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A British surgeon working in southern Gaza has compared the region to a “slaughterhouse” because of the daily bombardment from Israeli forces.Dr Tom Potokar, who is based at the European Hospital near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, offered his assessment of Israel’s military offensive after Palestinian health officials reported at least 130 people were killed overnight into Sunday.Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have confirmed their troops have begun “extensive ground operations throughout the northern and southern Gaza Strip”.In a video, Dr Potokar said it was “another day of devastation here in Gaza”, adding: “The stories coming from the north… absolutely horrific……

The Czech Republic has become the country with the highest per capita production of cars in the world over the last thirty years. 2024 was a record year with more than 1.4 million manufactured vehicles in the country of 10 million inhabitants. This is an increase of almost 4% year-on-year. However, production plummeted by 7.1% in the first quarter of 2025. The main reason for this was the drop in demand in the West, which was triggered by the problems in the European automotive industry, the slow transition to electromobility, and US tariffs. Meanwhile, the country’s arms industry is booming. “The defense…

“What do you think you would do after 400 years of slavery and Jim Crow and lynching? Do you think you would respond nonviolently?” Those were some of the key questions Malcolm X posed to American society. Although slavery had been abolished in the US in 1865, the so-called Jim Crow laws continued to cement everyday discrimination against Black people until 1964. There were artificial barriers to their right to vote in some states, and in many they weren’t allowed to sit next to white people on buses or in restaurants. “Malcolm X addressed precisely the issues that were burning on…

What you need to know: China and Russia plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035 to power a permanent lunar base. The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) will rely on the power plant for its scientific research. The IRLS involves over a dozen international partners and is seen as a rival program to NASA’s Artemis Program. China and Russia plan to build an automated nuclear power station on the moon by 2035. A memorandum of cooperation for the project was signed between Russia’s space agency Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) this week. The power station will be part of the…

What has happened between India and Pakistan? India and Pakistan are engaged in conflict in Kashmir, a disputed territory between the two countries. Parts of Kashmir are controlled by India, Pakistan and China. India has carried out airstrikes, which it says targeted militant groups in the region in recent days, with Pakistan describing them as an “act of war” and vowing to retaliate. Both sides have since been launching attacks on each other. The current flashpoint started in April when 26 tourists in India-administered Kashmir were killed. But the region has been disputed for centuries, eventually leading to the current uneasy three-way administration.How India-Pakistan tit-for-tat military…

US President Donald Trump can feel vindicated: Germany’s new foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, said this week that the government had accepted the president’s demand to invest 5% of GDP in defense. Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday, Wadephul also said Germany would support NATO’s proposal to provide 3.5% for classic military purposes and an additional 1.5% for defense-related infrastructure. However, it will likely only become clear exactly how much all the members of the security alliance plan to invest at a NATO summit scheduled for the end of June in The Hague, Netherlands. Wadephul’s comments…

A Mexican Navy training sailing ship Cuauhtemoc collided with the Brooklyn Bridge during a promotional tour in New York City on Saturday. The top of the ship’s three masts slammed into the iconic span, partially collapsing as the boat floated in the East River. At least 22 people were injured, three critically, in the accident, according to a statement from the Mexican Navy. “No personnel fell into the water, so it was not necessary to activate rescue operations,” the statement added. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that 19 people were injured in the crash, four of them seriously, but…

Israel and Hamas said ceasefire talks have resumed in Qatar – even as Israeli forces ramped up a bombing campaign and mobilised for a massive new ground assault.Earlier, the Israeli military said it had been “conducting extensive strikes and mobilising troops” as part of preparations to expand operations in Gaza.Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz said Hamas had “refused to discuss negotiations without a cessation of the war”, but after the airstrikes and the mobilisation of forces the militant group’s representatives “have agreed to sit in a room and seriously discuss the deal”.”Israel emphasises that if the talks do not progress,…

Donald Trump has kept the world on edge in his second term as the US president. Tariffs are just one part of his agenda, but that alone has already triggered market upheavals and threatens the very foundations of global trade. Export-dependent countries like Germany — and especially its automotive industry — are feeling the pressure. Around 3.4 million passenger vehicles were exported from Germany in 2024, with the United States being the largest single market, according to data compiled by the German statistics office, Destatis. The president of Germany’s ifo economic think tank, Clemens Fuest, told Reuters this was why higher…

“I’m very nervous,” the 41-year-old director and screenwriter Mascha Schilinski told Berlin public broadcaster RBB earlier this week. “I’m insanely happy, but the nervousness outweighs that.” She had hoped that “Sound of Falling” would be screened at a major festival, and felt it deserved that distinction. “But I didn’t really expect it. It’s a filmmaker’s dream!” Now Schilinski is fulfilling that dream at the 78th Cannes International Film Festival, which runs from May 13 to 25. German directors at Cannes have been, as the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung noted sardonically, “at times harder to find than a decent lunch for less than…