Israel allows displaced Palestinians to finally return to north Gaza
- Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza eagerly cross the Israeli-militarized Netzarim Corridor and return to destroyed homes in the north of the Strip for the first time since the devastating war began.
- More bloodshed as Israeli soldiers open fire on Lebanese civilians trying to return to their southern residences after the army refused to withdraw despite agreeing to in a truce with Hezbollah.
- An Israeli air strike kills two Palestinians in the city of Tulkarem, underscoring Israel’s renewed focus on armed groups in the occupied West Bank.
- Palestinians condemn US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” Gaza by forcibly displacing its residents to Egypt and Jordan, which raised concerns of ethnic cleansing.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 47,306 Palestinians and wounded 111,483 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 taken captive.
‘Huge challenge’ to deliver aid to many thousands heading to north Gaza: UNICEF
International humanitarian organisations are trying to ramp up efforts in northern Gaza as tens of thousands of Palestinians are going back to their homes.
“Since the beginning of the ceasefire, a lot of aid has entered the north. UNICEF has brought in a range of items like hygiene kits and high-energy biscuits to address malnutrition for young children,” said Jonathan Crickx, chief of communications for UNICEF Palestine.
“When I see how many people are moving north – and I was in the north in September and saw the level of destruction there – it’s going to be a huge challenge to support them,” he told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
Bird remains found in both engines of crashed Jeju Air jet, report says
Plane appears to have hit ducks before it crashed in Muan, South Korea, last month killing 179 people onboard
Mon 27 Jan 2025 13.23 GMT
An investigation into the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil has found duck remains in both engines, according to a preliminary report, suggesting the passenger jet hit birds before slamming down on the runway.
While officials have not yet determined the cause of last month’s Jeju Air crash that killed all but two of the 181 people onboard, the report released on Monday said feathers and bird bloodstains were found inside the Boeing 737-800’s engines.
“The samples were sent to specialised organisations for DNA analysis and a domestic organisation identified them as belonging to Baikal teals,” said the report from South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board.
DR Congo says Rwanda army in Goma
Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said Kinshasa wanted to prevent "carnage," with Rwanda's forces in the east of the country. It comes after the M23 group claimed to have taken the city of Goma.
Congo's government on Monday accused Rwanda of an incursion into the North Kivu province in the east of the country, hours after the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels claimed control over the provincial capital Goma.
"The government continues to work to prevent carnage and loss of life in light of Rwanda's clear intentions," government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said in a post on the platform X.
He spoke of the "presence of the Rwandan army" in Goma.
The liberation of Auschwitz: What the Soviets discovered on January 27, 1945
Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia's Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where more than a million people, most of them Jews, had been murdered. They found just a few thousand survivors in a sprawling complex where the SS had tried to erase all traces of their crimes.
In his Holocaust memoir, "The Truce", Italian prisoner Primo Levi recounted his first contact with the Red Army soldiers when Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated.
“The first Russian patrol came in sight of the camp about midday on 27 January 1945,” he wrote. “They were four young soldiers on horseback, who advanced along the road that marked the limits of the camp, cautiously holding their sten-guns. When they reached the barbed wire, they stopped to look, exchanging a few timid words, and throwing strangely embarrassed glances at the sprawling bodies, at the battered huts and at us few still alive."
Fuji TV president, chairman step down over TV host sexual misconduct scandal
The president of Fuji Television Network Inc stepped down Monday, the parent company of the broadcaster said, after allegations that an employee of the broadcaster helped arrange a meal at which Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai is accused of sexual misconduct.
Koichi Minato's resignation comes as the scandal surrounding Nakai, who rose to fame as a member of the now-defunct pop group SMAP, put the network under intense scrutiny, leading dozens of Japanese companies to stop advertising on the network.
Inside the race for Greenland's mineral wealth
Adrienne Murray
President Donald Trump has said he thinks the US will gain control of Greenland, underlining his persistent claim on the Arctic island, on one occasion pointing to "economic security" as the reason. While the autonomous Danish territory has been quick to say it isn't for sale, its vast and mostly untapped mineral resources are in great demand.
Jagged grey peaks suddenly appear before us, as the motorboat navigates choppy coastal waters and dramatic fjords at Greenland's southern tip.
"Those very high pointy mountains, it's basically a gold belt," gestures Eldur Olafsson, the chief executive of mining company Amaroq Minerals.
After sailing for two hours we stepped ashore at a remote valley beneath Nalunaq mountain, where the firm is drilling for gold.
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