UN special committee likens Israeli policy in Gaza to genocide
Report also refers to Israel ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’ and running ‘apartheid system’ in West Bank
Thu 14 Nov 2024 16.01 GMT
UN special committee likens Israeli policy in Gaza to genocide
Report also refers to Israel ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’ and running ‘apartheid system’ in West Bank
A UN special committee has said that Israeli policy and practice in Gaza is “consistent with the characteristics of genocide”.
The committee, set up in 1968 to monitor the Israeli occupation, also said in its annual report that there were serious concerns that Israel was “using starvation as a weapon of war” in the 13-month-old conflict, and was running an “apartheid system” in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
The International court of justice (ICJ) is investigating a claim put forward by South Africa that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is genocidal, and has ordered Israel to take interim measures to prevent genocide taking place.
Trump's comeback fuels nuclear debate in South Korea
Many in Seoul are worried that Donald Trump's return to the White House means Washington is no longer a reliable partner, and that South Korea needs to build up its own nuclear arsenal.
Just days after Donald Trump emerged victorious in the US presidential election, and with the implications of his return to the White House still sinking in, national security took center stage in South Korea.
Inevitably, given Trump's transactional approach to international relations and the pressure he applied on Seoul the last time he was in office, many are now asking if South Korea should develop its own nuclear deterrence.
Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the ruling People Power Party, told a seminar arranged to discuss the future of South Korea's nuclear weapons policy that there were upsides to Trump's victory.
France tightens security for Israel football match after Amsterdam clashes
Israel face France in a Nations League football match in Paris on Thursday surrounded by a huge security operation to prevent a repetition of the attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam last week.
The Paris police chief has described the match at the Stade de France as "high risk" and Israel has urged its citizens to avoid the fixture, which authorities fear could become another flashpoint following the violence in the Netherlands.
Meta fined 798 million euros ($846m) for breaking EU antitrust rules
EU says Meta automatically ties its ad service – Facebook Marketplace – to Facebook, creating an unfair advantage.
The European Union has hit technology giant Meta with a fine just shy of 800 million euros for what it called “abusive practices” involving its Facebook Marketplace online classified ads business.
The EU’s European Commission issued the fine of 797.72 million euros ($846.13m) on Thursday. It accused Meta, which owns social media platform Facebook, of marketplace practices that give its own ad service an undue advantage over competitors.
South African government says it won’t help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help about 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province as part of an official policy against illegal mining.
The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies underground.
It is part of the police’s Vala Umgodi, or Close the Hole, operation, which includes cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to return to the surface and be arrested.
One dead after attack on Brazil's Supreme Court
Matt Murphy and Vanessa Buschschlüter
A man who tried to attack Brazil's Supreme Court in the capital Brasilia on Wednesday evening has died after apparently detonating the explosives he was carrying.
Police have named the man as Francisco Wanderley Luiz, who stood unsuccessfully in council elections for ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL).
Bystanders said they heard two explosions at around 19:30 local time (22:30 GMT), the second of which is believed to have killed Luiz.
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