, Germany  NBC News
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Britain is back: did Ukraine crisis talks create a post-Brexit turning point?

Keir Starmer won praise for taking the UK ‘back to the heart of Europe’ at the weekend, but will it be a long-term move?

Britain is back. That was the concise verdict of Eléonore Caroit, the vice-chair of the French national assembly’s foreign affairs committee. And the optics of Sunday’s crisis talks on Ukraine bore this out, with Keir Starmer at the very centre of the leaders’ joint photo.

“You are back on the scene, of the leadership in Europe,” Caroit told the BBC on Monday morning. James MacClearly, the Liberal Democrat MP who speaks for the party on Europe, was equally adamant, praising the prime minister for taking this chance “to bring us back to the heart of Europe where we belong”.

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