Trump meeting Jordan's king after threatening to withhold aid if Gaza plan rejected
Donald Trump is set to host Jordan's King Abdullah after suggesting he may withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt if they don't co-operate with his plan to take control of Gaza and resettle the population in the two countries
Trump's apparent determination to relocate Gaza's population to Jordan has set the stage for a showdown between the US and a key Middle East ally, writes the BBC's Lucy Williamson
Meanwhile Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged "relentless action" to return hostages being held in Gaza, after Hamas said it would delay their release until further notice
Trump says Israel should cancel the ceasefire and "let hell break out" if Hamas does not release all remaining hostages by midday on Saturday
In response, a Hamas spokesman says "the language of threats has no value", while defiant Palestinians say Trump "will never make Gaza hell"
In total, 17 Israeli hostages were still due to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire, eight of whom Israel says are dead. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners have been freed by Israel so far
What do Hamas delay and Trump threat mean for Gaza ceasefire deal?
Refusal to release next batch of Israeli hostages as planned could derail fragile agreement
Hamas has said it will not release the next batch of Israeli hostages this weekend as planned, citing alleged Israeli violations of the fragile ceasefire, a development that could derail an already fragile three-week-old truce agreement.
Donald Trump further inflamed the situation by threatening that “hell is going to break out” unless Hamas releases all of the Israeli hostages it is holding on Saturday – an intervention that, along with his proposal for the US to take over and “develop” the Gaza Strip, appears to nullify the next stages of the truce.
Transparency International: Corruption is a climate issue
Several countries, including Germany, have received their lowest score yet on the global watchdog's "Corruption Perceptions Index."
Corruption is threatening global efforts to tackle climate change, the graft monitor Transparency International warned in a report published on Tuesday.
"Corruption is obstructing effective climate action by hindering the adoption of ambitious policies," a statement from the watchdog said.
Transparency International's "Corruption Perceptions Index" for 2024 shows that many countries, whether they are dealing with rising temperatures or have hosted UN climate summits, have poorer scores than before.
Google Calendar no longer includes start of Black History Month, Pride Month
Tech giant continues to fall in line with Donald Trump’s DEI crackdown
Google Calendar has removed references to months celebrating and honoring African Americans, women and LGBTQ+ communities because keeping the events wasn’t “sustainable”.
The tech giant previously marked the start of Black History Month in February and Pride Month in June but the events don’t appear for 2025.
The company has also removed references to Women’s History Month in March and Indigenous Peoples Month in November among other observances.
Woman jailed in Sweden for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria
The 52-year-old gets 12 years in jail for ‘genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes’ by ISIL in 2015.
A Swedish court has sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges for keeping Yazidi women and children as slaves at her home in Syria, in the country’s first court case over crimes committed by the ISIL (ISIS) group against the minority.
The 52-year-old Swedish citizen, Lina Ishaq, was convicted of “genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes” in 2015, the court said on Tuesday in a statement. It noted that her actions were part of a broader ISIL campaign against the Kurdish-speaking Yazidi minority.
South Africa does have a history of racist land inequality. Just not in the way Trump and Musk are portraying
The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa.
Apartheid, dismantled in the 1990s, left a deep-seeded legacy of land inequality after centuries of policies pushed non-White South Africans off the land to the benefit of White people. An act in 1913 limited Black ownership to just 7% of the land, later revised to 13%.
Now, more than 100 years later, Black people make up 81% of South Africa’s population of 63 million, yet only own 4% of private land, according to a government land audit conducted in 2017.
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