Military ‘pause’ on Gaza road inflames divisions in Israeli government
By Lucy Williamson, Middle East correspondent, Jerusalem
When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? According to the Israeli army, when it’s a “local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes”.
Israel’s humanitarian aid coordinator for Gaza set out the details of the scheduled daily pause in fighting between 08:00 and 19:00 local time, along a key route running north from the Kerem Shalom crossing point, where aid is waiting to be delivered.
The announcement almost immediately triggered a furious political assault from far-right government ministers – and a rapid defence from Israel’s army, insisting that it did not signal an end to the fighting in southern Gaza, or any change to the entry of humanitarian aid.
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use
Exclusive: Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China
A Chinese state-owned company sought to use a partnership with a leading British university in order to access AI technology for potential use in “smart military bases”, the Guardian has learned.
Emails show that China’s Jiangsu Automation Research Institute (Jari) discussed deploying software developed by scientists at Imperial College London for military use.
The company, which is the leading designer of China’s drone warships, shared this objective with two Imperial employees before signing a £3m deal with the university in 2019.
Germany: Man wielding ax in Hamburg shot by police
A man tried to attack officers with a pickax in the St Pauli district of Hamburg. The incident took place before the city was due to host the Euro 2024 match between the Netherlands and Poland.
Police in the northern German city of Hamburg on Sunday shot and wounded a man who attempted to attack passersby with a pickax, authorities said.
The disturbance took place in the downtown St Pauli district of the city, near where 40,000 Dutch fans were marching, ahead of the Euro 2024 soccer match against Poland later.
Police play down any football connection
Police said the man had come out of a pub with the ax in his hand and was waving it at officers in a "threatening manner."
IS group detainees killed after taking hostages in Russian prison, say authorities
Russian authorities said Sunday that they had brought a siege at a prison in the southern Rostov region to a swift end, killing the Islamic State hostage-takers and freeing their two prison guard captives unharmed.
The prison service had earlier reported that the two guards had been taken hostage by an unspecified number of Islamic State detainees and had entered negotiations for their release.
But a short time later it issued a statement saying the siege had ended: "During a special operation...the criminals were liquidated and the employees who were taken hostage were released and were not injured."
No further details were released in the immediate aftermath of the drama at Detention Centre 1 in the Rostov region.
A police source told state news agency TASS that IS members who were due to appear in court on terrorism charges were among the hostage-takers.
Tragic story of young nurses' fate in Battle of Okinawa goes overseas
The story of a group of young women who were drafted from high school to the front lines of the Battle of Okinawa as Imperial Japanese Army nurses is being told through a traveling exhibition, with the many who tragically died serving as a lesson on the horrors suffered by Japanese civilians in the conflict.
The Himeyuri student corps, or Lily Corps, were a group of 222 students and 18 teachers from the Okinawa First Girls' High School and the Okinawa Female Normal School who were ordered by the Japanese army to serve on the front lines of what is widely considered the bloodiest battle in World War II's Pacific theater.
‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique
As Cabo Delgado province juggles large LNG reserves and ongoing violence, vulnerable civilians are paying the price.
It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* heard pops of gunfire and explosions: The fighters were coming.
As her neighbours made frantic telephone calls trying to warn loved ones before running wildly away, Salama locked the door to her house to keep looters out, took her children and fled.
After several days of hiding in the wilds encircling Palma – a small town on the northern tip of Mozambique about 2,700km (1,700 miles) from the capital, Maputo – she decided to search for a way out.
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