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A proposal to swap Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners has been sent to Hamas, according to reports.It follows several days of multinational talks in Paris involving representatives from Israel, the United States, Egypt, and Qatar which have tried to map out the basic contours of a deal for a temporary ceasefire. The proposal includes a 40-day pause in all military operations and states that all Israeli women, children under 19, elderly over 50 and sick hostages should be released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a senior source has told the Reuters news agency.War latest: Biden…

Faltering Bayern Munich have confirmed in a statement that former Borussia Mönchengladbach and RB Leipzig sporting director Max Eberl will take over as board member for sport in a boardroom shakeup. He has signed on until June 2027. Media reports say Bayern are set to pay a compensation fee of 4.5 million Euros to Leipzig, where he remained under contract despite being relieved of his duties last September. In hindsight, it’s a move that seems to have been coming for quite some time. “I spent my entire childhood and youth at FC Bayern and in Munich, so it’s something special for me to return in…

Skip next section Macron not ruling out sending Western troops to Ukraine02/26/2024February 26, 2024Macron not ruling out sending Western troops to UkraineFrench President Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western troops to Ukraine is not being ruled out, adding “we will do everything needed so Russia cannot win the war.” Macron spoke after a meeting on Ukraine in Paris brought together over 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials in Paris. https://p.dw.com/p/4cv1BSkip next section Ukraine says only 30% of promised EU shells received02/26/2024February 26, 2024Ukraine says only 30% of promised EU shells receivedUkraine has received less than a third of the one million…

Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has become the first female chief minister of Punjab, the country’s most populous province. Her election to Punjab’s highest political office is being hailed by women’s rights activists and female politicians as a big step for women’s empowerment in patriarchal Pakistan. Nawaz was elected Monday during Punjab’s assembly session, defeating Rana Aftab, a candidate backed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Her appointment was widely expected, as her Pakistan Muslim League party (PML-N) party emerged as a the largest in the Punjab assembly following national…

Two bodies have been found in the search for a missing Australian TV presenter and his partner, who were allegedly killed by a police officer.Jesse Baird, 26, and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies, 29, were allegedly shot dead in Mr Baird’s Sydney home last week. Beau Lamarre-Condon, a police officer who was in a relationship with Mr Baird until late last year, was charged on Friday with the murders of both men.Police said Lamarre-Condon provided them with information that led them to the bodies, which were found in a rural area around 124 miles southwest of Sydney.The New South…

An Australian photographer alleged he was assaulted by Taylor Swift’s father in Sydney early on Tuesday morning after her final concert in the city, prompting a police investigation. “Police have been told a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay Wharf about 2:30 a.m. (1530 UTC Monday), before leaving the location,” a New South Wales Police spokesperson told the AFP news agency, without naming either man. “The younger man reported the incident and inquiries are now under way by officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command.” Swift’s spokesperson responded, accusing two individuals of acting “aggressively” at the time of the…

Over the past few weeks, around half of the European Union member states have seen farmers protesting against their respective national and European agricultural policies. On Monday, agricultural ministers from the bloc are meeting in Brussels to address their disputes. But the reasons for the demonstrations vary significantly. In Germany, for instance, farmers are upset about a planned reduction in subsidies for diesel fuel. In Poland and other Eastern European countries, they are blocking roads and border crossings because they want to prevent cheap imports from Ukraine. The European farmers’ association, Copa-Cogeca, has called for less stringent environmental regulations, less bureaucracy…

Peru declared a health emergency in most parts of the country on Monday after a heat wave and heavy rains led to a spike in dengue fever cases. At least 32 people have died of the disease so far this year, Health Minister Cesar Vasquez said on Monday. There have been 31,300 cases recorded in the first eight weeks of the year. “This is a grave problem,” Vasquez said last week. “And it is getting out of hand.” Vasquez said Peru’s typical response to the disease had been “overtaken” by factors such as climate. The El Nino weather pattern has…

An American couple who disappeared a week ago after their catamaran was hijacked by three escaped convicts are likely dead, police have said.Police Commissioner Don McKenzie said the prisoners had escaped custody on the Caribbean island of Grenada on the 18 February and the following day commandeered a catamaran named Simplicity – with Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry on board. “Information suggests that while travelling between Grenada and St Vincent, they disposed of the occupants,” Commissioner McKenzie said.The couple was last seen on the night the prisoners escaped and their boat was later tracked leaving the Grenada late at night…

It’s a sunny Sunday morning in Glenhazel, a suburb of South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, that has an active Jewish community. A family strolls into a cafe, its four boys each wearing a yarmulke, also known as a kippah, the customary caps for Jewish men. Just a few meters away, more than 100 ‘kidnapped’ posters are emblazoned on the wall of the KosherWorld supermarket, each of which has a photo of somebody who was kidnapped by the Palestinian militant Islamist organization Hamas during its terror attacks on Israel on October 7. ‘I am home’ reads stickers on some of the posters. Others are marked as dead…