More aid lorries enter Gaza after US threat to cut Israel's military support
Israel responds to strike that killed Lebanese mayor
More now from Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon, who responds to the strikes in Nabatieh in Lebanon today that killed six people, including the mayor of a town.
Danon says the IDF is only targeting Hezbollah. "We target Hezbollah bases. We know that Hezbollah many times takes advantage of civilian facilities", he says.
More lorries carrying aid have reached northern Gaza for the third day running - after a period of two weeks without aid deliveries
The Israeli military says 50 trucks have entered today, after the US threatened to take away some military support unless Israel boosted aid within 30 days
Israel's ambassador to the UN says Israel is committed to allowing aid into Gaza, saying "there's no shortage" of it but that Hamas is to blame for delays
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
Wed 16 Oct 2024 14.00 BST
An international network of “race science” activists seeking to influence public debate with discredited ideas on race and eugenics has been operating with secret funding from a multimillionaire US tech entrepreneur.
Undercover filming has revealed the existence of the organisation, formed two years ago as the Human Diversity Foundation. Its members have used podcasts, videos, an online magazine and research papers to seed “dangerous ideology” about the supposed genetic superiority of certain ethnic groups.
Omar Abdullah: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister sworn in
Abdullah will lead Kashmir's first elected government since the region's semi-autonomy was abrogated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
Abdullah is the chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) party.
Abdullah is now the leader of Kashmir's first elected government since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) revoked the region's special semi-autonomous status in 2019. Jammu and Kashmir is thus directly administered by the Indian federal government in New Delhi.
Zelensky rules out ceding territory in ‘victory plan’ dismissed by Kremlin
"Russia must lose the war against Ukraine," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told MPs on Wednesday as he laid out a five-point "Victory Plan". In it, he ruled out ceding any Ukrainian territory to Russia and insisted on his number-one priority of NATO integration. The Kremlin quickly dismissed the plan, saying Kyiv should "sober up".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday unveiled his long-awaited Victory Plan to end Russia's invasion, rejecting any territorial concessions and urging ramped-up Western backing, including an invitation to join NATO.
After pushing back Russian troops at the start of the invasion in February 2022, Kyiv is now facing mounting pressure to find an exit strategy as its troops suffer battlefield losses and Moscow intensifies its strikes on infrastructure.
Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, the gangster at the centre of India-Canada spat?
India-Canada bilateral relations touched a historic low this week when both countries expelled six diplomats each, in tit-for-tat moves, after Ottawa doubled down on its accusation that the Indian government masterminded the 2023 murder of a prominent Sikh separatist leader.
While levelling serious conspiracy charges against India’s senior-most diplomats in Ottawa, the Canadian officials dropped another bombshell allegation — linking the diplomatic mission with India’s most notorious crime syndicate boss, Lawrence Bishnoi.
Human rights groups condemn EU summit with Saudi crown prince
Mohammed bin Salman attends Brussels meeting six years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Wed 16 Oct 2024 15.49 BST
Human rights activists have condemned the EU’s decision to host the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at a Brussels summit, cementing his international rehabilitation six years after the brutal murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader is one of six Gulf representatives taking part in the first summit between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council, which also includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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