- Israeli military has intensified its bombardment of Jabalia camp with at least six people reported killed and many wounded.
- Israel’s lawyers argued at the United Nations top court that the country has the right to move ahead with a full-scale offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza.
- Thousands of Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza are cut off from water and food after a week-long Israeli incursion that has led to heavy casualties on both sides.
- Israel plans to deploy more troops and “intensify” its ground invasion of southern Rafah where hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians are sheltering in the war-battered city.
WATCH: Israeli far right sees victory as ‘ultimate annihilation of Gaza’
Israel’s war on Gaza rages on with the death toll at more than 35,000 Palestinians and climbing.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is facing growing internal friction over the way forward in the war. Many of the coalition’s far-right members have urged the prime minister to ignore growing international pressure to rein in Israel’s onslaught on the territory.
Tensions are also rising among the Israeli public with citizens taking to the streets to protest against Netanyahu’s policies and demand his resignation.
So what lies ahead for the country’s leadership?
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report
A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found
The economic damage wrought by climate change is six times worse than previously thought, with global heating set to shrink wealth at a rate consistent with the level of financial losses of a continuing permanent war, research has found.
A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product (GDP), the researchers found, a far higher estimate than that of previous analyses. The world has already warmed by more than 1C (1.8F) since pre-industrial times and many climate scientists predict a 3C (5.4F) rise will occur by the end of this century due to the ongoing burning of fossil fuels, a scenario that the new working paper, yet to be peer-reviewed, states will come with an enormous economic cost.
Will Israel be banned from football?
At the FIFA congress in Bangkok, the awarding of the 2027 Women's World Cup to Brazil was overshadowed by calls to ban Israel from world football.
What happened?
At the FIFA Congress in Bangkok, the president of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), Jibril Rajoub, asked football's world governing body to suspend Israel and ban Israeli teams from FIFA events. Rajoub, who stated in March that he would bring the matter to the Congress' attention, said Israel had violated multiple FIFA statutes, including over the Gaza conflict and the inclusion in Israeli leagues of teams located in Palestinian territory.
"FIFA cannot afford to remain indifferent to these violations or the ongoing genocide in Palestine," he said. "I ask you to stand on the right side of history... If not now, when?"
Rajoub had hoped there would be an immediate vote on a possible ban, which has the support of the Asian Football Confederation, of which it is a member.
New evidence shows atrocities committed by army in Burkina Faso
New documents verified by FRANCE 24 illustrate the scale of the atrocities committed by the Burkina Faso army on February 25, 2024. In April, the NGO Human Rights Watch reported the massacre of 223 civilians, including women and children. New evidence shows other killings committed by the army between May 3 and 9 -10 in several towns in eastern Burkina Faso.
FRANCE 24 was able to consult and verify documents detailing the scale of massacres allegedly committed by the Burkina Faso army on February 25, 2024 in the Soro area of Burkina Faso's northern Yatenga district and of the latest massacres south of Dori.
A report published by the NGO Human Rights Watch had already documented the February 25 atrocities, which left at least 223 civilians dead, including women and children.
Exclusive satellite images show destroyed Russian jets and building at Crimean airbase
Satellite images exclusively obtained by CNN show three destroyed Russian jets and damaged buildings at Belbek airbase in occupied port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday.
The hardware losses come after two days of attacks by the Ukrainians on Sevastopol in Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
In images taken by US satellite imaging company BlackSky and space technology firm Maxar, two jets can be seen burned out on the main flight line at Belbek, in addition to a third parked on a protective embankment. The satellite images also show a destroyed building nearby and another which has taken significant damage.
Narendra Modi’s India: A decade of popularity and polarisation
By Sharanya Hrishikesh & Vikas Pandey,BBC News, Delhi
Ten years after becoming prime minister, Narendra Modi is aiming for a historic third term - what makes him India's most prominent leader in decades?
Many voters feel things have got better since he took office in 2014, but will people who are struggling back him in the country's general election?
In Mr Modi's constituency in the northern city of Varanasi, saree weaver Shiv Johri Patel says he's got many worries - but he's clear who's getting his vote.
"Mr Modi has done great work. We haven't seen poor people getting so many welfare benefits under any other government," he says.
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