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Israeli attempt to annex West Bank would be ‘red line’ for US, says Macron | Palestinian territories
Any attempt by Israel to annex parts of the West Bank would be a red line for the US – and would represent the end of Arab-Israeli diplomatic normalisation, Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, claiming that he had been given that assurance by Donald Trump. Macron also revealed that he had presented the US leader […]
King Felipe pleads with Israel to ‘stop massacre and abhorrent acts’ in Gaza | Spain
King Felipe of Spain has begged Israel to “stop the massacre” and end its “abhorrent acts” in Gaza during an unusually direct and powerful address to the UN general assembly in which he also defended the UN’s role in an increasingly “frenetic and out of control” world. Although the monarch was careful not to use […]
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership | United Nations
Such is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nations are rapidly being reduced to one long discussion about how to relate to, and challenge this ever darker and weirder presidency. Before Trump’s extraordinary 58 minute speech on […]
Trump to address UN general assembly as Israeli attacks on Gaza City continue – Middle East crisis live | Gaza
Trump to address UN general assembly in New York as Israeli attacks on Gaza City continue The US president, Donald Trump, is expected to address the UN general assembly in New York at about 09:50 local time (14:50 BST), where world leaders have gathered for the 80th anniversary of the UN. Trump is expected to […]
IDF may attack camps of displaced people after Gaza City, says ex-general | Gaza
Israeli military forces are likely to mount new attacks into parts of Gaza now crowded with hundreds of thousands of displaced people once they have concluded their current offensive into Gaza City, a former Israeli national security advisor and general has said. Yaakov Amidror, who served as national security adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu from 2011 […]
European officials warn Israel not to annex parts of West Bank in response to recognition of Palestinian state – Middle East crisis live | Palestinian territories
European officials warn Israel over West Bank annexation plans following moves towards recognition We are restarting our live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and the diplomacy around it. European officials have reportedly warned Israel not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank in retaliation for western countries recognition of Palestinian statehood. The UK, […]
Australia news live: Acma not told of Optus triple-zero network issues for more than 10 hours, chair says | Australia news
Acma not told of Optus triple-zero network issues for more than 10 hours Nerida O’Loughlin, the Australian Communications Media Authority (Acma) chair, said the body usually gets multiple emails per day from telcos when something goes wrong with their networks. But in the case of the Optus outage, Acma wasn’t “notified at all until the […]
At least 40 killed in Gaza and five in Lebanon in Israeli strikes | Israel-Gaza war
Israeli strikes killed at least 40 people in Gaza on Sunday, including 19 women and children, as well as five people in Lebanon. At least 14 people were killed in a single strike on a residential block in southern Gaza City, health officials at al-Shifa hospital said. Another attack killed at least eight Palestinians in […]
How will recognition of Palestinian statehood be greeted in the UK? | Politics
1. How will the decision be met within the Labour party? The Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 were met with horror across the British political spectrum. Yet soon after, concern began to mount around the scale of Israel’s response. As the death toll rose, and the situation on the ground in Gaza […]
Lammy hints at U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring children to UK | Immigration and asylum
David Lammy has hinted that the UK government could U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring their children to the UK. A group of 34 Palestinian students, including Chevening scholars, with places at British universities have been given permission to continue their studies in Britain. But nearly all have been told by the Foreign Office […]