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After 14 years of Conservative Party government, a person in the United Kingdom is much worse off than if the economy had continued to grow as fast as its pre-2010 trajectory. Britons had on average £10,200 ($12,950) less to spend or save in total during 2010-2022, when compared with 1998-2010 growth rates, according to an analysis of disposable incomes by the nonpartisan Centre for Cities research institute. The amount is equivalent to roughly 15 weeks of the average wage in Great Britain, or eight months of the average rent in England. It is a sobering snapshot of the state of…

EDITOR’S ANALYSISIsraeli defence minister’s visit comes a month before Netanyahu’s, and highlights his position as an alternative to the PM.Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has been on a mission in the past few days to shore up bipartisan support in the United States for Israel, in advance of what could potentially be all-out war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Gallant set the stage before he left for the US on Saturday, emphasising that ties between the two countries were “perhaps more important than ever”. After meetings with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin and other top officials, Gallant’s message was consistent: the…

Counterterrorism prosecutors failed to have warrant annulled on grounds that al-Assad enjoys immunity as head of state.A Paris appeals court has upheld the validity of an arrest warrant issued for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad over alleged complicity in war crimes committed during the country’s civil war, according to lawyers. The judges ruled on Wednesday that the warrant, which French anti-terrorism prosecutors had sought to annul on the grounds that al-Assad enjoys immunity as a serving head of state, remains in force. “This is a historic decision. It’s the first time a national court has recognised that a sitting head…

Bahrain had cut ties with Iran in 2016, but relations improved following the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement last year.Bahrain and Iran have agreed to begin talks aimed at restoring political relations between the two countries, after a meeting between their foreign ministers in Tehran, the Bahraini foreign ministry has said. The meeting between Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani and the acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani took place on Sunday, during al-Zayani’s visit to Iran, where he is participating in the Asian Cooperation Dialogue summit. “The two sides agreed in this meeting to establish the necessary mechanisms to begin…

The Gaza Strip remains at high risk of famine as Israel’s war on the enclave persists and access to aid is restricted, although the delivery of limited supplies has slowed the projected spread of extreme hunger in the north, a global monitor has said. More than 495,000 people across the besieged Palestinian territory are facing “catastrophic food insecurity,” according to the United Nation’s hunger monitoring system, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). That is down from a forecast of 1.1 million in the previous update three months ago, but is still more than one-fifth of Gaza’s population, the IPC…

The most closely watched border in the Middle East lies between Israel and Lebanon, the site of eight months of tit-for-tat attacks and a possible Israeli land assault on its northern neighbour. Israeli officials have repeatedly threatened to intensify attacks, saying they’re necessary to defeat Hezbollah and return 90,000 Israelis evacuated from their homes in the north since fighting started in early October. But as Israel’s rhetoric escalates, Lebanon’s Hezbollah has responded with defiance, warning that such a conflict would not only impact Israel more than it thinks, but that it would be felt regionally. Backing Hezbollah up regionally, analysts…

NewsFeed“They were laughing and playing”. The Palestinian man who was shot then tied to the front of an Israeli army vehicle and driven around has been describing his treatment by soldiers in the occupied West Bank.Published On 24 Jun 202424 Jun 2024 Source link

Huge numbers trapped beneath rubble, buried in unmarked graves, detained by Israel, says Save the Children.Nearly 21,000 children are missing in Gaza, British aid group Save the Children has claimed. In a report published on Monday, the group said the thousands of missing Palestinian children are believed to be trapped beneath rubble, buried in unmarked graves, harmed beyond recognition by explosives, detained by Israeli forces, or lost in the chaos of conflict. “It is nearly impossible to collect and verify information under the current conditions in Gaza,” the group said, “but at least 17,000 children are believed to be unaccompanied…

NewsFeedIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war on Gaza will continue until Hamas is defeated in defiance of the US-proposed ceasefire plan for the strip, which US officials insist Israel had drafted.Published On 24 Jun 202424 Jun 2024 Source link

Mujahed Abadi says has not been able to sleep since Israeli forces shot him, beat him and strapped him to the hood of a military vehicle two days ago, apparently using him as a human shield. Speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic from Ibn Sina Hospital in the West Bank on Monday, Abadi said Israeli troops did not offer an explanation for their “crimes”. Video footage of the incident in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday has sparked international outrage and calls for accountability. Abadi, 24, said he had stepped outside his uncle’s house in Jenin while Israeli…