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NewsFeedAt least six people have been killed amid what Israel calls a ‘targeted operation’ around Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Dozens of others have been injured, including a journalist who lost part of his leg. He says he and his team were targeted by the Israeli military.Published On 12 Apr 202412 Apr 2024 Source link

Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden had a brief but stern warning for Iran as it promised to retaliate against Israel for a deadly air raid on its consulate in Damascus: “Don’t.” But analysts say that Iran likely will launch its own attack, raising fears of a regional war and showing the limits of US deterrence efforts in the Middle East. The brinkmanship and resulting tensions have put further strain on Washington’s foreign policy. Already, the US is caught between two seemingly conflicting priorities: offering unconditional support for Israel and preventing the conflict in Gaza from expanding. “Biden…

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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says declarations on Palestine will be made “when the conditions are appropriate”.Ireland and Norway are both moving closer to recognising Palestinian statehood, leaders of the two countries expressed separately after meetings with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who also champions the move. Ireland wants to recognise Palestine soon, but in a coordinated action with Spain and more European nations, the country’s Prime Minister Simon Harris said after meeting Sanchez in Dublin on Friday. Earlier in the day, Sanchez travelled to Oslo, where Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said his country also “stands ready” to recognise…

Gaza’s media office and Reporters Without Borders say there is evidence to suggest it was a targeted attack.Three journalists have been injured, one seriously, in an Israeli attack at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that authorities in the besieged strip say was a targeted attack. Sami Shehadeh, a journalist with Turkish broadcaster TRT had his foot amputated after being wounded in the attack on Friday, according to the channel. TRT Arabi correspondent Sami Berhum was also wounded. “The vehicle of a team from TRT Arabi [TRT’s Arabic-language channel] that was preparing to broadcast from the Nuseirat camp ……

A new lobby group in the United Kingdom is calling for a universal basic income (UBI) for all British farmers amid concerns that government funding to primary producers in England, arranged in the wake of the UK’s departure from the European Union in 2020, are not fit for purpose. Basic Income for Farmers (BI4Farmers) set out their case for UBI in a report which was published last Thursday in association with the left-wing think tank, Autonomy. In a foreword to its report spelling out the issue, titled “Sowing the seeds of stability: the case for a basic income for farmers,…

In recent months, pressure has been growing on the Biden administration from outside – but also increasingly from within. Younger voices are refusing to toe the line and forms of dissent – from resignations to self-immolation – are growing. Could dissent in Washington, DC be the key to an end to the bloodshed in Gaza? Do these forms of dissent make a difference? And why is it important to a new generation of civil servants to refuse to toe the line? Presenter: Myriam Francois Guests:Annelle Sheline – Former State Department foreign affairs officerGreg Stoker – Former US Army ranger and…

In late March, Malawi’s government legalised the production of a particular strain of cannabis for some industrial and medicinal purposes. The government plans to grant licences to cultivate and transport chamba, a local and potent variety of marijuana (also known as ganja). However, consuming cannabis for recreational purposes remains against the law.  After the bill passed, House Leader Richard Chimwendo Banda stated: “Nowhere in the bill is it written that people will be allowed to use this chamba for recreational purposes, for smoking.” But Malawi is not the only country to decriminalise drugs in recent years. How and why are…

Marc Lamont Hill talks to former Sudanese Ambassador Nureldin Satti and analyst Kholood Khair about Sudan’s civil war.As Sudan marks a year of civil war, half the country’s population is in need of humanitarian aid in what has become one of the largest humanitarian crises worldwide. The war has killed more than 14,000 people and displaced millions. Fighting broke out a year ago when a power struggle between two generals of rival military factions came to a head. Multiple ceasefires have failed, and aid groups are calling for more funding and international attention. Why have peace talks stalled, and how…

Bangkok, Thailand – Singapore has responded to United Nations pressure by cracking down on sales of weapons through its territory to Myanmar, delivering a serious blow to the embattled generals, who seized power in a coup more than three years ago. Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, told Al Jazeera that the city state’s government “immediately responded” to his 2023 report that found Singapore-based entities had become the third largest source of weapons materials to the military and were “critical” to its weapons procurement. “My subsequent report to the Human Rights Council found…