Netanyahu says Trump determined to implement Gaza plan
The Israeli prime minister has delivered a speech in the Knesset. Here are some of his main points:
- Trump’s vision is a new and creative vision. He is determined to implement it without Hamas and without the Palestinian Authority.
- The meeting with Trump at the White House last week was the most important of all. After a period that was full of challenges, we finally reached a consensus with the US administration.
- US President Donald Trump says Palestinians will have no right to return to the Gaza Strip under his forced displacement plan.
- It comes after Hamas renewed its condemnation of Trump’s proposal to buy and own Gaza, warning him that tackling the “Palestinian issue with the mentality of a real estate dealer is a recipe for failure”.
- Israeli forces kill another person in Gaza City’s Shujayea as Palestinians continue to return to the ruins of their homes in the enclave’s north after Israel’s military withdraws from the Netzarim Corridor
Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Raid on Educational Bookshop branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals
Mon 10 Feb 2025 14.25 GMT
Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Raid on Educational Bookshop branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals
Israeli police have raided a leading Palestinian-owned bookshop in Jerusalem and detained two of its owners, citing a children’s colouring book as evidence of incitement to terrorism.
The police ransacked two branches of the Educational Bookshop on Sunday afternoon, using Google Translate to examine the stock then detaining Mahmoud Muna, 41, and his nephew Ahmed Muna, 33, on suspicion of “violating public order”.
On Monday a magistrate ordered another night’s detention and five days of house arrest for the two men. Police said they had seized eight books and needed time to investigate further, including reading the books.
Fresh ethnic violence plunges northeast Indian state into political crisis as chief minister resigns
State expected to be put under president’s rule
A fresh wave of violence in Manipur compelled the northeast Indian state’s chief minister to resign over the weekend as the almost two-year-old ethnic conflict raged on unabated.
N Biren Singh, senior member of prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party, announced that he had submitted his resignation to the governor on Sunday.
The resignation came just a day before the state legislative assembly was scheduled to go in session.
Romania president resigns amid populist pressure
Romania's centrist president has stepped down following pressure from opposition far-right parties after a presidential election was annulled in December amid accusations of Russian meddling.
Romania's centrist president, Klaus Iohannis, announced his resignation in an emotional address Monday, saying he was stepping down to "spare" his country from the crisis that followed a cancelled presidential vote last year.
A second runoff vote for the presidential race was due December, but were called off amid claims of Russian meddling following a first-round victory by far-right candidate Calin Georgescu.
The first round of the presidential vote that was held on November 24 propelled pro-Russian ultranationalist Georgescu from relative obscurity to the top of the race. Still, he won only 22.9% of the vote, which was far short of the majority needed to win outright.
Why more young men in Germany are turning to the far right
"What my parents taught me is that they used to live in peace and calm, without having to have any fear in their own country," says 19-year-old Nick. "I would like to live in a country where I don't have to be afraid."
I meet him in a small bar on a street corner in the ex-mining town of Freiberg, Saxony – where he is playing darts.
It's a cold, foggy night in February with just over two weeks to go until Germany's national election.
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