Monday, November 4, 2024

Six In The Morning Monday 3 November 2024

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  • Kamal Adwan Hospital is attacked again by Israeli forces as the deadly siege of northern Gaza continues with new famine warnings and humanitarian aid blocked.
  • Gaza’s Health Ministry says 33 Palestinians were killed and 156 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
  • Israel officially notifies the United Nations of its decision to cut ties with its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
  • Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 43,374 Palestinians and wounded 102,261 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 taken captive.
  • In Lebanon, at least 2,897 people have been killed and 13,402 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.

Besieged Gaza hospital ‘turned more into a graveyard than a health facility’


Heavy artillery fired by the Israeli army hit the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the past hour, causing injuries to patients inside as well as some medical staff with some critically wounded. Children are among the wounded after Israeli forces targeted the paediatrics ward.

It’s the second time in the past few days that such attacks have happened. Earlier, a medical supply warehouse on the third floor of the facility was blown up.

The Israeli military has banned the World Health Organization and other medical missions from reaching the hospital. It is also preventing anyone from the outskirts of the hospital from reaching it for medical assistance.



Spain floods: searchers scour car parks and malls amid fears death toll will rise

Day after king and PM pelted by angry residents, search focuses on areas where people could have been trapped

 in Madrid
Mon 4 Nov 2024 10.05 GMT

Hundreds of civil and military emergency workers are searching shopping centres, garages and underground car parks for more victims of floods in the Valencia region that have killed at least 214 people, as public anger mounts over Spanish authorities’ handling of the disaster.

Yellow and amber weather warnings were in place for parts of Valencia and neighbouring Catalonia on Monday, with people in the affected areas advised to stay off the roads and keep away from the coast and rivers.

Heavy rain pounded the Barcelona area on Monday morning, leading the regional government to issue civil protection alerts and cancel all local train services.

Indonesia and Russia hold first joint naval exercises

As Indonesia's new president, Prabowo Subianto, seeks to deepen ties with Russia, the Indonesian and Russian navies began five days of joint exercises in the Java Sea.

The navies of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military exercises in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indoneisan navy said.

The drills will take place in the Java Sea near the Indonesian city of Surabaya until Friday, after Russian warships arrived on site on Sunday. Russia has sent three corvette-class warships, a medium tanker, a military helicopter and a tugboat, according to the Indonesian navy.

"Russian warships came from afar to Indonesia and conducted joint exercises for the first time that seek to improve diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Russia, especially the navies," Indonesian navy commander Denih Hendrata said.

Parents of French teenagers who took own lives sue TikTok over harmful content

Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against TikTok over its alleged failure to remove harmful content they say led two 15-year-olds to take their own lives, in the latest legal challenge facing the social media giant.

Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said on Monday.

The lawsuit alleges TikTok's algorithm exposed the seven teenagers to videos promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion told broadcaster franceinfo.

The families are taking joint legal action in the Créteil judicial court. Boutron-Marmion said it was the first such grouped case in Europe.

Tohoku Electric shuts down nuclear reactor after problems

By HIROYUKI YAGINUMA/ Staff Writer

November 4, 2024 at 17:12 JST


Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Nov. 4 said it has shut down the recently restarted No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant because of unspecified troubles with equipment.

The company said no radiation has leaked to the surrounding environment at the plant located in Onagawa town and Ishinomaki city in Miyagi Prefecture.

Tohoku Electric restarted the No. 2 reactor on Oct. 29 for the first time in 13 years and seven months. It was scheduled to start generating electricity on Nov. 3.

Police arrest Netanyahu aide as opponents accuse him of leaking intelligence to thwart Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal


Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media.

Opposition leaders say the intelligence was “faked,” and part of a ruse to thwart a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza.

The investigation centers on allegations that the prime minister’s office promoted to foreign media the claim that Hamas was planning on smuggling hostages out of Gaza over the Egyptian border and creating divisions in Israeli society to pressure Netanyahu into a hostage release and ceasefire deal.



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