Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills four as US and Israel hold ‘heated’ ceasefire talks
Fears of all-out regional war are growing as Palestinian stabs two to death in a city near Tel Aviv
An Israeli airstrike killed four people in a tent inside a hospital complex in Gaza early on Sunday, and a Palestinian stabbed two people to death in a city south near Tel Aviv, amid reports of heated disagreements between US and Israeli leaders about a possible ceasefire deal.
Fears of all-out war in the region have escalated after assassinations this week of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah number two in Beirut.
France and Italy became the latest countries to urge their citizens to leave Lebanon, as Israelis reported GPS jamming around Tel Aviv on Sunday, something the Israeli military has said in the past it does to counter the threats of drones and missiles.
Bangladesh: 50 killed, more injured in student protests
Protesters clashed with police and ruling party activists in Dhaka and other cities. A controversial quota system for public sector jobs has been scrapped but the protests turned into an anti-government movement.
At least 50 people have been killed in Bangladesh in clashes between protesters and supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government in one of the deadliest days since anti-government demonstrations started.
The Interior Ministry declared an indefinite nationwide curfew from 6 p.m. lcoal time, in the first such move since the protests started.
The student protest began last month as a call to eliminate a controversial quota system for public sector recruitment, which the country's Supreme Court has now all but scrapped.
Nigeria’s Tinubu urges end to protests against economic hardship
Protesters demand quicker reforms and government action to ease the pain amid reforms carried out by the new president.
President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians protesting against a cost of living crisis that he has “heard” them as he called for the suspension of the demonstrations and an end to “bloodshed”, in his first public comments since protests broke out last week.
In his televised address on Sunday, Tinubu called for an end to violence in several states since the protests started, saying he was always open to dialogue.
Rights group Amnesty International has accused security forces of killing at least 13 protesters, while police say seven people died and deny responsibility.
Film to highlight U.S. journalist’s ties with atomic bomb survivor
By YUHEI KYONO/ Staff Writer
August 4, 2024 at 17:53 JST
Shooting will begin next year for a movie portraying the bond between the U.S. author of the bestseller “Hiroshima” and an atomic bomb survivor featured in the book.
John Hersey was one of the first writers to report on the devastation caused by the city’s Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing, and particularly the damage from radiation through the lives of six “hibakusha” survivors.
One of the victims was Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a pastor of the Methodist Church.
“Hiroshima” was first published in The New Yorker magazine in 1946.
Hamas May Emerge Battered, but Not Beaten, From Israel’s Latest Blows
The assassinations of two Hamas leaders may be a short-term setback, analysts say, not enough to prevent the group from re-emerging intact — and possibly more radicalized.
First came the death of its top leader abroad, Ismail Haniyeh, by a bomb planted in Tehran. Then came Israel’s announcement that, only weeks earlier, it had killed Hamas’s most elusive and revered military leader. All of this as Israel continues to wage the deadliest war Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have ever faced.
At first tally, the latest score in the 30-year struggle between Israel and Hamas looks like a devastating one for the Islamist movement, one that throws its future into question. Yet the history of Hamas, the evolution of Palestinian militant groups over the decades and the logic of insurgencies more broadly suggest that not only will Hamas survive, it may even stand to emerge politically stronger.
Police attacked and windows broken at hotel protest
David Spereall, Navtej Johal, Cathy Killick and Oli Constable
Masked individuals have attacked police and forced their way into a hotel which has been used to house asylum seekers.
Trouble flared outside the Holiday Inn Express, in Rotherham, after earlier demonstrations by both anti-racist and anti-immigration supporters.
Glass bottles and wooden fence panels were thrown at riot police officers lined up in front of the building, while a bin fire was started close to the hotel entrance.
Footage shared on social media appeared to show one man breaking a glass fire exit door at the hotel, with people wearing balaclavas later seen inside the building.
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