Palestinian probe says Israeli forces deliberately shot Abu Akleh
Palestine’s Attorney General says probe found that slain Al Jazeera journalist was intentionally shot by Israeli forces.
A Palestinian official has said that an investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shows Israeli forces deliberately shot and killed the veteran journalist.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday from the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian Attorney General Akram Al Khatib said: “It was clear that one of the [Israeli] occupation forces … had fired a bullet that hit journalist Shireen Abu Akleh directly in her head” while she was attempting to escape.
Médecins Sans Frontières apologises for using images of child rape survivor
Medical charity’s president calls publication of controversial photographs ‘a mistake’ and says guidelines will be tightened
The international president of Médecins Sans Frontières has apologised for publishing photographs of a teenage rape survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on its website, following criticism that the images were unethical and racist.
Dr Christos Christou also announced that the medical charity had tightened its guidelines on photographing vulnerable minors, such as survivors of sexual abuse, requiring that they should not be identified visually or by name.
He said the new rules also clarified that anyone aged under 18 could not, on their own, give informed consent to be photographed.
Millions of Ghana's schoolchildren go hungry during caterers' strike
Striking school cooks in Ghana want a year's backdated salary and an increased feeding allocation. Caterers blame soaring prices on the war in Ukraine. Millions of children will not be fed until the issues are resolved.
Members of the Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) began their strike action at the beginning of May.
School cooks who prepare pupils' meals put down their cooking utensils to protest unpaid wages and demand more government money to pay for the school lunches.
The ongoing strike action means that millions of pupils are going without food until the government gives in to the demands of the striking caterers.
Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan issues election ultimatum after protest march
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament the previous evening, but he warned that they would return unless an election was called within six days.
Khan has said that the confidence vote that toppled him and ushered in the coalition government led by Prime Minister Shabhaz Sharif last month was the result of a US conspiracy, and he is demanding a fresh election to show he has national support.
"I'm giving you six days. You announce elections in six days," Khan said from atop a truck after he and thousands of his supporters reached Islamabad, adding that the parliament should be dissolved to hold the fresh elections in June.
Tokyo quake scenario warns of 4.5 million not able to go home
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 26, 2022 at 16:49 JST
A new megaquake scenario for Tokyo warns that more than 4.5 million people would be unable to return home in its aftermath, temporary shelters would quickly fill and residents of high-rise buildings would face particular challenges.
The Tokyo metropolitan government’s scenario, drawn up and released on May 25, specifies events that can occur after an earthquake, in addition to an estimate of deaths, injuries and damaged buildings, among other figures.
“I hope people will use their imaginations and prepare for what could happen in their own environment,” said Naoshi Hirata, a professor emeritus of seismology at the University of Tokyo, who is a core member of the metropolitan government’s panel of experts on disaster prevention.
Donbas: Why Russia is trying to capture eastern Ukraine
By Paul Kirby
BBC News
Russian forces are bombarding towns and cities in eastern Ukraine with the declared aim of "liberating" the old industrial heartland known as Donbas.
Having abandoned his campaign to capture the capital Kyiv and second city Kharkiv, Vladimir Putin is now looking for military victory in the largely Russian-speaking east, where he falsely accuses Ukraine of committing genocide.
Achieving his goals in the east is the minimum he needs before he could end the operation and claim it a success.
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