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Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 10:43Modified: 05/04/2024 – 10:52 03:28 Israel says to reopen border crossing with hard-hit northern Gaza © FRANCE 24 Israel says it’s taking steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, including reopening a key border crossing into northern Gaza, hours after President Joe Biden told Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu that future US support for the war in Gaza depends on Israel taking more action to protect civilians and aid workers. Israel has decided to reopen the Port of Ashdod, some 40 kilometres to the north of the Gaza Strip, FRANCE 24’s Rob…

Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years. Issued on: 10/04/2024 – 04:07 3 min The deluge of melt water overwhelmed scores of settlements in the Ural Mountains, Siberia and areas of Kazakhstan close to rivers such as the Ural and Tobol, which local officials said had risen by metres (yards) in a matter of hours to the highest levels ever recorded.Late on Tuesday, levels of the Ural River in Orenburg, a city of around 550,000, reached…

Thousands of people chanted against Israel and the United States at Friday’s funeral for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel. Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 11:53Modified: 05/04/2024 – 13:52 4 min The IRGC members, including two generals, were killed in the air strike on Monday which levelled the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Damascus.IRGC chief General Hossein Salami in a speech said that Israel “cannot escape the consequences”.Israel has not commented on the strike, but analysts saw it as an escalation of its campaign against Iran and its regional proxies…

Back to homepage / Middle East Israel-Hamas war US President Joe Biden said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Gaza policy was a “mistake” and urged Israel to call for a ceasefire, in an interview aired Tuesday. Biden’s comments were some of his strongest criticism yet of Netanyahu amid growing tensions over the civilian death toll from Israel’s war on Hamas and dire conditions inside Gaza. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments. Issued on: 10/04/2024 – 04:26 2 min Palestinians shop as they prepare for the upcoming holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the northern Gaza Strip, April 9, 2024. © Mahmoud Issa, Reuters…

Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the largest in the enclave, receives data from every hospital in the strip. Hospital administrators say they keep records of every wounded person occupying a bed and every body arriving at a morgue. The ministry also collects from other sources including the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”. The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN…

Togo has rescheduled legislative elections for April 29 after delaying the ballot over a highly contested constitutional reform, a government statement said on Tuesday. Issued on: 10/04/2024 – 02:45 1 min Togo has rescheduled legislative elections for April 29 after delaying the ballot over a highly contested constitutional reform, a government statement said on Tuesday.Elections had been set for April 20, but the government postponed them saying consultations were needed over the reform, which opposition parties called a bid to keep President Faure Gnassingbe in power longer.”Date for the legislative and regional elections: Monday, April 29,” a statement from the presidency…

Issued on: 06/04/2024 – 14:52Modified: 06/04/2024 – 15:04 06:14 American and Israeli negotiators were expected in Cairo over the weekend for a renewed push to reach a ceasefire-hostage deal in a war that has raged for nearly half a year. Hamas says that a delegation headed by the group’s deputy chief in Gaza, will head to Cairo on Sunday. For more analysis, FRANCE 24 is joined by Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fellow of MENA Programme at Chatham House. Read more on related topics: Source link

The mother and father of a Michigan teen who shot and killed four classmates were each sentenced to between 10 and 15 years in prison on Tuesday after a jury convicted them of manslaughter in a rare case of parents being held responsible in a school shooting. Issued on: 10/04/2024 – 01:55 3 min Jennifer and James Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley’s parents, were sentenced immediately after several parents of the victims gave emotional statements in an Oakland County courtroom in Pontiac, Michigan.”Not only did your son kill my daughter, but you both did as well,” Nicole Beausoleil, 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin’s mother, told…

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…

Real Madrid and Champions League holders Manchester City shared a pulsating 3-3 draw in a rollercoaster quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. Issued on: 09/04/2024 – 23:28 2 min Bernardo Silva put City ahead with a low free-kick but Ruben Dias’ own goal and Rodrygo Goes helped Madrid dramatically and swiftly fight back.Manchester City’s own quick-fire double in the second half through Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol stunned the record 14-time winners, but they snatched a draw through Fede Valverde’s scorching volley.The thrilling match was played in the shadow of a threat by Islamic State to target every quarter-final first leg, with a heavy security…