- Egypt hosts Fatah-Hamas ceasefire talks on Gaza The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas rejects any hostage deal that doesn’t end war, despite mediators’ efforts The Times of Israel
- Top U.S. Officials Are in the Middle East to Try to Jumpstart Cease-Fire Talks The New York Times
- Israel awaits the U.S. election before a Gaza cease-fire, an official says NPR
- Hamas rejects proposal for 30-day Gaza ceasefire Semafor
‘Built to accommodate 1,000 terrorists’: Uncovering and destroying a Hezbollah tunnel system – The Jerusalem Post
- 'Built to accommodate 1,000 terrorists': Uncovering and destroying a Hezbollah tunnel system The Jerusalem Post
- IDF: Hezbollah commander responsible for rocket attacks on Metula area killed in strike The Times of Israel
- Israel kills 2 Hezbollah commanders responsible for 400 strikes against them in October: IDF Fox News
- Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah unit commander in southern Lebanon Reuters
- Top Hezbollah commander responsible for rocket attacks on Iran killed, says Israel India Today
‘Death is everywhere’: fears grow that Israel plans to seize land in Gaza
Increasingly violent siege of north raises suspicions about Netanyahu’s war aims
Israel has tightened its siege of northern Gaza in the face of warnings from the UN and other aid agencies that hundreds of thousands of Palestinian lives at are risk, raising questions over whether the Netanyahu government’s ultimate war aims include territorial expansion.
The IDF says it is hunting Hamas militants but suspicions are growing that Israel is putting into practice a blueprint it had officially distanced itself from, known as the “generals’ plan”.
Continue reading...Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declines to endorse Kamala Harris
The Palestinian American ‘squad’ member has been critical of Harris and the Democratic party’s inaction on Gaza
Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declined to endorse Kamala Harris at a union rally in Detroit, where the war in Gaza is the top issue for the largest block of Arab American voters in the country.
Tlaib, the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress, is the only one of the so-called leftist “Squad” that has not endorsed the Democrat candidate. The other three members – Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York – endorsed Harris in July.
Continue reading...COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund – POLITICO Europe
- COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund POLITICO Europe
- Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists BBC.com
- Cop16 ends in disarry and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs The Guardian
- Your medicine comes from unexpected places. Why those sources are now at risk. The Washington Post
- UN nature summit agrees on payments for use of genetic information Reuters
Mariner abducted in northern Lebanon coastal raid
Lebanese authorities launch investigation into suspected Israeli naval raid in Batroun.
Spain’s apocalyptic floods show undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us | Jonathan Watts
The devastating flooding should spur this month’s Cop29 climate conference to press for immediate action, not look away
Move on. Nothing to see here. Just another ordinary, everyday apocalypse.
If past experience is any guide, the world’s reaction to the floods in Spain last week will be similar to that of motorway drivers at a crash scene: slow down, take in the horror, outwardly express sympathy, inwardly give thanks that fate picked someone else – and foot on the accelerator.
Continue reading...A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation – Vox.com
- A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation Vox.com
- Your medicine comes from unexpected places. Why those sources are now at risk. The Washington Post
- Public funding for nature conservation stalls at COP16 Reuters
- Cop16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs The Guardian
- COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation The New York Times
Stand Up for Madinah: The US politician pushing for peace in Gaza
A Democratic state representative, who opposes US support for Israel, fights to pass a ceasefire resolution for Gaza.
Soccer player, family injured in Bellevue home explosion, club says – WOWT
- Soccer player, family injured in Bellevue home explosion, club says WOWT
- 'I'm just happy to be here': 3 injured, 2 families displaced after duplex explosion KETV Omaha
- Propane leak believed to be cause of house explosion in Bellevue; 3 suffer severe burns Omaha World-Herald
- 'When I came out it was like a movie scene' : Explosion in Bellevue leaves three in critical condition KMTV 3 News Now Omaha
- Three injured when Bellevue home explodes KLKN
Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site
Plant’s owners hope analysis of tiny sample will help to establish how to safely decommission facility
A piece of the radioactive fuel left from the meltdown of Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been retrieved from the site using a remote-controlled robot.
Investigators used the robot’s fishing-rod-like arm to clip and collect a tiny piece of radioactive material from one of the plant’s three damaged reactors – the first time such a feat has been achieved. Should it prove suitable for testing, scientists hope the sample will yield information that will help determine how to decommission the plant.
Continue reading...Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists
Representatives of 196 countries have been meeting in Cali, Colombia, as part of the COP biodiversity summit.
Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site – The Guardian
- Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site The Guardian
- A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor The Associated Press
- Nuclear fuel debris retrieved at Tepco Fukushima plant The Japan Times
- TEPCO progressing in melted fuel extraction from Fukushima nuclear reactor Kyodo News Plus
- Japan to resume trial removal of Fukushima nuclear debris, reports say The Japan Times
World’s largest crocodile in captivity, Cassius, died in Australia at a wildlife sanctuary – CBS News
- World's largest crocodile in captivity, Cassius, died in Australia at a wildlife sanctuary CBS News
- World's largest crocodile in captivity dies after living over 100 years WKRC TV Cincinnati
- World's largest captive crocodile dies aged 110 Sky News
- Cassius, the world's largest crocodile in captivity, dies in Far North Queensland ABC News
- RIP Cassius: The giant record breaking crocodile has died at roughly 110 years old The Independent
In Context: What Trump said about Cheney facing a firing squad
With widespread interpretations of Trump’s remarks, we review his comments in their original context
Donald Trump targets Liz Cheney as he courts Arab, Muslim voters
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump again attacked Republican ex-lawmaker Liz Cheney.
Iran claims it can build nukes, threatens Israel and US with ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation – New York Post
- Iran claims it can build nukes, threatens Israel and US with ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation New York Post
- Iran signals possible change in its nuclear doctrine NBC News
- 'Discourse of destruction': Iran expert says Iranian retaliation guaranteed The Jerusalem Post
- Iran claims it is capable of building nuclear weapon as Ayatollah vows ‘tooth-breaking’ response to Israel, US Fox News
- Strategic restraint is the wisest course in confronting Iran’s nuclear program The Hill
As Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead, they grapple with what it means to hold on to tradition – The Associated Press
- As Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead, they grapple with what it means to hold on to tradition The Associated Press
- Pets join Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, as Fido and Tiger get their own altars KUTV 2News
- The Pets We’ve Lost Have Their Very Own Day of the Dead VICE
- When is Day of the Dead 2024? What it means and how to celebrate in Louisville Courier Journal
- News in brief The Post and Courier
Iran’s supreme leader says enemies will receive ‘crushing response’
The threat comes a week after Israel attacked Iran, raising fears that retaliation will escalate to war.
Tory leadership election live: Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader
Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’
Here are the results from previous Conservative leadership contests, and from the final MPs’ ballot of this contest, that will help put today’s results in context.
2024 contest
The choice is between two people who each played their part in 14 years of Conservative chaos and decline, and who have refused to apologise it.
Whoever wins, they have learnt nothing.
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