One journalist killed every four days in 2022-23, most cases unpunished: UN
UNESCO reports a 38 percent increase in journalist deaths and urges governments to stop impunity.
Israel kills 2 Hezbollah commanders responsible for 400 strikes against them in October: IDF – Fox News
- Israel kills 2 Hezbollah commanders responsible for 400 strikes against them in October: IDF Fox News
- Two Hezbollah commanders in coastal sector eliminated by IDF The Jerusalem Post
- Two Hezbollah commanders killed in Israeli strike in Tyre The Times of Israel
- Israel Eliminates Deputy Commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Israeli military says it killed deputy commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Forces Reuters
Tory leadership contest: Seven things you might have missed – BBC.com
- Tory leadership contest: Seven things you might have missed BBC.com
- UK's Conservatives name Kemi Badenoch as new leader, shifting the party further to the right CNBC
- Engineer, hacker and Ron DeSantis fan: five things about Kemi Badenoch The Guardian
- UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat The Hill
- Kemi Badenoch Beats Jenrick to Succeed Sunak at Helm of UK Tory Party Bloomberg
Hundreds are dead in Spain’s floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change – NPR
- Hundreds are dead in Spain's floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change NPR
- Horrific details emerge of how victims died in Spain’s flash floods CNN
- Mud-caked volunteers clean flood debris in a Spanish town as authorities struggle to respond The Associated Press
- How a Year of Rain Flooded Spain in Eight Hours The New York Times
- Spain’s PM Says Too Little Done for Floods, Sending More Troops Bloomberg
Terrified, starving, crushed: The agonising death of my grandfather in Gaza
My grandfather survived the first Nakba in 1948; he didn’t make it to the end of the second - this war waged by Israel.
Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza
Employees say 'Israel must be held to account for its actions' and that failing to do so dehumanises Palestinians.
Gaza polio vaccinations to resume after WHO reports attack on clinic
The UN agency says six people were hurt without saying who was responsible - Israel denied carrying it out.
Russia Showers Cash on Men Enlisting in Ukraine War, Bringing Prosperity to Some Towns – The New York Times
Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ over Israeli attack – The Associated Press
- Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ over Israeli attack The Associated Press
- Iran’s Khamenei warns of ‘crushing’ response to Israeli strikes The Washington Post
- Israel’s strike has Iran facing a stark nuclear option The Hill
- Khamenei Threatens Israel With ‘Crushing Response’ to Attacks The New York Times
- Iran warns US, Israel of 'crushing response' as Pentagon ups forces in ME The Jerusalem Post
Israeli military dropped bombs in ‘lethal proximity’ of at least 19 Lebanese hospitals, CNN analysis finds – CNN
- Israeli military dropped bombs in ‘lethal proximity’ of at least 19 Lebanese hospitals, CNN analysis finds CNN
- LIVE: Israel kills 6 Lebanese paramedics; Hezbollah fire kills 7 civilians Al Jazeera English
- Lebanon's only burn unit treats toddlers after Israeli strikes Reuters
- Six health workers killed in Israeli strikes across south Lebanon, health ministry says The Jerusalem Post
- WHO 'Deeply Concerned' About 'Rising Attacks' On Lebanon Healthcare Barron's
Bolivia military post taken over and soldiers held hostage – BBC.com
- Bolivia military post taken over and soldiers held hostage BBC.com
- Armed group kidnaps military personnel and seizes base in central Bolivia, military says CNN
- Supporters of Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales take about 20 soldiers hostage The Guardian
- Bolivia's Arce says Morales backers behind military posts takeover Reuters Canada
- Bolivia's president accuses supporters of former leader Morales of seizing 3 military barracks The Associated Press
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 981
As the war enters its 981st day, these are the main developments.
US election: 3 days left – What polls say, what Harris and Trump are up to
Harris and Trump are locked in a dead heat, battling for control of Midwestern swing states.
Iran signals possible change in its nuclear doctrine – NBC News
- Iran signals possible change in its nuclear doctrine NBC News
- Khamenei aide warns Iran may review nuclear doctrine if facing ‘existential threat’ The Times of Israel
- Is this our last chance to stop Iran from going nuclear? The Hill
- How Israel Could Be Changing Iran’s Nuclear Calculus The Atlantic
- Netanyahu signals Tehran’s nuclear program could be next target as Iran plans future attack Fox News
Two years on, Tigray war survivors hope time will heal the scars of war
More than half the civilian casualties during the 2020-2022 Tigray war were left with disabilities after the conflict.
What’s at stake for Russia’s Putin in the US election?
Trump's first term showed that while a win for him could help Russia in Ukraine, it would bring its own challenges, too.
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon and Gaza kill dozens as rockets are fired into Israel
Israel targets north-eastern Lebanon and Beirut, while bombardment of Gaza raises fears of worsening humanitarian conditions for civilians
Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 52 people and wounded scores more, the Lebanese health ministry said, while rockets fired from Lebanon fell on Israel on Saturday.
Israeli police said 19 people were injured before dawn on Saturday in the central town of Tira. Three projectiles crossed into Israel from Lebanon, Israel’s military said, and some were intercepted.
Continue reading...Harris and Trump hold last Friday night rallies in battleground Milwaukee
The events capped a day of crisscrossing the US heartland.
‘Welfare for the rich’: how farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes
The steep and stark environmental decline was not supposed to happen under the common agricultural policy
Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms
The Rhine overflowed last winter, covering fields miles from the river and in some places leaving just the tops of trees visible.
But Thomas Bollig, who farms just a few miles from the banks of the Rhine, was not worried. Even as floods inundated the fields of his neighbours, making sowing impossible, his holdings were largely unaffected. Bollig farms organically, and the natural methods he uses to improve his soil allow his fields to hold more water when it rains, and release it gradually, coping well with floods and droughts.
Continue reading...Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms
Big farms rake in record profits when food prices soar, while small farms struggle on razor-thin margins
‘Welfare for the rich’: how farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes
The income gap between the biggest and smallest farms in Europe has doubled in the past 15 years and hit record levels at the same time as the number of small farms has collapsed, a Guardian analysis of agricultural income data has found.
Figures from the European Commission’s Farming Accountancy Data Network (FADN) and Eurostat suggest farmers across the continent raked in record profits when the war in Ukraine sent food prices soaring, boosting a long-running trend of rising average incomes that has outstripped inflation.
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