Israeli army says ‘high probability’ its strike killed three Gaza captives
Army says conclusions of its probe into the deaths of the captives suggest an Israeli air strike likely killed them in November.
After denials for months, the Israeli military says there is a “high probability” its air strike was responsible for the deaths of three Israeli captives in Gaza in November.
The military on Sunday said it was unaware the captives were present in a tunnel in the Palestinian territory when they launched the attack on November 10, 2023.
The bodies of the three captives – Corporal Nik Beizer, Sergeant Ron Sherman and French-Israeli national Elia Toledano – were recovered on December 14. But the cause of death was not determined.
South Africa school language law stirs Afrikaans learning debate
The DA party argues Afrikaans education will be harmed, while the ANC says law is necessary to redress inequality
Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondentSun 15 Sep 2024 13.20 BST
A contentious South African education law has drawn furious condemnation from politicians and campaigners who claim it is putting Afrikaans education under threat while evoking for others an enduring association of the language with white minority rule.
The Basic Education Laws Amendment Act was signed into law on Friday by the president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who said he would give dissenting parties in his coalition government three months to suggest alternatives to two sections that give provincial officials the powers to override admission decisions and force schools to teach in more than one of South Africa’s 12 official languages.
The provisions have meanwhile been welcomed by those who say they are necessary in order to stop some government schools using language to racially exclude children.
Europe floods: Emergency services struggle as rivers rise
Several people have drowned in Romania and at least one firefighter lost his life in Austria following heavy rainfall and flooding across Europe.
Heavy rains cause dam to fail in southwestern Poland
A dam in southwestern Poland has burst after heavy rains, officials said. The dam in Stronie Slaskie, in the Lower Silesia region, gave way and water from the Biala Ladecka River is now flowing freely into the Nysa Klodzka catchment area, a meteorological network said.
The town of Stronie Slaskie is located in the Klodzko Valley on Poland's border with the Czech Republic. Police have sent a rescue helicopter to the area to bring people stranded by the water to safety. Army soldiers are also on the scene.
On Saturday evening, a dam burst in the nearby mountain village of Miedzygorze.
Two years after Mahsa Amini: Little progress for women in Iran
Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran's clerical authorities two years after a protest movement erupted that they hoped would be a turning point in the four-and-a-half-decade history of the Islamic republic.
Gov't, forced sterilization victims reach compensation settlement
The Japanese government and people who were forced to undergo sterilization surgeries from the 1950s to the 1970s under a now-defunct eugenics protection law have settled their lawsuits, following a recent ruling by Japan's top court that deemed the law unconstitutional.
Under the agreement signed by the government and the plaintiffs, the state will pay 15 million yen in compensation to each victim of forced sterilization surgery, considered by many to be the worst human rights violation in Japan's post-World War II history.
Separately, a cross-party group of lawmakers on Friday proposed paying 15 million yen to each victim of forced sterilization surgery who did not join the lawsuit.
A stolen skull, a severed statue and an Australian city divided
Tiffanie TurnbullBBC NewsReporting fromHobart
For months, an unusual monument sat in an oak-lined square at the heart of Tasmania's capital: a pair of severed bronze feet.
A statue of renowned surgeon-turned-premier William Crowther had loomed over the park in Hobart for more than a century. But one evening in May, it was chopped down at the ankles and the words "what goes around" graffitied on its sandstone base.
It was a throwback to another night more than 150 years ago, when Crowther allegedly broke into a morgue, sliced open an Aboriginal leader’s head and stole his skull - triggering a grim tussle over the remaining body parts.
Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondentSun 15 Sep 2024 13.20 BST
Sun 15 Sep 2024 13.20 BST
Heavy rains cause dam to fail in southwestern Poland
A dam in southwestern Poland has burst after heavy rains, officials said. The dam in Stronie Slaskie, in the Lower Silesia region, gave way and water from the Biala Ladecka River is now flowing freely into the Nysa Klodzka catchment area, a meteorological network said.
The town of Stronie Slaskie is located in the Klodzko Valley on Poland's border with the Czech Republic. Police have sent a rescue helicopter to the area to bring people stranded by the water to safety. Army soldiers are also on the scene.
On Saturday evening, a dam burst in the nearby mountain village of Miedzygorze.
Two years after Mahsa Amini: Little progress for women in Iran
Gov't, forced sterilization victims reach compensation settlement
The Japanese government and people who were forced to undergo sterilization surgeries from the 1950s to the 1970s under a now-defunct eugenics protection law have settled their lawsuits, following a recent ruling by Japan's top court that deemed the law unconstitutional.
Under the agreement signed by the government and the plaintiffs, the state will pay 15 million yen in compensation to each victim of forced sterilization surgery, considered by many to be the worst human rights violation in Japan's post-World War II history.
Separately, a cross-party group of lawmakers on Friday proposed paying 15 million yen to each victim of forced sterilization surgery who did not join the lawsuit.
A stolen skull, a severed statue and an Australian city divided
For months, an unusual monument sat in an oak-lined square at the heart of Tasmania's capital: a pair of severed bronze feet.
A statue of renowned surgeon-turned-premier William Crowther had loomed over the park in Hobart for more than a century. But one evening in May, it was chopped down at the ankles and the words "what goes around" graffitied on its sandstone base.
It was a throwback to another night more than 150 years ago, when Crowther allegedly broke into a morgue, sliced open an Aboriginal leader’s head and stole his skull - triggering a grim tussle over the remaining body parts.
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